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Wives and Daughters（VI） 妻子與女兒/錦繡佳人（英文版）

WivesandDaughtersisanemotionalnovelbyElizabethGaskell,firstpublishedintheCornhillMagazineasaserialfromAugust1864toJanuary1866.WhenMrsGaskelldiedsuddenlyin1867,itwasnotquitecomplete,andthelastsectionwaswrittenbyFrederickGreenwood.TheheroineofthenovelisMolly,anattractiveandratherunworldlyyoungwoman.HerfathersendshertostaywiththeHamleysofHamleyHall,agentryfamily.MollyformsacloseattachmentwithMrs.Hamley,whoembracesheralmostasadaughter.Mollyalsobefriendstheyoungerson,Roger.MollyisawarethatshewouldnotbeconsideredasuitablematchforthesonsofSquireHamleybecauseofherstatus.However,shehasalwayspreferredRoger'sgoodsenseandhonourablecharacterandsoonfallsinlovewithhim.Unfortunately,Rogerfallsinlovewithothergirl.Mollyisheartbroken,andstruggleswithhersorrowandherknowledgethatthegirllacksaffectionforRoger.

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Leading with Character and Competence

LeadingwithCharacterandCompetenceMovingbeyondTitle,Position,andAuthorityLeadershipisanapplieddiscipline,notafoamyconcepttomuseabout,saysthree-timeCEO,Oxford-trainedscholar,andconsultantTimothyR.Clark.Infact,it'sthemostimportantapplieddisciplineintheworld.

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Shortchanged: Life and Debt in the Fringe Economy

ThisnarrativetakesanuncompromisinglookatthecorporatevulturesthatpreyonAmerica'sworkingclass.Madeupofpawnshops,paydaylenders,checkcashers,creditcardcompaniesandthelike,thefringeeconomyenticesvulnerableconsumersintoaneconomicnetherworld.

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Chess Not Checkers

Asorganizationsgrowinvolumeandcomplexity,thedemandsonleadershipchange.Thesameoldmoveswon'tcutitanymore.InChessNotCheckers,MarkMillertellsthestoryofBlakeBrown,newlyappointedCEOofacompanytroubledbypoorperformanceandlowmorale.

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Sylvia's Lovers（III） 希爾維亞的情人（英文版）

Sylvia'sLovers(1863)isanovelwrittenbyElizabethGaskell,whichshecalled"thesaddeststoryIeverwrote".Theheroine,SylviaRobsonliveshappilywithherparentsonafarm,andispassionatelylovedbyherratherdullQuakercousinPhilip.She,however,fallsinlovewithCharlieKinraid,adashingsailoronawhalingvessel,andtheybecomesecretlyengaged.ButKinraidisforciblyenlistedintheRoyalNavybyapressgangascenewitnessedbyPhilip.Outofkindness,hedoesnottellSylviaoftheincidentnorgiveherCharlie'spartingmessage.Believingherloverisdead,SylviaeventuallymarriesPhilip.Later,Kinraidreappears,WhenSylviaisinformedbyKinraidthatPhilipkneweverything,sheisfurious.Philipleavesherindespairandjoinsthearmyunderapseudonym,andendsupfightingintheNapoleonicwars.Atlast,whenSylviarealizessheisactuallyinlovewithPhilip,hehorriblydisfiguredbyashipboardexplosion,thenfatallyinjuredwhilesavingtheirdaughter.

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A Tale of Two Cities（雙城記）（III）（英文版）

ItwasthetimeoftheFrenchRevolution—atimeofgreatchangeandgreatdanger.Brilliantlyplotted,thenovelisrichindrama,romance,andheroicsthatculminateinadaringprisonescapeintheshadowoftheguillotine.Unjustlyimprisonedfor18yearsintheBastille,Dr.AlexandreManetteisreunitedwithhisdaughter,Lucie,andsafelytransportedfromFrancetoEngland.Itwouldseemthattheycouldtakeupthethreadsoftheirlivesinpeace.Asfatewouldhaveitthough,thepairaresummonedtotheOldBaileytotestifyagainstayoungFrenchman—CharlesDarnay—falselyaccusedoftreason.Strangelyenough,Darnaybearsanuncannyresemblancetoanothermaninthecourtroom,thedissolutelawyer'sclerkSydneyCarton.ItisacoincidencethatsavesDarnayfromcertaindoommorethanonce.

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Positive Leadership

Thisisthebestsellingandleadingintroductiontothenewfieldofpositiveleadership,whichhelpsleadersinalltypesoforganizationsreachbeyondordinarysuccesstoachieveextraordinaryeffectiveness,spectacularresults,andpositivelydeviantperformance.

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A Tale of Two Cities（雙城記）（II）（英文版）

ItwasthetimeoftheFrenchRevolution—atimeofgreatchangeandgreatdanger.Unjustlyimprisonedfor18yearsintheBastille,Dr.AlexandreManetteisreunitedwithhisdaughter,Lucie,andsafelytransportedfromFrancetoEngland.Itwouldseemthattheycouldtakeupthethreadsoftheirlivesinpeace.Asfatewouldhaveitthough,thepairaresummonedtotheOldBaileytotestifyagainstayoungFrenchman—CharlesDarnay—falselyaccusedoftreason.Strangelyenough,Darnaybearsanuncannyresemblancetoanothermaninthecourtroom,thedissolutelawyer'sclerkSydneyCarton.ItisacoincidencethatsavesDarnayfromcertaindoommorethanonce.Brilliantlyplotted,thenovelisrichindrama,romance,andheroicsthatculminateinadaringprisonescapeintheshadowoftheguillotine.

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The Three Musketeers 三個火槍手（IV）（英文版）

Ahistoricalromance.Swashbuckling,romanticandoftenhumourous,Dumas'novelisatimelesstaleoffriendshipandintrigue.Atimelesstaleofadventure,romance,intrigue,andrevenge,"TheThreeMusketeers"isthecaptivatingstory.Ahistoricalromance,thisnoveltellsoftheadventuresofthehot-headedyoungGascon,d'ArtagnanandhisthreecompanionsAthos,PorthosandAramisastheygallantlydefendtheQueenofFrance,usingtheirwitandtheirswords.TheymustfoilthenefariousplottingofCardinalRichelieuagainsttheKingandQueen,despitehisappearanceasanally.D'ArtagnanandthethreeMusketeersmustalsoovercomethevillainousmachinationsofMiladydeWinter,whoselethalcriminalitythreatensthoseinpoliticalpowerandtheloveofd'ArtgnanforConstanceBonacieux."

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Wives and Daughters（V） 妻子與女兒/錦繡佳人（英文版）

WivesandDaughtersisanemotionalnovelbyElizabethGaskell.WhenMrsGaskelldiedsuddenlyin1866,itwasnotquitecomplete,andthelastsectionwaswrittenbyFrederickGreenwood.TheheroineofthenovelisMolly,anattractiveandratherunworldlyyoungwoman.HerfathersendshertostaywiththeHamleysofHamleyHall,agentryfamily.MollyformsacloseattachmentwithMrs.Hamley,whoembracesheralmostasadaughter.Mollyalsobefriendstheyoungerson,Roger.MollyisawarethatshewouldnotbeconsideredasuitablematchforthesonsofSquireHamleybecauseofherstatus.However,shehasalwayspreferredRoger'sgoodsenseandhonourablecharacterandsoonfallsinlovewithhim.Unfortunately,Rogerfallsinlovewithothergirl.Mollyisheartbroken,andstruggleswithhersorrowandherknowledgethatthegirllacksaffectionforRoger.

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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque（III） 怪誕蔓藤花紋的傳說怪異故事集（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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Barnaby Rudge（III）巴納比·拉奇（英文版）

ItwasDickens'firsthistoricalnovel.HisonlyotheristhemuchlaterATaleofTwoCities,alsosetinrevolutionarytimes.Itisoneofhislesspopularnovelsandhasrarelybeenadaptedforfilmortelevision.Thelastproductionwasa1960BBCproduction;priortothat,silentfilmsweremadein1911and1915.SetagainstthebackdropoftheGordonRiotsof1780,BarnabyRudgeisastoryofmysteryandsuspensewhichbeginswithanunsolveddoublemurderandgoesontoinvolveconspiracy,blackmail,abductionandretribution.Throughthecourseofthenovelfathersandsonsbecomeopposed,apprenticesplotagainsttheirmastersandProtestantsclashwithCatholicsonthestreets.And,asLondoneruptsintoriot,BarnabyRudgehimselfstrugglestoescapethecurseofhisownpast.Withitsdramaticdescriptionsofpublicviolenceandprivatehorror,itsstrangesecretsandghostlydoublings,BarnabyRudgeisapowerful,disturbingblendofhistoricalrealismandGothicmelodrama.

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The Hamster Revolution for Meetings

Ontheheelsofthetremendouslysuccessful"HamsterRevolution"comesthisequallycompellingworkthatusesthesamefranchisedandbranded"hamster"metaphortoempowerworkers,managers,facilitatorsandanyonewhoexperiencestheuniversalmalaiseofmeetingoverloadtofightback.

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A Tale of Two Cities（雙城記）（I）（英文版）

ATaleofTwoCitiesisanovelbyCharlesDickens,setinParisandLondonofthe1780sand1790s.Dr.ManetteisincarceratedintheBastilleforeighteenyearswithouttrial.HisdaughterLuciegrowsupinLondon,thinkingthatsheisanorphan.Butherlifechangeswhenherfatherisreleasedfromprison.CharlesDarnayisanemigrantwhohasleftFrancebecauseofhishatredforhisfamily.CharlesandLuciefallinloveandmarry.ButthereisanotherpersonwholovesLuciewithallhisheartandwilldoanythingforhersake.ThestoryissetagainsttheconditionsthatleduptotheFrenchRevolutionandtheReignofTerror.It'sastoryoflove,warandtragicheroism.

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

TheMysteryofEdwinDroodisthefinalnovelbyCharlesDickens.ThestoryissetinCloisterham,alightlydisguisedRochester.ItbeginsasJohnJasperleavesaLondonopiumden.Thenextevening,EdwinDroodvisitschoirmasterJasper,EdwinconfidesthathehasmisgivingsabouthisbetrothaltoRosaBud.Thenextday,EdwinvisitsRosaattheNuns'House,theboardingschoolwhereshelives.Theyquarrelgood-naturedly,whichtheyapparentlydofrequentlyduringhisvisits.Meanwhile,Jasper,havinganinterestinthecathedralcrypt,seeksthecompanyofDurdles,amanwhoknowsmoreaboutthecryptthananyoneelse.ThoughthenovelisnamedafterthecharacterEdwinDrood,thestoryfocusesonDrood'suncle,precentor,choirmasterandopiumaddict,JohnJasper,whoisinlovewithhispupil,RosaBud.MissBud,Drood'sfiancée,hasalsocaughttheeyeofthehigh-spiritedandhot-temperedNevilleLandless,whocomesfromCeylonwithhistwinsister,Helena.LandlessandDroodtakeaninstantdisliketooneanother.Droodlaterdisappearsundermysteriouscircumstances.ThenovelwasunfinishedatthetimeofDickens'sdeathandhisendingforitisunknown.

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England, My England and Other Stories（III） 英格蘭，我的英格蘭和其它故事集（英文版）

thisisacollectionofshortstoriesbyD.H.Lawrence(11September1885–2March1930),anEnglishwriterandpoet.whichwereoriginallywrittenbetween1913and1921,manyofthemagainstthebackgroundofWorldWarI.Mostoftheseversionswereplacedinmagazinesorperiodicals.ThefirstUKeditionwaspublishedbyMartinSeckerin1924.Normally,volumesofshortstoriesfrequentlysharethetitleofoneofthetalesinthecollection.Oftenthefirststoryisdignifiedinthisway,andoftenthat'sbecauseitannouncesathemeortopicthatrunsthroughoutthevolume.Inthe"EnglandandOtherStories,"thetitlestoryis"England,MyEngland".Thestoriesincludedinthecollectionare:England,MyEngland;Tickets,Please;TheBlindMan;MonkeyNuts;WintryPeacock;YouTouchedMe;SamsonandDelilah;ThePrimrosePath;TheHorseDealer'sDaughter;FannyAndAnnie.

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Full Voice: The Art and Practice of Vocal Presence

Usingthisbookalongwithherfreeonlinepracticevideosyou’llexperienceanauthenticshiftinhowyouexpressyourself–andhowyoulistentoothersaswell.You’lldiscoverhowopeningyourfullvoiceconnectsyoutosourcesofuntappedpotential,power,andaliveness.

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Community: The Structure of Belonging

TheexpandedandrevisededitionofCommunitytacklesthehystericriseofisolationandfearinadigitallyinterconnectedworld.Blockdrawsonadecadeofputtingtheseideasintopracticetoemphasizewhathasworkedandextractthosethoughtsthatwerenicebuthadnodurability.

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Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed?

InCrunchherespondstodozensofquestionshehasfieldedfromworkingAmericans,questionsthatdirectlyrelatetothebottom-line,dollars-and-centsconcernsofrealpeople.Chancesareifthere’sastumperyou’vealwayswantedtoaskaneconomist,it’ssolvedinthisbook.

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經(jīng)典英文小說：無名的裘德（套裝共6冊）

ThomasHardy'sfinalnovel"JudetheObscure"beganasaserialpublicationonDecember1894beforebeingpublishedinbookformthefollowingyear.ItisthestoryofitstitularcharacterJudeFawley,ayounglower-classmanwithdreamsofbeingascholar,andhisrelationshipswithhiswife,Arabella,andhisfree-spiritedcousin,SueBridehead.ThenovelfollowsthelifeofJudefromhisyouthlivinginavillageinsouthernEnglandwhereheworksinabakeryandstudiesClassicalGreekandLatininhissparetimewithhopesofonedaybecomingascholaratChristminster,afictionalcitymodeledafterOxford.HisdreamsaredashedhoweverwhenhebecomesensnaredbydeceitintomarriagewithArabellaDonn,acoarseandsuperficialgirl.Whatfollowsisaclassicandtragictalethatplaysuponmanythemes,principallyofwhichistheideathatone'sruinousdownfallistheproductofhavinglivedasinfullife.Havingbeenharshlycriticizedinitsdayforitsscandalousportrayals,"JudetheObscure"hassincebeenrecognizedasoneofHardy'sfinestandmostintricateworks.

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