安徽科学技术出版社从美国独家引进的英文版《心灵鸡汤》系列读物，全球热销8000万册。本书语言地道新颖，简约易懂，优美流畅；故事生动有趣，寓意深刻感人，内容极富时代感。本书中的几百个故事会引你们进入爱与感动的深情世界，会使你们活得充满激情；会使你们更有信心地去追求梦想。在面临挑战、遭受挫折之时，这本书会给你以力量；在彷徨、痛苦和失落之际，这本书会给你以慰藉。

此外，作为英语阅读的顶级精品，本套书深得广大读者的推崇与喜爱，广受各方的赞誉和褒奖：被评为“2001年度全国优秀畅销书”；被评为“2001年度全国引进版优秀畅销丛书”；荣获“2002年度全国引进版社科类优秀图书奖”；被评为“2004年度全国优秀畅销书”；在国家九部委联合举办的“中华全民读书书目推荐活动”中，一举入围《2004知识工程推荐书目》；多次荣登各大新华书店的畅销书排行榜。本书是《心灵鸡汤》之《豆蔻年华3》。

本书是安徽科学技术出版社从美国独家引进的英文版《心灵鸡汤》系列读物之一。语言地道新颖，简约易懂，优美流畅；故事生动有趣，寓意深刻感人，内容极富时代感。作为英语阅读的顶级精品。本套书深得广大读者的推崇与喜爱，广受各方的赞誉和褒奖。

语言难度不大：既无生僻的字词，也无复杂的语法结构，行文质朴简约、优美流畅，口语化特征较为明显。每篇文章短小精悍，不会令读者望而生畏。均由当代美国人所写，反映现今美国的世相百态，内容极富时代感。

作者用平实的语言讲述发生在自己身边的故事，诉说他们对大干世界的真切感受，内容极具真实性、平民化与亲和力。

内涵感人：通过平凡小事挖掘普通人的精神力量与人性之美，字里行间洋溢着爱心、希望、鼓励、信念以及对生活的深刻感悟。

Acknowledgments

Introduction

     1.LIVING IN HARMONY

Raising Cecily

Surrogate Morn and Pup

Hooked on Mahogany

Picasso of the Sea

The Blind Diver

In Harmony

Encounter with a Sperm Whale

Swimming Surprise

If You Could Touch a Whale

Back to Sea...the Story of J.J

Keiko the Whale

Angus

Sound Behavior

     2.THE POWER TO HEAL

Anna's Miracle

Manatee Tranquility

The Art of Healing

A Signal Is Worth a Thousand Words

The Fishermen

A Day on the New Hampshire Shore

Guided Tour

A Forever Ocean View

   3.CELEBRATING THE BOND

Crab Lessons

Ebb and Flow

The Friendly Isle

Dream Vacation

Letters

Goddess

The Guide

Octopus's Garden

I Found a Tiny Starfish

After the Beach

Sea Dog

What Do You See?

      4.OCEAN WISDOM

A Lesson from the Sea

A Prayer for the Ocean

The Perfect Shell

The Day at the Beach

Octopus Odyssey

The Sea and the Wind That Blows

The Driftwood Queen

A Sign of Love

Sand Castles

Sea of Curiosity

    5.FRONTIERS OF THE SEA

Who's Watching Who?

The Jonah Factor

Strange Discovery

Close Encounter of the Squid Kind

Finding His Way Home

Eyes in the Dark

The Specialist

Fred's Big Adventure

      6.SAILING SPIRITS

Last One Standing

Geriatric Genocide

A Shot at the Title

Father Time

Surfer

Two Battleships

The Bond Between a Captain and His Ship

Sailsmanship!

First Homecoming

 7.ON COURAGE AND ADVENTURE

Lost in the At]antic

One Hundred and One Atlantic Nights

A Miracle Between Sea and Land

Pedaling over the Atlantic

Fear of the Unknown

Exploring the Sunken Wreck

Using His Teeth

      8.SAVING THE SEA

This Magic Moment

A New Dawn for Whaling in Taiji

Fighting for Their Lives

Everything I Needed to Know About the Ocean I Learned in the Second Grade

Do You Hear It?

Life Imitates Art