A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me aboat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the doorfor petitions. Since the king spent all his time sitting at thedoor for favors (favors being offered to the king, you understand),whenever he heard someone knocking at the door for petitions, hewould pretend not to hear . . ." Why the petitioner required aboat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him,the reader will discover in this delightful fable, a philosophiclove story worthy of Swift or Voltaire.

Eugene wants to get on in the world. So he has come to Paris,where the streets teem with chancers, criminals and social climbers- and everyone is out for what they can get. When he finds a placeto stay at a shabby boarding house, he sees a potential plan tomake a fortune: the two beautiful, aristocratic women whomysteriously come at night to visit the lonely old lodger Goriot.Could they bring him the status and acceptance he craves? In thecity nothing is as it seems though. Soon Eugene gets out of hisdepth in a world of greed and obsession that he could never haveimagined. One that can only end in terrible tragedy.

Senhor Jose is a low-grade clerk in the city's Central Registry,where the living and the dead share the same shelf space. Amiddle-aged bachelor, he has no interest in anything beyond thecertificates of birth, marriage, divorce, and death that are hisdaily routine. But one day, when he comes across the records of ananonymous young woman, something happens to him. Obsessed, SenhorJose sets off to follow the thread that may lead him to thewoman-but as he gets closer, he discovers more about her, and abouthimself, than he would ever have wished. The loneliness of people'slives, the effects of chance, the discovery of love-all coalesce inthis extraordinary novel that displays the power and art of JoseSaramago in brilliant form.

《易碎品》收录了尼尔·盖曼包括雨果奖获奖作品《绿字的研究》在内的多部诗歌、散文及故事作品，展现了他天马行空的想象力和写作才华。他就像个魔术师，用不可思议的手法营造出绚丽惊奇的幻象，让读者惊喜连连，目不暇给。他既将怪诞恐怖的想象融入现实（《纪念与珍宝》、《饲者与食者》），又不乏未泯的童心（《大家都爱好孩子》），还把现实与虚幻天衣无缝地结合起来（《记忆小径拾零》、《打烊时分》），更用想象为童话度上了一层全新的色彩（《椅中的十月》）。在他的故事里，地狱与天堂只有一线之隔，真实与想象就在一念之间。逗趣、阴郁、诡谲、优雅、感伤、冷硬，不同的气质、跳跃的思维与充满灵气的文字背后，有对生活的爱，对失去的害怕，以及对情感细致入微的观察，让人紧张到后背发凉、温柔到心生暖意、兴奋到心跳加速

Translated with an Introduction and Notes by G. H.McWilliam

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Total Heat Sidney Archer has the world. A husband she loves. Ajob at which she excels and a cherished young daughter. Then, as aplane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes.And suddenly there is no one whom Sidney Archer can trust. TotalDanger Jason Archer is a rising young executive at Triton Global,the world's leading technology conglomerate. Determined to give hisfamily the best of everything, Archer has secretly entered into adeadly game. He is about to disappear-leaving behind a wife whomust sort out his lies from his truths, an accident team that wantsto know why the plane he was ticketed on crashed, and a veteran FBIagent who wants to know it all...

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Detective Alex Cross is called to the scene of aperfectly-executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s mostcorrupt: a dirty congressmen and a scheming lobbyist. Next, theelusive marksman begins picking off other crooked politicians,sparking a blaze of theories--is the marksman a hero or a roguevigilante? Alex and Bree are busy with their wedding plans, but as the dateapproaches, the spree of killings demands all of Alex's attention,and the couple is forced to put the ceremony on hold. The case explodes and Max Siegel from the FBI battles Alex forjurisdiction. As Alex juggles the sniper, the wedding, and thestruggle with Siegel, he receives a call from his deadliestadversary, Kyle Craig. After years of silence, the Mastermind isback to his old tricks and will not relent until he has eliminatedCross--and his family--for good. With a supercharged blend of suspense, action, and deception,Cross Fire is James Patterson's most exciting Alex Cross novelever.

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