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。

小说以主人公夏冲从4岁到31岁的经历、见闻为主要线索，时间跨度为1976年至2008年。 夏冲是一个对悲剧非常敏感的人，发现周围生活中到处是被忽略的悲剧，他的父母、少年时代的朋友等人都在各种悲剧之中，与传统悲剧不同的是，这些悲剧往往被看作是理所当然，不足为奇。小说叙述的半个爱情故事则是悲剧中的一抹暖色，女主人公戚敏与夏冲同样年轻、聪明，但更平静，也懂得安之若素。夏冲经历了三次“寂静”时期，他不清楚为什么生活如此平淡又令人激动，无论时代如何变化，这国家这生活都像一条龙，庞大、强力、野心勃勃，而主人公则像一只蝉，疏离、弱小、难以平静。当他到了成熟的年纪，成了一名律师，却仍受制于往日记忆，不得自由。2008年北京奥运会之前，中国已经成了一个崭新的国家，生活完全变了。这时夏冲回首往事，就像蝉发出了一

春秋乱世，她从乱坟岗重生，寄人篱下。她女扮男装，混迹于游侠之间，靠聪明才智和经商之才，成为流亡齐地的赵公子出的门客和姬妾。她爱财如命，见金子两眼放光。他则以打压她为乐，没收她的财源。 帷幔下，她以身相许，几多缱绻。她助他执掌赵国国政，一心为他。他则姬妾成群，另立她人为后。乱世争霸，她运筹帷幄，笑傲群雄。最终，她能否靠自己的才能让他一心一意，死心塌地？ 一对欢喜冤家，一场草根女与古代的情爱纠葛大戏，于春秋苍茫大地上，正在激情上演

一部用智慧构建和平的心灵秘史 ?? ?? ??上世纪初，“改土归流”在康区已接近尾声，地处藏、汉、回交汇地的具有开放意识的云登格龙同康巴的所有土司一样，正经历着沉浮、恐慌与彷徨。和其他土司不同的是，他意识到土司制度必然被新的制度取代。这种悲剧式的觉醒让他了悟，如果要在多民族聚居地保住生存位置，相互间就必须学会宽容和尊重。然而，诱惑使他难以改变惯有的权力欲，于是，绝望、挣扎、希望交替出现在他的生命中…… ?? ?? ??一曲由鲜血和忏悔谱就的人性赞歌

Callaghen's business is soldiering. For twenty years he'd foughtall over the world, from China to the deserts of California; nowhe's a private in the U.S. Cavalry, poorly paid, his enlistmentabout to run out. He's ready to move on...until he comes across astartling discovery: a treasure map belonging to a dead lieutenantwho may not have been all that he seemed. The map points the way toan underground river of gold...or does it? To find out, Callaghenwill have to fight the toughest war of his life: against a fierceIndian warrior, a vindictive commanding officer, and a ruthlessgang of outlaws who'll turn what may be a river of gold into ariver of blood.

The story was that Eli Patterson had died in a gunfight, butMike Shevlin knew it couldn't be true: the man who'd been like afather to him had been a Quaker. But when Shevlin rides back toRafter Crossing to uncover the truth, he finds that the quietranching community has become a booming mining town. Newfoundwealth has not made Rafter a peaceful place, however, and the smellof fear and greed is thick in the air. As Mike Shevlin tries tounravel the mystery of Patterson's death, he is led deeper anddeeper into a conspiracy that controls not only the fate of RafterCrossing but the heart of a beautiful but tormented youngwoman--and Shevlin's own destiny.

A PRIZED COLLECTION OF AMERICAN FICTION -- FROM AMERICA'SFAVORITE STORYTELLERThis first-rate collection of short stories bythe incomparable Louis L'Amour showcases the legendary writer athis very best: spinning a fascinating and wholly authentic set ofunforgettable tales. In these extraordinary stories, we meet a manwho is forced to defend himself by taking another's life -- andmust pay for his actions in a most punishing manner; a youngthrill-seeker who finally finds a place he can call home, and vowsto stay there -- regardless of the man who tries to stand in hisway; and a drifter who honors a deathbed promise to a stranger byembarking on an unlikely mission of mercy.Complete with revealingauthor's notes, the stories in Law of the Desert Born arehistorically precise, and filled with L'Amour's trademark humor andadventure. They are nothing less than modern classics of theAmerican West, told by one of the most beloved storytellers of ourtime.

A long-awaited collection of stories about the real heroes ofthe frontier--the survivors--from America's favorite storyteller ofthe authentic West. They came West to stay, risking their blood todig for gold, ride the range, conquer the greedy, and carve out alegacy of freedom. Reissue.

West From Singapore is a second collection of two-fistedadventure stores set in the Pacific at the outbreak of World WarII, by the author of the recent New York Times bestseller NightOver The Solomons and the #1 bestselling Last Of The Breed.

In Mustang Man," " Louis L'Amour takes Nolan Sackett on adangerous journey into family betrayal, greed, and murder. WhenNolan Sackett met Penelope Hume in a cantina at Borregos Plaza, thegirl immediately captured his attention. That she was heir to alost cache of gold didn't make her any less desirable. But Penelopeisn't the only one after her grandfather's treasure; Sylvie, Ralph,and Andrew Karnes, distant relatives with no legal claim to thegold, are obsessed with claiming the Hume fortune for themselves.Their all-consuming sense of entitlement recklessly drives them toambush and murder. Even if Sackett and Penelope are fortunateenough to escape this deadly trio and find the canyon where thegold is hidden, Indian legend has it that nothing will livethere--no birds or insects. They say it is filled with the bones ofmen.

Spirited American stories Gathered together for the first timeFrom the coasts of Brazil to the borders of Tibet to the veryheartland of America, May There Be a Road gathers ten previouslyuncollected stories that capture the magnificent scope and sense ofepic adventure that epitomize Louis L'Amour classic fiction. Inthese vivid settings L'Amour takes us into the pivotal moments whenlives are altered forever, when men and women face a deadly enemy,find a kindred spirit, or confront their own mortality. Among theunforgettable characters we meet here are a hard-living,hard-drinking freighter captain whose penchant for flying maychange the course of World War II . . . A lonely frontiersman whounexpectedly finds himself the protector of two orphans . . . Aboxer who accepts a gambler's payoff and then must fight to redeemhimself . . . A detective willing to believe an unproven story inorder to discover a painful truth hidden in a small town. And inthe title story L'Amour weaves the powerful tale of a young Ti

Novel by Ivan Turgenev, published in 1862 as Ottsy i deti.Quite controversial at the time of its publication, Fathers andSons concerns the inevitable conflict between generations andbetween the values of traditionalists and intellectuals. Thephysician Bazarov, the novel's protagonist, is the most powerful ofTurgenev's creations. He is a nihilist, denying the validity of alllaws save those of the natural sciences. Uncouth and forthright inhis opinions, he is nonetheless susceptible to love and by thatfact doomed to unhappiness. In sociopolitical terms he representsthe victory of the revolutionary nongentry intelligentsia over thegentry intelligentsia to which Turgenev belonged. At the novel'sfirst appearance the radical younger generation attacked itbitterly as a slander, and conservatives condemned it as toolenient in its characterization of nihilism.

"If a man won't fight for what is rightly his, then he ain'tmuch account." With this challenge from his dying father, youngShell Tucker rode out after three men who had stolen the twentythousand dollars his father was carrying. Two of the men he hunted,Doc Sites and Kid Reese, were his friends. Dreaming of adventure,Tucker had wanted to join their gang. But now, with his father goneand the people back home desperately in need of the proceeds fromthe cattle drive, Shell was determined to uphold his father'sreputation and recover their money. He knew the odds were againsthim. Finding his friends would be difficult. Getting the money backwould be nearly impossible.

In Mojave Crossing," " Louis L'Amour takes William TellSackett on a treacherous passage from the Arizona goldfields to thebooming town of Los Angeles. Tell Sackett was no ladies' man, buthe could spot trouble easily enough. And Dorinda Robiseau was thekind of trouble he wanted to avoid at any time--even more so whenhe had thirty pounds of gold in his saddlebags and a long way totravel. But when she begged him for safe passage to Los Angeles,Sackett reluctantly agreed. Now he's on a perilous journey throughthe most brutal desert on the continent, traveling with a companionhe doesn't trust...and headed for a confrontation with a deadlygunman who also bears the name of Sackett.

They tried to tell him that his father had killed himself, butKearney McRaven knew better. No matter what life had dealt him, hisfather would go down fighting. And as he delved deeper into themystery, he learned that just before his father died, the elderMcRaven had experienced a remarkable run of luck: he'd won nearlyten thousand dollars and the deed to a cattle ranch. Not yeteighteen, Kearney was determined enough to track down his father'smurderer and claim what was rightfully his. Now, followed everystep of the way by a shadowy figure, Kearney must solve the mysteryof his father's hidden past--a past that concealed a cold-bloodedkiller who would stop at nothing to keep a chilling secret.

This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jean Fritz’s award-winning account of her life in China, and to honor this story, it is only fitting that it be added to our prestigious line of Puffin Modern Classics. This fictionalized autobiography tells the heartwarming story of a little girl growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were enjoying their childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the midst of political unrest. Jean Fritz tells her captivating story of the difficulties of living in a unfamiliar country at such a difficult time.

His dream was to build magnificent steamboats to ply therivers of the American frontier. But when Jean Talon began hisjourney westward, he stumbled upon a deadly conspiracy involving ayoung woman's search to find her missing brother, and a ruthlessband of renegades. Led by the brazen Baron Torville, this makeshiftarmy of opportunists is plotting a violent takeover of theLouisiana Territory. Jean swears to find a way to stop this daringplan. If he doesn't, it will not only put an end to all his dreams;it will change the course of history--and destroy the promise ofthe American frontier.

In this first of four classic frontier novels, Louis L'Amouradds his own special brand to the life and adventures of one ofAmerica's favorite fictional cowboys, Hopalong Cassidy. In TheRustlers of West Fork," " the quick-thinking, fast-shootingcowpuncher heads west to deliver a fortune in bank notes to his oldfriend, Dick Jordan. When he arrives at the Circle J, he discoversthat the rancher and his daughter, Pam, are being held prisoner bya desperate band of outlaws led by the ruthless Avery Sparr and hispartner Arnold Soper. Even if Hopalong Cassidy can free Jordan andPam, he will have to lead them across rough and untamed Apachecountry, stalked by the outlaws who have vowed to gun him down. ButHopalong is no stranger to trouble, and before his guns or histemper cool, he's determines to round up Sparr and his gang andbring the outlaws to justice ... dead or alive This classic tale ofpursuit and survival is vintage L'Amour and adds new life andluster to the legend of Hopalong Cassidy.