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O. Henry was the pen name of American writer William Sydney Port- er (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910). O. Henry short stories are known for wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

基地纪元498年，两名基地公民登上最先进的太空艇，准备进行一次极不寻常的银河之旅。表面上，他们将寻找传说中的人类原乡，实际的任务，则是要证明第二基地依旧存在。 与此同时，银河中又出现神秘的第三方势力。他们神出鬼没，似乎能控制一切，甚至连谢顿计划，好像也在他们掌控之中。第一基地、第二基地与神秘的第三方势力，最后竟在一颗称为盖娅的行星交会！这到底是巧合，还是经过精心的安排？ 银河未来终极的命运，即将在他们眼前揭示……

Mother Angelique’s anxious call rang out over the water, once, twice, many times.

几十年来，沃尔玛公司在沃尔顿家族的经营下蒸蒸日上，其连锁店已达4150家，遍布全球。2001年度公司收入达2189亿美元，超越美国石油巨头埃克森公司，跃升“全球500强”第一位。这的确是一个非凡的奇迹，因为在1995年之前，世界500强里根本没有服务业公司的影子。而据英美媒体公布的2001 年全球大富豪排行榜，经营沃尔玛公司的沃尔顿家族以超出650亿美元的身价名列全球富豪的榜首。 像许多美国著名的企业家一样，沃尔玛公司创始人萨姆·活尔顿是白手起家的典范。本书以独特的生动笔触介绍了沃尔玛百华公司创始人萨姆·沃尔顿传奇的一生。萨姆·沃尔顿出身贫寒之家，在他求学期间，学费与生活费用大部分全靠自己打工筹措。1945年退伍后，他从小市镇本顿维尔经营零售业开始，展开其创业生涯。经过几十年锲而不舍的奋斗，他终于建立起全球最大的零售业王国——沃尔玛百货公司。萨姆·沃尔顿被1985年10月出版的《福布斯》杂志列为全美第一富豪。 那么，在这40年的时间内，沃尔顿家族从美国经济并不发达的阿肯色州小城镇本顿维尔的一家廉价商店发展成销售量最高居全球首位的零售帝国，究竟是靠怎样的生意经获得如此成功的？ 一个重要因素是利用创新，牢牢把握生产率优势。沃尔玛的许多创新（如条形码、无线扫描枪、计算机跟踪存货等），不论大小，如今均已成为行业标准。 沃尔玛公司成功的另一个重要因素是顾客至上的服务原则。“要做得比顾客所期望的更好”，这是萨姆·沃尔顿总结的沃尔玛十大经营规则之一。这或许正是沃尔玛能在今天赢得全世界客户信赖的奥秘所在。 沃尔玛公司以人为本的管理理念，以及由此形成的强大凝聚力也是其成功的保障之一。在公司的用语中，员工不被称为员工，而被称为合伙人。公司给予员工分离企业经营信息的权利和共同承担企业经营的责任。 如今，沃尔玛公司这一全球零售业的超级巨人已经在中国扎根落户，对于我国零售业，乃至其他行业来说，这既是一个重大的挑战，也更是一个难得的学习机遇。 本书叙述生动，内容动人，尤其是萨姆·沃尔顿的创业精神和沃尔玛的经营经验和管理方法（特点是十大经营规则）值得广大企业领导人借鉴。

The Royal Book of Oz (1921) is the fifteenth in the series of Oz books, and the first to be written by Ruth Plumly Thompson after L. Frank Baum's death. Although Baum was credited as the author, it was written entirely by Thompson. Beginning in the 1980s, some editions have correctly credited Thompson,[1] although the cover of the 2001 edition by Dover Publications credits only Baum. The Scarecrow is upset when Professor Woggle-bug tells him that he has no family, so he goes to where Dorothy Gale found him to trace his "roots." Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion search for him, eventually meeting with a knight, Sir Hokus, the Doubtful Dromedary and the Comfortable Camel. In this novel the Scarecrow discovers that, in a previous incarnation, he was human! To be precise, the Scarecrow was the King of the Silver Islands, a quasi-Chinese kingdom located underground beneath the Munchkin region of Oz. When Dorothy first discovered the Scarecrow (in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) he was hanging from a scarecrow-pole in a cornfield; it now develops that this pole descended deep underground to the Silver Islands, where it penetrated the king's grave. After spending some time in his former kingdom among the Silver Islanders, the Scarecrow decides to return to Oz and continue his current existence. The Royal Book of Oz is a somewhat troubling installment in the Oz canon, as it acknowledges that an Oz character can die.

The Innocence of Father Brown is the first book of G.K. Chesterton's ingenious, thoughtful, and lyrically written mystery stories featuring the unassuming little priest who solves crimes by imagining himself inside the mind and soul of criminals, thus understanding their motives. The stories are full of paradox, spiritual insight, and "Chestertonian fantasy," or seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. In this sterling collection, widely considered the author’s best, the beloved detective solves twelve of his most puzzling cases, including The Blue Cross, The Hammer of God, The Eye of Apollo, and nine more. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.

"The Faith of Men" is a short story collection originally published in 1904 and contains eight of Jack London's adventure tales, all of them set in London's favorite milieu -- the Yukon Territory. "A Relic of the Pliocene" concerns a "homely, blue-eyed, freckle-faced" hunter named Thomas Stevens and his tracking and eventual killing of a prehistoric mammoth.

This classical piece of juvenile fiction charmingly narrates a tale of discovery. It follows Tattine as she figures out the little mysteries of life and comes to grip with realities. This amazing work delightfully dwells on juvenile thinking and approach.

泰瑞莎一日在海边慢跑时，无意发现了一个埋在白沙中的玻璃瓶，瓶内装着一封属名G的信。泰瑞莎反覆看了又看，深深被信中G的热情及真爱所打动了。她好奇着，是怎么样的感情，能让一个人如此心痛。 泰瑞莎才从一段失败的婚姻中走出，她把生活重心全放在工作和儿子身上。在别人眼中，她绝对是个成功的单亲妈妈。她任职于芝加哥论坛报的专栏作家，这封她捡来的瓶中信，阴错阳差的被刊登在报纸上，并得到热烈的回响。于是她被指派去寻找这个情感炙热的主人，了解他伤痛的理由。她积极细心的搜寻一切蛛丝马迹，从瓶子、信纸、打字机等线索，终于让她寻得了信的出处。她整理行囊，来到了北卡罗来纳州靠海的小镇，带着尴尬复杂的心情，不是为了工作成就，而是为自己的感情再冒一次险。