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　　New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

　　Price：￡28.00

　　Publication Date：30/11/2004

　　Publisher's description

　　Collects Doyle's fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in the late nineteenth century book editions, in a set complemented(補(bǔ)充)by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society．

　　Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind

　　Price：￡16.00

　　Publication Date：11/10/2004

　　Brief introduction

　　This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope．For Daniel Libeskind, life's adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience．Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future．This memoir(自傳)of one man's journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision．

　　In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman

　　Price：￡16.00

　　Publication Date：02/09/2004

　　Brief introduction

　　On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the World Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was living or dead．Once she was found safe－in her school at the foot of the burning towers－h(huán)e returned home, to meditate(反省)on the trauma(創(chuàng)傷), and to work on a comic strip(連環(huán)漫畫(huà))．In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman's extraordinary account of“the hijacking”on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events' by America．

　　Light on Snow by Anita Shreve

　　Price：￡14.00

　　Publication Date：07/10/2004

　　Publisher's description

　　This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller．A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself．

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　　Price：￡28.00

　　Publication Date：30/11/2006

　　Publisher's description

　　Collects Doyle's fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies(傳記)of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society．

　　Price：￡16.00

　　Publication Date：11/10/2006

　　Brief introduction

　　This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope．For Daniel Libeskind, life's adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience．Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future．This memoir(自傳)of one man's journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision．

　　Price：￡16.00

　　Publication Date：02/09/2006

　　Brief introduction

　　On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the World Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead．Once she was found safe-in her school at the foot of the burning towers-he returned home, to meditate(反省)on the trauma(創(chuàng)傷), and to work on a comic strip(連環(huán)漫畫(huà))．In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman's extraordinary account of“the hijacking on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events”by America．

　　Price：￡14.00

　　Publication Date：07/10/2006

　　Publisher's description

　　This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller．A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself．

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　　It is reported that Airbus has recently been participated in the Hong Kong Business Aviation(航空)Centre at the“2008 Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition”．Airbus 　　1　　 that two still harder and more orders from Asia, 　　2　　 luxury A350XWB and smaller business aircraft．Airbus did not disclose the buyer 　　3　　, but by the Hong Kong two-BAA Jet Management 　　4　　 for the management, A350XWB will be based in Hong Kong, another aircraft will be based in Shenzhen．

　　By the end of 2007, Hong Kong has its 　　5　　 businessman Chenzhencong C Jet name of the company to about 200 million US dollars(about 1.56 billion Hong Kong dollars), bought this A350XWB luxury 　　6　　．

　　According to Airbus, in 2000, the Asia-Pacific 　　7　　 purchased large commercial aircraft(with 20 or more seats)　　8　　 only 55, but has risen from 07 to 75, that is, the 　　9　　 20 years, China accounted for 15 of them, according to Airbus executive and private aviation director of marketing David Velupilla 　　10　　 that the vast majority of the Hong Kong business of the person or company bought．

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Good Heart to Lean on

　　More than I realized．Dad has helped me keep my balance．

　　When I was growing up, I was embarrassed(使不安)to be seen with my father．He was severely disabled and very 　　1　　, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for 　　2　　 , people would stare．I would inwardly feel uncomfortable at the unwanted 　　3　　．If he ever noticed or was bothered, he never 　　4　　 that he knew．

　　It was 　　5　　 to coordinate(協(xié)調(diào))our steps-his hesitant, mine impatient-and because of that, we didn't 　　6　　 much as we went along．But as we started out, he always said．“You set the 　　7　　．I will try to follow you．”

　　Our usual walk was to or from the subway, which was 　　8　　 he got to work．He went to work despite illness and nasty weather．He almost never missed a day, and would 　　9　　 it to the office even if others could not．A matter of 　　10　　．

　　He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or　　11　　．What he looked for 　　12　　 others was a “good heart”, and if he found one, the 　　13　　 was good enough for him．

　　Now that I am older, I believe that his idea is a proper 　　14　　 by which to judge people, even though I 　　15　　don't know exactly what a “good heart” is．　　16　　 I know the times I don't have one myself．

　　He has been gone many years now, but I think of him often．I wonder if he 　　17　　 I was unwilling to be seen with him during our 　　18　　．Now that I am older, I'm sorry that I never told him how sorry I was for my feeling 　　19　　 to be with him in public and how unworthy I felt to be his daughter．I think of him when I complain about trifles(瑣事), when I am envious of another's good fortune, and when I don't possess a “good heart”．

　　At such times I put my hand on his arm to 　　20　　 my balance, and say, “You set the pace．I will try to follow you．”

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