本书精选法国著名作家莫泊桑的39篇中短篇小说，有《羊脂球》《我的叔叔于勒》《项链》等不朽名篇，内容丰富多彩，结构巧妙动人。
The ultimate battle between good and evil
By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bringautomobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Babyboomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed notsafety, style not comfort, and Ford didn't offer what these youngdrivers wanted. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari lorded over the Europeanracing scene, crafting beautiful, fast sports cars that epitomizedstyle."Go Like Hell" tells the remarkable story of how Henry FordII, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and aformer racing champion turned engineer named Carroll Shelby,concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enterthe high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurousfew threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build,and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game, at the mostprestigious and brutal race in the world, the 24 Hours ofLeMans."Go Like Hell" transports readers to a risk-filled, glorioustime through this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between twoin
"All life in all worlds" -this was the object of the author'sseventeen-year quest for knowledge and discovery, culminating inthis book. In a manner unmistakably his own, Murchie delves intothe interconnectedness of all life on the planet and of such fieldsas biology, geology, sociology, mathematics, and physics. He offersus what the poet May Sarton has called "a good book to take to adesert island as sole companion, so rich is it in knowledge andinsight."
In San Francisco, a dead man is found amid evidence that might confirm suicide but strongly suggests murder. The prime murder suspect is a high-profile defense attorney--and the new lover of the victim's estranged wife. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
Open the gate to Fairacre, America's favorite English village.The end of a school year often brings unmitigated rapture forschoolteachers, and so it should for Miss Read, schoolmistress inthe charming English village of Fairacre. But on the very first dayof the long summer holiday, she falls and breaks her arm. Just whenher summer seems ruined, her old friend, Amy Garfield, comes to heraid with a diverting suggestion. They travel to Crete for twoweeks, and the change of scene provides a welcome break for both ofthem. When Miss Read returns, refreshed, to her beloved village,she is ready to tackle the problems that await her.
In the early years of the 18th century,Scotland is torn by religious and political strife.Hogg's sinner,justified by his Calvinist conviction that his own salvation is pre-ordained,is suspected of involvement in a series of bizarre and ideous crimes.A century later his memoirs reveal the extraordinary,macabre truth.The tale is chilling for its astute psychological accuracy as it illuustrates,with power and economy,the dire effect of self-righteous bigotry on a fanatical character. In the first half of his new introduction David Blair provides a detailed explanation of the historical and religious contexts of Hogg's novel.In the second half he probes the book's brillliant,complex engagement with issues of identity,history and narrative itself.
Now a classic of the travel genre, The Great Railway Bazaarchronicles Paul Theroux's adventures by rail from Victoria Stationin London to Tokyo Central, told with his signature wryobservations.
