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Besides arousing awareness
on drugs addiction, we should read different kinds
of books. Let's read some abstract of the books
in Library. |
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Our
Mutual Friend
As the boat moved silently over the water, the
thing at the end of the rope always followed.
Sometimes it came near the boat and sometimes
it pulled away like something alive. As it moved
through the water, changes seemed to pass over
the dead man's face. For the thing that followed
at the end of the rope was the body of a drowned
man.
At the inquest the dead man was identified as
Mr John Harmon, who had recently returned from
abroad. John Harmon had not been drowned, but
murdered. But how had he died and who had killed
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The
Mistress of Spices
The Store has been here for only one year, but many
people think that it has always been here. Above
the door are faded brown letters which say: SPICE
BAZAAR.
I, too, look as if I have always been here. When
customers enter, they see an old bent woman with
skin the color of sand. The foods in my store
remind them of India -- the land most of them
left behind when they came to America.
They don't know the truth about me, of course.
They don't know that I'm not really that old --
that this body is not really mine. I am Tilo,
the Mistress of Spices. I can see into the hearts
and lives of my customers. I know all their secrets
and all their problems.
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The
Creative Impulse and Other Stories
Maugham writes about three very different people
in English settings.
Mrs Albert Forrester is a writer. She is also
a cold and selfish woman. When her way of life
changes, Mrs Forrester discovers. The Creative
Impulse for her next successful book.
The Round Dozen is set in a seaside town. Maugham
watches how a strange, quiet man achieves his
lifetime ambition.
Jane is a plain, middle-aged woman. Her quiet
life changes when she meets a poor and handsome
young man.
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Good
Wives
1866-- Massachusetts, North America.
The March sisters -- Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy --
have grown up. They are young women now. Each
sister has a different plan for her future life.
Meg is going to marry John Brooke. She wants
to have children. Jo wants an exciting life and
she wans to be a famous writer. Amy wants to be
a painter and she wants to travel to Europe. Beth
wants to stay at home. She wants to have a happy,
quiet life.
And what about the girls' best friend, Laurie?
What will his future be?
Little Women -- the first story about th eMarch
sisters -- is also published at Beginnier Level. |
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Oct 2009
