The Princeby Nicolo MachiavelliTranslated by W. K. MarriottNicolo Machiavelli, born at Florence on 3rd May 1469. From 1494 to 1512 held an official post at Florence which included diplomatic missions to various European courts. Imprisoned in Florence, 1512; later exiled and returned to San Casciano. Died at Florence on 22nd June 1527.INTRODUCTIONNicolo Machiavelli was born at Florence on 3rd May 1469. He was the second son of Bernardo di Nicolo Machiavelli, a lawyer of some repute, and of Bartolommea di Stefano Nelli, his wife. Both parents were members of the old Florentine nobility.His life falls naturally into three periods, each of which singularly enough constitutes a distinct and important era in the history of Florence. His youth was concurrent with the gr...　

Eben Holden, a Tale of the North Countryby Irving BachellerPREFACEEarly in the last century the hardy wood-choppers began to come west, out of Vermont. They founded their homes in the Adirondack wildernesses and cleared their rough acres with the axe and the charcoal pit. After years of toil in a rigorous climate they left their sons little besides a stumpy farm and a coon-skin overcoat. Far from the centres of life their amusements, their humours, their religion, their folk lore, their views of things had in them the flavour of the timber lands, the simplicity of childhood. Every son was nurtured in the love of honour and of industry, and the hope of sometime being president. It is to be feared this latter thing and the love of right living, for its own sake, we...　

109 ADHISTORIESby P. Cornelius Tacitustranslated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson BrodribbBOOK I, January - March, A.D. 69I BEGIN my work with the time when Servius Galba was consul forthe second time with Titus Vinius for his colleague. Of the formerperiod, the 820 years dating from the founding of the city, manyauthors have treated; and while they had to record the transactions ofthe Roman people, they wrote with equal eloquence and freedom. Afterthe conflict at Actium, and when it became essential to peace, thatall power should be centered in one man, these great intellects passed...　

　　流星慢舞　　　　在相遇的流星岁月里，紧握住与你的爱情回忆　　作者：桥本　纺　　细腻描摹男女内心世界，最动人唯美的爱情物语。　　向流星许愿的瞬间，幸福即将兑现！　　　　　　　　　　闭上眼睛，可以看见那年璀璨的星空，　　世界好像静止了，仿佛听见自己的心跳声，　　所以向流星悄悄许愿，　　不要遗忘那段一起慢舞的岁月……　　有着缜密心思，迷恋科学星体的加地；　　缺乏耐心却热爱足球运动的傻小子巧；　　以及认为深爱加地就是最大的幸福的奈绪子。　　三人是彼此的人生中，最重要的人物。　　因为加地的意外丧生，悲伤的奈绪子开始过着睡在走廊的生活。　　适时伸出援手的巧，虽然带给奈绪子温暖，但也让二人陷入无止尽的回忆。　　期间，奈绪子面对父亲离家出走，家庭结构分崩的冲击；　　而巧则在该勇敢追求爱情，或是背叛友情之间挣扎；　　这一次，划破天际的流星，能再次如期地让愿望成真吗？...　

The Witch and other Storiesby Anton ChekhovTHE WITCHPEASANT WIVESTHE POSTTHE NEW VILLADREAMSTHE PIPEAGAFYAAT CHRISTMAS TIMEGUSEVTHE STUDENTIN THE RAVINETHE HUNTSMANHAPPINESSA MALEFACTORPEASANTSTHE WITCHIT was approaching nightfall. The sexton, Savely Gykin, was lyingin his huge bed in the hut adjoining the church. He was notasleep, though it was his habit to go to sleep at the same timeas the hens. His coarse red hair peeped from under one end of thegreasy patchwork quilt, made up of coloured rags, while his bigunwashed feet stuck out from the other. He was listening. His hutadjoined the wall that encircled the church and the solitarywindow in it looked out upon the open country. And out there a...　

兰京少女新娘前言一帘恶梦　　怎么没人出一本《如何写序完全手册》之类的书呢？　　序！序怎么写？　　“很容易，请拿起笔来，跟着我的口诀照着做！”一位慈悲为怀、法力无边的朋友拔刀相助，我感动得几乎跪地流泪。　　“一点一横长，一撇到南洋，矜持不在今，内容自己想。”　　我必恭必敬的捧着贵重无价的四句口诀，认认真真的演练到第二句，果真写出了个“序”字，念到第四句,都凉了……　　内容自己想！　　真个是“临表涕泣，不知所云”！到底要怎么写序啊……想得我老泪纵横，微颤的右手端着笔，无语问苍天。　　“东海扬波，皇恩浩荡……”　　我才写到第八字，就听到身后一个庄严威武的声音响起：“你皮痒了是吗？”回眼一看，啪嗷一声，我立即跪下。　　“儿臣知错了，清太后恕罪！”诚惶诚恐的，我磕头如捣蒜，接着就被她拖去洗碗盘。　　话说我家，向来由两位女后掌政。一位是与我同住一官的太后，皇位则是太后的妈，尊...　

　　欧建平：1956年5月24日出生于湖南省衡阳市一个知识分子家庭。现为中国艺术研究院舞蹈研究所研究员、博士与硕士研究生导师及课程教师、外国舞蹈研究室主任，1998年获文化部授予的“优秀专家”称号，2002年受聘为首都师范大学“特聘教授”，长年在北京舞蹈学院、中央民族大学舞蹈学院、中国人民解放军艺术学院等专业院校，以及各大普通院校从事《中外舞蹈史论》、《舞蹈美学及鉴赏》、《舞蹈创作方法》、《舞蹈作品分析》等课程的系统教学。　　内容简介：　　莎士比亚，一个如雷贯耳的名字。这位欧洲文艺复兴时期人文主义文学的集大成者一生创作了37部戏剧，为世人熟知的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》《哈姆雷特》《仲夏夜之梦》《奥赛罗》等经典剧作被世界各国一次次地搬上了银幕和舞台。芭蕾舞是怎么表现《罗米欧与朱丽叶》中的人物性格特征的？罗密欧与朱丽叶的一见钟情在话剧和芭蕾舞中各是怎么表现的？　　罗密欧与朱丽叶的故事几百年...　

--第一章 楔子黑色的六月已经远去，对于成绩，灵梦已经彻底失望了。她根本想不到原来自己也会沦落到那种地步，付出的，根本得不到回报。也许这个打击太大了，以至于知道成绩后她根本对学习失去信心。一再坚持着不去高复，破罐子破摔，破学校破读吧。放假1个多月了，灵梦整天上网，生活中，除了睡觉就是上网了，不然还能干什么？最近她迷上网球王子，看了动画片，又看了很多同人文章，心中不禁感叹。王子们为了梦想，不断追求，不断奋斗，即使输了，也不气馁。她很羡慕他们，很希望能从他们那里得到快乐。因为她看动画片时是多么幸福，多么快乐的，看同人文时是多么激动。同学们不断传来高中的喜讯，纷纷来了谢师宴。她也去了，作为朋友，心里是为他开心的。然而对于自己，真的是这样的吗？伤心的泪水不断往心里咽，她从来没有在别人面前哭过。即使当时知道成绩了，她也只是一个人躲在被子里，没有人知道她在想什么。...　

Winesburg, Ohioby SHERWOOD ANDERSONCONTENTSTHE TALES AND THE PERSONSTHE BOOK OF THE GROTESQUEHANDS, concerning Wing BiddlebaumPAPER PILLS, concerning Doctor ReefyMOTHER, concerning Elizabeth WillardTHE PHILOSOPHER, concerning Doctor ParcivalNOBODY KNOWS, concerning Louise TrunnionGODLINESS, a Tale in Four PartsI, concerning Jesse BentleyII, also concerning Jesse BentleyIII Surrender, concerning Louise BentleyIV Terror, concerning David HardyTo the memory of my mother,EMMA SMITH ANDERSON,whose keen observations on the life abouther first awoke in me the hunger to seebeneath the surface of lives,this book is dedicated.THE TALESAND THE PERSONS...　

The Life of Thomas Telford by Smilesby Samuel Smiles"Let us travel, and wherever we find no facility fortravelling from a city to a town, from a village to ahamlet, we may pronounce the people to be barbarous"Abbe Raynal"The opening up of the internal communications of acountry is undoubtedly the first and most importantelement of its growth in commerce and civilization"Richard CobdenCONTENTSPrefaceEARLY ROADS AND MODES OF TRAVELLINGCHAPTER I. Old RoadsRoads as agents of civilizationTheir important usesAncient British trackways or ridgewaysThe Romans and their roads in BritainDecay of the Roman roadsEarly legislation relating to highways...　

　　紫玉成烟第一章 圣女月光清冷，一望无垠的雪地在月光底下蔓延开去，清森而空寂。地面上掠过的风拂起数点落雪，在空中漫舞飞卷了一阵，无声无息地坠回地面，就像是一轴没有声音的画卷。四周安静得恍若死去，仿佛它亘古以来，就没有了生命迹象。月过中天，空寂如死的雪域忽然有了生命迹象，宛如波浪一般涌动起来。波浪涌动的幅度不断加大、加剧，仿佛有着一种急遽而激烈的情绪，抑制不住地在地底下翻涌奔腾。终于，千尺雪域从中裂开，蹿出一道焕发灼灼蓝芒的夺目光影。水波一般荡漾的蓝芒中心，慢慢显现出一个少女身形。光影中的少女保持着一种奇异而妖艳的姿势，张袖抬足，恍若九天流波，低眉信手，拂出繁花朵朵。蓝光晶莹，拂动她衣袂犹如御风而行，被月光照耀得晶莹耀眼的千里霜雪亦遮挡不住她绝世容颜的惊人闪亮。苍穹之下，隐隐约约有吟唱和鼓韵回转，却是隐隐的欢呼——宛若沉睡于地底千年的闷雷——冒了出来。...　

　　阴阳师——有鬼盗走玄象琵琶　　一说个奇妙男子的故事。　　若要打比方，故事中的男子，就像朵随风飘荡，悬浮在夜阑虚空的云。　　我们看不出飘浮在黑暗中的云朵，瞬息间形状会有什么变化，但持续注视，却会发现云朵已经在不知不觉中变形。明明是同一朵云，形状却无法分辨。　　这正是那样一个男子的故事。男子名为安倍晴明，是阴阳师。　　据说他生于延喜二十一（公元九二二）年，正是醍醐天皇的时代，不过，他的生卒年和此故事没有任何直接关系。或许不去判明生卒年为何时，反倒能增添故事的妙趣。　　总之，暂且不要在意这问题。　　我打算顺其自然，让故事随心所欲的发展。要叙述安倍晴明的故事，这种写法应是最恰当的。　　平安时代——是个暗昧（注：原文为此。）尚存的时代，当时有不少人对妖魔鬼怪的存在仍深信不疑。这时代，妖魔鬼怪不住在水远山遥的森林或深山穷谷中，无论是人、鬼、或阴魂，都同时存在于京城暗处，...　

On The Ruin of Britain (De Excidio Britanniae)by GildasTranslation by J.A. GilesThe Works of Gildas surnamed "Sapiens", or The Wise.I. The Preface1. Whatever in this my epistle I may write in my humble but wellmeaning manner, rather by way of lamentation than for display,let no one suppose that it springs from contempt of others or thatI foolishly esteem myself as better than they; -for alas! the subjectof my complaint is the general destruction of every thing that isgood, and the general growth of evil throughout the land;butthat I rejoice to see her revive therefrom: for it is my presentpurpose to relate the deeds of an indolent and slothful race, ratherthan the exploits of those who have been valiant in the field*....　

MINNIKINTHERE was once upon a time a couple of needy folk who livedin a wretched hut, in which there was nothing but black want;so they had neither food to eat nor wood to burn. But if they hadnext to nothing of all else they had the blessing of God so far aschildren were concerned, and every year brought them one more.The man was not overpleased at this. He was always going aboutgrumbling and growling, and saying that it seemed to him thatthere might be such a thing as having too many of these goodgifts; so shortly before another baby was born he went away intothe wood for some firewood, saying that he did not want to see thenew child; he would hear him quite soon enough when he began tosquall for some food....　

　　能跟你说说我的故事，实在是让我开心的一件事。虽然我已经20多岁了，年龄可能比你大，但是我的经历没准儿会让你感兴趣。其实，每个人的经历说出来都是一部生动的文学作品，在这样有血有肉的经历面前，再大的作家也显得苍白无力。地球说白了是一个巨型电视屏幕，每时每刻由数10亿演员同时出演没完没了的连续剧。和这部连续剧比起来，作家们艺术家们写的拍的那些玩艺儿着实是挂一漏万弄巧成拙的蹩脚货。　　我还没告诉你我的名字，我叫李翼展。据说这名字是我爸给我起的，好像是希望我展翅高飞的意思，是不是俗了点儿？不过从望子成龙的角度看，他的用心也说得过去。搁谁费了半天劲儿生养个孩子都会希望孩子日后有出息。后来我才知道，在航空术语里?quot;翼展"特指飞机机翼的总宽度。打个比方说吧，如果你是一架飞机，你的双臂顺理成章就是机翼，你伸开双臂的长度，就是你的翼展数据。　　我这人记忆力比较出众，遗憾的是我的记忆...　

Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketchesby Theodore RooseveltAn Account of the Big Game of the UnitedStates and its Chase with HorseHound, and RifleCHAPTER I.THE BISON OR AMERICAN BUFFALO.When we became a nation in 1776, the buffaloes, the first animals tovanish when the wilderness is settled, roved to the crests of themountains which mark the western boundaries of Pennsylvania, Virginia,and the Carolinas. They were plentiful in what are now the States ofOhio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. But by the beginning of the presentcentury they had been driven beyond the Mississippi; and for the nexteighty years they formed one of the most distinctive and...　

《骑彩虹者》　跑得不知其归宿像丝绸一样滑向一桩谋杀案他最后一次跑得像个男孩是因为他要追赶一样东西，追赶的就是列车。当他开始跑的时候，还离列车很远，那是在一条捷径上——其实不是捷径啦，是一条不用买票就可以通向站台的路。他那天跑得状态神勇，就像拍广告一样不可一世地跳过了消防栓，跃过了狗，绕过了卖手机链的地摊。就在这时候，他撞到了一个人。站在他面前的是他的妈妈，他的脸瞬间红了，准备往回走。他妈妈一把拽住他，他这才正眼看着他妈妈，发现她和他想象中的不一样……嗯，也不能这么说，其实和她原来并没有太大的改变，只是脸色苍黄得多，因为睡眠不足脸上的雀斑越发明显，她就这样严肃忧伤地瞪着他。江日照看到妈妈这副憔悴的样子本来应该安抚一下的，至少是反复摩擦一下她的手臂。但是妈妈的后面就是火车，她就这样插着腰站在火车前，阻挡儿子理想的母夜叉形象未免太深入人心了一点。恰好这时火车开始冒气了...　

《我的明星老婆》作者：花枫年华第一章　我的平凡我叫徐天，是一个很平凡的人，平凡到就算你用耙子在人群里一扒也扒不出我的身影来。我自打出生在一片荒山野岭中，险幸有一位好心的猎户救了我，将我收为养子。如果没有义父的话，我也许早早地饿死在那片荒山野岭中，抑或是被一群野狼叼食，因为在我获救的时候，一匹瘦骨嶙峋的恶狼正向我这只猎物逼近，而在我获救的时候，我就仅仅剩下那么一丝气息。是我的义父——那个好心的猎户看到我还有气，用那略带腥臊的羊奶将我从死亡边缘挽救过来，然后用这羊奶一直将我养到八岁，然后供我上小学，中学，还有那大学。尽管我考上的是一所三流的大学，但足够让我的义父值得骄傲的，因为在这个足足有千口人的乡村内，我就是唯一的大学生。义父是一位十分朴实，憨厚的汉子，浓浓的眉毛，铜铃般的大眼，厚厚的嘴唇，还有那一脸的络腮胡子，酷似《三国演义》中那位燕人张飞，只可惜没有张翼德那般...