"The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories" contains ten ofHemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction.Selected from "Winner TakeNothing, Men Without Women, " and "TheFifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, " this collectionincludes "The Killers," the first of Hemingway's mature stories tobe accepted by an American periodical; the autobiographical"Fathers and Sons," which alludes, for the first time inHemingway's career, to his father's suicide; "The Short Happy Lifeof Francis Macomber," a "brilliant fusion of personal observation,heresay, and invention," wrote Hemingway's biographer, CarlosBaker; and the title story itself, of which Hemingway said: "I putall the true stuff in," with enough material, he boasted, to fillfour novels. Beautiful in their simplicity, startling in theiroriginality, and unsurpassed in their craftsmanship, the stories inthis volume highlight one of America's master storytellers at thetop of his form.

For this Sesquicentennial Norton Critical Edition, the Northwestern-Newberry text of Moby-Dick has been generously footnoted to include dozens of biographical discoveries, mainly from Hershel Parker's work on his two-volume biography of Melville. A section of "Whaling and Whalecraft" features prose and graphics by John B. Putnam, a sample of contemporary whaling engravings, as well as, new to this edition, an engraving of Tupai Cupa, the real-life inspiration for the character of Queequeg. Evoking Melville’s fascination with the fluidity of categories like savagery and civilization, the image of Tupai Cupa fittingly introduces "Before Moby-Dick: International Controversy over Melville," a new section that documents the ferocity of religions, political, and sexual hostility toward Melville in reaction to his early books, beginning with Typee in 1846. The image of Tupai Cupa also evokes Melville’s interest in the mystery of self-identity and the possibility of knowing another person’s "q

Here is the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill, and the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz. Gladwell sits with Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen, as he sells rotisserie ovens, and divines the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer" who can calm savage animals with the touch of his hand. He explores intelligence tests and ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias" and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate.

This fiercely comic tale stands in marked contrast to itsgenial predecessor, "The Pickwick Papers," Set against London'sseedy back street slums, "Oliver Twist" is the saga of a workhouseorphan captured and thrust into a thieves' den, where some ofDickens's most depraved villains preside: the incorrigible ArtfulDodger, the murderous bully Sikes, and the terrible Fagin, thattreacherous ringleader whose grinning knavery threatens to sendthem all to the "ghostly gallows." Yet at the heart of this dramais the orphan Oliver, whose unsullied goodness leads him at last tosalvation. In 1838 the publication of "Oliver Twist" firmlyestablished the literary eminence of young Dickens. It was,according to Edgar Johnson, "a clarion peal announcing to the worldthat in Charles Dickens the rejected and forgotten and misused ofthe world had a champion."

A philosopher and his disciple journey to find "the best of all possible worlds" in this classic work of eighteenth-century satire. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis, including modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the wo

This collection of 100 of O Henry’s finest stories is a showcase for the sheer variety of one of America’s best and best-loved short story writers。 The variety of the stories is amazing; O Henry is as at home describing life south of the Rio Grande as he is chronicling the activities and concerns of ’the four million’ ordinary citizens who inhabited turn--of-the-century New York。They are marked by coincidence and surprise endings as well as the compassion and high humour that have made O Henry’s stories popular for the last century。

Perhaps Willa Cather's most autobiographical work, The Song ofthe Lark charts the story of a young woman's awakening as an artistagainst the backdrop of the western landscape. Thea Kronborg, anaspiring singer, struggles to escape from the confines her smallColorado town to the world of possibility in the Metropolitan OperaHouse. In classic Cather style, The Song of the Lark is thebeautiful, unforgettable story of American determination and itsinextricable connection to the land. "The time will come whenshe'll be ranked above Hemingway." -- Leon Edel

As One of the great classics of economics.this influential work was written by the noted eighteenth-century philosopher and political economist It was the first systematic formulation of classical English economics.Adam Smith's name is popularly associated with his belief that self-interest would operate to bring to bring about the healthiest economic conditions for all,i.e.a laissez-faire system.based on an absolutely free economy.This work is not only marvelously rich in infrmation about earlier historical periods and acute in its observation of the contemporary scence.it is also a great work of political philosophy.The first great survey of economic life in all its interdependence.this book is recognized as the framework for the development of political economy as a separate discipline.

Winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature. Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, critic, novelist and dramatist, holda position of singular eminence in the world of French letters.Among readers and critics familiar with the whole of Sartre's work,it is generally recognized that his earliest novel, LeNausée (first published in 1938), is his finest and mostsignificant. It is unquestionably a key novel of the TwentiethCentury and a landmark in Existentialist fiction.

Ralph Waldo Emerson set out on his first visit to Europe in 1831,passing throuth Italy,Switzerland and France to Britain,and visiting Landor,Coleridge,Wordsworth,and ,most important of all ,Carlyle,with whom he laid the foundation of a life-long friendship.On his return to America,he took up lecturing,and continued for nearly forty years to use this form of expression for his ideas on religion,politics,literature,and philosophy.He published a succession of volumes of essays,addresses and poems.The spirit and ideas which constitute the essence of his teachings are fully expressed in the essays contained in this volume.The writings here produced belong to the earlier half of his literary activity.However,it may fairly be said that by 1860 Emerson had put forth all his important fundamental ideas,and the later utterances consist largely of restatements and applications of these.Thanks to the singular bearty and condensation of his style,it is thus possible to obtain from this one volume a view of the philosophy

The internationally acclaimed autbor of The Satanic Verses crses creates a stunning literary masterpiece,brilliantly intermingling the themes of love,loss,music,myth,relism,bistory,and pop culure,wbile belling a captivating story of epic protortions "This is Rushdie at his absolute,almost nisolently global best-his adroit mastery of language serves brilliantly imagined characters and a mesmerizing narrative Completely scductive"-Toni Morrison 作者简介 SAMAN RUSHDIE has written six previous novels.Grimus,Midnight's Children,Shame,The Satanic Verses,Haroun and the Sea of Storiesm,and The Moor's Last Sigh as well as a collection of short stories and three nonfiction works.

Though generally overlooked during her lifetime, EmilyDickinson's poetry has achieved acclaim due to her experiments inprosody, her tragic vision and the range of her emotional andintellectual explorations.

Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleepswith a different virgin, executing her the next morning. To endthis brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier'sdaughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king stories of adventure,love, riches and wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled withprinces and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits,tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba outwitting a band offorty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. Thesequence of stories will last 1,001 nights.

Grade 5 Up-Opening with the classic line, "Call me Ishmael," the narrator's New England accent adds a touch of authenticity to this sometimes melodramatic presentation. The St. Charles Players do a credible job on the major roles, but some of the group responses, such as "Aye, aye Captain," sound more comic than serious. This adaptation retains a good measure of Melville's dialogue and key passages which afford listeners a vivid connection with the lengthy novel. Background music and appropriate sound effects enhance the telling of the story about Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of the malevolent white whale. The cassettes are clearly marked, and running times are noted on each side of the tapes. Announcements at the beginning of each side and a subtle chime signal at the end make it easy to follow the story, but a stereo player must be used to hear some dialogue. The lightweight cardboard package is inadequate for circulation. Done in a radio theatre format, the recording does a nice job of introducing the

Among Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is considered the jewel in the crown of a triumphant theatrical career. Now Kenneth Branagh plays the leading role and co-directs a brillant ensemble performance. Three generations of legendary leading actors, many of whom first assembled for the Oscar-winning film Henry V, gather here to perform the rarely heard complete version of the play. This clear, subtly nuanced, stunning dramatization, presented by The Renaissance Theatre Company in association with Bbc Broadcasting, features such luminaries as Sir John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, Emma Thompson and Christopher Ravenscroft. It combines a full cast with stirring music and sound effects to bring this magnificent Shakespearen classic vividly to life. Revealing new riches with each listening, this production of Hamlet is an invaluable aid for students, teachers and all true lovers of Shakespeare -- a recording to be treasured for decades

For many people watching football is mere entertainment；to Some it’S more like a ritual：but to others，its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself. For Nick Hornby his devotion to the game has provided one of the few constants in a life where the meaningful things-like growing up，Leaving home and forming relationships．both parental and romantic-have rarely been as simple or as uncomplicated as his love for Arsenal．

From Hector St 10hn de Crevecoeurs defining statement ofAmericanism to Harlem Renaissance figure Claude McKaysobservationson race，here are both rousing and heartbreaking impressions ofthose who departed from their homelands in the hopes of making anew 1ire A thirteen-year-old boy's arrival from Scotland isrelated-a boy who would later become millionaire industrialistAndrew Carnegie other American SUCCESS Stories tell of immigrants'efforts to reconcile old traditions with their new land Includedare the experiences Of Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Bok.1nventorMichael Pupin，renowned social reformer Jacob Riis，one of the firstAmerican female physicians，Marie Zakrzewska，as well as those whocame from India，China，Korea，Syria，and Mexico to make their mark onthe “New World”.

Lawrence's reputation as a novelist has often meant that hisachievements in poetry have failed to receive the recognition theydeserve. This edition brings together, in a form he himselfsanctioned, his Collected Poems of 1928, the unexpurgated versionof Pansies, and Nettles, adding to these volumes the contents ofthe two notebooks in which he was still writing poetry when he diedin 1930. It therefore allows the reader to trace the development ofLawrence as a poet and appreciate the remarkable originality anddistinctiveness of his achievement. Not all the poems reprintedhere are masterpieces but there is more than enough quality toconfirm Lawrence's status as one of the greatest English writers ofthe twentieth century.

New introductions commissioned from today's top writers andscholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, andcultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books,plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the workComments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge thereader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for furtherreading Indices Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superiorspecifications; some include illustrations of historical interest.Barnes Noble Classics pulls together a constellation ofinfluences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich eachreader's understanding of these enduring works. Henry David Thoreau was a sturdy individualist and a lover ofnature. In March, 1845, he built himself a wooden hut on the edgeof Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived unti

Kiran Desai's first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard,was published to unanimous acclaim in over twenty-two countries.Now Desai takes us to the northeastern Himalayas where a risinginsurgency challenges the old way of life. In a crumbling, isolatedhouse at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga lives an embittered oldjudge who wants to retire in peace when his orphaned granddaughterSai arrives on his doorstep. The judge's chatty cook watches overher, but his thoughts are mostly with his son, Biju, hopscotchingfrom one New York restaurant job to another, trying to stay a stepahead of the INS, forced to consider his country's place in theworld. When a Nepalese insurgency in the mountains threatens Sai'snew-sprung romance with her handsome Nepali tutor and causes theirlives to descend into chaos, they, too, are forced to confronttheir colliding interests. The nation fights itself. The cookwitnesses the hierarchy being overturned and discarded. The judgemust revisit his past, his own role in this grasping wor

'At 28 years old, I found myself living at home, with my 73-year-old father. As a child, my father never minced words, and when I screwed up, he had a way of cutting right through the bullshit and pointing out exactly why I was being an idiot. When I moved back in I was still, for the most part, an idiot. But this time, I was smart enough to write down all the things he said to me'. Meet Justin Halpern and his dad. Almost one million people follow Mr Halpern's philosophical musings every day on Twitter, and in this book, his son weaves a brilliantly funny, touching coming-of-age memoir around the best of his sayings. What emerges is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father and son relationship from a major new comic voice. As Justin says at one point, his dad is 'like Socrates, but angrier, and with worse hair'; and this is the sort of shit he says...'You know, sometimes it's nice having you around. But now ain't one of those times. Now gimme the remote, we're not watching this bullshit'. 'Happy Birthd

How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk -- a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate -- became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals. These traits are just as vital for this new century of globalization, in which our success will depend on our creativity, as they were for the beginning of the last century, when Einstein helped usher in the

Book De*ion A legendary bestseller for more than forty years, this is theclassic survey to the field from the Middle Ages to thetwenty-first century. With 274 authors, the Eighth Edition deepens its representationof essential works in all genres, ranging from Seamas Heaney'saward-winning translation of Beowulf, Milton's Paradise Lost, andMore's Utopia to the great poets and prose writers of thenineteenth century—Blake and Austen, Wordsworth and Byron, Tennysonand Barrett Browning—to twentieth-century classics of a trulyglobal English literature—Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Woolf's ARoom of One's Own, Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and Friel'sTranslations, to name but a few. Color plates—over 75 in all—andthematic clusters of brief and historically significant texts bringto life the cultural concerns of each period. Concise glosses andannotations, period introductions, biographical headnotes,timelines, and selected bibliographies help readers understand andenjoy the rich diversity of E