With his sublime parting words, It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done... Sidney Carton joins that exhalted group of Dickensian characters who have earned a permanent place in the popular literary imagination. His dramatic story, set against the volcanic fury of the French Revolution and pervaded by the ominous rumble of the death carts trundling toward the guillotine, is the heart-stirring tale of a heroic soul in an age gone mad. A masterful pageant of idealism, love, and adventure -- in a Paris bursting with revolutionary frenzy, and a London alive with anxious anticipation -- A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens's most energetic and exciting works.,

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▲基本信息 【 书 名 】： Tentacles!: Tales of the Giant Squid 【 作 者 】： Shirley Raye Redmond,Bryn Barnard 【 I S B N】： 9780375813078 【出 版 社】： Penguin Random House US 【出版时间】： 2003-06-01 【从 书 名】 ： Step into Reading 【正文语种】： 英文 【商品标识】： 19031992 【品牌】： 其他品牌 【页数】 ： 48 ^_^:aee119b2ba8e2eec0aa29f4bb1f60f58 ^_^:76221800d74552c7d8773842496370db

Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme, but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park, it has quite unexpected results.

你必须嫁给氏族以外的人， 她说。 这是法律。我们认识的所有人都是伯德氏族。其他所有人都不见了。 格洛丽亚的曾祖母格林 叶（Green Leaf）是和一个男人骑着偷来的马离开她在田纳西州希瓦斯湖（Hiwassee Valley）的家的。她是逃亡的切诺基氏族的一名成员，很久以前就拒绝被捕。 几十年后，她的家人带着 曾祖母 踏上了回家的路。但是埋着她的祖先们散落的骨头的地方不再是她记忆中的土地了。 You have to marry outside your clan,' she said. 'That's law. All the people we knew were Bird Clan. All the others were gone.' When Gloria's great-grandmother, Green Leaf, left her home in the Hiwassee Valley of Tennessee, it was with a man on a stolen horse. She was one of the fugitive bands of Cherokee who'd resisted capture long ago. Decades later, her family takes Great Mam on a road trip home, to a place now named Cherokee. This time they are the invaders - tourists - and

Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure stories describing new travel technologies which opened up the world and provided means to escape from it. The collective enthusiasm of generations of readers of his 'extraordinary voyages' was a key factor in the rise of modern science fiction. In The Mysterious Island a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon. Blown across the world, they are air-wrecked on a remote desert island. In a manner reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe, the men apply their scientific knowledge and technical skill to exploit the island's bountiful resources, eventually constructing a sophisticated society in miniature. The book is also an intriguing mystery story, for the island has a secret.,

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