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TURNED is a book to rival TWILIGHT and VAMPIRE DIARIES, and one that will have you wanting to keep reading until the very last page! If you are into adventure, love and vampires this book is the one for you!

An epic tale about a land and a people Winston Churchill called "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."American cancer specialist Dr. Alex Cousins is on a covert mission to the USSR. He is tasked with prolonging the life of Soviet Politburo Chief, Viktor Moiseyevich Dimitrov, who is suffering from advanced stage leukemia. But the tenuous confidence between the unlikely colleagues is shattered one night as Alex accidentally discovers Dimitrov's diabolical plans for a nuclear strike on China. Alex soon finds himself dispatched, homeward bound, on a six-thousand-mile journey aboard the Trans-Siberian Express; long enough, Alex realizes, to silence him from alerting the U.S. of the imminent destruction.

In the tradition of cooking with each season's bounty, Hannah Queen applies the same spirit to her baking, turning out an abundance of fresh cakes, trifles, biscuits, and more. From the citrus of winter to the bright squash of summer, more than 70 classic and modern dessert recipes celebrate locally sourced ingredients. Relish the sweet fruit of the spring with the delectable Rhubarb Custard Cake, and savor the ripe flavors of autumn with the Spiced Pumpkin Cupcakes with Bourbon Buttercream. The wide range of flavors and recipes for year-round baking ensure you will never tire of these fresh indulgences. Featuring Queen's rich photography throughout, Honey and Jam not only showcases a collection of rustic desserts, but also captures the sprawling forests and farmlands of Blue Ridge, anchoring each recipe in the backdrop of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

Death at La Fenice is the first novel in Donna Leon's internationally best-selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series. During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, a notoriously difficult conductor is poisoned, and suspects abound. Brunetti, a native Venetian, sets out to unravel the mystery behind the high-profile murder. To do so, he he calls on his knowledge of Venice, its culture, and its dirty politics. Revenge, corruption, and even Italian cuisine play a role. The novel that started it all, Death at La Fenice is an entrancing mystery, rich in wkkk.net detective writers create so vivid, inclusive and convincing a narrative as Donna Leon, the expatriate American with the Venetian heart… . One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever. —The Washington Post

八百里洞庭往东，鱼米之乡的平原便渐渐变成了丘陵和山地，山愈走愈高，走到湘鄂赣三省交界处，便是“周回五百里”的幕阜山。幕阜山像一柄撑开着的大伞一样，发育出了许多余脉、河流与村庄。云山镇牛高村就是幕阜山区的一个很美丽的村子。当地老百姓说村子像个牛卵，于是村子就形象朴实地命名为牛高村，可能是“牛睾”变的音吧。但外地一位路过该村的专家却说它像个太极。一条S形的小河和沿河的机耕路把村子分割成一个太极图案。村子是沿着一个斜面铺着的，东高西低，远远望去，真的就像一幅太极图徐徐地展开。

在异世中求生存，黑暗中祈祷一丝光明，追逐生命的璀璨。

早就想把自己写的东西整理一下，一直未动手。这回算交差了，当然是为自己。起了个名：《笔耕留痕》。似乎显得文雅点。其实，说白了，我不过是个码字的，像手执瓦刀码墙的匠人一样，这些东西，可以说是大大小小，高高低低的墙圪垛儿。这些“墙垛”的“砖”有的还算齐楚，有的缺棱少角，差火候。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

“竹林七贤”是指魏晋时期的嵇康、阮籍、山涛、向秀、刘伶、王戎及阮成七位名士，他们常在竹林中聚会，因此得了这个雅号。在混乱黑暗的时代，竹林七贤把老庄哲学的无为、尚真与返归自然的精神发展到了极致，形成了一种自由解放的新气象和不伪饰、不矫情、顺其自然的新的道德风尚。东晋之后，竹林七贤的影响逐渐传播开来。随着时光的推移，他们已成为魏晋时期文人精神理想的一种象征。

豪门千金意外成了憨傻的胖丫头，被嫌弃？被离婚？被抛弃？叶果笑了，“NO！是姐甩了他，姐一定要活成自己想要的样子！”后来，叶果发现，她好像意外走向了她母亲的生命轨迹……

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

你为什么需要幽默沟通；用幽默改变自己的沟通心态；用幽默改变他人的沟通观念；创造人际和谐的幽默沟通术；赢得人心的幽默沟通术；增添乐趣的幽默沟通术；享受沟通，泰尔宣称：幽默只是外表，里面藏着温情，这是因为幽默作为人类智慧发展的标志，是人性、人情的表现，是高尚品德的外化，其深层形态是崇高的和滑稽的奇异结合。语言是“伴随着温度”的东西，而幽默沟通术则是使语言“升温”，赢得人心的绝佳方式。

为自己的日子，在自己的脸上留下伤口，因为没有别的一切为我们作证。——海子：《我，以及其他证人》。葛葛走出宾馆的时候，天还没有亮透，太阳好像隐藏在东边的某个地方，一跳一跳地向外挣扎着，所触之处弥漫上了一层金色。此时大街上没有什么人，一阵冷风吹来，葛葛不由自主地缩了一下脖子。葛葛忍不住回头，看了四楼上的某一个窗户。她以为施大字会像以前那样打开窗户，默默地目送着她远走。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。