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Charles Darwin's Autobiography was first published in 1887, five years after his death. It was a bowdlerized edition: Darwin's family, attempting to protect his posthumous reputation, had deleted all the passages they considered too personal or controversial. The present complete edition did not appear until 1959, one hundred years after the publication of The Origin of Species. Upon its appearance, Loren Eiseley wrote: "No man can pretend to know Darwin who does not know his autobiography. Here, for the first time since his death, it is presented complete and unexpurgated, as it exists in the family archives. It will prove invaluable to biographers and cast new light on the personality of one of the world's greatest scientists. Nora Barlow, Darwin's granddaughter, has proved herself a superb editor. Her own annotations make fascinating reading." The daring and restless mind, the integrity and simplicity of Darwin's character are revealed in this direct and personal account of his life—his family, his education, his explorations of the natural world, his religion and philosophy. The editor has provided page and line references to the more important restored passages, and previously unpublished notes and letters on family matters and on the controversy between Samuel Butler appear in an appendix.

A collection of poems by Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) was known as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India) and was a child prodigy, freedom fighter and poet. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the governor of a state in India. She is also well acclaimed for her contribution to poetry. Her poetry had beautiful words that could also be sung. Her collection of poems was published in 1905 under the title The Golden Threshold.

没有人会否认母爱的伟大，但母爱是单方面的。如果母爱可以得到回报，那也只能是来自儿女的儿女之爱。但劳伦斯在“儿子与情人”中，对这一观念进行了强有力的挑战。没有人会否认劳伦斯是二十世纪最重要的文学家，也没有人会否认弗洛伊德是二十世纪最伟大的心理学家。但能够对这部作品所讲述的故事公开表示认同的，恐怕远远不如对这部作品进行研究的人多。 主要内容：莫瑞尔太太把自己身上涌动的激情，倾注到了自己的儿子身上，自己也从儿子的身上，获取从自己丈夫身上得不到的爱情感觉。对于这位莫瑞尔太太来说，在她心底里，早已把自己的儿子当作自己理想中的爱人，她照顾他，抚养他，所做的一切，都超出了一位母亲所能做的一切。她是真正把自己的儿子当作了自己爱的对象，这种爱，不是单纯的亲情之爱，更大程度上来说是一种爱情的体现。而保罗，也在心目中把自己的母亲当作了自己的爱人，以至于他觉得，只要他母亲在，他在此生就不可能找到自己的爱人。因为这个爱人就在他身边，那就是他的母亲。 在这部争议很大的作品里，人们探讨的更多的是心理层次和社会层次方面的东西。很多的时候把融在里面的爱情，解释为一种情节Odipus Complex：，这个源于古希腊的英语词汇，虽然历史很悠久，但却让人们研究了几千年，直到今天，还没有一个真正的结果。也许人类不敢正视自己身上存在着的和现实社会不协调的东西，也许这个社会已经形成了一个定势，没有人能够去打破。我们只有沿着自己为自己设定的道路，走下去，永不回头。 结论，最有人伦的不伦之爱，这是一种爱情，最起码也要算是爱情之树上的一个分叉。

Marion is proverbially the great master of strategy-the wily fox of the swamps-never to be caught, never to be followed,-yet always at hand, with unconjectured promptness, at the moment when he is least feared and is least to be expected. South Carolina's "Swamp Fox," Francis Marion, is one of the most celebrated figures of the American Revolution. Marion's cunning exploits in the Southern theater of the Revolution earned him national renown and a place in history as an American hero and master of modern guerilla warfare. Although dozens of works have been written about Marion s life over the years, this biography -- written by William Gilmore Simms, South Carolina s greatest author -- remains the best. First published in 1844, The Life of Francis Marion was Simms's most commercially successful work of nonfiction. It offers a treatment of Marion's life that is unparalleled in its scope and accuracy, all in Simms's inimitable style.

主人公是一位名叫圣地亚哥的老渔夫，配角是一个叫马诺林的小孩。风烛残年的老渔夫一连八十四天都没有钓到一条鱼，但他仍不肯认输，而是充满着奋斗的精神，终于在第八十五天钓到一条身长十八尺，体重一千五百磅的大马林鱼。

主要讲述“鹦鹉螺号”（Nautilus，或音译为“诺第留斯号”）的故事。1866年，当时海上发现了一只被断定为独角鲸的大怪物，阿龙纳斯受邀参加追捕，在追捕过程中不幸落水，泅到怪物的脊背上。发现这怪物并非什么独角鲸，而是一艘构造奇妙的潜水艇。潜水艇是船长尼摩在大洋中的一座荒岛上秘密建造的，船身坚固，利用海洋中大量的氯化钠分解出来的钠发电。尼摩船长邀请阿龙纳斯作海底旅行。他们从太平洋出发，经过珊瑚岛、印度洋、红海、进入地中海、大西洋，看到许多罕见的海生动植物和水中的奇异景象，又经历了搁浅、土人围攻、同鲨鱼搏斗、冰山封路、章鱼袭击等许多险情。最后，当潜水艇到达挪威海岸时，阿龙纳斯不辞而别，回到了他的家乡。

奇迹！一部新人处女作，上市第一周即登上《纽约时报》畅销榜，至今已累计80周，仍高居Top1，全美销量破百万册， 比尔·盖茨年度荐书第一名。内容简介：这是一个与命运作斗争的故事。塔拉出生在美国爱达荷州的山区，家中包括她一共有七个人，她是全家最小的，家中的小孩子都没有去上学。有关部门也不知道他们的存在，甚至没有出生证明，就像是与社会脱轨的原始人一样。每天晚上父亲就会向孩子们朗读《圣经》，父亲固执地认为外面的世界是邪恶的，是险恶的。学校也是一个让世人堕落的地方，要是孩子在学校里接受教育还不知道会变成什么鬼样子呢！随着塔拉慢慢长大，她才意识到，原来父亲也不都是对的，社会没有他说的那么可怕，学校也不是让人堕落的地方。于是产生了一个想法：我也想去上学。后来的塔拉以优异的成绩去了剑桥，在剑桥下定决心的研究历史，懂得了更多，也获得了更多的自信。但是生活没有想象的这么美好，一直在塔拉心中的魔鬼出现了，她根深蒂固的记忆和现实开始冲突。

二战期间，一架英国飞机在飞越撒哈拉沙漠时被德军击落，飞机上的机师全身严重烧伤，当地的人将他救活后送往了盟军战地医院。由于受伤，这个机师丧失了记忆，不能想起自己是谁，因此只被叫做“英国病人”。 法国和加拿大血统的汉娜是战地医院的一名护士，战争使她失去了男友麦根，在伤员转移途中由于误入雷区，又失去了最好的朋友珍，于是善良的汉娜决定独自留下来照顾这个“英国病人”。 这是意大利托斯卡纳的一个废弃的修道院，远离战争的喧嚣，显得宁静而闲逸，“英国病人“静静的躺在房间的木床上，窗头的一本旧书渐渐唤起了他的思绪……

The ultimate escapist adventure story, The Prisoner of Zenda transports the listener into a bygone era, awash with swashbuckling heroism, cunning plots and courtly love. The popularity of Hope's tale of intrigue was such that is spawned an entirely new genre known as the 'Ruritanian romance'. When the King of Ruritania is kidnapped, the onus falls on a British tourist, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the King, to stand in for him and to avert disaster by coming to his rescue. The frequent replays of the film with Ronald Colman and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. testify to the continuing popularity of this evergreen adventure. Andrew Pugsley's reading captures the excitement and the momentum.