窦可阳《水浒传》是精彩的，历代评论家也为这部奇书作了精彩独到的点评，从李卓吾到金圣叹，从王国维到鲁迅，一代又一代的才子学人各倾陆海，或金笔点评，或纵览全构，或序跋论传，或赋曲诗词，纷纷以其独到的“具眼”为《水浒传》作了极富个性的诠释。不过，古人评点《水浒传》，多站在传统文化立场之上，引经据典，举类连譬，走的还都是文史研究的路子。到了清末民初，这条路子又有了新变。民国时期的历史学家、政治学家萨孟武先生曾戏称自己的《水浒与中国社会》的写法是“姨太太”式的。可是，用易中天的话讲：“当‘姨太太’并不怎么体面，但萨先生抗战前为《中央日报》副刊写的这些文章，却着实比那些‘太太式’的比如《中央日报》的社论要好看得多。”这部书为什么好看？首先是因为轻松。萨先生这本小册子是我所见到的最早采用“漫说”或“乱弹”方式解读《水浒传》的专著，书中语调轻松，所论所讲很多都是前人很少关注的，...
当时整个银河系中，有将近二千五百万颗住人的行星。所有这些世界都效忠于银河帝国，绝无任何的例外，而川陀就是银河帝国的首都。不过这个事实也只能再维持半个世纪了。对于年轻的盖尔而言，这趟旅程无疑将是他学术生涯的第一个高峰。他过去也曾经到过太空，因此旅行本身的意义并不算太大。其实他以前的太空旅行，只不过是到辛纳克斯唯一的卫星上，去搜集陨石漂移的力学数据，用来作为博士论文的材料。不过话说回来，太空旅行——近至五十万英里，远至许多光年之外——其实都没有什么分别。当星舰快要跃迁进入超空间的时候，他已做好了心理准备，这将是普通星际旅行所没有的经验。“超空间跃迁”是目前恒星间旅行的唯一可行办法，未来也许永远不会有其他方法出现。普通空间中的运动，物体的速率永远无法超过光速（这个科学小常识，在人类历史的黎明期便已经发现。当黎明期的历史被人遗忘之后，它是少数硕果仅存的文化遗产之一）。这...
题记 1 木城的记忆 夜空下的木城一直在燃烧。 那是一场旷日持久的冲天大火。几十年了，大火不仅没有一点熄灭的迹象，反而越烧越旺。 这是一天中木城人感觉最不好的时刻。 但这样的时刻很快就过去了。日复一日，年复一年，木城每天都演绎着同样的场景。 木城人为此骄傲，把每个这样的夜晚都叫做灯火辉煌。 木城人害怕黑暗，害怕夜晚，但他们并不在乎星星和月亮。 当然，木城人也不在乎春秋四季，他们甚至讨厌春秋四季。因为四季变换对城里人来说，除了意味着要不断更换衣服，不断带来各种麻烦，实在没有任何意义。 木城人没有方向感，东西南北像星星月亮春秋四季一样，他们一辈辈生活在人造的大都市里，对自然界的依赖已大为减少，对东西南北的辨识能力就会蜕化，这很正常。木城人像不在乎星星月亮春秋四季一样，也不在乎土地。 事实上，木城人已经失去对土地的记忆。...
THE GREAT CONTROVERSYby ELLEN G. WHITE(iii)PREFACETHIS BOOK, READER, IS NOT PUBLISHED TO TELL US THAT THERE IS SIN AND WOE ANDMISERY IN THIS WORLD. WE KNOW IT ALL TOO WELL. THIS BOOK IS NOT PUBLISHED TOTELL US THAT THERE IS AN IRRECONCILABLE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN DARKNESS ANDLIGHT, SIN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, WRONG AND RIGHT, DEATH AND LIFE. IN OUR HEARTOF HEARTS WE KNOW IT, AND KNOW THAT WE ARE PARTICIPATORS, ACTORS, IN THECONFLICT.BUT TO EVERY ONE OF US COMES AT TIMES A LONGING TO KNOW MORE OF THE GREATCONTROVERSY. HOW DID THE CONTROVERSY BEGIN? OR WAS IT ALWAYS HERE? WHATELEMENTS ENTER INTO ITS AWFULLY COMPLEX ASPECT? HOW AM I RELATED TO IT? WHAT...
Tales and Fantasiesby Robert Louis StevensonContentsThe Misadventures of John NicholsonThe Body-SnatcherThe Story of a LieTHE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSONCHAPTER I - IN WHICH JOHN SOWS THE WINDJOHN VAREY NICHOLSON was stupid; yet, stupider men than heare now sprawling in Parliament, and lauding themselves asthe authors of their own distinction. He was of a fat habit,even from boyhood, and inclined to a cheerful and cursoryreading of the face of life; and possibly this attitude ofmind was the original cause of his misfortunes. Beyond thishint philosophy is silent on his career, and superstitionsteps in with the more ready explanation that he was detested...
A DREAM OF JOHN BALLA DREAM OF JOHNBALLBy William Morris1- Page 2-A DREAM OF JOHN BALLCHAPTER ITHE MEN OF KENTSometimes I am rewarded for fretting myself so much about presentmatters by a quite unasked-for pleasant dream. I mean when I am asleep.This dream is as it were a present of an architectural peep-show. I seesome beautiful and noble building new made, as it were for the occasion,as clearly as if I were awake; not vaguely or absurdly, as often happens in...
The Commonwealth of Oceanaby James Harrington1656JANOTTI, the most excellent describer of the Commonwealth of Venice, divides the whole series of government into two times or periods: the one ending with the liberty of Rome, which was the course or empire, as I may call it, of ancient prudence, first discovered to mankind by God himself in the fabric of the commonwealth of Israel, and afterward picked out of his footsteps in nature, and unanimously followed by the Greeks and Romans; the other beginning with the arms of Caesar, which, extinguishing liberty, were the transition of ancient into modern prudence, introduced by those inundations of Huns, Goths, Vandals, Lombards, Saxons, which, breaking the Roman Empire, deformed the whole face of the world with those ...
SHERLOCK HOLMESTHE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSEby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleIt was in the spring of the year 1894 that all London wasinterested, and the fashionable world dismayed, by the murder of theHonourable Ronald Adair under most unusual and inexplicablecircumstances. The public has already learned those particulars of thecrime which came out in the police investigation, but a good dealwas suppressed upon that occasion, since the case for theprosecution was so overwhelmingly strong that it was not necessaryto bring forward all the facts. Only now, at the end of nearly tenyears, am I allowed to supply those missing links which make up thewhole of that remarkable chain. The crime was of interest in itself,...
A Ramble Among the Hills.I USED frequently to amuse myself towards the close of the day, whenthe heat had subsided, with taking long rambles about theneighboring hills and the deep umbrageous valleys, accompanied by myhistoriographic squire, Mateo, to whose passion for gossiping I onsuch occasions gave the most unbounded license; and there was scarce arock, or ruin, or broken fountain, or lonely glen, about which hehad not some marvellous story; or, above all, some golden legend;for never was poor devil so munificent in dispensing hidden treasures.In the course of one of these strolls Mateo was more than usuallycommunicative. It was toward sunset that we sallied forth from thegreat Gate of Justice, and ascended an alley of trees until we came to...
如果我问你：月亮上最美的女人是谁？你一定会这样回答我：白痴，这还用问吗？当然是嫦娥姐姐。难道你没有看见吗？猪八戒大哥想她想得都快要成花痴了，连做梦都在流口水。但是，朋友，我告诉你，你错了。在公元二千五百年以前，嫦娥的确是月亮上最美的女人，但是在公元二千五百年以后，月亮上最美的女人就不再是嫦娥姐姐了。一来是因为岁月不饶人，嫦娥姐姐虽然保养得蛮好，天天跳健美操，美容院也去得勤，但毕竟已经是几千几百岁的人了，鱼尾纹已经悄悄地爬上了眼角，“青春”已经跟她说再见，就快要离她而去了。公元二千五百年的时候，嫦娥姐姐已经变成一个半老徐娘。二来呢，正所谓长江后浪推前浪，一代新人胜旧人，月球上新一代美眉们在整体素质上与嫦娥姐姐那一代老美眉相比有了一个明显的提高，无论从质量上还是从数量上来说，都完全地超越了前辈。新一代的美眉们是时尚的、前卫的，浑身洋溢着青春活力。冷月儿就是新一代美眉...
烈火青春Part2 楔子《“东邦”成员档案》NO.1曲希瑞，英文名字是DANIEL（丹尼尔） 1.外号：神医。 2.特长：精通医术、擅长研制各种新式药品药剂，又是个催眠高手。同时，还擅长烹饪，在学生时代，是“东邦”的“专任名厨”，兼“专任医师”。更是一个把手术刀当“菜刀”、“餐刀”用的好手。 3.绝技：以手术刀当飞刀，百发百中，所以还有一个外号叫：“飞刀快手”。 4.现职：闻名田国际的天才脑外科权威医师，拥有许多世界级的联合大医院。 5.背景：伊利斯公国的王子，曲宁儿的哥哥，和曲宁儿一样拥有四分之一欧洲皇室血统的混血帅哥。 NO.2南宫列，英文名字是ALLEN （艾伦） 1.外号：神赌。 2.特长：第六感奇灵，能够完全无误的预测许多事情（除了和自身有关的事例外），尤其是在赌桌上，除了他刻意放水外，从未有过败绩，故在赌场里有“东方不败”的美称。又精通扑克牌占卜术，且从未出过差错，故在学生时代...
●名家荐语一个艺术家能够给人提供什么呢？他不是教师因而不能给人什么教导。他不是领袖所以未必能给人指引一条光明或安全的道路。他其实也不是灵魂工程师做不来总为别人以至自己脱胎换骨的事。他们是以正规角度看这世界而看腻了的人，并且天真地以为别人可能也不大耐烦，所以为公为私就去找些新鲜的角度看这世界。我想，李清明的文字也在寻找这样的角度。——著名作家 史铁生《微雨独行》 序《微雨独行》 内容简介●内容简介这是一个平凡人写下的篇章，他将唤起我们内心的那一份感动。他内心所体验到的现实，是文字的现实，也是心灵的现实。这是他的人生实践和人生行动的记录。他的思想心得是来自行动中的体悟，有一种真实感人的力量。他说：“你要生活得随意些，你就只能活得平凡些；你要活得辉煌些，你就只能活得痛苦和复杂些；你要活得长久些，你就只能活得简单些。”...
无忌根本没有师妹，一直都猜不出谁会冒充他的师妹。现在他知道了。连一莲和他这个穿红裙的师妹进院子时，他笑了，笑得很愉快，好像自己能够有这么样一个师妹是非常愉快的事。她们就是从梧桐树下那个窗口掠过来的，连一莲在前，穿红裙的姑娘在后，两人的身子还没有落地，就有股劲风迎面卷来。一个人用嘶哑干裂的声音，轻叱道：“出……”她们都没有出去。连一莲凌空翻身，整个人已像壁虎般贴在墙上。穿红裙的姑娘本来好像已被震出窗外，脚尖忽然在窗框上一勾，又轻飘飘地飞了进来。风声犹劲，一直背对着窗口的白衣人，宽大的衣袖仍在猎猎飞舞。穿红裙的姑娘娇笑道：“好厉害的气功。”连一莲道：“只可惜他练的不是大气功，是小气功。”穿红裙的姑娘道：“气功也有分大小的？”连一莲道：“如果他练的不是小气功，怎么会这么小气？多两个人吃饭，多摆两双筷子，也没什么了不起，如果他不是小气，为什么一定要把我们赶出去？”...
近年来，有关曾国藩的图书的出版成为文化界的一个热点。大到全集、全书，小到传记、逸闻，林林总总，不一而足。社会上也掀起了“曾国藩热”，由学界，而军界，而政界，而商界，彼此呼应，波澜壮阔；上至政坛领袖、各级干部，下至普通读者、平民百姓，对“曾国藩”或读之，或研之，或习之，或用之，竞相求证，蔚为大观。曾国藩生活的晚清社会，旧秩序行将崩溃，而社会前进的方向茫无头绪。国内，太平天国义旗一举，应者云集，烽火燃遍十余省，清王朝顿失半壁江山。国外，列强环伺，极尽威迫讹诈之能事，处处侵夺中国主权和领土。可谓内忧外患，百弊丛生。而曾国藩以一介儒生，无权的在籍侍郎，崛起于湘楚之间，纵横捭阖，以残酷的手段镇压了太平天国运动，成为清朝“中兴第一名臣”。不仅如此，他的崛起还极大地改变了近代中国的权力格局，并在政治、经济、军事、社会思想等方面影响了中国社会的走向。虽然后人对他有“毁之则为元凶...
The Last of the Plainsmenby Zane GreyPREFATORY NOTEBuffalo Jones needs no introduction to American sportsmen, but to these of my readers who are unacquainted with him a few words may not be amiss.He was born sixty-two years ago on the Illinois prairie, and he has devoted practically all of his life to the pursuit of wild animals. It has been a pursuit which owed its unflagging energy and indomitable purpose to a singular passion, almost an obsession, to capture alive, not to kill. He has caught and broken the will of every well-known wild beast native to western North America. Killing was repulsive to him. He even disliked the sight of a sporting rifle, though for years necessity compelled him to earn his livelihood by supplying the meat of buffalo to the caravan...
Chapter IX of Volume II (Chap. 32)ELIZABETH was sitting by herself the next morning, and writing to Jane, while Mrs. Collins and Maria were gone on business into the village, when she was startled by a ring at the door, the certain signal of a visitor. As she had heard no carriage, she thought it not unlikely to be Lady Catherine, and under that apprehension was putting away her half-finished letter that she might escape all impertinent questions, when the door opened, and to her very great surprise, Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Darcy only, entered the room.He seemed astonished too on finding her alone, and apologised for his intrusion by letting her know that he had understood all the ladies to be within.They then sat down, and when her enquiries after Rosings were made, ...
他曾经被媒体称为“危机总统”，在俄罗斯最危险的关头上台，上台以后就遇到车臣危机，库尔斯克沉没，人质危机……但普京依然是普京，没有危机战胜他，他度过了所有的危机，受到国际社会的公认，也受到俄罗斯人民的爱戴。不是从前那种对领袖的崇拜，而是对一个坚强、冷静的人的喜爱。 /* 标题 */ 一个人的振兴 /* 目录 */ 引子：直面普京（一） 引子：直面普京（二） 引子：直面普京（三） 引子：直面普京（四） 良好的人生开端 挨打悟出的道理 不安分的学生 人生第一个转折点 柔道与恩师 加入克格勃 嫁给克格勃的漂亮空姐 “苏德友谊之家主任” 目睹历史剧变 投身政界 相助恩师 经历8.19事件（一） 经历8.19事件（二） 重回“克格勃” 克里姆林宫的“政治黑马” 竞选总统（一） 竞选总统（二） 竞选总统（三）...
The Dustby David Graham PhillipsThe Grain of DustA NOVELBYDAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPSTHE GRAIN OF DUSTIINTO the offices of Lockyer, Sanders, Benchley, Lockyer & Norman, corporation lawyers, there drifted on a December afternoon a girl in search of work at stenography and typewriting. The firm was about the most important and most famousradical orators often said infamousin New York. The girl seemed, at a glance, about as unimportant and obscure an atom as the city hid in its vast ferment. She was blondetawny hair, fair skin, blue eyes. Aside from this hardly conclusive mark of identity there was nothing positive, nothing definite, about her. She was neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, neither grave nor gay. She gave the impression of a young person of t...