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FBI探员着手调查一宗离奇的肝脏失踪案：凶案现场只有凶手的指纹，它很长，似乎不是人类的指纹。通过调查几十年来的相似案例，案情渐渐清晰，这是一起自1903年来每三十年一次的连环杀人案；这个具有特异功能的杀人狂、指纹的主人就要被找到，殊不知其中一名探员已经成为凶手的下一个目标…

泰戈尔《新月集 The Crescent Moon》

I have met people who enjoy a channel crossing; men who can sit calmly in their deck-chairs and, on arrival, wait until the boat is moored, then gather their belongings together without fuss and disembark.

该书的主人公霍尔顿是个中学生，出生于富裕的中产阶级家庭。他虽只有16岁，但比常人高一头，整日穿着风衣，戴着猎帽，游游荡荡，不愿读书。他对学校里的一切——老师、同学、功课、球赛等等，全都腻烦透了，曾是学校击剑队队长，3次被学校开除。又一个学期结束了，他又因5门功课中4门不及格被校方开除。他丝毫不感到难受。在和同房间的同学打了一架后，他深夜离开学校，回到纽约城，但他不敢贸然回家。当天深夜住进了一家小旅馆。他在旅馆里看到的都是些不三不四的人，有穿戴女装的男人，有相互喷水、喷酒的男女，他们寻欢作乐，忸怩作态，使霍尔顿感到恶心和惊讶。他无聊之极，便去夜总会厮混了一阵。回旅馆时，心里仍觉得十分烦闷，糊里糊涂答应电梯工毛里斯，让他叫来了一个妓女（十五块钱到第二天，五块钱一次）。 他一看到妓女又紧张害怕，给了妓女五块钱打发她走了，可妓女要十块钱。后来妓女找毛里斯来找事，毛里斯把霍尔顿打了一顿，拿走了他们要的另外五块钱。

Ralph Palette talks of the bumps in the road of life and how these bumps are the lessons we need to survive in the world after school. When we learn a life lesson we usually do not have to learn it again and each lesson helps us grow a little bit more. It is easy for man to succumb to ease and pleasure but if we keep our eye on the future we can chart a more successful course. This education cannot be bought. As we learn these life lessons our worries become less. We are able to anticipate a situation and make an intellectual evaluation of the situation. After this personal demolition and the psychological trash are swept away, honorable purposes are suddenly visible, and we are capable of more instruction and schooling in The University of Hard Knocks.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a book by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly recognized as one of the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective). The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Satirizing a Southern antebellum society that was already out of date by the time the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. The work has been popular with readers since its publication and is taken as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It has also been the continued object of study by serious literary critics. It was criticized upon release because of its coarse language and became even more controversial in the 20th century because of its perceived use of racial stereotypes and because of its frequent use of the racial slur "nigger".

The year 1400 opened with more than usual peacefulness in England. Only a few months before, Richard ii-weak, wicked, and treacherous-had been dethroned, and Henry iv declared King in his stead. But it was only a seeming peacefulness, lasting but for a little while; for though King Henry proved himself a just and a merciful man-as justice and mercy went with the men of iron of those days-and though he did not care to shed blood needlessly, there were many noble families who had been benefited by King Richard during his reign, and who had lost somewhat of their power and prestige from the coming in of the new King. (excerpt from "Men of Iron")

In my opinion- it is impossible to create characters until one has spent a long time in studying men- as it is impossible to speak a language until it has been seriously acquired.' (Excerpt)

Danger! Excitement! Adventure! In The Circus of Adventure, Phillip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, Jack, and Kiki the parrot bravely follow a kidnapped boy to a faraway land and unravel a plot to kill the king. When Bill disappears in The River of Adventure, the children journey down a river through ancient desert lands to find him. Their search leads them to an ancient temple and a terrifying encounter.