《地球杀场》是一部英雄史诗般的科幻小说。故事发生在公元三千年的时候，地球已被外星入侵者——塞库洛统治了若干个世纪。塞库洛用毒气毁灭地球人类，对捕获到的幸存者施以暴虐；他们依靠庞大的星系矿业公司，主宰着银河系。 在洛基山脉的一个贫瘠荒凉的小山村，幸存的人类过着野蛮人的生活。乔尼·泰勒决定出走山庄，去寻找乐土，不幸落入塞库洛的魔爪。在其他幸存者：苏格兰人、中国人、俄国人的帮助之下，乔尼巧妙地与宇宙间邪恶势力周旋，并运用人类的智慧，战胜了塞库洛和别的企图瓜分地球的外星入侵者。
This novel tells the story of Hank Morgan, the quintessentialself-reliant New Englander who brings to King Arthur’s Age ofChivalry the “great and beneficent” miracles of nineteenth-centuryengineering and American ingenuity. Through the collision of pastand present, Twain exposes the insubstantiality of both utopias,destroying the myth of the romantic ideal as well as his own era’sfaith in scientific and social progress. A central document in American intellectual history, AConnecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is at once a hilariouscomedy of anachronisms and incongruities, a romantic fantasy, autopian vision, and a savage, anarchic social satire that only oneof America’s greatest writers could pen.
The translations, created through a fresh approach to theNorwegian original in tandem with a keen sense of Ibsen'stheatricallity and playability, have all been tested and refined inproductions at professional theaters. The translators have paid particular attention to threeaspects of Ibsen's technique: his wit and humor, his "supertext" -the web of rich allusions and references that he weaves in andaround his dialogue - and the bold theatricallity of the plays. Theresult is an Ibsen that sounds contemporary without being slangy orcolloquial - an Ibsen of strong ideas but also living characters -and surprisingly different from the image of the cold, forbidding"scold of the North" that we often associate with this giantwriter. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Among Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is considered the jewel in the crown of a triumphant theatrical career. Now Kenneth Branagh plays the leading role and co-directs a brillant ensemble performance. Three generations of legendary leading actors, many of whom first assembled for the Oscar-winning film Henry V, gather here to perform the rarely heard complete version of the play. This clear, subtly nuanced, stunning dramatization, presented by The Renaissance Theatre Company in association with Bbc Broadcasting, features such luminaries as Sir John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, Emma Thompson and Christopher Ravenscroft. It combines a full cast with stirring music and sound effects to bring this magnificent Shakespearen classic vividly to life. Revealing new riches with each listening, this production of Hamlet is an invaluable aid for students, teachers and all true lovers of Shakespeare -- a recording to be treasured for decades
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective，Sherlock Holmes，in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast with blazing eyes and dripping jaws'which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated gaskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry，the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this fiendish spectre the manifestation of the family curse？Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming murderer？Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this devilish affair. The Hound of the Baskervilles is introduced by David Stuart Davies，Editor of Sherlock Holmes-The Detective Magazine and several books concerning Sherlock Holmes.
Clym Yeobright returns from Paris to the village of his birth,inspired to improve the life of its men and women. But his plansare upset when he falls in love with a beautiful, darklydiscontented girl, Eustacia Vye, who longs to escape from herprovincial surroundings.
A sparkling love story set at a seaside resort-now in a newpackage When the man whose proposal she rejected returns from his longmilitary tour at sea, Anne Elliot is forced to face the decisionshe made eight years ago-along with the man she's never stoppedloving.
Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens lifetime.His natural inclination towards drama and the macabre lead him into the telling of ghost tales.Twelve ghosts stories are presented here,and the full range of Dickens' gothic talents can be seen.
The debut of an American original. Here is the accomplished first novel that catapulted F. ScottFitzgerald to literary fame-at the age of 23. It follows theeducation-intellectual, spiritual, and sexual-of young AmoryBlaine.
The Boynton/Cook editions of four of Shakespeare's most popularplays have been reissued with attractive new cover designs andprinted on more opaque, easy-to-read paper. This series isspecifically designed for high school classes. Students will be able to see each play as a whole. In theirintroduction to each of the plays, editors Mack and Boynton suggestways of approaching the text that allow the reader a broad range ofimaginative involvement. Their observations are intended to helpstudents read and experience the play, not to discourage them withcritical jargon or peripheral historical information. Students will be reading the best text both in terms of visualexcellence and quality of scholarship. They'll immediatelyappreciate the large page format and highly readable typography.Each volume is consistent with the most authoritative early editionof each play. The glosses are full and clear but don't belabor theobvious or clutter the text. Background information includes the editors' detailed analysis ofthe
Countess Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of Newland Archer, engaged to be married to May Welland. Edith Wharton (1862-1937).American novelist,noted for her sharp depiction of New York society during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries,she is best rememberedfor classics such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth.
CINEMA CLASSICS brings back into print clas-sic books that were the inspiration for some of the ost beloved films of all time. Too often it is for- gotten, or not even known, that many of theworld's favorite movies were first bestselling books, capturing the imagination of readers, as they would later do for moviegoers. And often the book is richer, deeper, and even more dramatic and compelling than the film, making the reading experience a pleasure all its own. THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI is such a classic, as both film and novel. First published in 1954, and released as a movie in 1957, starring Alec Guinness and William Holden, and winning seven Academy Awards including one for BestPicture, this is a spellbinding, epic World War II novel about the futility and insanity of war, viewed through the psychological confrontations between a willful British colonel prisoner-of-war and the equally willful Japanese colonel who is head of the camp. With pride, loyalty, tradition, heroism all brought into quest
A classic tour of the wild west In 1861, young Mark Twain found himself adrift as a tenderfoot inthe Wild West—and Roughing It is his hilarious record of histravels come to life with his inimitable mixture of reporting,social satire, and rollicking tall tales.
Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde enquatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the Frenchwriter Jules Verne, first published in 1872. In the story, PhileasFogg of London and his newly-employed French valet Passepartoutattempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a ￡20,000 wagerset by his friends at the Reform Club. Publisher Comments: Jules Verne Great excitement and awe greeted its publication in1873, and today Around the World in Eighty Days remains JulesVerne’s most successful novel. A daring wager by the eccentric andmysterious Englishman Phileas Fogg that he can circle the globe injust eighty days initiates this marvelous travelogue and excitingsuspense story. Together with his manservant, Passepartout, Foggmakes a breathless world tour, overcoming wild misadventures andfinding time to rescue a beautiful Indian maharani from a burningfuneral pyre—all the while restlessly pursued by a bumblingdetective called Mr. Fix. Realistically utilizing nearly everymean
Wrongfully imprisoned for fourteen years, Edmond Dantes escapesto the island of Monte Cristo. What awaits him there is a fortunein gold-and a new identity with which to persue his revenge andredemption.
Spirited Elizabeth Bennet matches wits and wiles of the heartwith the arrogant Mr. Darcy in this entertaining portrait ofmatrimonial rites and rivalries in Regency England.
From Hector St 10hn de Crevecoeurs defining statement ofAmericanism to Harlem Renaissance figure Claude McKaysobservationson race，here are both rousing and heartbreaking impressions ofthose who departed from their homelands in the hopes of making anew 1ire A thirteen-year-old boy's arrival from Scotland isrelated-a boy who would later become millionaire industrialistAndrew Carnegie other American SUCCESS Stories tell of immigrants'efforts to reconcile old traditions with their new land Includedare the experiences Of Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Bok.1nventorMichael Pupin，renowned social reformer Jacob Riis，one of the firstAmerican female physicians，Marie Zakrzewska，as well as those whocame from India，China，Korea，Syria，and Mexico to make their mark onthe “New World”.
First published in 1903, this extraordinary collection of 14essays was a groundbreaking literary work. Grappling with thecontradictions of being black and being American, W.E.B. Du Boiscreated a manifesto for the emerging class of African-Americanintellectuals.
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Dialogues of Plato offers a philosophy that has guided man through the ages. In his magnificent writings, Plato examines our virtues and vices, our problems and questions. With remarkable literary grace, he shows us how man can understand his place in the world and live an intelligent and happy life. This edition features the Jowett Translations, edited and with introductory notes by Justin D. Kaplan. The complete texts of The Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Symposium, and extensive selections from The Republic are included.
This all-new Signet Classic contains many of T.S. Eliot's mostimportant early peoms, leading to perhaps his greatest masterpiece,The Waste Land, which has long been regarded as one of thefundamental texts of modernism. By combining poetic elements frommany diverse sources with bits of popular culture and common speechlinked in a fragmented narrative, Eliot recreated the chaos anddisillusionment of Europe in the aftermath of WWI. * The Waste Land is a modernist literary masterpiece. * Contains a number of early poems, including Spleen, The Deathof St. Narcissus, The Love Song of J. Prufrock, Preludes,Gerontion, The Hippopotmaus, and Sweeny Among theNightingales. * T.S Eliot is the winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature,and is one of America's greatest poets. * Edited and with an Introduction by Helen Vendler, a foremostscholar of moderism at Harvard University who writes regularly forthe New Yorker and The New Republic. * Vendler is also the author of books on other
