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Written towards the end of the second century AD, "The Golden Ass" tells the story of the many adventures of a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to be transformed into a donkey. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner - encountering a desperate gang of robbers and being forced to perform lewd 'human' tricks on stage - until the Goddess Isis finally breaks the spell and Lucius is initiated into her cult. Apuleius' enchanting story has inspired generations of writers such as Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Cervantes and Keats with its dazzling combination of allegory, satire, bawdiness and sheer exuberance, and remains the most continuously and accessibly amusing book to have survived from Classical antiquity.

Andrew Lang's "Angling Sketches" is a classic work read by book lovers, students and scholars. This is a special edition which exposes readers to a variety of English phrases and terminology from this genre. While the text is in English, the "click and translate" thesaurus, in Spanish, is a perfect tool for Spanish speakers who need to enjoy this English-language classic, and also learn English words. If you are a non-English speaker, you can use this version to help you improve your vocabulary in preparation of English-language tests. While designed for Spanish speakers wishing to learn English, English-speakers wanting to pick up Spanish vocabulary may also find the Spanish thesaurus feature of interest (the text is entirely in English, only the pop-up thesaurus is in Spanish).

    “绯闻女孩系列”讲述纽约上东区的上流贵族社会青少年的成长故事，他们年轻而富有、漂亮而聪明、世故而张扬；他们做作、虚伪；他们喝酒、滥交、相互勾心斗角、甚至吸毒已经成了喝白开水。复杂的生活环境、复杂的人性；但却感觉得到这是他们实实在在的生活，在繁华的面纱之下，也有触动人心的亲情、友情和爱情。     这是发生在绚烂繁华的纽约大都市中青春的故事，，里面充斥了当下的众多流行元素：电邮、短信等等，在书中你也会看到众多世界一流的各种名店、高级服装品牌、高级化妆品。

这是一本既写给孩子又写给大人的书。本书通过对查理和约瑟夫爷爷和其他四个幸运儿一起参观旺卡先生的巧克力工厂时，所发生的一些离奇的故事的叙述，用生动的语言告诉了家长该如何教育孩子。本书故事情节离奇、引人入胜，是一本老少皆宜的童话读物。内容简介：小查理生长的一个小镇里有一个全世界最大的巧克力工厂，工厂由一个伟大的巧克力发明家、制造商威利・旺卡所拥有。工厂非常神秘，大门紧锁，全镇子的人从来没有看见有人从大门进去或出来过。有一天，威利・旺卡先生发出告示，将有五位幸运的孩子获得参观巧克力工厂的特权，同时还能得到足够吃一辈子的巧克力糖和其他糖果。全世界购买旺卡巧克力的孩子都有机会。前提是藏在包装纸里的五张金券，谁获得金券谁就是幸运儿。偶然的机会，查理得到了一张金券。参观工厂的过程是一次奇特的经历。每个参观者都感到了无限着迷、狂喜、好奇、惊讶和迷惑不解。即使做最荒诞的梦也想象不出这样的事情。飞瀑而下的巧克力瀑布，流漫着棕色糖浆的河，大片大片的口香糖草地，还有牛奶糖堆成的山。工厂里的工人全是来自蛮荒丛林的酷爱巧克力的矮人。查理和四位幸运儿在旺卡先生的巧克力工厂里参观的过程中，出现了许多有趣的事情：一个孩子掉进了巧克力河，一个孩子变成了蓝莓，一个孩子掉进了垃圾槽，一个孩子被电视传送成了一个手掌大小。而在最后，小查理还得到了一个最大的惊喜：他将拥有威利・旺卡先生赠送他的整个巧克力工厂。

A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Ernest Hemingway concerning events during the Italian campaigns during the First World War. The book, which was first published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as an Lieutenant ("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The title is taken from a poem by 16th-century English dramatist George Peele. A Farewell to Arms works on two literary levels. Firstly it is a story concerning the drama and passion of a doomed romance between Henry and British nurse, Catherine Barkley. But secondly, it also skilfully contrasts the meaning of personal tragedy against the impersonal destruction wrought by the Great War. Hemingway deftly captures the cynicism of soldiers, the futility of war, and the displacement of populations. Although this was Hemingway's bleakest novel, its publication cemented his stature as a modern American writer. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked A Farewell to Arms #74 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It was first adapted to film in 1932, with further versions in the following decades.

人鼠之间（Of Mice And Men），美国小说，1937年出版，是美国作家 约翰·斯坦贝克的作品。 　　故事情节简单，涵盖的时间不超过三天，地点是一个美国加州的一个牧场。描写两个相互扶持的好朋友（George曾骗老板他们是表兄弟）——一位是精明的乔治（George），一位是轻度智障儿雷尼（Lennie）。雷尼因为社会适应较差，老是犯错，搞的两人无奈地到处换工作。在富人奥谢（Tyler Ranch）的牧场里，他们努力工作编织梦想，乔治答应雷尼如果他听话不要闯祸，将来就可以为自己照顾一窝的兔子，眼看着梦想就要成真。有一次雷尼失手勒死了奥谢儿子柯利的太太梅，铸成大错，为了躲避的农场伙计们的追打，雷尼逃跑了。当伙计们争先恐后地追杀雷尼时，乔治为了不让雷尼被农场伙计们杀死并受到侮辱，抢先找到雷尼。他举起枪来，把枪口挨近雷尼的后脑杓，将他射杀。 　　这部小说用来讽刺社会对弱者的歧视，反而不如雷尼对老鼠的疼惜，《人鼠之间》曾因“语言亵渎，带攻击性，并有种族主义倾向”被视为禁书。1962年史坦贝克因这部小说获得诺贝尔文学奖。

The Three Golden Apples is part of the Nathaniel Hawthorne's series of A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.

"Joshua Churchill's dying in California and Nanny Ainslee's leaving to-night for Japan! And there's been a wreck between here and Spring Road!"

Armageddon 2419 A.D. is Philip Francis Nowlan's novella which first appeared in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories. Later, in the 1960s, the novella and its sequel, The Airlords of Han, were combined by editor Donald A. Wollheim into one paperback novel, titled Armageddon 2419 A.D. The characters and setting eventually evolved into Buck Rogers.