Once in a generation a novel comes along that taps a vein ofuniversal human experience resonating with readers of all ages. TheLovely Bones is such a book-a phenomenal #1 bestseller celebratedat once for its narrative artistry, its luminous clarity ofemotion, and I astonishing power to lay claim to the hearts ofmillions of readers around the world.ld..

公元2012年10月11日，一次超高能量的强子对撞机实验引发了无人能够想象的后果。世界范围内，时间场被扭曲，每隔二十个小时，一切都会还原到10月11日早上6点47分的状态，除了人们的记忆之外。时间的循环无穷无尽，一个不可思议的新纪元由此开始。韩方，北京一名最普通的，和朋友们一起经历了这个新纪元最初的震惊和灾难。在每况愈下的混乱局势中，他们必须设法自救。此后的世界被疯狂和愚昧所席卷，他们的生活分崩离析，在黑暗的时代中仍坚守着希望。经历种种劫难后，一个自称受到时间之神指引的神秘教派又在全球范围兴起，教主保罗似乎掌握了幕后真相，通过精心安排的计划把人类带向不可知的未来。 当令人窒息的真相逐步揭开时，韩方发现，在这片时间的废墟上，他和一个神秘的少女竟然肩负着世界最后的希望，可他们将如何拯救

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.

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What have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? What can Catherine the Great's lovers tell us about probability? And, why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they're impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. A rallying cry to ignore the 'experts', The Black Swan shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertainty. 在发现澳大利亚的黑天鹅之前，欧洲人认为天鹅都是白色的，“黑天鹅”曾经是他们言谈与写作中的惯用语，用来指不可能存在的事物，但这个不可动摇的信念随着第一只黑天鹅的出现而崩溃。 黑天鹅的存在寓示着不可预测的重大稀有事件，它在意料之外，却又改变一切，但人

The only thing wrong with this readable, funny memoir of a magazine writer's yearlong travels across the world in search of pleasure and balance is that it seems so much like a Jennifer Aniston movie. Like Jen, Liz is a plucky blond American woman in her thirties with no children and no major money worries. As the book opens, she is going through a really bad divorce and subsequent stormy rebound love affair. Awash in tears in the middle of the night on the floor of the bathroom, she begins to pray for guidance, “you know —— like, to God.” God answers. He tells her to go back to bed. I started seeing the Star headlines： “Jen's New Faith！” “What Really Happened at the Ashram！” “Jen's Brazilian Sugar Daddy —— Exclusive Photos！” Please understand that Gilbert, whose earlier nonfiction book, The Last American Man, portrayed a contemporary frontiersman, is serious about her quest. But because she never leaves her self-deprecating humor at home, her journey out of depression and tow

ConsideredbymanytobeDickens'finestnovel,GreatExpectationstracesthegrowthofthebook'snarrator,PhilipPirrip(Pip),fromaboyofshallowdreamstoamanwithdepthofcharacter.FromitsfamousdramaticopeningonthebleakKentishmarshes,thestoryaboundswithsomeofDickens'mostmemorablecharacters.AmongthemarethekindlyblacksmithJoeGargery,themysteriousconvictAbelMagwitch,theeccentricMissHavershamandherbeautifulwardEstella,Pip'sgood-heartedroom-mateHerbertPocketandthepompousPumblechook.AsPipunravelsthetruthbehindhisown'greatexpectations'inhisquesttobecomeagentleman,themysteriesofthepastandtheconvolutionsoffatethroughaseriesofthrillingadventuresservetosteerhimtowardsmaturityandhismostimportantdiscoveryofall-thetruthabouthimself. 《远大前程》是狄更斯最成熟的作品之一，是他比较晚期的作品。狄更斯经历了丰富的人间生活后，对人，对周围环境，对自己的生活经历都有了深刻的认识，而所有他成熟的思想认识都汇总在《远大前程》一书中。这部作品原题名

In his novel The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do. He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil——in this case, Afghanistan——while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over. And he does this on his first try. The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father’s servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicte. Even after Amir and his father flee to Ameria, Amir remains haunted by his cowar

LittleWomenisoneofthebestlovedbooksofalltime.LovelyMeg,talentedJo,frailBeth,spoiledAmy:thesearehardlessonsofpovertyandofgrowingupinNewEnglandduringtheCivilWar.Throughtheirdreams,plays,pranks,letters,illnesses,andcourtships,womenofallageshavebecomeapartofthisremarkablefamilyandhavefeltthedeepsadnesswhenMegleavesthecircleofsisterstobemarriedattheendofPartI.PartII,chroniclesMeg'sjoysandmishapsasayoungwifeandmother,Jo'sstruggletobecomeawriter,Beth'stragedy,andAmy'sartisticpursuitsandunexpectedromance.BasedonLouiseMayAlcott'schildhood,thislivelyportraitofnineteenth-centuryfamilylifepossessesalastingvitalitythathasendearedittogenerationsofreaders.

Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. 《傲慢与偏见》通过几位村镇中产阶级姑娘谈婚论嫁的故事，反映十八世纪末至十九世纪初英国社会的世态风习。小说情节曲折、富有喜剧性，语言自然流畅、机智幽默，以精湛的技巧揭示了生活的悲喜剧。十八世纪末叶，英国小说似乎发展到了一个潴留阶段。从这个世纪之初开始，以丹尼尔·笛福和乔纳森·斯威夫特为前导，英国小说经过亨利·菲尔丁、塞缪尔·理查森等小说大家的昌隆盛世，到

HarperCollinsisproudtopresentitsnewrangeofbest-loved,essentialclassics.‘Thehorridmysteryhangingoverusinthishousegetsintomyheadlikeliquor,andmakesmewild.’Centredaroundagloriousyellowdiamondthatcarrieswithitamenacinghistory,TheMoonstonetellsthestoryofRachelVerinder,whoinheritsthestoneonhereighteenthbirthday.Thatveryevening,thediamondisstolenandtherebeginsanepicenquiryintohuntingdownthethief.Atthesametime,threeIndianmen,BrahminguardiansofthediamondareattemptingtoreclaimthestoneinordertoreturnittotheirsacredHinduIdol.Toldfromtheperspectiveof11differentcharacters,WilkieCollins’taleofmysteryandsuspicionwasconsideredthefirstmodernEnglishdetectivenovelatitstimeofpublication.

Fewchildren'sclassicscanmatchthecharmandoriginalityofFrancesHodgsonBurnett'sTheSecretGarden,theunforgettablestoryofsullen,sulkyMaryLennox,"themostdisagreeable-lookingchildeverseen."Whenacholeraepidemicleavesherasanorphan,MaryissenttoEnglandtolivewithherreclusiveuncle,ArchibaldCraven,atMisselthwaiteManor.Unlovedandunloving,Marywandersthedesolatemoorsuntilonedayshechancesuponthedoorofasecretgarden.Whatfollowsisoneofthemostbeautifultalesoftransformationinchildren'sliterature,asMaryhersicklyandtyrannicalcousinColinandapeasantboynamedDicksonsecretlystrivetomakethegardenbloomoncemore. Auniqueblendofrealismandmagic,TheSecretGardenremainsamovingexpressionofeverychild'sneedtonurtureandbenurtured—astorythathascapturedforalltimetherareandenchantedworldofchildhood.

AgathaChristie’smostfamousmurdermystery,reissuedwithastrikingnewcoverdesignedtoappealtothelatestgenerationofAgathaChristiefansandbooklovers.Justaftermidnight,asnowdriftstopstheOrientExpressinitstracks.Theluxurioustrainissurprisinglyfullforthetimeoftheyear,butbythemorningitisonepassengerfewer.AnAmericantycoonliesdeadinhiscompartment,stabbedadozentimes,hisdoorlockedfromtheinside.Isolatedandwithakillerintheirmidst,detectiveHerculePoirotmustidentifythemurderer–incaseheorshedecidestostrikeagain.

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