小说
德川庆喜(第一部)
Douban
(日) 山冈庄八 translator: 程亮 publishing house: 金城出版社 2011 - 1
幕末时期风云骤起,日本存亡岌岌可危。国内政权纷争不休,尊攘两派剑拔弩张;而西方列强以武力胁迫,强行占领各大通商港口。此时,民众将所有的期望都寄托在了“日本第一公子”德川庆喜身上,认为他是唯一可以拯救日本的人。然而最高权力机构内心怀鬼胎的高官们,又怎会轻易交出早已腐朽的政权! 阴谋与权术相纠缠,大义与私欲相冲击,日本史上最悲壮的权力斗争,一场没有硝烟的血雨腥风……人人都知明治维新的辉煌,却不知这辉煌背后以一肩之力扛起整个日本,并最终令国家转危为安的“再世家康”——德川庆喜! “若能读透这本书,就能看透日本为何能在一片颓废中轰然崛起。”——山冈庄八 “德川庆喜宽广的胸襟和过人的谋略,值得每一位领导者学习。”——松下幸之助 “他(庆喜)所实施的体制改革,即便在今天看来也是极为新颖且彻底的。”——稻盛和夫
希腊众神
The Song of Troy Douban
[澳]考琳·麦卡洛 translator: 林玉鹏 publishing house: 联合读创 | 北京联合出版公司 2020 - 11
诸神与英雄的权力游戏! ✦ 世界级畅销作家、《荆棘鸟》作者考琳麦卡洛生动再现诸神与英雄的权力游戏 ✦ 本书的精彩的程度堪比一部惊心动魄的奇幻史诗电影: 心怀叵测的众神、身怀绝技的英雄、知识渊博的马人、骁勇善战的女子军团、惨无人道的活人献祭……为了胜利,双方用尽了各种手段:间谍、卧底、游击、情报学、心理战…… 这是一本会让你读完大呼过瘾的小说! 【内容简介】 宙斯、波塞冬、雅典娜、阿瑞斯、阿波罗……奥林匹斯诸神高坐云端、各怀心思,他们以凡人的命运为棋子,酝酿着一场狂风骤雨的权力博弈。 特洛伊王子帕里斯掳走了希腊美女海伦,希腊大国王阿伽门农终于等来了向特洛伊开战的借口。 阿喀琉斯、奥德修斯、埃阿斯……希腊的英雄们纷纷应召来到特洛伊这座宏伟坚固的城池跟前,挥舞火神长矛和美杜莎盾牌,与特洛伊王子赫克托耳展开了一场长达十年的残酷大战,同时上演了一幕幕战争背后的爱欲纠葛和权力游戏。 间谍、卧底、游击、情报学、心理战……为了胜利,双方用尽了各种手段,这场诸神主宰、英雄角逐的战争,谁会取得最终的胜利? 【媒体评论】 考琳·麦卡洛,她代表了小说的最高成就。——《时代周刊》 无与伦比,她笔下每一个角色都鲜活得令人赞叹!——《纽约时报》 一个疾风迅雷的故事,将政治阴谋、战争、浪漫和戏剧性精妙集合在了一起。——《书单》 考琳·麦卡洛,登峰造极的讲故事大师!——《洛杉矶时报》
阴阳师·太极卷
Douban
★ 8.0 12 ratings
[日] 梦枕貘 translator: 林青华 publishing house: 南海出版公司 2007 - 7
东方奇幻文学经典,日本的《聊斋志异》。相传,日本平安时代,世界明暗未分,人鬼妖杂相共处。阴阳师安倍晴明,白衣飘飘,儒雅不羁;武士源博雅腰悬长刀,淳朴耿直。一对挚情好友淡漠生死,游走于阴阳两界,在谈笑之间破解桩桩离奇事件,为人鬼解忧。扣人心弦!美奂绝伦!梦一般精彩的故事!《阴阳师》是梦枕貘最负盛名的作品,他以幽暗遥远的平安时代为背景,虚构了一个神秘典雅的人鬼共处世界。自1988年《阴阳师》系列第一部出版以来,备受读者喜爱,迄今,在日本销量逾400万册,在我国台湾、香港地区和韩国,掀起一波波阴阳师热潮,经久不衰。本书简体中文版推出后,好评如潮,迅速登上各大畅销书榜,更被著名学者陈平原教授誉为“低回婉转、余音绕梁”。千年之前的阴阳师安倍晴明和耿直武士源博雅一跃成为亿万读者心中的超级偶像;《阴阳师》系列独具的“六朝风韵”,更代表了东方文化艺术的神髓,令人无比心驰神往。根据本作品改编的电影、电视剧、漫画虽数量不下几十部,却无一能完成对小说想象世界的超越。
德川家康
Douban
[日] 山冈庄八 translator: 岳远坤 / 王维幸 publishing house: 南海出版社 2009 - 1
●一部日本首相要求内阁成员必须研究的书 ●一部经营之神松下幸之助要求松下员工必须熟读的书 ●一部美国驻日大使认为,要了解日本、超越日本,必先阅读的书 ●一部韩国媒体评为“影响韩国CEO最有价值古典图书” ●中国有两部书可以和《德川家康》相比,一是《资治通鉴》,一是《三国演义》。 ——柏杨(著名史学家、作家) ●中文简体字版从2007年12月出版面世开始,以每月10万册递增的速度,成为2008年罕见的畅销大书,被中国内地最大的读者群一致评为“史书、权书、谋书、商书、兵书五书合一”的杰作而购买、赠送、阅读,至2008年底,销售合计突破200万册。 ●中文繁体字版1988年出版,被读者奉为“政略宝典、商战兵法”,成为政界、商界、学界、军方同时阅读和研究的大书,“德川家康”也成为上至政界商界知名人士下至贩夫走卒市井巷尾热门话题,至90年代中期,合计销售20万套500万册。 ●韩国1971年推出首版开始,被所有大企业总裁与政界人士普遍购买、收藏、阅读、研究,30年间各种版本合计超过2000万册;2001年出版正式授权版本,至2005年销售合计超过100万册;《德川家康》连续多年成为首尔大学借阅率最高图书,被媒体评为“影响韩国CEO最有价值古典图书”。 ●日文原文1950年在《北海道新闻》开始连载,历18年方才完毕,成为日本五六十年代“全民阅读”;图书60年代出版,朝野争相购买,一时洛阳纸贵,1965年3月8由时任首相佐藤荣作主持“销售突破1000万册庆祝仪式”,至80年代,图书合计销售4000万册;图书与动漫、动画、绘本、影视等各种版本,合计销售4亿册(集)。 媒体评论 ●《德川家康》,每一行每一页,都充满谋略、诡诈、杀机,但也充满忠贞、效命,和崇高的统一全国的理念。中国有两部书可以和《德川家康》相比,一是《资治通鉴》,一是《三国演义》。——柏杨(著名史学家、作家) ●每次在政治上遇到麻烦,我便设想德川家康会怎么解决。然后,我得到了答案。——中曾根康弘(日本前首相) ●我从小就崇拜德川家康,他激发我的灵感和斗志。因此,我要求我的干部必须熟读《德川家康》。我考核干部的方式,便是查考他读《德川家康》的心得。——松下幸之助(松下电器创建人) ●在每一个日本人都是另一个德川家康,要了解日本、超越日本,必须先了解德川家康。从无到有转弱为强的智慧展现,德川家康是日本大和魂的精神堡垒,是二次大战后激起全日本人的奋斗意志,使日本快速窜起,成为经济强国的钥匙……——赖世和(美国前驻日大使) ●“即使在状况最危急的情况下,德川家康都能冷静地深思熟虑,做出正确判断,而且替未来埋下翻本的机会,这是让政治人物最心驰神往的理由。”——王拓 ●管理的核心是人的管理,《德川家康》我熟读四遍,并将他的自我管理、管理部下、选择接班人、组织经营方面的智慧运用于现代企业管理中,方取得今天的成就。我相信,《德川家康》的智慧是成功的管理者必备要件。——申宪哲(韩国SK株式会社社长) ●为什么这么多政治人物都被德川家康的故事吸引?德川家康“在等待与忍耐中创造实力”的经营哲学,对所有人都会带来许多启发与鼓励。——李令仪 ●我希望我们国产业界人士赶上快熟读此书,知己知彼,方能立于不败之地。——汪公纪 ●北京的政府公务员尤其是副局级以上上官员据说都在读《德川家康》。一位读过这本书的官员接受记者访问时说,他的朋友圈子─像是一些政府官员、商业阶层——主要把《德川家康》当作是“政治谋略指导书”。——(香港)文汇报 ●大书《德川家康》正在“受冻”最严重的江浙商界悄然走红,不少商界领袖一边苦思脱困之策,一边正认真研读这部书。 ——第一财经日报 ●《德川家康》直到步入2008年,才突然大刀阔斧进入市场,而最早热起来的地方不是北京而是江浙。联系到中国当前的经济形势,中国中小企业的现状和德川家康时期非常相近,不再是大刀阔斧的改革时代,而是进入瓶颈期,也正是德川家康的忍耐发挥作用的时候。——新京报 ●这部书推出后,“有识人之明,有用人之度,有驱人之威,有容人之怀,能服人以德”的德川家康让江浙一带商人嗅到了企业经营之道。——浙江日报 ●这部涵盖经济博羿、治国方略的《德川家康》,受到商界领袖及民众的广泛追捧。——中国证券报 ●德川家康乃是日本“菊与刀”文化的典型代表,稳扎稳打步步为营,忍常人所不能忍,面对每一次危局,都能找到一条最好的化解之道。——中国证券网 ●《孙子兵法》与《德川家康》,被认为是对日本现代企业影响最大的两本书。——上海证券网 ●二战后的日本千疮百孔,山冈庄八选择“德川家康”这个艰苦隐忍、最终成就大业的历史巨擘作为写作对象,对于当时落寞的日本国民,自有一种奋发鼓舞和深刻反省的作用。——中国青年报 ●作品展现了德川家康作为乱世终结者和盛世开创者叱咤风云、曲折传奇的一生。——解放日报 ●《德川家康》内容涵盖了政治角逐、军事谋略、经济博弈、治国方略。——京华时报 ● “活着就是硬道理”,这是德川家康经营德川集团的第一原则。——广州日报 ●《德川家康》简体中文版自2008年年初上市以来,销售势如破竹,成为引进版图书中的一枝独秀。——福建日报 ●这是一部震撼人类的大书,被誉为“天下第一奇书”。——都市晨报 ●山冈庄八用一千余万字的日文,对出现在德川家康生命中的每一个人、每一个动作和心路历程,几乎都有细腻的描写,而提出主旨:“忍耐”!——扬子晚报 ●通过《德川家康》,中国读者可从中了解构成日本文化的深层元素。——北京晚报 ●一部《德川家康》,被日本企业及其领导人常温常读,德川家康的掌故轶事被津津乐道。——华商报 ●这部跨越了德川家康一生75年的小说,前后勾连,其实也讲述了日本从平安时代结束以来怎样结束乱世开创太平的国家问题,也暗示了明治维新后同西洋列强争夺东亚的必然国策,写人情物理细腻清晰。——新华网
织田信长
Douban
★ 7.7 12 ratings
[日]山冈庄八 translator: 杨世英 publishing house: 重庆出版社 2007
《织田信长(上下册)》中他,是日本历史上最让人折服的武将,日本战国时期开创统一大局的杰出统帅。 他,幼年时粗狂莽撞、我行我素,不修边幅的外表下,隐藏着一颗匡正天下的勃勃野心,然而燕雀不知鸿鹄之志,众人视之为缺乏才智、难当大任的“尾张大呆瓜”。 他,二十七岁在桶狭间之战以寡敌众,从此名震天下。后以“天下布武”为职志,在乱世中所向披靡,短短数十年间就横扫了整个日本,无人敢捋其锋。 他,是最复杂的个体。狂放不羁却思虑缜密;懂得忍让雌伏,也敢于大胆行事;积极引进西方器械和宗教,也保留着日本武士极重名誉的特质;有人说他“先破坏再建设”,是“风云儿”、“革命家”;也有人因他“烧庙杀僧”称他为“第六天魔王”。 日本畅销巨著《德川家康》的作者山冈庄八,以文学化的传奇之笔再现了织田信长从统一尾张到重立将军、控制京畿,最后在事业顶峰遭到部将背叛,梦断本能寺的悲壮一生和狂傲盖世的独特个性。笔法轻快,情节跌宕起伏,读来让人心潮澎湃。
战争
Krieg Douban
[德] 路德维希 • 雷恩(Ludwig Renn) translator: 王之光 publishing house: 低音 • 北京联合出版公司 2019 - 10
★★★ “一战”后最成功的反战纪实文学之一,1928年首次出版,已被译成近40种语言,全球销量逾50万册; 德军视角的《他们已不再变老》,比肩《西线无战事》,更洗练,更真实; 诺贝尔和平奖得主卡尔 • 冯 • 奥西茨基真诚推荐; 德意志联邦共和国第一任总统特奥多尔 • 豪斯撰序推荐。 …………………… ◎ 编辑推荐 ★ 根据“一战”历史改编的纪实小说,一部关于“一战”的反战经典,简体中文版在1958年由人民文学出版社首次引进; ★ 作者路德维希 • 雷恩是职业作家,曾是军人、人类学教授,本书是他的代表作,创作风格平静直率,通过战争中小人物的内心世界揭示那段残酷荒谬的历史,让读者体味、思索最真实的“一战”; ★ “一战”是人类历史上一次空前的浩劫,虽已过去100年,但世界部分地区仍然战火纷飞。重读“一战”文学,是对历史的回顾,更是对现实的反思。前事不忘,后事之师。 ………………………… ◎ 内容简介 作品以第一人称讲述了主人公路德维希 • 雷恩——一名五等兵,跟随大部队进军比利时和法国的经历。在此期间,他亲眼目睹了一个个年轻人在身边倒下。但他一开始并没有对战争产生质疑,因为他与当时绝大多数年轻人一样,都热爱自己的国家,渴望赢得战争。对雷恩来说,他的连队就是他的整个世界,他没有时间为倒下的战友难过。 作者用朴素、冷静的语言描写了雷恩受伤后的恐惧、晋升后的骄傲、被授予二等兵铁十字勋章后的喜悦和阵地战时的无聊。之后,雷恩被提拔为中士,并再次受伤,在野战医院获得了一等兵铁十字勋章,但他内心深处开始抵触战争。1918年10月,雷恩回到前线,他发现所有人都对战争憎恨不已。不久后,一战结束了。
The Children's Book
Douban
A.S. Byatt publishing house: Knopf 2009 - 10
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, from the Booker Prize–winning author of Possession, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children’s book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves. When Olive Wellwood’s oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of the new Victoria and Albert Museum—a talented working-class boy who could be a character out of one of Olive’s magical tales—she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends. But the joyful bacchanals Olive hosts at her rambling country house—and the separate, private books she writes for each of her seven children—conceal more treachery and darkness than Philip has ever imagined. As these lives—of adults and children alike—unfold, lies are revealed, hearts are broken, and the damaging truth about the Wellwoods slowly emerges. But their personal struggles, their hidden desires, will soon be eclipsed by far greater forces, as the tides turn across Europe and a golden era comes to an end. Taking us from the cliff-lined shores of England to Paris, Munich, and the trenches of the Somme, The Children’s Book is a deeply affecting story of a singular family, played out against the great, rippling tides of the day. It is a masterly literary achievement by one of our most essential writers.
神曲
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[意] 但丁 translator: 王维克 publishing house: 浙江文艺出版社 2020 - 2
内容简介 一日凌晨,35岁的诗人但丁,突然迷失在一片黑暗森林之中。 黎明将至,他隐约看见一座小山仿佛若有光,他想攀过这座小山,在山脚下却遭到象征淫欲、强权和贪婪的豹、狮、狼的围困。 这时,他的老师——诗人维吉尔出现在他的面前。他受女神贝雅特丽齐指引,带领但丁游历地狱,穿越净界,经过九重天堂,寻获了真理。 《神曲》全诗三卷,分别为《地狱》、《净界》和《天堂》,每卷三十三篇,加上序共一百篇。 自问世以来,成为全世界杰出诗人、作家、艺术家的灵感之源,被誉为影响了欧洲文化的经典巨著。 编辑推荐 ◆“《神曲》是我们每个人都应该读的书。”——文学巨匠博尔赫斯 ◆世界文学史里程碑杰作,公认经典中的经典,入选BBC“改变世界的100部经典”。 ◆作家榜经典文库版7大特色:翻译名家王维克译自意语原文,一字未删,原汁原味! ◆意大利插画团队联合作家榜经典,精心绘制地狱、净界、天堂概念图,随书赠送,值得典藏。 ◆意大利新锐设计师联合作家榜经典,专为中国新一代读者绘制《神曲》封面,堪称前所未有! ◆近1500条注释,通俗易懂;15000字深度导读,带您真正读懂《神曲》精髓。 ◆新增英国画家威廉·布莱克全套彩插102幅,震撼还原《神曲》经典场景。 ◆附赠布莱克全套藏书票,足足7张,具有收藏价值;附赠3张插画同款精美书签。 ◆全新裸脊锁线装帧,可180度完全展开,图文并茂,方便阅读,轻盈便携,适合阅读收藏送人。 ◆“在我还是学生的时候,就研读了但丁的《神曲》。我着迷于但丁作品持续至今的影响力。”————《达·芬奇密码》作者丹·布朗 名人推荐 ◆但丁与莎士比亚平分了现代的世界,再没有第三者存在。 —— T.S.艾略特(英国诗人、诺贝尔文学奖得主) ◆我相信但丁的《神曲》仍然能够拯救这个世界。 ——大江健三郎(日本作家、诺贝尔文学奖得主) ◆在我还是学生的时候,就研读了但丁的《神曲》。我着迷于但丁作品持续至今的影响力。 —— 丹·布朗(《达·芬奇密码》作者) ◆我认为文学及一切书籍的巅峰就是《神曲》,从来没有哪一本书曾给过我如此强烈的美学震撼。 —— 博尔赫斯(阿根廷诗人) ◆他是中世纪的最后一位诗人,同时又是新时代的最初一位诗人。 —— 恩格斯(德国思想家、哲学家) ◆《神曲》是我的精神食粮。 —— 詹姆斯·乔伊斯(《尤利西斯》作者、爱尔兰作家) ◆有一个不短的时期,我成了但丁迷,读了《神曲》,我明白了何谓伟大的文艺。 —— 老舍(作家) ◆迨兵刃炮火,无不腐蚀,而但丁之声依然。 —— 鲁迅(作家) ◆阅读但丁是一种责任,重读但丁是一种需要,而聆听但丁则是聆听一个伟大的预言。 —— 尼科洛·托马塞奥(意大利作家) ◆《神曲》与其说是占去读者的时间,不如说是增加读者的时间,仿佛它是一件正在被演奏的音乐作品。 —— 曼德尔施塔姆(俄罗斯天才诗人) ◆但丁像一颗灼热的明星,高高地悬在天空,各时代的伟大者和高尚者都从那里取火,他是全世界优秀分子的占有物。 —— 托马斯·卡莱尔(苏格兰哲学家)
The Lightning Thief
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Rick Riordan publishing house: Miramax Books 2006 - 4
Book Description Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he cant seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worsePercy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. Percys mom decides its time that he knew the truth about where he came from. She sends Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friendsone a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of AthenaPercy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. From School Library Journal Grade 5-9–An adventure-quest with a hip edge. At first glance, Perseus Jackson seems like a loser (readers meet him at a boarding school for troubled youth), but he's really the son of Poseidon and a mortal woman. As he discovers his heritage, he also loses that mother and falls into mortal danger. The gods (still very active in the 21st-century world) are about to go to war over a lost thunderbolt, so Percy and sidekicks Grover (a young satyr) and Annabeth (daughter of Athena) set out to retrieve it. Many close calls and monster-attacks later, they enter Hades's realm (via L.A.). A virtuoso description of the Underworld is matched by a later account of Olympus (hovering 600 floors above Manhattan). There's lots of zippy review of Greek myth and legend, and characters like Medusa, Procrustes, Charon, and the Eumenides get updates. Some of the Labors of Heracles or Odysseus's adventures are recycled, but nothing seems stale, and the breakneck pace keeps the action from being too predictable. Percy is an ADHD, wise-cracking, first-person narrator. Naturally, his real quest is for his own identity. Along the way, such topics as family, trust, war, the environment, dreams, and perceptions are raised. There is subtle social critique for sophisticated readers who can see it. Although the novel ends with a satisfying conclusion (and at least one surprise), it is clear that the story isn't over. The 12-year-old has matured and is ready for another quest, and the villain is at large. Readers will be eager to follow the young protagonist's next move. –Patricia D. Lothrop, St. George's School, Newport, RI From Booklist Gr. 6-9. The escapades of the Greek gods and heroes get a fresh spin in the first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, about a contemporary 12-year-old New Yorker who learns he's a demigod. Perseus, aka Percy Jackson, thinks he has big problems. His father left before he was born, he's been kicked out of six schools in six years, he's dyslexic, and he has ADHD. What a surprise when he finds out that that's only the tip of the iceberg: he vaporizes his pre-algebra teacher, learns his best friend is a satyr, and is almost killed by a minotaur before his mother manages to get him to the safety of Camp Half-Blood--where he discovers that Poseidon is his father. But that's a problem, too. Poseidon has been accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, and unless Percy can return the bolt, humankind is doomed. Riordan's fast-paced adventure is fresh, dangerous, and funny. Percy is an appealing, but reluctant hero, the modernized gods are hilarious, and the parallels to Harry Potter are frequent and obvious. Because Riordan is faithful to the original myths, librarians should be prepared for a rush of readers wanting the classic stories. Chris Sherman Book Dimension length: (cm)21.3                 width:(cm)14.5
The Catcher in the Rye
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★ 8.9 34 ratings
J·D·SALINGER publishing house: Little, Brown and Company 1951 - 7
Anyone who has read J. D. Salinger's New Yorker stories - particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme - With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children. The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices-but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle it to keep. Salinger's classic coming-of-age story portrays one young man's funny and poignant experiences with life, love, and sex.
Charlotte's Web
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★ 8.6 28 ratings
E. B. White publishing house: Scholastic 2004
This is the tale of how a little girl named Ferm, with the help of a friendly spider, saved her pig, Wilbur, from the usual fate of nice fat little pigs.
The Help
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★ 8.0 7 ratings
Kathryn Stockett publishing house: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2009 - 2
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken. Minny, Aibileen’s best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody’s business, but she can’t mind her tongue, so she’s lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own. Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed. In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t.
The Fault in Our Stars
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约翰·格林 publishing house: Penguin Books Ltd 2012 - 5
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, "The Fault in Our Stars" is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love. From "The New York Times" bestselling author of "Looking for Alaska", "An Abundance of Katherines", "Paper Towns" and - with David Levithan - "Will Grayson, Will Grayson". John Green has over 1.1 million Twitter followers, and almost 700,000 subscribers to Vlogbrothers, the YouTube channel he created with his brother, Hank. "The Fault in Our Stars" will capture a crossover audience in the same vein as Zadie Smith, David Nicholls' "One Day" and "Before I Die" by Jenny Downham. "Electric ...Filled with staccato bursts of humor and tragedy". (Jodi Picoult). "A novel of life and death and the people caught in between, The Fault in Our Stars is John Green at his best. You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more". (Markus Zusak, author of "The Book Thief").
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1
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★ 8.5 12 ratings
Jeff Kinney publishing house: Amulet Books 2007 - 4
It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. In book one of this debut series, Greg is happy to have Rowley, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's newfound popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion.
How to be a Brit
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George Mikes publishing house: Penguin 1986 - 4
George Mikes has written many successful books on a variety of interesting subjects, but one so successful as those on the subject most central to his own experience: his adopted country. The first of these came out in 1946: the ever famous "How to be an Alien". Later he enlarges the picture with "How to be Inimitable" and "How to be Decadent". All three books were illustrated by the master of the cartoonists' art, the late Nicolas Bentley. Here they are, all in one volume, which will make life much easier for today's would-be Brits than it was for those who pervaded them. It is said that a few of the latter actually failed to become indistinguishable from the genuine British article because they found it too tiresome to seek out three separate books: a misfortune that need never again occur to anyone.
Wonder/奇迹男孩
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R.J.PALACIO publishing house: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. "Wonder is the best kids' book of the year," said Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate.com and author of Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. In a world where bullying among young people is an epidemic, this is a refreshing new narrative full of heart and hope. R.J. Palacio has called her debut novel “a meditation on kindness” —indeed, every reader will come away with a greater appreciation for the simple courage of friendship. Auggie is a hero to root for, a diamond in the rough who proves that you can’t blend in when you were born to stand out. Join the conversation: #thewonderofwonder
肖申克的救赎
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★ 9.1 273 ratings
[美] 斯蒂芬·金 translator: 施寄青 / 赵永芬 … publishing house: 人民文学出版社 2006 - 7
这本书收入斯蒂芬·金的四部中篇小说,是他作品中的杰出代表作。其英文版一经推出,即登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜的冠军之位,当年在美国狂销二十八万册。目前,这本书已经被翻译成三十一种语言,同时创下了收录的四篇小说中有三篇被改编成轰动一时的电影的记录。 其中最为著名是曾获奥斯卡奖七项提名、被称为电影史上最完美影片的《肖申克救赎》(又译《刺激一九九五》)。这部小说展现了斯蒂芬·金于擅长的惊悚题材之外的过人功力。书中的另两篇小说《纳粹高徒》与《尸体》拍成电影后也赢得了极佳的口碑。其中《尸体》还被视为斯蒂芬·金最具自传色彩的作品。
我的团长我的团(上部)
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★ 9.7 20 ratings
兰晓龙 publishing house: 新星出版社 2009 - 1
抗战末期,一群溃败下来的国民党士兵聚集在西南小镇禅达的收容所里,他们被几年来国土渐次沦丧型得毫无斗志,只想苟且偷生。他们混日子,他们不愿面对自己内心存有的梦:那就是再跟日本人打一仗,像个真正的军人那样,打败日本人。他们行尸走肉般活着。 师长虞啸卿要重建川军团。但真正燃起这群人斗志的是嬉笑怒骂、不惜坑蒙拐骗的龙文章。龙文章让他们知道活人是要对死去的人负责的。 只是川军团的人一开始就知道,他们的命运就是炮灰的命运,他们团的命运就是炮灰团的命运。他们活着不会有人重视,他们死了也不会有人记得。 然而,国难当头,岂容坐视。
1984
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★ 9.4 7 ratings
[英] 乔治·奥威尔 translator: 富强 publishing house: 群言出版社 2010 - 7
《1984》是一部杰出的政治寓言小说,也是一部幻想小说。作品刻画了人类在极权主义社会的生存状态,有若一个永不退色的警示标签,警醒世人提防这种预想中的黑暗成为现实。历经几十年,其生命力益显强大,被誉为20世纪影响最为深远的文学经典之一。
许三观卖血记
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★ 9.1 278 ratings
余华 publishing house: 作家出版社 2012 - 9
《许三观卖血记》是余华1995年创作的一部长篇小说。《许三观卖血记》以博大的温情描绘了磨难中的人生,以激烈的故事形式表达了人在面对厄运时求生的欲望。小说讲述了许三观靠着卖血渡过了人生的一个个难关,战胜了命运强加给他的惊涛骇浪,而当他老了,知道自己的血再也没有人要时,精神却崩溃了。