第1章 PREFACE
- The Paths of Inland Commerce
- Archer Butler Hulbert
- 961字
- 2016-03-03 16:35:25
If the great American novel is ever written, I hazard the guess that its plot will be woven around the theme of American transportation, for that has been the vital factor in the national development of the United States.Every problem in the building of the Republic has been, in the last analysis, a problem in transportation.The author of such a novel will find a rich fund of material in the perpetual rivalries of pack-horseman and wagoner, of riverman and canal boatman, of steamboat promoter and railway capitalist.He will find at every point the old jostling and challenging the new pack-horsemen demolishing wagons in the early days of the Alleghany traffic; wagoners deriding Clinton's Ditch; angry boatmen anxious to ram the paddle wheels of Fulton's Clermont, which threatened their monopoly.Such opposition has always been an incident of progress; and even in this new country, receptive as it was to new ideas, the Washingtons, the Fitches, the Fultons, the Coopers, and the Whitneys, who saw visions and dreamed dreams, all had to face scepticism and hostility from those whom they would serve.
A.B.H.
Worcester, Mass., June, 1919.
明朝那些事兒（全集）
《明朝那些事兒》主要講述的是從1344年到1644年這三百年間關(guān)于明朝的一些故事。以史料為基礎(chǔ)，以年代和具體人物為主線，并加入了小說(shuō)的筆法，語(yǔ)言幽默風(fēng)趣。對(duì)明朝十七帝和其他王公權(quán)貴和小人物的命運(yùn)進(jìn)行全景展示，尤其對(duì)官場(chǎng)政治、戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、帝王心術(shù)著墨最多，并加入對(duì)當(dāng)時(shí)政治經(jīng)濟(jì)制度、人倫道德的演義。它以一種網(wǎng)絡(luò)語(yǔ)言向讀者娓娓道出明朝三百多年的歷史故事、人物。其中原本在歷史中陌生、模糊的歷史人物在書(shū)中一個(gè)個(gè)變得鮮活起來(lái)。《明朝那些事兒》為我們解讀歷史中的另一面，讓歷史變成一部活生生的生活故事。
天之下
昆侖紀(jì)元，分治天下的九大門派為新一屆盟主之位明爭(zhēng)暗斗，關(guān)外，薩教蠻族卷土重來(lái)……亂世中，蕓蕓眾生百態(tài)沉浮，九大家英杰輩出，最終匯成一首大江湖時(shí)代的磅礴史詩(shī)，并推動(dòng)天下大勢(shì)由分治走向大一統(tǒng)。
麻衣神算子
爺爺教了我一身算命的本事，卻在我?guī)腿怂懔巳蚊螅x開(kāi)了我。從此之后，我不光給活人看命，還要給死人看，更要給……
奪嫡
【古風(fēng)群像+輕松搞笑+高甜寵妻】【有仇必報(bào)小驕女X腹黑病嬌九皇子】《與君歡》作者古言甜寵新作！又名《山河美人謀》。磕CP的皇帝、吃瓜的朝臣、大事小事都要彈劾一下的言官……古風(fēng)爆笑群像，笑到停不下來(lái)！翻開(kāi)本書(shū)，看悍婦和病嬌如何聯(lián)手撬動(dòng)整個(gè)天下！未婚夫又渣又壞，還打算殺人滅口。葉嬌準(zhǔn)備先下手為強(qiáng)，順便找個(gè)背鍋俠。本以為這個(gè)背鍋俠是個(gè)透明病弱的“活死人”，沒(méi)想到傳言害人，他明明是一個(gè)表里不一、心機(jī)深沉的九皇子。在葉嬌借九皇子之名懲治渣男后。李·真九皇子·策：“請(qǐng)小姐給個(gè)封口費(fèi)吧。”葉嬌心虛：“你要多少？”李策：“一百兩。”葉嬌震驚，你怎么不去搶！！！
遲來(lái)的周先生
青梅竹馬到相看兩厭，簡(jiǎn)橙從周聿風(fēng)的肋骨變成一塊雞肋骨，成了他故事里的蛇蝎美人，惡毒女配。后來(lái)兩人解除婚約，所有人等著看她笑話，她轉(zhuǎn)身嫁給前未婚夫的小叔，那個(gè)高不可攀，無(wú)人敢染指的矜貴男人。簡(jiǎn)橙救過(guò)周庭宴一次，求過(guò)他兩次。第一次周聿風(fēng)想悔婚，她求周庭宴幫她挽留，第二次她想悔婚，她求周庭宴幫她恢復(fù)自由身。周庭宴說(shuō)事不過(guò)三，救命之恩只能滿足她三個(gè)愿望，于是第三次…簡(jiǎn)橙：“小叔，你缺老婆不？”