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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(传记)of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society．

　　Price：￡16.00

　　Publication Date：11/10/2006

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　　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(自传)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

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　　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(创伤), and to work on a comic strip(连环漫画)．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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　　After 10 months in office, Barack Obama pardoned(赦免)a bird from the National Turkey Federation(全国火鸡联盟)．It is a holiday tradition that 　　1　　 back to 1947．It is said the 　　2　　 Obama pardoned that day, 　　3　　 “Courage”, weighed 20 kg．Because of his pardon, “Courage” would 　　4　　 the Thanksgiving dinner．“But I heard that 　　5　　 Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson pardoned their turkeys, they ate them in fact, ” Obama 　　6　　 said, “I understand them; the turkey looks really 　　7　　．”

　　On the Thanksgiving holiday, the 　　8　　 Thursday in November, many Americans have turkey for lunch or dinner．Obama joked about also wanting to 　　9　　 the tradition and eat “Courage”．“If my daughters hadn't 　　10　　 me, I would have tasted ‘Courage’．” he said．

　　Obama said he 　　11　　 all the American people at home and abroad a happy Thanksgiving Day．He also talked about the first family's 　　12　　 to celebrate the coming festival．“Just like millions of other families across our country, we'll give our thanks to God for the 　　13　　 we have, ” Obama said．“We also remember that many members of our American family are still 　　14　　．”

　　Obama noted that President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a(n) 　　15　　 in the midst of the Civil War in the 1860s．“Today we are facing many new risks and difficulties, ” he added．“So on this American holiday, as we give thanks to God for what we’ve 　　16　　 , let's also give a hand to those who are less 　　17　　．”

　　After his speech, “Courage” was lifted to a table and Obama 　　18　　 his hand over the turkey's head, pretending to be very 　　19　　 , and said, “You are pardoned．” Because of Obama's pardon, “Courage” would spend the rest of its life 　　20　　 at a Disneyland amusement park．

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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(补充)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(自传)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－he returned home, to meditate(反省)on the trauma(创伤), and to work on a comic strip(连环漫画)．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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　　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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