There was a handful of clay in the bank of a river. It was only common clay, coarse and heavy; but it had high thoughts of its own value, and wonderful dreams of the great place wh...

Simple happiness:let us count sheep together Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time watching sheep. I know that sounds strange, so let me explain… I’ve always been a city gir...

这是一位历史上最享盛名的神秘女子：她广播的艳名，她与恺撒、安东尼的两段恋情，她的丰功伟业与远大的政治报负，还有她结束于蛇吻的传奇一生。究竟埃及艳后的真面目如何？她不朽于世的奥秘在哪...

It rains when Heaven deems fit, mother remarries when she wants to—a popular saying often heard in China, what‘s the source of it? It comes from a legend.  中国有句老话...

NOVELS about sport are notoriously hard to pull off. It seems somewhat odd for a literary mind to care how often a ball makes it to the back of the net or how long it takes to spri...

  A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street， going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked...

A bold man stealing cookies under the watchful eyes of the people A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in...

I was always a little in awe of Great-aunt Stephina Roos. Indeed, as children we were all frankly terrified of her. The fact that she did not live with the family, preferring her t...

 A mother‘s letter to the world in World War II Dear World, My son starts school today. It‘s going to be strange and new to him for a while. And I wish you would sort of tr...

I never considered myself unique, but people are constantly telling me, I‘m a miracle. To me, I was just an ordinary 'guy' with realistic goals and big dreams. I was a 19-year-old...