马普尔小姐到朋友凯丽·路易斯家做客, 发现一切事情都不对劲。这个家庭里有休养的少年犯, 还有一些奇怪的人物。然后, 有人试图谋杀凯丽的丈夫, 她的继子被杀死, 她也被人投毒。马普尔小姐开始破案……

本书共收录近300则小故事，它们涵盖了幸福人生的诠释，内容包括习惯养成、潜能激励、交际处世、心灵境界等等。这些精辟的小故事背后，都隐藏着无穷的思想和智慧。本书写给那些所有心怀梦想，但现实迷茫，渴望改变的青年男女，引导他们巧妙应对青春、成长、恋爱所遭遇的各种困惑和无助，从而少走弯路。

本书收录了数百个发人深省的故事，品尝“心灵鸡汤”，将使你可以更从容、更自信、更智慧，会让你从庸庸碌碌中醒来，端正人生的正确态度；在感到痛苦、迷茫和失落的时候，会从中获取贴心的安慰。在书中你可以领略古人的智慧和今人的务实，你也能体会到小人物在生活、事业、情感等诸多方面所展现出的伟人一般的聪慧。

本书所选的故事虽小，却包含了无穷的人生智慧，书中共收录了200余篇小故事，为我们打开了一扇扇通往大千世界的门窗，它不仅可以激发我们对社会、人生进行多角度的思考，还可以点燃我们内心深处的智慧火花，在追求梦想的道路上，总会有最坎坷最黑暗的那几年，但只要坚持挺过去，很快就会迎来成功的黎明。

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need inthe ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material thatis suitable for Beginner-level students. "Kaori and the Lizard Kng"is a manga-style comic strip story which will have immediate appealwith young teenagers.

In a border town in Mexico, a group of young Mexicans begin adangerous journey across the US-Mexico border in search of a betterlife… . Don starts a new job as a marketing manager for Mickey’s, agroup of fast food restaurants. Will he find out the truth behindthe burgers…? And Amber, a high school student, starts to askserious questions about her part-time job at Mickey’s. Maybe theburgers don’t taste so good after all…

书中收录的200余篇经典哲理美文，内容涉及到人生的方方面面，这里有体会幸福的生活感悟、有涤荡心灵的历练、有战胜挫折的勇气、有闪烁光辉的美德、有发人深思的人生智慧、有温馨感人的爱情、有荡气回肠的亲情……每篇故事都在向人们讲述一份美好的情感、一种人生的意义。

Becky Sharp is alone in the world. She has no money, nofortune and no family. However she is clever, funny ... and hasvery .fine eyes. Amelia Sedley is a sweet girl with a good fortune,but some say she is rather boring. As the two girls meet theirhusbands and live their lives in Vanity Fair,which of them findswhat they are looking for?

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need inthe ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material thatwill instantly appeal to students. "Billy Elliot" is based on thaward-winning film and tells the story of a young boy who followshis dream, against all the odds. It also provides an insight intoBritish culture and family relationships.

本书收录了著名诗人吉狄马加近几年的诗歌力作以及有关诗歌的演讲和访谈，这些诗文具有很强烈的生命意识，同时也极具超前的世界视野和深厚的人类情怀，这些作品中有的是抒情短章，充满了哲理和睿智，同时收录了其富有代表意义的长诗，这些长诗大多是诗人对当下重要事件做出的反映，凸显了诗人浓郁的现实主义风格和强烈的“在场”书写特性，同时，很多作品被翻译成多种文字，在国际上产生了很大的影响。因此，本书是一本中英文对照版的诗文集，这既体现了作者国际性诗人的独特性，又体现了作者诗与文的力量和影响。

There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes， just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it. Remember， there is no other way. Of course， you can make someone want to give you his watch by sticking a revolver in his ribs. You can make your employees give you cooperation-until your back is turned-by threatening to fire them. You can make a child do what you want it to do by a whip or a threat. But these crude methods have sharply undesirable repercussions.

某天深夜, 当其他师生都在沉睡中时, 有两名教师决定前往体育馆, 对那里闪烁着神秘亮光探个究竟。就在那儿, 那堆长曲棍球棒当中, 她们发现了那位不讨人喜欢的女体育教师的尸体。当“猫”再度出击时, 整个学校陷入一片混乱。可惜女学生朱莉娅·厄普约翰知道的太多了。她尤其明

三曹诗歌作品的汉英对照译作，精选建安时期文学代表人物曹操、曹丕、曹植的经典作品八十多首，包括曹操的《短歌行》《步出夏门行》、曹丕的《秋胡行》《清河行》、曹植的《赠王粲》《七步诗》等，由美籍华裔学者吴伏生和英国诗人格雷厄姆·哈蒂尔合作翻译。吴教授国学修养极深，英语地道，格雷厄姆·哈蒂尔擅长诗歌创作，二人曾合作翻译阮籍咏怀诗，并入选“大中华文库”。两位译者以无韵自由诗的形式翻译中国古诗，译文准确流畅，是古诗英译实践的有益尝试。

本书讲述了一个 把信送给加西亚 的传奇故事，这位名叫罗文的英雄接到麦金莱总统的任务 给加西亚将军送一封决定战争命运的信，他没有任何推诿，而是以其的忠诚、责任感和创造奇迹的主动性完成了这件 不可能的任务 。

Limerick, 1934. It's cold and it's wet.Frank, his parents and three brothers have just come back fromAmerica to start a new life in Ireland. But life in Limerick iseven harder than life in 1930s' New York. Frank's `father, Malachy,is from the North of Ireland and people sag he has the "strangelook". He loves his family but he also likes to drink ... Seen through a child's eyes, Angela's Ashestells the true story of Frank's experiences with school, work,girls, death and the Catholic Church.

The cowboy that enigmatic, larger-than-life icon of our culturehas long been considered a figure of fast hands, steel nerves, andfew words. But according to Ramon Adams, cowboys, once amongthemselves, enjoyed a vivid, often boisterous repartee. You mightsay that around a campfire they could make more noise than ajackass in a tin barn. Here in one volume is a complete guide tocowboy-speak. Like many of todays foreign language guides, thishandy book is organized not alphabetically but situationally, lestyou find yourself in Texas at a loss for words. There are sectionson the ranch, the cowboys duties, riding equipment, the roundup,roping, branding, even square dancing. There are words and phrasesyoull recognize because theyve filtered into everyday language bluelightnin, star gazin, the whole shebang plus countless others that,sadly, are seldom heard in current speech: lonely as a preacher onpay night, restless as a hen on a hot griddle, crooked as a snakein a cactus patch. As entertaining as it is authoritati

《野性的呼唤》讲述了一只良犬逐渐回归野性、重返荒野的过程，这一过程充满了野性与人性之间的交织与角斗，而最终野性占据了主导。作者藉此深刻反映了“弱肉强食”的丛林法则。《白獠牙》则与《野性的呼唤》构成了有意味的对比，细致展现的是一只充满野性的小灰狼历尽艰辛最终走向对人性的认同的“心路历程”。

《王子与贫儿》是马克·吐温创作中期时的作品。它以十六世纪英国的社会生活为背景，采用童话讽刺的形式，对当时的资产阶级民主社会做了强烈的批评。故事讲述了贫苦的少年汤姆和英国的富贵王子爱德华互换身份的故事，具有深远的现实意义，也是马克·吐澄风格独具的一部作品。

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need inthe ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material thatwill instantly appeal to students. "Catwoman" is based on the 2004movie, starring Halle Berry and will be recognizable to teens ofall nationalities.