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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream is the second book written by then-Senator Barack Obama. In the fall of 2006 it became number one on both the New York Times and Amazon.com bestsellers lists after Obama was endorsed by Oprah Winfrey. In the book, Obama expounds on many of the subjects that became part of his 2008 campaign for the presidency. The book advance from the publisher totalled $1.9 million contracted for three books. Obama announced his ultimately successful presidential campaign on February 10, 2007, a little less than three months after the book's release.

英国作家C·S·刘易斯创作的一套儿童游历冒险系列小说，作品于1950-1956年间出版。其最大的特点是将神话奇幻巧妙地融入其中；同时它还是一部将种种神话元素、基督教思想和现代精神融为一体的魔幻小说。赢得了英国儿童文学的最高荣誉“卡内基文学奖”。该系列作品自20世纪50年代问世以来，销售近一亿册，已成为现代文学的经典。内容简介：佩文西家四个兄弟姐妹彼得、苏珊、爱德蒙和露茜在一位老教授家做客，无意中发现衣橱后隐藏着一个神奇的魔法王国。这里的居民有羊怪、海狸、矮人、树精，但在阿斯兰离开纳尼亚期间，这个国家被一个邪恶的白女巫占领。她压迫纳尼亚的居民，将其置于永恒的冬季之中。羊怪曾冒着生命危险救过露茜，海狸一家也帮助他们兄妹逃脱白女巫的追杀。爱德蒙曾受白女巫土耳其软糖的诱惑，一度背叛过自己的兄妹。 后来，阿斯兰伴随着圣诞老人来到纳尼亚，带领大家战胜了女巫。四个孩子成为纳尼亚的国王与女王。多年后，他们在打猎时无意中穿过衣橱，重新以孩子的身份回到自己的世界。

WE have, in the next place, to treat of Memory and Remembering, considering its nature, its cause, and the part of the soul to which this experience, as well as that of Recollecting, belongs. For the persons who possess a retentive memory are not identical with those who excel in power of recollection; indeed, as a rule, slow people have a good memory, whereas those who are quick-witted and clever are better at recollecting.

Washington Square is a short novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, domineering father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared to Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships. James was hardly a great admirer of Jane Austen, so he might not have regarded the comparison as flattering. In fact, James was not a great fan of Washington Square itself. He tried to read it over for inclusion in the New York Edition of his fiction (1907–1909) but found that he couldn't, and the novel was not included. Other readers, though, have sufficiently enjoyed the book to make it one of the more popular works of the Jamesian canon.

《安娜·卡列尼娜》是俄国著名作家列夫·托尔斯泰的代表作品。本书通过女主人公安娜的追求爱情悲剧，和列文在农村面临危机而进行的改革与探索这两条线索，描绘了俄国从莫斯科到外省乡村广阔而丰富多彩的图景，先后描写了150多个人物，是一部社会百科全书式的作品。 贵族妇女安娜追求爱情幸福，却在卡列宁的虚伪、渥伦斯基的冷漠和自私面前碰得头破血流，最终落得卧轨自杀、陈尸车站的下场。庄园主莱温反对土地私有制，抵制资本主义制度，同情贫苦农民，却又无法摆脱贵族习气而陷入无法解脱的矛盾之中。矛盾的时期、矛盾的制度、矛盾的人物、矛盾的心理，使全书在矛盾的漩涡中颠簸。这部小说是新旧交替时期紧张惶恐的俄国社会的写照。

"This lively Victorian-era Atlantis story is one of the best of the genre, per Lin Carter, Sprague de Camp, and others. However, IMHO, naming the principal character Deucalion in an Atlantis story is sort of giving away the ending. Hyne's Atlantis is loosely based on Donnelly's conception, a continent in the middle of the Atlantic which disappears under the waves 'in a single day.' Hyne adds interest by setting the story in the last decadent years of Atlantis. The evil queen Phorenice is voracious and cruel, and Deucalion, ostensibly the upholder of duty and tradition, is morally ambiguous. The barbarians are literally at the gate. Dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mammoths are depicted as surviving in Atlantis. There is a tragic love triangle, evil sorcery, lots of swordplay, and a rousing naval battle. On one level, it's swashbuckling fun in the vein of Robert E. Howard's Conan. On another level, it's an attempt to explain a whole bunch of mythology by sourcing it from Atlantis, and creating some new myths in the process. This idea has obviously remained in the popular culture.

What can Uncle Quentin be up to - all alone - on Kirrin Island. He won't let anyone visit - not even George and the rest of the Famous Five. But Quentin isn't really all alone on the island - somebody is watching his every move!

普希金逝世前一年发表了一部真实而深刻地反映普加乔夫农民起义的长篇小说《上尉的女儿》，这部小说不仅在他的全部创作中占有极重要的地位，而且也是最早介绍到我国来的俄国文学作品。清光绪二十九年（1903），这部小说被译为《俄国情史》，成为中俄文学交流的第一位使者。《上尉的女儿》以同情的笔调描写了18世纪普加乔夫领导的农民起义，是俄国文学史上第一部反映农民斗争的现实主义作品。 小说以贵族青年军官格里尼奥夫的个人遭遇为线索，再现了普加乔夫起义的历史。格里尼奥夫到边防炮台就职，中途为暴风雪所阻，偶然和普加乔夫结识，并送给他一件兔皮袄。后来，格里尼奥夫爱上了驻地上尉司令米隆诺夫的女儿玛丽亚。普加乔夫率领农民起义军，攻破炮台，杀死了司令夫妇，格里尼奥夫也被义军俘获。普加乔夫很重旧情，把他释放，并成全他的婚事.普加乔夫起义失败后，格里尼奥夫因此事受到怀疑，被政府逮捕。上尉的女儿玛丽亚谒见女皇叶卡捷林娜二世，澄清了怀疑，格里尼奥夫被释放。小说中的普加乔夫是一个勇敢机智，乐观豪迈，热爱自由，深受人民爱戴的农民起义领袖，具有坚强不屈的性格。本书深入地写出了俄国历史上一个重要时期的社会状况和矛盾斗争，体现了人民的力量和智慧的起义军领袖普加乔夫这一形象。 《上尉的女儿》语言朴素，简洁，将18世纪俄罗斯的风俗人情通俗流畅地展现在读者面前，果戈理说它是“俄罗斯最优秀的一部叙事作品”。

The Door in the Wall, written by legendary author H.G. Wells is widely considered to be one of the greatest books of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, The Door in the Wall is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by H.G. Wells is highly recommended. Published by Classic Books International and beautifully produced, The Door in the Wall would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library.