THE VOICE OF DEATHONCE upon a time there lived a man whose one wish and prayerwas to get rich. Day and night he thought of nothing else,and at last his prayers were granted, and he became very wealthy.Now being so rich, and having so much to lose, he felt that it wouldbe a terrible thing to die and leave all his possessions behind; so hemade up his mind to set out in search of a land where there was nodeath. He got ready for his journey, took leave of his wife, andstarted. Whenever he came to a new country the first questionthat he asked was whether people died in that land, and when heheard that they did, he set out again on his quest. At last hereached a country where he was told that the people did not even...
(十三)丘吉尔(上)-马骏 主讲人简介: 马骏,法学博士。1953年生,曾就读于东北师范大学、国防大学和北京大学,先后获得历史学学士、军事学硕士和法学博士学位。长期从事外国军事思想和军事历史研究工作,现执教于中国人民解放军国防大学,为中国第二次世界大战研究会理事。著有《世界经典战役》、《第二次世界大战风云人物》等著作。 内容简介: 他曾经在国难当头时如此激情澎湃地演说:“我只有热血、辛劳、汗水和眼泪贡献给大家!”他曾经在英伦三岛饱受纳粹空军轰炸的危急时刻,用手中的雪茄烟和永远的“V”字胜利手势鼓舞过他的人民。他曾经不懈地奔走在世界反法西斯大国之间,并最终促成了世界反法西斯战线的形成,挽救了人类文明的进程,他就是第二次世界大战盟军三巨头之一的英国首相温斯顿·邱吉尔。 那么,是什么造就了邱吉尔举世无敌的舌头,又是什么支撑着他在充满危机的黯淡局势中,看到未来...
A Smaller History of Greeceby William SmithCONTENTS.CHAPTER I . . Geography of Greece.CHAPTER II . . Origin of the Greeks, and the Heroic Age.CHAPTER III . . General Survey of the Greek People.National Institutions.CHAPTER IV . . Early History of Peloponnesus and Sparta tothe end of the Messenian Wars, B.C. 668.CHAPTER V . . Early History of Athens down to theEstablishment of Democracy by Clisthenes,B.C. 510.CHAPTER VI . . The Greek Colonies.CHAPTER VII . . The Persian Wars.From the Ionic Revolt tothe Battle of Marathon, B.C. 500-490.CHAPTER VIII . . The Persian Wars.The Battles of Thermopylae...
叙事一 那场雪从午后开始。四点钟天色就黄昏了。积雪封死了村庄。村里的草垛、茅棚和井架都一溜浑圆。父亲进了家门一边掸雪一边抱怨说,怎么又下了?父亲一直盼望一个晴和的太阳,把草垫、棉花出一回潮,尔后做好窝等我娘分娩。那时候父亲还不明了未来城市里雪花的意义,不知道雪花和摇滚、足球一起支撑了世纪末的都市激情。我注意过都市少女看雪的瞳孔,憧憬里闪耀着六角花瓣,剔透而又多芒。她们的羽绒衣在雪花纷飞中翩翩起舞。她们对雪花的礼赞感染了我。我弄不懂父亲那时为什么有福不会享。 父亲进屋后反身掩门。我的母亲坐在小油灯下面。母亲在那个雪季里一直呆在屋里,认真地做针线,认真地怀孕。我母亲在灯下拿针怀孕的静态有一种古典美,鼻梁和唇沟呈现一道分界,半面橘黄,半面昏暗。父亲关门后看见小油灯的灯芯晃了一下,母亲这才抬起头,与父亲对视。父亲看完我母亲便从怀里掏出纸包,扎着"十"字形红线,是半斤...
在工作的同時也嘗試寫作。他,很像蔡智恆。珂雪,一個學藝術的美麗女孩,聰穎、感覺細膩,當面對無法解釋的事情,她會畫給你看,自然散發的柔柔情愫。她,就像你我都認識一位鄰家女孩亦恕在思考小說創作的同時,用原子筆隨手畫出的一幅圖畫,『一個箭靶與一支正射出的一隻箭,再加上幾條虛線』,而珂雪竟可以聽到他想要表達的,『噓噓』箭的聲音,他們認識了。哈,痞式幽默。透過創作他們了解對方的故事,走進彼此的世界,也在對方的創作中,扮演了一個重要的角色。從相互的創作,看見對方的生活,也看見對方在心中的地位,而彼此故事的結局也會相同嗎?等你來找到答案。兩個愛情故事,一個看在你的眼裡,一個發生亦恕與珂雪的筆中,有生活、有愛情、有友情,更貼近蔡智恆的真故事。讓蔡智恆帶著你,將小說邁入更寬廣的領域。一個學藝術的女孩 與 一個學科學的男孩 ~ 用一隻畫筆,順著你的心畫下愛情的符號,讓你我可以走出絢麗的...
The Boss and the Machine, A Chronicle of the Politicians and Party Organizationby Samuel P. OrthCONTENTSI. THE RISE OF THE PARTYII. THE RISE OF THE MACHINEIII. THE TIDE OF MATERIALISMIV. THE POLITICIAN AND THE CITYV. TAMMANY HALLVI. LESSER OLIGARCHIESVII. LEGISLATIVE OMNIPOTENCEVIII. THE NATIONAL HIERARCHYIX. THE AWAKENINGX. PARTY REFORMXI. THE EXPERT AT LASTBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTETHE BOSS AND THE MACHINECHAPTER I. THE RISE OF THE PARTYThe party system is an essential instrument of Democracy.Wherever government rests upon the popular will, there the partyis the organ of expression and the agency of the ultimate power.The party is, moreover, a forerunner of Democracy, for partieshave everywhere preceded free government. Long before Democracy...
The American Claimantby Mark TwainEXPLANATORYThe Colonel Mulberry Sellers here re-introduced to the public is the sameperson who appeared as Eschol Sellers in the first edition of the taleentitled "The Gilded Age," years ago, and as Beriah Sellers in thesubsequent editions of the same book, and finally as Mulberry Sellers inthe drama played afterward by John T. Raymond.The name was changed from Eschol to Beriah to accommodate an EscholSellers who rose up out of the vasty deeps of uncharted space andpreferred his requestbacked by threat of a libel suitthen went hisway appeased, and came no more. In the play Beriah had to be dropped tosatisfy another member of the race, and Mulberry was substituted in thehope that the objectors would be tired by that time and let ...
《邪童正史》 早熟早慧早结婚美少女养成(自序)美国老西部片里面有一句话:"你不吱一声,你模糊不清。"我看了很是害怕:对对对,你老是没动作,大众和名利圈会忘记你,所以你得不断地折腾,才能成名。小折腾成小名,大折腾成大名。这种想法导致我成为了一个忙活的人,因为我折腾的方法只有写东西,写着写着就悲从中来,觉得自己出道好多年还没有得到浮名,但是要我去折腾浮名,我又很不好意思,于是就只有更加勤奋地写。我总是觉得自己接受的工作不够多,我给自己布置了很多工作,给自己写了很多应该让人们抄下来垫在玻璃桌板下的时间表。我是一个喜欢把时间掰成几瓣来过的人,我的时间板块一向比同龄人多。我在《新京报》写专栏的时候,起初在作者"蒋方舟"后面的括号里有(十四岁)的标注,后来括号里面就改成了(十四岁半)。这样的年龄表示法,得到了很多超过十四岁半的读者的鄙视,但是我觉得"岁半"的说法,很符合我的现状。...
Maid Marianby Thomas Love PeacockCHAPTER INow come ye for peace here, or come ye for war? SCOTT."The abbot, in his alb arrayed," stood at the altar in the abbey-chapel of Rubygill, with all his plump, sleek, rosy friars, in goodly lines disposed, to solemnise the nuptials of the beautiful Matilda Fitzwater, daughter of the Baron of Arlingford, with the noble Robert Fitz-Ooth, Earl of Locksley and Huntingdon. The abbey of Rubygill stood in a picturesque valley, at a little distance from the western boundary of Sherwood Forest, in a spot which seemed adapted by nature to be the retreat of monastic mortification, being on the banks of a fine trout-stream, and in the midst of woodland coverts, abounding with excellent game. The bride, with her father and attendant...
作者:辰光2012 日期:2010-08-03 11:49 从S市去往晋源的路全部都是山路,一边是几乎成直角的山坡,另一边是万丈悬崖。这样的路一共有90多公里,如果不是经常走这条路,恐怕一般的司机是不敢在这里开车的,特别是下雪之后,路上的车更是稀少。 但是路上也并非没有车,因为晋源是当地的一个煤炭主产区,而从晋源到S市又没有铁路,所以从地底下挖出来的煤炭只能依靠那些载重大卡车拉到S市车站的站台,再通过铁路运往全国各地。 坐在丰田车里,江天养看着那些风驰电掣的大卡车眼直晕,惊讶地说:“这些大货车的司机是想死呢还是不想活了?这么大的雪,他们开这么快,不怕出事情啊!” 刘东海一边开车一边盯着刚刚擦肩而过的一台大车:“他们常年跑这条路,闭着眼睛都能开到站台上去,你说他们怕过什么!” 停了一会儿,刘东海似乎想起了什么,又说:“他们也有一怕,你知道是什么吗?” 江天养疑惑着摇了摇头。...
古兰经是伊斯兰教经典,伊斯兰教徒认为它是安拉对先知穆罕默德所启示的真实语言,在穆罕默德死后汇集为书。《古兰经》的阿拉伯文在纯洁和优美上都无与伦比,在风格上是达到纯全的地步。为了在斋月诵读,《古兰经》分为30卷,一月中每天读1卷。但是《古兰经》主要划分单位却是长短不等的114章。《法蒂哈》即开端一章是简短的祈祷词,其他各章大致按长短次序排列;第二章最长;最后两三章最短。一般较长的各章产生于穆罕默德的活动后期,结果写成较早的各章列在全书之尾,写成较晚的各章则列全书之首。在现在通行的《古兰经》版本中,每章之首都含有下列要素:1.标题,通常是取自本章中的突出的词,如《黄牛》、《蜜蜂》、《众诗人》等,与全章的内容无关;2.以真主称名句,即“奉至仁至慈的真主之名”;3.说明本章降示于麦加或麦地那,以及全章节数;4.有的章首有一个或几个字母,如“塔·新”、“塔·新·米目”...
The Ninth Vibration, et. al.by L. Adams BeckCONTENTSTHE NINTH VIBRATIONTHE INTERPRETERA ROMANCE OF THE EASTTHE INCOMPARABLE LADYA STORY OF CHINA WITH A MORALTHE HATRED OF THE QUEENA STORY OF BURMAFIRE OF BEAUTYTHE BUILDING OF THE TAJ MAHAL"HOW GREAT IS THE GLORY OF KWANNON!""THE ROUND-FACED BEAUTY"THE NINTH VIBRATIONThere is a place uplifted nine thousand feet in purest air where one of the most ancient tracks in the world runs from India into Tibet. It leaves Simla of the Imperial councils by a stately road; it passes beyond, but now narrowing, climbing higher beside the khuds or steep drops to the precipitous valleys beneath, and the rumor of Simla grows distant and the way is quiet, for, owing to the danger of driving horses above the khuds, such baggage as yo...
这些大家伙是怎么被训练出来的?看着跳跃着的虎鲸那令人惊叹的表演,3000多名观众目瞪口呆、屏息静气。这是海洋世界沙姆表演馆里的一幕情景。看台上所有人的眼睛都牢牢地盯着那些庞然大物和它们的训练师们,所以没有人注意到他们中间一个穿着蓝衬衫和卡其布裤子的男子脸上复杂的表情。每当那些鲸鱼的精彩跳跃引起观众雷鸣般的掌声和欢呼声时,这个男子的眼睛里就会闪现出惊异和兴奋的光彩,可在其他时候,他的脸却总是阴沉着,目光也似乎在茫然地注视着远方。韦斯·金斯利(WesKingsley)是到奥兰多来参加一个商务研讨会的。会议日程上安排了一些给与会者到户外放松、打高尔夫或游览当地名胜的时间,于是他决定去举世闻名的海洋世界公园看看,让自己可以暂时忘却烦恼。他非常庆幸自己做出了这个决定。随着拥挤的人群,他也早早地来到表演馆,坐在了正对主水池蓝色水面的一个座位上。一位训练师致了简短的欢迎辞并讲了安全注意事项之...
“爱”,是一场运动,有其特殊的规律; “骗”,是一个过程,有其特定的手段。 爱情骗局,开始是最浪漫的爱情故事,其结局必然是最心痛的爱的伤害! 23个爱情骗局囊括一切感情骗子的骗人手段。 爱情骗局就这么多,看你今天怎么说! 作者简介:李广森 文学编辑,检察机关随案采访的纪实文学作家,电台嘉宾主持。著有《中国打假调查》、《偷心之恋》、《一个都不许漏网:中国追捕外逃贪官纪实报告》等。 《情毒》 作者:李广森 2004年9月第1版 北京齐物秋水图书有限公司(原牧童之春)特别企划 中国检察出版社出版第一部引言(1) 2001年的《最高人民法院工作报告》将两个名不见经传的小人物许杰、杜建生与大贪官成克杰、胡长清相提并论。 报告中说,最高人民法院对成克杰、胡长清,以及贪污公款7272万元的许杰、杜建生等犯罪分子,依法核准死刑,体现了法律面前人人平等的原则,显示了党和国家惩治...
Latter-Day Pamphletsby Thomas CarlyleBut as yet struggles the twelfth hour of the Night. Birds of darkness are on the wing; spectres uproar; the dead walk; the living dream. Thou, Eternal Providence, wilt make the Day dawn!JEAN PAUL.Then said his Lordship, "Well. God mend all!""Nay, by God, Donald, we must help him to mend it!" said the other.RUSHWORTH (_Sir David Ramsay and Lord Rea, in 1630_).CONTENTS.I. THE PRESENT TIME II. MODEL PRISONS III. DOWNING STREET IV. THE NEW DOWNING STREET V. STUMP-ORATOR[February 1, 1850.] NO. I. THE PRESENT TIME.The Present Time, youngest-born of Eternity, child and heir of all the Past Times with their good and evil, and parent of all the Future, is ever a "New Era" to the thinking man; and comes with new questions and ...
浓云如墨,蛰雷鸣然。暴雨前的狂风,吹得漫山遍野的草木,簌簌作响,虽不是盛夏,但这沂山山麓的郊野,此刻却有如晚秋般萧索。一声霹雳打下,倾盆大雨立刻滂沱而落,豆大的雨点,击在林木上,但闻遍野俱是雷鸣鼓击之声,电光再次一闪,一群健马,冒雨奔来,暴雨落下虽才片刻,但马上的骑士,却已衣履尽湿了。当头驰来的两骑,在这种暴雨下,马上的骑士,仍然端坐如山,胯下的马,也是关内并不多见的良驹,四蹄翻飞处,其疾如箭,左面马上的骑士,微微一带缰绳,伸手抹去了面上的雨水,大声抱怨道:“这里才离沂水城没有多远,怎的就荒凉成如此模样,不但附近几里地里,没见过半条人影,而且竟连个躲雨的地方都没有。”说话间,魁伟的身形,便离蹬而起,一挺腰,竟笔直地站到马鞍上,目光闪电般四下一扫,突地身形微弓,铁掌伸起,在马首轻拍了一下。这匹长程健马,昂首一声长嘶,马头向右一兜,便放蹄向右面的一片浓林中,急驰了过...
The Dominion of the Airby J. M. BaconCHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF AERONAUTICS."He that would learn to fly must be brought up to the constant practice of it from his youth, trying first only to use his wings as a tame goose will do, so by degrees learning to rise higher till he attain unto skill and confidence."So wrote Wilkins, Bishop of Chester, who was reckoned a man of genius and learning in the days of the Commonwealth. But so soon as we come to inquire into the matter we find that this good Bishop was borrowing from the ideas of others who had gone before him; and, look back as far as we will, mankind is discovered to have entertained persistent and often plausible ideas of human flight. And those ideas had in some sort of way, for good or ill, taken practical ...
内容简介这个娘娘腔凭什么操控她的一切?! 不过是偷窥了下他娘亲为他安排的美女脱衣秀他竟以她干扰他寻找「性」福而威胁她道是「不合作」她眼珠子便不保她那在古代有钱也难再造的「薄薄一片」因而失守大伙口中对女人没兴趣的他强迫她「闻鸡起舞」 说什么只有她能让他有「性」心,还要她帮他消除积压了三十年的欲火每晚爱得她上气不接下气、浑身「BB剉」 满脑子全都是他唇舌齿三管齐下的超猛爱功一颗心从此背叛自己飞向他早忘了该多花心思在如何「返家」而非全神贯注在他身上! 楔子 西汉 自古以来江南就是一个风光明媚、物产丰饶的地方,可以就是人间天堂。 江南的富有人家很多,但是富可敌国却又有诸多传闻辗转在民间传述的只有城门东郊龙海山上的飘月山庄。 今天,一向平静的飘月山庄发生了一件怪事。 谁也没想到这件事竟对飘月山庄的未来产生极大的影响。...