第1章 INTRODUCTORY NOTE
- The Discovery of Guiana
- Walter Raleigh
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- 2016-01-18 18:38:51
Sir Walter Raleigh may be taken as the great typical figure of the age of Elizabeth. Courtier and statesman, soldier and sailor, scientist and man of letters, he engaged in almost all the main lines of public activity in his time, and was distinguished in them all.
His father was a Devonshire gentleman of property, connected with many of the distinguished families of the south of England. Walter was born about 1552 and was educated at Oxford. He first saw military service in the Huguenot army in France in 1569, and in 1578 engaged, with his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, in the first of his expeditions against the Spaniards. After some service in Ireland, he attracted the attention of the Queen, and rapidly rose to the perilous position of her chief favorite. With her approval, he fitted out two expeditions for the colonization of Virginia, neither of which did his royal mistress permit him to lead in person, and neither of which succeeded in establishing a permanent settlement.
After about six years of high favor, Raleigh found his position at court endangered by the rivalry of Essex, and in 1592, on returning from convoying a squadron he had fitted out against the Spanish, he was thrown into the Tower by the orders of the Queen, who had discovered an intrigue between him and one of her ladies whom he subsequently married. He was ultimately released, engaged in various naval exploits, and in 1594 sailed for South America on the voyage described in the following narrative.
On the death of Elizabeth, Raleigh's misfortunes increased. He was accused of treason against James I, condemned, reprieved, and imprisoned for twelve years, during which he wrote his "History of the World," and engaged in scientific researches. In 1616 he was liberated, to make another attempt to find the gold mine in Venezuela; but the expedition was disastrous, and, on his return, Raleigh was executed on the old charge in 1618. In his vices as in his virtues, Raleigh is a thorough representative of the great adventurers who laid the foundations of the British Empire.
遲來的周先生
青梅竹馬到相看兩厭，簡橙從周聿風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。后來兩人解除婚約，所有人等著看她笑話，她轉身嫁給前未婚夫的小叔，那個高不可攀，無人敢染指的矜貴男人。簡橙救過周庭宴一次，求過他兩次。第一次周聿風想悔婚，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自由身。周庭宴說事不過三，救命之恩只能滿足她三個愿望，于是第三次…簡橙：“小叔，你缺老婆不？”
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年這三百年間關于明朝的一些故事。以史料為基礎，以年代和具體人物為主線，并加入了小說的筆法，語言幽默風趣。對明朝十七帝和其他王公權貴和小人物的命運進行全景展示，尤其對官場政治、戰爭、帝王心術著墨最多，并加入對當時政治經濟制度、人倫道德的演義。它以一種網絡語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中一個個變得鮮活起來。《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。
龍族（1-4合集）
累計銷售量達千萬冊的青春幻想小說，被譽為“東方的《哈利·波特》”，作者江南本人獲得2013年中國作家富豪榜榜首的榮譽。主角路明非原本只是一個普通的高中生，在申請留學的時候收到了來自屠龍學院——卡塞爾學院的來信，從此開啟了他不平凡的人生，在伙伴陳墨瞳、楚子航、愷撒等人的幫助下，屬于龍族的神秘世界逐漸在他們面前展開，路明非神秘莫測的身世也慢慢浮出水面。
我叫趙甲第（原名：老子是癩蛤蟆）
【扮豬吃虎＋逆襲燃爽＋掉馬打臉】豪門棄子打工記！烽火戲諸侯都市勵志作品、元祖級男頻爽文！影視劇《我叫趙甲第》原著！我叫趙甲第，綽號趙八兩，偽宅男，武力值不詳，智力值比較變態，理科無敵。聰明絕頂卻錦衣夜行，家財萬貫卻素袖藏金。別人笑我癩蛤蟆，我笑別人看不穿。看似屌絲一枚，實際卻是豪門繼承人、超一線富二代。但作為最“窮”富二代，我的底氣不是姓趙，是敢拿命賭明天。翻開本書，看“土強慘”如何一路逆襲、攪弄風云！
龍族Ⅴ：悼亡者的歸來
熱血龍族，少年歸來！這是地獄中的魔王們相互撕咬。鐵劍和利爪撕裂空氣，留下霜凍和火焰的痕跡，血液剛剛飛濺出來，就被高溫化作血紅色的蒸汽，沖擊波在長長的走廊上來來去去，早已沒有任何完整的玻璃，連這座建筑物都搖搖欲墜。