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…

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?

How do we know a cat is a cat? And why do we call it a cat? Howmuch of our perception of things is based on cognitive ability, andhow much on linguistic resources? Here, in six remarkable essays,Umberto Eco explores in depth questions of reality, perception, andexperience. Basing his ideas on common sense, Eco shares a vastwealth of literary and historical knowledge, touching on issuesthat affect us every day. At once philosophical and amusing, Kantand the Platypus is a tour of the world of our senses, told by amaster of knowing what is real and what is not.

声音是我们体验这个世界的重要途径。我们日常沟通、享受音乐以及鸟鸣或者涛声这些自然之声都离不开声音。但因为人类靠前发达的大脑，我们可以用呼吸的声音传达信息，公开演讲和传道受业，但其实最开始的声音出现在宇宙诞生后，也就是137亿年前。在这本小书中，迈克·戈德史密斯着眼于声音科学和音响文化，探讨声音是如何产生又是怎样被耳朵感觉到，音调与和声的物理基础以及乐器如何产生独特的声音。他还讲解了音乐这门艺术的演变和音乐令人心生愉悦的原因。通过了解不同来源的：听得见的与听不见的、地下的与水下的、技术性的以及有害的声音，你将了解到声音背后的科学原理，掌握声动人心背后的科学真相。

本书是曼罗 里夫的经典系列合集，几十年来在世界各地不断再版，以简洁幽默的图文启发了几代儿童主动思考如何找到生活的幸福感，以及如何与自己、与周围的世界和谐相处，被誉为美国“代代相传的教养书”。这本《幸福的法则（英汉对照版）》将如何树立正确的价值观、健康观，如何与人交往等提升生活幸福感的法则，以孩子们乐于接受的方式娓娓道来。全书以英汉对照的方式呈现，以帮助大家更好地感受作者倾注其中的情感、幽默与智慧。

《中华经典英译丛书》第1辑包含中华经典中的的《易经》、《尚书》、《诗经》、《礼记》、《左传》、《论语》、《孟子》等7种著作英译。罗志野教授以权威版本为核校底本，费10年心血终于译成。注释准确简明，译文明白晓畅。分成四册。

本书是青年作家马金莲的中短篇小说集，收录了作者2012年以来创作的很好中短篇小说，这些作品大多曾在《十月》《民族文学》《花城》等文学杂志发表过。马金莲是近来文坛备受瞩目的一颗新星，其作品的艺术性和可读性，都为新世纪的民族文学提供了有意义的范例和精神性向度。《长河》叙述了几个死亡的故事，印证了作者的情感的成长经历。从春夏秋冬四季写了四个葬礼，男女老少四个人或因为病灾、或因为贫穷、或因为自然老去走完了生命的很后一程。每一个村庄都在经历着生死的更替，许多的人变老了，许多的人因为死亡永远离开了我们。作品表现了作者对于生死的观念由不知到悲伤到痛苦再到超脱的一个历程。在时间的长河里，我们生命的个体就是一粒粒微小的尘埃。

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.

美国南北战争前夕，南方农场塔拉种植园的千金斯嘉丽在得知自己一直爱慕的另一个农场主的儿子阿什利将要娶妻，于是勇敢向他示爱，遭到拒绝，为了报复，她嫁给了自己不爱的男人——阿什利妻子梅兰妮的弟弟查尔斯。？ 战争期间，斯嘉丽成为寡妇，生下幼子，在经历亚特兰大的城破被焚之日后，她带着刚生产完毕、身体虚弱的梅兰妮回到了塔拉，本以为是回到温馨的家，不想面前景象一派残破——母亲去世，父亲深受打击失智，两个妹妹也在死亡的边缘徘徊，棉花被毁——她挑起生活的重担，不再是当初的千金小姐。战争结束后，她为了种植园不落入他人之手，四处觅钱，甚至不惜抢了自己妹妹的未婚夫。同时，她为了撑死亚特兰大的小家，更为了塔拉的大家，她不得不在怀孕期间仍撑着办理锯木厂，却遭受他人口实。而在第二任丈夫被枪杀之后，她又再

Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call meIshmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudicemust be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly whatMelville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing theintricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century Britishmating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual,Austen trains her sights on a country village and a fewfamilies--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases.Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune,and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, whomarried above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity tomarry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley iscomplaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane;Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet'svulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters,he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane andElizabeth. His

Betty Suorez has just got her frst job. She is the assistant tothe editor at Mode,a top -fashion magazine in New York. But there'sone problem - she doesn't careabout-fashion and she's not cool - atatl! What will life be like.for her in a worldwhere.fashion tseverything?