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Sketches by Boz（III） 博茲札記（英文版）

Sketchesby"Boz,"IllustrativeofEvery-dayLifeandEvery-dayPeople(commonlyknownasSketchesbyBoz)isacollectionofshortpiecespublishedbyCharlesDickensin1836accompaniedbyillustrationsbyGeorgeCruikshank.The56sketchesconcernLondonscenesandpeopleandaredividedintofoursections:"OurParish","Scenes","Characters",and"Tales".Thematerialinthefirstthreeofthesesectionsisnon-fiction.Thelastsectioncomprisesfictionalstories.Thematerialinthefirstthreeofthesesectionsisnon-fiction[citationneeded].Thelastsectioncomprisesfictionalstories.Throughpenportraitsthatoftenanticipatecharactersfromhisgreatnovels,weseethecondemnedmaninhisprisoncell,garrulousmatrons,vulgaryoungclerksandScrooge-likebachelors,whileDickens'spowersforsocialcritiqueareneverfarfromthesurface,inunflinchingdepictionsofthevastmetropolis'sforgottencitizens,fromchildworkerstoprostitutes.Astartlingmixtureofhumourandpathos,theseSketchesrevealLondonaswonderfulterrainforanextraordinaryyoungwriter.Originally,thesketcheswerepublishedinvariousnewspapersandperiodicalsfrom1833-1836.

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The Rise of the American Corporate Security State

IntheUnitedStatestodaywehavegoodreasonstobeafraid.OurBillofRightsisnomore.Ithasbeenrenderedpointlessbyheavysurveillanceofaveragecitizens,politicalpersecutionofdissenters,andthepotentialofindefinitedetentionnowcodifiedintolaw.

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The Double（III）雙重人格（英文版）

TheDoublewrittenbyFyodorDostoevskyisanovella.ItwasfirstpublishedonJanuary30,1846intheFatherlandNotes.ItwassubsequentlyrevisedandrepublishedbyDostoevskyin1866.TheDoublecentersonagovernmentclerkwhogoesmad.Itdealswiththeinternalpsychologicalstruggleofitsmaincharacter,YakovPetrovichGolyadkin,whorepeatedlyencounterssomeonewhoishisexactdoubleinappearancebutconfident,aggressive,andextroverted,characteristicsthatarethepolaroppositestothoseofthetoadying"pushover"protagonist.Themotifofthenovellaisadoppelg?nger(Russian"dvoynik"),knownthroughouttheworldinvariousguisessuchasthefetch.AseriesoffauxpasleadtoGolyadkin'sexpulsionfromthebirthdaypartyofhisofficemanager'sdaughter.Onhiswayhomethroughasnowstorm,heencountershisdouble,wholooksexactlylikehim.Atthestory'sconclusion,GolyadkinSr.beginstoseemanyreplicasofhimself,hasapsychoticbreak,andisdraggedofftoanasylumbyDoctorRutenspitz.

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Mother Teresa, CEO

Modern,well-timed,andhumane,MotherTeresa,CEOhelpsyoudiscoverhowyoudon'thavetobeasainttobeagreatleader!

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The Peon Book: How to Manage Us

Funny,irreverent,andfast-paced,"ThePeonBook"isabreathoffreshairandastrongdoseofrealitythatmanagersmayormaynotwanttoswallow.Itpromotesthecrucialviewpointthatisoftenoverlookedbybusinessbooks:thatoftheaverageworker,herecalled"thePeon."

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Know Can Do!

BybestsellingauthorKenBlanchard(whose40+bookshavesoldover18millioncopies),KnowCanDo!Tellsthestoryofhowawellknownauthorlearnstobridgethegapbetweenwhatweallknow-alltheadvicewe'vetakeninfrombooks,seminars,etc.-andhowweactuallyusethatknowledge.

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A Child's Dream of a Star 一個(gè)孩子的星星夢(mèng)（英文版）

ThisbookisaChristmasnovellabyCharlesDickens.ItisperhapsbestdescribedasDickens's"other"Christmasstory,thisisanelderlynarrator'sreminiscenceofholidayspast,eachincidentinspiredbythegiftsandtoysthatdecoratethetraditionaltree.Thereisarangeofappealinthestoryitself,fromsnugmemoriesofbelovedtoystothepassingalongofeeriestoriessurroundingvariouschildhoodhaunts."Ibegintoconsider,whatdoweallrememberbestuponthebranchesoftheChristmasTreeofourownyoungChristmasdays,bywhichweclimbedtoreallife."thewholeenlivenedbysmallbells,wasamightymarvelandagreatdelight."oftheladenhopelessnessofmorningeverdawning;andtheoppressionofaweightofremorse.""This,incommemorationofthelawofloveandkindness,mercyandcompassion.This,inremembranceofMe!"Thestoryisfullofrichandbrilliantimagination,

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Sketches by Boz（VI） 博茲札記（英文版）

Sketchesby"Boz,"IllustrativeofEvery-dayLifeandEvery-dayPeople(commonlyknownasSketchesbyBoz)isacollectionofshortpiecespublishedbyCharlesDickensin1836.The56sketchesconcernLondonscenesandpeopleandaredividedintofoursections:"OurParish","Scenes","Characters",and"Tales".Thematerialinthefirstthreeofthesesectionsisnon-fiction.Thelastsectioncomprisesfictionalstories.Thematerialinthefirstthreeofthesesectionsisnon-fiction[citationneeded].Thelastsectioncomprisesfictionalstories.Throughpenportraitsthatoftenanticipatecharactersfromhisgreatnovels,weseethecondemnedmaninhisprisoncell,garrulousmatrons,vulgaryoungclerksandScrooge-likebachelors,whileDickens'spowersforsocialcritiqueareneverfarfromthesurface,inunflinchingdepictionsofthevastmetropolis'sforgottencitizens,fromchildworkerstoprostitutes.Astartlingmixtureofhumourandpathos,theseSketchesrevealLondonaswonderfulterrainforanextraordinaryyoungwriter.Originally,thesketcheswerepublishedinvariousnewspapersandperiodicalsfrom1833-1836.

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Sketches by Boz（V） 博茲札記（英文版）

SketchesbyBozisacollectionofshortpiecespublishedbyCharlesDickensin1836.Dickens'careerasawriteroffictiontrulybeganwiththiscollectionin1833,whenhestartedwritinghumoroussketchesforTheMorningChronicle,usingthepen-name"Boz".ThefirsteditionwasaccompaniedbyillustrationsbyGeorgeCruikshank.The56sketchesconcernLondonscenesandpeopleandaredividedintofoursections:"OurParish","Scenes","Characters",and"Tales".Thematerialinthefirstthreeofthesesectionsisnon-fiction[citationneeded].Thelastsectioncomprisesfictionalstories.Throughpenportraitsthatoftenanticipatecharactersfromhisgreatnovels,weseethecondemnedmaninhisprisoncell,garrulousmatrons,vulgaryoungclerksandScrooge-likebachelors,whileDickens'spowersforsocialcritiqueareneverfarfromthesurface,inunflinchingdepictionsofthevastmetropolis'sforgottencitizens,fromchildworkerstoprostitutes.Astartlingmixtureofhumourandpathos,theseSketchesrevealLondonaswonderfulterrainforanextraordinaryyoungwriter.

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Catch! A Fishmonger's Guide to Greatness

ThePikePlacefishmongersarealmostasfamousasthemarkettheyworkat,lovinglyprofiledinthemediaandtreasuredbythosewhowatchthemgoabouttheirworkeachdaywithstyleandsmiles.

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Sylvia's Lovers（IV） 希爾維亞的情人（英文版）

Theheroine,SylviaRobsonliveshappilywithherparentsonafarm,andispassionatelylovedbyherratherdullQuakercousinPhilip.She,however,meetsandfallsinlovewithCharlieKinraid,adashingsailoronawhalingvessel,andtheybecomesecretlyengaged.ButKinraidisforciblyenlistedintheRoyalNavybyapressgang.Philipknowseverything,butoutofkindness,hedoesnottellSylviaoftheincidentnorpassherCharlie'spartingmessage.Believingherloverisdead,SylviaeventuallymarriesPhilip.Later,Kinraidreappears,WhenSylviaisinformedbyKinraidthatPhilipkneweverything,sheisfurious.Philipleavesherindespairandjoinsthearmyunderapseudonym,andendsupfightingintheNapoleonicwars,wherehesavesKinraid'slife.Atlast,whenSylviarealizessheisactuallyinlovewithPhilip,hehorriblydisfiguredbyashipboardexplosion,thenfatallyinjuredwhilesavingtheirdaughter.Theyreconciledonhisdeathbed.

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall（II） 威爾德菲爾莊園的房客（英文版）

TheTenantofWildfellHall(1848)isframedasaseriesoflettersfromGilbertMarkhamtohisfriendandbrother-in-lawabouttheeventsconnectedwiththemeetingofhiswife.MostcriticsnowconsidernovelbyAnneBront?tobeoneofthefirstfeministnovels.AmysteriousyoungwidowarrivesatWildfellHall,anElizabethanmansionwhichhasbeenemptyformanyyears,withheryoungsonandaservant.ShelivesthereinstrictseclusionundertheassumednameHelenGrahamandsoonfindsherselfthevictimoflocalslander.Refusingtobelieveanythingscandalousabouther,GilbertbefriendsHelenanddiscoversherpast.Inherdiary,Helendepictsherhusband'sphysicalandmoraldeclinethroughalcoholandherdesperateattemptstosavetheirsonfromhisinfluenceinthedissipatedaristocraticsocietyfromwhichsheultimatelyflees.Thedepictionofmaritalstrifeandwomen'sprofessionalidentificationhasalsoastrongmoralmessagemitigatedbytheauthors'sbeliefinuniversalsalvation.

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall（VI） 威爾德菲爾莊園的房客（英文版）

ThisworkisthesecondandfinalnovelbytheEnglishauthorAnneBront?.Itwasfirstpublishedin1848underthepseudonymActonBell.ProbablythemostshockingoftheBront?s'novels,ithadaninstantandphenomenalsuccess,butafterAnne'sdeathhersisterCharlottepreventeditsre-publication.ThenovelisframedasaseriesoflettersfromGilbertMarkhamtohisfriendandbrother-in-lawabouttheeventsconnectedwiththemeetingofhiswife.AmysteriousyoungwidowarrivesatWildfellHall,anElizabethanmansionwhichhasbeenemptyformanyyears,withheryoungsonandaservant.ShelivesthereinstrictseclusionundertheassumednameHelenGrahamandsoonfindsherselfthevictimoflocalslander.Refusingtobelieveanythingscandalousabouther,GilbertbefriendsHelenanddiscoversherpast.Inherdiary,Helendepictsherhusband'sphysicalandmoraldeclinethroughalcoholandherdesperateattemptstosavetheirsonfromhisinfluenceinthedissipatedaristocraticsocietyfromwhichsheultimatelyflees.Thedepictionofmaritalstrifeandwomen'sprofessionalidentificationhasalsoastrongmoralmessagemitigatedbytheauthors'sbeliefinuniversalsalvation.MostcriticsnowconsiderTheTenantofWildfellHalltobeoneofthefirstfeministnovels.

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Your Leadership Legacy

Throughaninsightfulparable,''YourLeadershipLegacy''showshowtocreateapositive,empoweringlegacythatwillendureandinspire.ThreeLeadershipImperativesguidereadersincreatingapositiveandlastingimpact.

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Poor Folk（III）窮人（英文版）

PoorFolkisthefirstnovelbyFyodorDostoyevsky,writtenoverthespanofninemonthsbetween1844and1845.InspiredbytheworksofGogol,Pushkin,andKaramzin,aswellasEnglishandFrenchauthors,PoorFolkiswrittenintheformoflettersbetweenthetwomaincharacters,MakarDevushkinandVarvaraDobroselova,whoarepoorsecondcousins.Thenovelshowcasesthelifeofpoorpeople,theirrelationshipwithrichpeople,andpovertyingeneral,allcommonthemesofliterarynaturalism.AdeepbutoddfriendshipdevelopsbetweenthemuntilDobroselovalosesherinterestinliterature,andlaterincommunicatingwithDevushkinafterarichwidowerMr.Bykovproposestoher.WhileVissarionBelinskydubbedthenovelRussia'sfirst"socialnovel"andAlexanderHerzencalleditamajorsocialistwork,othercriticsdetectedparodyandsatire.

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The 3 Gaps

FranklinCoveycofounderHyrumSmithshowsthatwhatstopsusaregapsbetweenwhereweareandwherewewanttobe.

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood（I） 艾德溫·德魯?shù)轮i/德魯?shù)乱砂福ㄓ⑽陌妫?/h4>

TheMysteryofEdwinDroodisthefinalnovelbyCharlesDickens.setinCloisterham,alightlydisguisedRochester,thenovelbeginsasJohnJasperleavesaLondonopiumden.Thenextevening,EdwinDroodvisitsJasper,whoisthechoirmaster.EdwinconfidesthathehasmisgivingsabouthisbetrothaltoRosaBud.Thenextday,EdwinvisitsRosaattheNuns'House.Theyquarrelgood-naturedly.ThoughthenovelisnamedafterthecharacterEdwinDrood,thestoryfocusesonDrood'suncle,precentor,choirmasterandopiumaddict,JohnJasper,whoisinlovewithhispupil,RosaBud.MissBud,Drood'sfiancée,hasalsocaughttheeyeofthehigh-spiritedandhot-temperedNevilleLandless,whocomesfromCeylonwithhistwinsister,Helena.LandlessandDroodtakeaninstantdisliketooneanother.Droodlaterdisappearsundermysteriouscircumstances.ThenovelwasunfinishedatthetimeofDickens'sdeath(9June1870)andhisendingforitisunknown.

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Dombey and Son（I）董貝父子（英文版 下冊(cè)）

DickensstartedwritingthebookinLausanne,Switzerland,beforereturningtoEngland,viaParis,tocompleteit.Thestoryfollowsapowerfulman'scallousneglectofhisfamilytriggershisprofessionalandpersonaldownfall,showcasestheauthor'sgiftforvividcharacterizationandunfailinglyrealisticdescription.AsJonathanLethemcontendsinhisIntroduction,Dickens's"genius…isatonewiththegeniusoftheformofthenovelitself:Dickenswilledintoexistencethemostcapaciousandelasticandversatilekindofnovelthatcouldbe,onebigenoughforhisvastsentimentalyearningsandforeveryimpulseandfearandhesitationinhimthatcountervailedthoseyearningstoo.Neverparsimoniousandfrequentlycontradictory,healwaysgivesuseverythinghecan,everythinghe'splannedtogive,andthenmore."

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Therese Raquin（II） 紅杏出墻（英文版）

ThereseRaquinisan1868novelbyFrenchwriter?mileZola,firstpublishedinserialformintheliterarymagazineL'Artistein1867.ItwasZola'sthirdnovel.ThérèseRaquintellsthestoryofayoungwoman,unhappilymarriedtoherfirstcousinbyanoverbearingaunt,whomayseemtobekindheartedbutinmanywaysisdeeplyselfish.Thérèse'shusband,Camille,issicklyandegocentricandwhentheopportunityarises,ThérèseentersintoaturbulentandsordidlypassionateaffairwithoneofCamille'sfriends,Laurent.Despitethewidespreadfameitgainsatherdebut,adulteryandmurderinthenovelwereconsideredscandalousandfamouslydescribedas"putrid"inareviewinthenewspaperLeFigaro.Inhispreface,Zolaexplainsthathisgoalinthisnovelwasto"studytemperamentsandnotcharacters".Becauseofthisdetachedandscientificapproach,ThérèseRaquinisconsideredanexampleofnaturalism.

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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque（III） 怪誕蔓藤花紋的傳說(shuō)怪異故事集（英文版）

Poewrotethenow-famousquotedefendinghimselffromthecriticismthathistaleswerepartof"Germanism"Inprefaceofthisbook,"Ifinmanyofmyproductionsterrorhasbeenthethesis,ImaintainthatterrorisnotofGermanybutofthesoul".ThecollectionwasdedicatedtoColonelWilliamDrayton,anonymousauthorofTheSouthVindicatedfromtheTreasonandFanaticismoftheNorthernAbolitionists.The"arabesque"storiesfocusonasingleaspectofacharacter,oftenpsychological,suchas"TheFalloftheHouseofUsher".AdistantrelativeofPoe,modernscholarHarryLeePoe,wrotethat"grotesque"means"horror",whichisgoryandoftendisgusting,and"arabesque"means"terror",whichforsakesthebloodandgoreforthesakeoffrighteningthereader.[8]Evenso,accuratelydefiningPoe'sintentionsforthetermsisdifficultandsubdividinghistalesintoonecategoryoranotherisevenmoredifficult.Thisworkisacollectionofpreviously-publishedshortstoriesfromthedarkpenofEdgarAllanPoe,firstpublishedin1840.

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