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。

在波澜壮阔的三国时代，除了曹操、诸葛亮、刘备、孙权、周瑜等家喻户晓的人物，还有许多配角，他们也有自己的喜怒哀乐。作者从微小的史料记载中，想象出许多配角的故事。 ???《街亭》借“马谡失街亭”事件，追问马谡的结局，*后揭示了街亭之战被掩埋的真相。 ???《白帝城之夜》以刘备白帝城病重为背景，虚构了一出皇位更迭的故事。 ???《官渡杀人事件》讲述徐他刺杀曹操事件，这背后隐藏着怎样的悄无声息却惊心动魄的激烈交锋？ ???《宛城惊变》分析“宛城之战”必死之局为何只有曹操逃出生天的秘密。 ???《孔雀东南飞》中焦仲卿与刘兰芝二人的爱情悲剧与三国波澜壮阔的群雄争霸有何关联？ ???《洛神赋》流传千古，甄宓、曹丕、曹植三人之间究竟有何纠葛？ ???《三国新语》与《三国志·步幸传》借三国史实逸事

The deepest waters hide the darkest secrets.... When the body ofa murdered man literally falls at Elizabeth Stuart's feet, she'sable to wash away the blood--but not the terror. Unwelcomenewcomers to Still Creek, Minnesota, she and her troubled teenageson are treated with suspicion by the locals, including thesheriff. Yet nothing will stop her from digging beneath the town'splacid surface for the truth--except the killer. Running from amessy divorce, Elizabeth believed buying a small-town newspaperoffered a fresh start for herself and her son. But idyllic StillCreek, nestled in the heart of lush Amish farmlands, hides secretsdangerous enough to push someone to commit murder. Now Elizabethmust risk everything to save herself and her son, and to unmask thekiller...before the current of evil flowing through Still Creekdrags her under. When Elizabeth Stuart searched for a quiet,peaceful home for herself and her son, Still Creek seemed perfect.Nestled in the heart of lush Amish farmlands, this small, idyllicMinnes

The Golden Age is a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954, when the epochal events of World War II and the Cold War transformed America, once and for all, for good or ill, from a republic into an empire. The sharp-eyed and sympathetic witnesses to these events are Caroline Sanford, Washington, D.C., newspaper publisher turned Hollywood pioneer producer-star, and Peter Sanford, her nephew and publisher of the independent intellectual journal The American Idea . They experience at first hand the masterful maneuvers of Franklin Roosevelt to bring a reluctant nation into World War II, and later, the actions of Harry Truman that commit the nation to a decades-long twilight struggle against communism. The locus of these events is Washington, D.C., yet the Hollywood film industry and the cultural centers of New York also play significant parts. The Golden Age offers up United States history as only Gore Vidal can, with unrivaled penetration, wit, and high drama, allie

Together in one extraordinary boxed set- "Naked in Death,""Glory in Death," and "Immortal in Death"-the first three In Deathnovels featuring New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas. Naked inDeath Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant using herinstincts to hunt for a ruthless killer. Breaking every rule, Evegets involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire-and a suspect inEve's murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rulesall their own. Glory in Death Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas has noproblem finding connections between two violent crimes. Bothvictims were beautiful and highly successful women whose intimaterelations with men of great power and wealth provide Eve with along list of suspects-including her own lover, Roarke. Immortal inDeath A top model is dead, the victim of a brutal murder. PoliceLieutenant Eve Dallas puts her professional life on the line totake the case when suspicion falls on her best friend, the otherwoman in a fatal love triangle. And beneath the facade of glamour,Ev

From the bestselling author of "The Egyptologist "and "Prague"comes an even more accomplished and entirely surprising new novel.Angelica is a spellbinding Victorian ghost story, an intriguingliterary and psychological puzzle, and a meditation on marriage,childhood, memory, and fear. The novel opens in London, in the1880s, with the Barton household on the brink of collapse. Mother,father, and daughter provoke one another, consciously andunconsciously, and a horrifying crisis is triggered. As thefamily's tragedy is told several times from different perspectives,events are recast and sympathies shift. In the dark of night, achilling sexual spectre is making its way through the house,hovering over the sleeping girl and terrorizing her fragile mother.Are these visions real, or is there something more sinister, andmore human, to fear? A spiritualist is summoned to cleanse theplace of its terrors, but with her arrival the complexities ofmotive and desire only multiply. The mother's failing health andthe father's ma

Internationally bestselling husband and wife Jonathan and FayeKellerman team up for a powerful one-two punch with "CapitalCrimes," a gripping pair of original crime thrillers. MY SISTER'SKEEPER: BERKELEYSome of progressive state representative DavidaGrayson's views have made her unpopular. Although her foes arenumerous no one suspects that any buttons Davida might push couldevoke deadly force.But now Davida lies brutally murdered in heroffice, and Berkeley homicide detectives Will Barnes and AmandaIsis must unravel Davida's complex, before the killer pulls off arepeat performance. MUSIC CITY BREAKDOWN: NASHVILLEBaker Southerbywas a child prodigy performer. But something leads him to become aNashville cop. His partner, Lamar Van Gundy, is a would-be studiobassist who earned himself a detective's badge. As part ofNashville PD's elite Murder Squad, they catch a homicide that'shigh-profile even for a city where musical celebrity isroutine."Capital Crimes" is page-turning, psychologically resonantsuspense-j

Kiyo's father arrived in California determined to plant hisroots in the land of opportunity after leaving Japan. He, his wife,and their nine American-born children labored in the fieldstogether, building a successful farm. Yet at the outbreak of WorldWar II, Kiyo's family was ordered to Poston Internment Camp. Thismemoir tells the story of the family's struggle to endure in theseharsh conditions and to rebuild their lives afterward in the faceof lingering prejudice.

Donna Leonas Commissario Guido Brunetti series grows morepopular in America with the publication of every new novel. In thisinstallment, Brunettias hopes of a refreshing family holiday in themountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is madein Margheraaa body so badly beaten the face is completelyunrecognizable. Brunetti searches Venice for someone who canidentify the corpse, but he is met with a wall of silence. Then hereceives a telephone call from a contact who promises sometantalizing information. And before the night is out, Brunetti isconfronting yet another appalling, and apparently senseless,death.