A Little Princess
作者:弗朗西丝·霍奇森·伯内特
分类:英文读本
标签:ALittlePrincess弗朗西丝·霍奇森·伯内特小公主
Once on a dark winter's day, when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they do at night, an odd- looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven rather slowly through the big thoroughfares.
She sat with her feet tucked under her, and leaned against her father, who held her in his arm, as she stared out of the window at the passing people with a queer old-fashioned thoughtfulness in her big eyes.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
作者:比尔·布莱森
分类:英文读本
标签:AShortHistoryofNearlyEverything比尔·布莱森万物简史
这是一部有关现代科学发展史的既通俗易懂又引人入胜的书，作者用清晰明了、幽默风趣的笔法，将宇宙大爆炸到人类文明发展进程中所发生的繁多妙趣横生的故事一一收入笔下。惊奇和感叹组成了本书，历历在目的天下万物组成了本书，益于人们了解大千世界的无穷奥妙，掌握万事万物的发展脉络。
书中回溯了科学史上那些伟大与奇妙的时刻，引用了近年来发现的最新科学史料，几乎每一个被作者描述的事件都奇特而且惊人：宇宙起源于一个要用显微镜才能看得见的奇点；全球气候变暖可能会使北美洲和欧洲北部地区变得更加寒冷；1815年印度尼西亚松巴哇岛坦博士拉火山喷发，喷涌而出的熔岩以及相伴而来的海啸夺走了10万人的生命；美国黄石国家公园是世界上最大的活火山……而那些沉迷于科学的科学家们也是千奇百怪：达尔文居然为蚯蚓弹起了钢琴；牛顿将一根大针眼缝针插进眼窝，为的只是看看会有什么事情发生；富兰克林不顾生命危险在大雷雨里放风筝；卡文迪许在自己身上做电击强度实验，竟然到了失去知觉的地步……
本书在讲述科学的奇迹与成就的同时，还浸润着浓郁的悲天悯人的人文关怀。全书从科学发展史的角度对我们从哪里来？我们是谁？我们到哪里去？这一千古命题作了极为精当的阐释，每一个人在阅读此书之后，都会对生命、对人生、对我们所生活的世界产生全新的感悟。一位美国小读者的父亲说，读过《万物简史》之后，他对死亡不再感到恐惧……作者认为，这是一本书所能获得的最高评价。
American Ghosts and Old World Wonders
作者:安吉拉·卡特
分类:英文读本
标签:American Ghosts and Old World Wonders安吉拉·卡特
American Ghosts and Old World Wonders is a posthumously published anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1993 by Chatto & Windus Ltd. and contains a collection of nine stories, one half of which deal with American folklore and the other with older myths and fairytales. It is introduced by Susannah Clapp.
The book is divided into two parts, the first (concerned with America) consists of Lizzie's Tiger, John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Gun for the Devil and The Merchant of Shadows.
Part two (concerned with Europe: the Old World) contains The Ghost Ships, In Pantoland, Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost, Alice in Prague or The Curious Room and Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene.
The anthology's contents are also reprinted in the volume Burning Your Boats, which features all of Carter's short fiction.
Another Episode S
作者:绫辻行人
分类:侦探推理
标签:绫辻行人Another Episode S日系推理日本灵异
1998年夏天，15岁的见崎鸣随同家人去海边别墅度假，邂逅了11年前就读于夜见北中学三年三班的贤木晃也。然而，事实却是贤木晃也在当年春天就已经死去，且尸首下落不明。眼下的这位贤木晃也恳求见崎鸣帮助自己寻找消失的尸体。宏伟的别墅、巨大的遗产、消失的继承人……名侦探少女见崎鸣大战死者迷宫。
Black Venus
作者:安吉拉·卡特
分类:英文读本
标签:Black Venus安吉拉·卡特
A collection of short stories full of extraordinary people, some of them real - Jean Duval, Baudelaire's black mistress, Edgar Allan Poe and Lizzie Borden. Other characters flow from the author's imagination. She also wrote Nights at the Circus, The Magic Toyshop and Shadow Dance.
Bridget Jones's Diary
作者:海伦·菲尔丁
分类:英文读本
标签:BridgetJonesDiary海伦·菲尔丁
海伦·菲尔丁，英国当今最受欢迎的都市女作家。1958年生于约克郡，后在伦敦生活，曾为BBC工作多年。2003年被英国《观察者报》评为最有趣的英国作家之一。
《BJ单身日记》是海伦·菲尔丁的代表代，曾获尼尔森白多图书奖，被誉为现代版的《傲慢与偏见》。作品最初于《独立报》和《每日电讯报》专栏连载，获得读者的极大好评，风靡英伦，出版后长期居于英国各大畅销书排行榜第一名。2001年被改编成同名电影后，轰动世界，成为近年来最受世界影迷欢迎和津津乐道的影片，BJ一词也从此成为单身女性中最为时髦的词语。
A glorious read, and there is a laugh on every page
Sunday Times
The Wilderness Years anr over! But not for long.At the end of Bridget Jones`s Diary, Bridget hiccuped off into the sunset with man-of-her-dreams Mark Darcy. Now, in The Edge of Reason, she discovers what it is like when you have the man of your dreams actually in your flat and he hasn't done the washing-up,not just the whole of the week,but ever.
Lurching through a morass of self-help-book theories and mad advice from Jude and Shazzer, struggling with a boyfriend-stealing ex-friend with thighs like a baby giraffe, and 8ft hole in the living-room wall, a mother obsessed with boiled-egg peelers, and a builder obsessed with large reservoir fish, Bridget embarks on a spiritual epiphany, whick takes her from the cappuccino queues of Notting Hill to the paim-and magic-mushroom-kissed shores of...
Bridget is back.V.g.
If you loved Bridget Jones's Diary, you`ll love this; there is no diminution of the freshness or fun, or of Fielding's underlying intelligence'Mail on Sunday.
Chuangtse: Mystic and Humorist
作者:林语堂
分类:英文读本
标签:ChuangtseMysticandHumorist林语堂庄子
《庄子》十一篇英译
译者：林语堂
Table:
A Happy Excursion
Levelling All Things
Preservation of Life
This Human World
Deformities
The Great Supreme
Joined Toes
Horses' Hooves
Opening Trunks
On Tolerance
Autumn Floods
Translator's Notes
Common Sense
作者:托马斯·潘恩
分类:英文读本
标签:CommonSense托马斯·潘恩常识
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for independence from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided. Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common people understood; forgoing the philosophy and Latin references used by Enlightenment era writers, Paine structured Common Sense like a sermon and relied on Biblical references to make his case to the people.Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as, the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era.
Dear little Fish
作者:Andre Dahan
分类:寓言童话
标签:DearlittleFishAndreDahan
Dear little fish, I love you so
I’ll feed you bread so you will grow.
Each day, I’ll give you one sweet kiss
And promise you I’ll never miss!
But on the day , my dear little fish,
You grow too big for your small dish.
Desiree's Diary(Book One)
作者:德希蕾·克拉里
分类:英文读本
标签:DesireesDiary德希蕾·克拉里德希蕾日记
This book is the dairy of a French girl who lived in the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. She was a real person. So were others who come into her story. Their names appear in the history books of Europe; but there they are dead people ----- and in Desiree's diary they are alive.
Here we can see, through a woman's eyes, how history was made. She was there. She knew the men and women who made it. She almost married Napoleon himself.
No one really understood him. Not even Desiree. She hated his wars; but she never hated the man. He has no heart, she said. And she was sorry for him, because love and peace had no place in his life. In her own life she found true love, with Jean Bernadotte. But in those days a soldier's wife had little peace, especially if her husband dared to quarrel with Napoleon.
Some people write their diaries every day. Others only write then when something important happens. Desiree's diary is of the second kind. It only covers the most important times in her life.
The first half of her story is told in this book.
Desiree's Diary(Book Two)
作者:德希蕾·克拉里
分类:英文读本
标签:DesireesDiary德希蕾·克拉里德希蕾日记
Bernadottes new position now takes Desiree to the royal court of Sweden. Life there is very hard for the silk merchants daughter who almost married Napoleon in Marseilles. She is happier in Paris, even without her family. But Napoleon is still jealous of her husband. When he and Desiree meet, there is always trouble. And when war comes again, the two men are on opposite sides.
Napoleon does at last, on the island of St Helena. He had terrible faults, said Desiree. But he was my first love--- and Im not ashamed of those days in Marseilles. She goes back to Sweden and there she is crowned: the first Queen of the royal family of Bernadotte.
Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces
作者:安吉拉·卡特
分类:英文读本
标签:Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces安吉拉·卡特
A collection of short stories and allegorical tales in settings ranging from Tokyo to strange, allegorical landscapes of the imagination.
Fish Story
作者:伊坂幸太郎
分类:侦探推理
标签:伊坂幸太郎Fish Story日本日系推理
书店大奖与山本周五郎奖双料得主、2009年高雄电影节主题人物伊坂幸太郎
承先启后的最初与最新短篇之作！
多重伏线、打破时空顺序与幽默逗趣的对话，进入伊坂繽纷世界的直达门票！
《动物园的引擎》都怪他们提到了“引擎”这个字眼，让我将思绪拉回十年前，想起那个夜里，趴在动物园里睡觉，据说会带给动物们活力与愉悦心情，被称为“动物园的引擎”的家伙……。
*伊坂出道后首部短篇作品
《Sacrifice》，又译为《献祭》，正职是小偷，副业是侦探的黑泽，在接下一椿寻人案件的同时，也不知不觉被卷入了活人献祭的原始风俗之中！？这可是21世纪的日本耶！谁会相信他要找的人，已经成为山中小村的牺牲品？
*伊坂笔下最受欢迎人物——黑泽，再度活跃登场！
《Fish Story》，又译为《一首朋克救地球》，“如果我的小说是鱼，想必连海里的鱼都会慑于其吹牛皮之夸张程度，与尾鰭的巨大，而游上岸来诉说着未来。”
红不起来的乐团，在解散前所录製的最后一首歌，却在冥冥之中改变了这个世界的未来……。
*改编电影同名原著，即将在台摇滚上映！
《洋芋片》，又译为《薯片》，职业为闯空门的青年，比牛顿免了300年发现万有引力，而这次，他又发现了新的定理与惊人的事实……
*伊坂最新短篇力作
Four Years
作者:叶芝
分类:英文读本
标签:FOURYEARS叶芝
Here ends 'Four Years,' written by William Butler Yeats. Four hundred copies of this book have been printed and published by Elizabeth C. Yeats on paper made in Ireland, at the Cuala Press, hurchtown, Dundrum, in the County of Dublin, Ireland. Finished on All Hallows' Eve, in the year nineteen hundred and twenty one.
Great Days
作者:唐纳德·巴塞尔姆
分类:英文读本
标签:Great Days唐纳德·巴塞尔姆
Donald Barthelme's new book of stories, Great Days, is perhaps most notable for the presence of seven formally related dialogues, The Crisis, The Apology, The New Music, Morning, On the Steps of the Conservatory, The Leap, and Great Days, which introduce a new aspect of his work. In these restless, possibility-haunted colloquies, stripped of everything save voices, changing pairs of women and pairs of men range an emotional terrain whose poles are hope and memory. Extravagant, profane, and comic, the dialogues are a considerable achievement, testing the possibilities of form and extending our engagement with the world.
In other stories Barthelme explores the tragic, ambiguous relationship between Cortés and Montezuma, uncovers units of the Swedish army on maneuvers in Manhattan, offers a country-music version of Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, describes a heroic cutting contest between a king of jazz and a young challenger, and provides an account of a group of zombies out on a wife-buying expedition.
As Philip Stevick wrote in The Nation, Donald Barthelme's stories stand as touchstones for narrative art of the last two decades. Great Days is an important addition to an already impressive body of work.