郑和(1371－1433)是中国也是世界历史上的航海家，是世界航海史上地理大发现的先驱。从明永乐三年到宣德八年(1405－1433)的28年间，郑和奉使七下西洋(郑和航海时代的东西洋分界以帽山为准，帽山以西的大海，是为西洋；帽山以东的大海，则属东洋范围。概言之，当时的西洋即今印度洋)。郑和下西洋是明代初年的盛事，是中国走向世界的壮举。郑和下西洋的事业，是人类文明史上次大规模的远航。其航海规模之大，持续时间之长，统率部众之多，航海里程之远，航海技术之先进，在当时是举世无双的。郑和是中国人民的和平友好的使者。在28年的时间里，郑和统率“舟师”，涉沧溟十万余里，历访东南亚、南亚、西亚和东非的30多个国家和地区，送去了中国人民对受访国深厚的友好情谊，带回了亚非各国人民对中国的亲切感情；郑和下西洋，增进了中外友好交往，拓

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Except for Recollections of Hainan,written in 1963,all the pieces in this collection of stories and essays by the celebrated Chinese movelist of stories and essays by the celebrated Chinese novelist Mao Dun(1896-1981) were written before the People`s Republic of China was founded in 1949.

The title might have been written by Mao himself. Instead, it was dictated by the revealing, intimate, neverbeforepublished recollections of Li Yinqiao, Mao'odyguard, and brought to light by the author Quan Yanchi. After fifteen years of devoted service, Li received thisrequest from Mao: "If what happens in my family is a secretto others, it is not a secret to you. But don't write about mewhile I'm still alive; wait until I die, and write truthfully whenyou do." For the first time, the personal, inside story ofChina's dynamic leader and world statesman is told rathelife and thought of Mao, the husband, father, radeinarms, the peasant's son. The recollections, only now madepublic in English, provide the reader with a refreshinglydifferent perspective from any of the many other worksabout Mao, Highlighting the book are photographs, published here for the first time.

"《月亮与六便士》毛姆创作鼎盛时期的杰作，以法国后印象派画家高更的生平为原型。主人公原是位证券经纪人，人届中年后突然响应内心的呼唤，舍弃一切到南太平洋的塔希提岛与土著人一起生活，获得灵感后创作出许多艺术杰作。毛姆在小说中深入探讨了生活和艺术两者的矛盾和相互作用，表达了对理想与现实的思考。《刀锋》是毛姆经典哲思之作，毛姆将自己对世界和人生的思索凝聚于这部作品中。莱雷一战时服役于空军，曾在浩瀚无垠的天空中高飞，想要“远远超越世俗的权力和荣誉”，战友之死让他惊觉生命之无奈与不可超越。退伍后，莱雷不上大学，不结婚，也不愿就业，抛下亲友，到欧洲游历，最后远赴印度，在一位象神大师的静修院受到启发，顿悟了生命的真义。最终，莱雷选择消失在芸芸众生之中。《人生的枷锁》是毛姆深刻的现实主义作品。

YuanLongping,therenownedandrespectedChinesescientistoftentakenforafarmer,hasfoundtheworldawayoutoffamine.Unde-terredbytheprevailingignoranceofheterosisinriceandotherself-pollinatingplants,hehasdedicatedhimselftoresearchintohybridricesincethe1960s,andhisfeatshavewonhimtheaccolade"fatherofhybridrice"andearnedhimthehonorofbeingmadeforeignassociateoftheUSNationalAcademyofSciencesWhyisYuansoobsessedbyhybridriceresearch?Howdidhemanagewithsuchsimpleconditions,scarceaterials,backwardtechnol-ogyandinsufficientinformation?WhatglobalimpactswillYuanandhisteamhave?Thisbookmaygivetheanswers.