Alexei Ivanovich Velchaninov is a land owner who stays in Saint Petersburg for a trial about a piece of land. He receives a visit from Pavel Pavlovich Trusotsky, an old acquaintance who recently became a widower. Velchaninov had an affair with Trusotsky's wife Natalia, and he realizes that he is the biological father of Liza, Trusotsky's eight year old daughter. Velchaninov, who doesn't want Liza to be raised by an alcoholic, brings Liza to a foster family. The novel ranks among his best works because of its style and structure. Alfred Bem described it as one of the most complete works by Dostoyevsky in regards to its composition and development.

A historical play by William Shakespeare describing the life and death of Richard III. The play begins with Richard describing the accession to the throne of his brother, King Edward IV of England, eldest son of the late Richard, Duke of York. Richard plots to have his brother Clarence, who stands before him in the line of succession, conducted to the Tower of London over a prophecy he bribed a soothsayer to finagle the suspicious King with.

A librarian in a small town is asked to play the part of a medieval king. He not only takes his role seriously by thoroughly researching the Middle Ages, when the play is concluded, he refuses to take off the costume. He remains in character, much to the surprise of the other actors.

Such an expression of unhappiness was enough by itself to make one's eyes slide above the paper's edge to the poor woman’s face—insignificant without that look, almost a symbol of human destiny with it. Life's what you see in people's eyes; life's what they learn, and, having learnt it, never, though they seek to hide it, cease to be aware of—what? That life's like that, it seems. Five faces opposite—five mature faces—and the knowledge in each face. Strange, though, how people want to conceal it! Marks of reticence are on all those faces: lips shut, eyes shaded, each one of the five doing something to hide or stultify his knowledge. One smokes; another reads; a third checks entries in a pocket book; a fourth stares at the map of the line framed opposite; and the fifth—the terrible thing about the fifth is that she does nothing at all.

Volumul reprezint? o binevenit? interogare a reziden?ei adev?ratului spirit democratic, tezaurizat nu ?n institu?iile reprezentative ale statului, ci ?n societate. Numai aici se afl? garan?ia reu?itei democratice a unui popor, pentru c? nimic nu poate asigura libertatea perpetu? a na?iunii mai mult dec?t permanenta responsabilizare a cet??enilor cu privire la destinul politic al comunit??ii ?n care tr?iesc.

Volumul este o culegere de articole publicate ini?ial pe platformele Contributors.ro ?i LaPunkt.ro, precum ?i ?n revista de cultur? contemporan? Timpul, ce au ?n vedere realitatea politic?, social? ?i literar? actual? sau recent?. Cititorii vor avea ocazia rememor?rii unor importante evenimente din aceste zone, cum ar fi ?nfruntarea politic? ocazionat? de alegerile preziden?iale din 2014, protestele legate de Ro?ia Montana, drama din clubul ?Colectiv“, dar ?i controversele generate de acordarea Premiului Na?ional ?Mihai Eminescu“ – Opera Omnia.

The Americans live in a democratic state of society, which has naturally suggested to them certain laws and a certain political character. This same state of society has, moreover, engendered amongst them a multitude of feelings and opinions which were unknown amongst the elder aristocratic communities of Europe: it has destroyed or modified all the relations which before existed, and established others of a novel kind. The—aspect of civil society has been no less affected by these changes than that of the political world. The former subject has been treated of in the work on the Democracy of America, which I published five years ago; to examine the latter is the object of the present book; but these two parts complete each other, and form one and the same work. I must at once warn the reader against an error which would be extremely prejudicial to me. When he finds that I attribute so many different consequences to the principle of equality, he may thence infer that I consider that principle to be the sole cause of all that takes place in the present age: but this would be to impute to me a very narrow view. A multitude of opinions, feelings, and propensities are now in existence, which owe their origin to circumstances unconnected with or even contrary to the principle of equality. Thus if I were to select the United States as an example, I could easily prove that the nature of the country, the origin of its inhabitants, the religion of its founders, their acquired knowledge, and their former habits, have exercised, and still exercise, independently of democracy, a vast influence upon the thoughts and feelings of that people. Different causes, but no less distinct from the circumstance of the equality of conditions, might be traced in Europe, and would explain a great portion of the occurrences taking place amongst us. I acknowledge the existence of all these different causes, and their power, but my subject does not lead me to treat of them. I have not undertaken to unfold the reason of all our inclinations and all our notions: my only object is to show in what respects the principle of equality has modified both the former and the latter. Some readers may perhaps be astonished that—firmly persuaded as I am that the democratic revolution which we are witnessing is an irresistible fact against which it would be neither desirable nor wise to struggle—I should often have had occasion in this book to address language of such severity to those democratic communities which this revolution has brought into being. My answer is simply, that it is because I am not an adversary of democracy, that I have sought to speak of democracy in all sincerity. Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends: for this reason I have spoken it. I trust that my readers will find in this Second Part that impartiality which seems to have been remarked in the former work. Placed as I am in the midst of the conflicting opinions between which we are divided, I have endeavored to suppress within me for a time the favorable sympathies or the adverse emotions with which each of them inspires me. If those who read this book can find a single sentence intended to flatter any of the great parties which have agitated my country, or any of those petty factions which now harass and weaken it, let such readers raise their voices to accuse me. The subject I have sought to embrace is immense, for it includes the greater part of the feelings and opinions to which the new state of society has given birth. Such a subject is doubtless above my strength, and in treating it I have not succeeded in satisfying myself. But, if I have not been able to reach the goal which I had in view, my readers will at least do me the justice to acknowledge that I have conceived and followed up my undertaking in a spirit not unworthy of success. A. De T.

 本书围绕“守初心、担使命、找差距、抓落实”的总要求，用通俗的语言，阐述了对“不忘初心、牢记使命”深刻内涵的理解和探索；表达了共产党人要铁心向党，不忘初心，牢记使命，锻炼力量；论述了广大党员领导干部应自觉用党的理论武装头脑，不断提高个人思想政治素质，锤炼忠诚干净担当的政治品格，提高为民服务解难题的本领；对新时代中国共产党员怎样做到“不忘初心、牢记使命”提供了理论指导和生动范例。全书内容通俗易懂，可以作为展“不忘初心、牢记使命”主题教育的参考读物。

本书是罗伯特·米歇尔斯的代表作。他通过研究19世纪末、20世纪初欧洲政党特别是德国社会民主党的发展情况，提出了“寡头统治铁律”这一政党社会学的经典原理。该原理认为：正是组织使当选者获得了对于选民、被委托者对于委托者、代表对于被代表者的统治地位，组织处处意味着寡头统治。本书对政党出现寡头化的根源行了分析，指出领导人倾向于组织并形成利益集团、大众普遍存在的消极性以及对领导人的感激之情都是其中不可缺少的因素，而重要的因素则在于领导人在技术上的不可或缺性。此外，本书还反思了寡头统治结构与民主之间的关系。

中国共产党的历史是一部历经千难万险、不断从胜利走向胜利的伟大历史，对中国共产党的制胜之道行理论上的解码，既是中国共产党一次关键的自我总结、自我思考，也是面向下一个百年、走好新征程之路的内在必然，更是回应国际社会期待、向世界宣介中国共产党历史使命与行动价值的外在要求。 解码中国共产党的成功之道需要拓展研究视野，从多维视角、多重坐标出发综合定位。本书从中华五千年文明程、近代以来求索民族复兴的历程、世界社会主义事业发展、人类现代化探索等角度剖析了中国共产党的成功之道，以深浅出的语言阐述了中华文明是中国共产党成功的基因密码、民族复兴是中国共产党成功的核心主题、社会主义是中国共产党成功的制度优势、中国式现代化是中国共产党成功的正确方向、全面小康是中国共产党成功的人民维度、马克思主义中国化是中国共产党成功的理论保障、伟大建党精神是中国共产党成功的精神密钥。

《光荣啊，共青团——中国共青团百年史话》以时间顺序和逻辑顺序相结合的方法，以简练精当的文字和大量珍贵而翔实的图片，对中国共青团100年的成长历程行扫描式回顾，既反映了团史上的重大事件、重要人物，又注重展现历史细节；既回顾了共青团在成长历程中所经历的艰难困苦，又系统梳理了在中国共产党的关心爱护下，共青团所取得的巨大成就。该书融思想性、资料性、可读性为一体，是一部较为完整的共青团发展史,也是团员青年和团组织学习团的知识、了解团的成长历程的优质读物。

本书是美国著名政治学者小瓦尔迪默•奥兰多•基研究美国政治、政党、选举和投票行为的经典之作。全书从四个方面对美国政党的类型和性质、政治规则的本质、压力集团构成及三者之间相互作用的历史与形式展了详细论述：部分主要分析强势压力集团的类型与特征，逐章解析了美国政治生活中重要的利益关系或利益集团；第二、第三部分主要讨论与政党和选举相关的内容，如政党的功能、小政党、政党组织、提名、选举行为、选举权以及竞选方式等传统问题。第四部分讨论了对于政党来说可能属于次要，但是对政治秩序而言却具有重要地位的议题，包括暴力、贿赂和教育等。全书始终围绕权力与权力关系，以及政治权力的获取和维持等，给出了独到的研究观和路径。 该书主要反映了20世纪中叶美国政治生活的现实，但其体现的基本原理却对21世纪美国的政治生活有着极强的解释力，包括选举、选举舞弊、极化政治、民粹主义的影响等。

本书紧紧围绕关于长征的30个热点、疑点、难点、重点问题进行归纳整理，反映和体现了红军长征研究领域的新发展、新观点。 书中努力把这些年国内学术界的研究成果作了呈现，这对于研究长征的学者及中共党史、中国革命史、中国现代史专业的学者、大学生、研究生都可以把读，从而系统地了解红军长征史的研究动态，是一部系统地整理、归纳、总结红军长征史研究成果的著作。其编写的出发点决定了本书就是要把大量的长征史研究成果介绍给读者，但又不是简单地介绍给读者。要对红军长征若干重大历史问题加以正确的思辨。

本丛书真实地展现人类军事活动，也许我们无法成为一场军事变革的参与者和见证者，但我们可以把军事百科作为模拟战场。在《世界上的恐怖袭击》一书中，读者将观看到第 一次世界大战爆发、北越袭击美国军舰、1990年伊拉克入侵科威特、1999年科索沃战争等震惊中外的世界恐怖袭击事件。

本书是一本集聚了影响世界历史进程的战争书籍，它告诉读者：战争带来劳民伤财、废墟残骸的同时，也推动了历史车轮的前进。书中包括了十字军东征、血战顿河畔、德国农民战争、海地独立战争、美英战争、菲律宾独立战争、第 一次世界大战等。这些战争有的让世界重新划分版图，有的让权力者重新洗牌，有的……

战争的根源是利益之纷争，战争的正式爆发都有一根导火索。本书主要介绍了莱克星顿的枪声、越南骚扰杀戮中国边民、萨拉热窝的枪声、卢沟桥畔的枪炮声、飞机撞向世贸中心、苏格兰女王被处决等战事。阅读完可以帮助读者更全 面地，更深刻地认知这些具有重要意义的中外战争。

军事上的智慧和谋略作为传统谋略文化中的重要组成部分，是*富于启迪和实用价值的一种理性智慧。它是为了胜利，物竞天择、优胜劣汰的强者之音。这本《军事智慧与谋略》为我们详细介绍了应用于军事中的精确制导技术、隐形技术、未来海军的兵器、信息主导化等前沿的高科技知识。

在这一站，给青少年读者们展示的是“世界军事之旅之世界上的特种部 队考察”。特种部 队的每名队员都是经过严格选拔、严格训练、装备精良、技能高超的武装特警，他们往往执行更为艰巨和惊险的任务。本书为我们介绍了中国特警队、西班牙国家警察人质营救小组、法国外籍军团、巴基斯坦特勤大队等世界顶 尖级特种部 队。

国家虽安，忘战必危！作为中国的青少年，大家更应该从小懂得“止戈为武”的道理，了解战争，学习国防知识，只有这样，才会更加珍惜今天的美好生活，才会在将来成为世界和平的坚强卫士。此书介绍了诸如：精良的冲锋枪家庭、奇特的手枪、完美曲射的迫击炮等*新武器。可以增强青少年们对军事的兴趣，为祖国培养更多的军事小天才。

本书邀请中外知名学者就中国政治、经济、文化、社会等领域的热问题深探讨和交流，从不同视角向国内外读者介绍新时代中国的发展理念、发展方向、发展道路、政策主张，系统回应国际社会对中国各方面发展的关切，客观阐述中国在一系列重大问题上的立场和观，充分展示新中国成立70年来的辉煌成就。本书兼具学术性、理论性与可读性，是一本适合国内外读者认识中国、了解中国的简明读物。

强化干部思想淬炼、政治历练、实践锻炼、专业训练，对深化共产党执政规律、社会主义建设规律、人类社会发展规律的认识和探究具有重要意义。 本选题从历史的维度、时代的需要和个人的需求手，对加强干部思想淬炼、政治历练、实践锻炼、专业训练行理论探究和实践总结，全面系统深阐释习近平总书记关于加强干部思想淬炼、政治历练、实践锻炼、专业训练的重要论述。 《实践锻炼/高素质专业化干部队伍建设》包含“干部实践锻炼的渊源与重要意义”“中国共产党加强干部实践锻炼的历史程及启示”“新时代加强干部实践锻炼的基本任务”等内容。