An Honorable Profession目录

Written by master historian and authorized Churchill biographer Martin Gilbert, this masterful single-volume work weaves together the detailed research from the author's eight-volume biography of the elder statesman, and features new information unavailable at the time of the original work's publication. Spanning Churchill's youth, education and early military career, his journalistic work, and the arc of his political leadership, Churchill: A Life details the great man's indelible contribution to Britain's foreign policy and internal social reform.Offering eyewitness accounts and interviews with Churchill's contemporaries, including friends, family members, and career adversaries, this book provides a revealing picture of the personal life, character, ambitions, and drives of one of the world's most influential and remarkable leaders.

Isaac is the new kid in town. His mother, Vera, is in the hospital with a mysterious illness, and the only person left to care for Isaac is his distant grandfather. Friendless and often alone, Isaac loses himself in his collection of optical illusions, including a strange mirror box that he finds in his new house, left behind by the previous tenants. Designed for amputees, it creates the illusion of a second limb. Lonely Isaac wishes someone would reach out to him, and then someone does—a phantom limb within the mirror box! It signs to Isaac about a growing danger: someone who has murdered before and is out to get Vera next. The only way Isaac can solve the mystery and save his mother is with the help of the mirror box. But can he trust the phantom limb?

When Jane travels from America to the Australian Outback, she looks forward to adventure, romance, and a new start in life. What she finds is handsome, domineering Scott Farnham--a man whose presence fills her with illicit desire. Scott is aggressively pursuing the wealthy and arrogant Daphne Woolcott, but he makes no secret of his attraction to Jane.In a shocking twist, Scott proposes to Jane instead of Daphne. But as much as she wants him, Jane can't bring herself to trust Scott's intentions. Does he really love her back--or is he only trying to make haughty, beautiful Daphne jealous?

Emmeline knows she's not supposed to explore the woods outside her settlement. The enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there, attacking at night and keeping them isolated in an unfamiliar land with merciless winters. Living with the shame of her grandmother's insubordination, Emmeline has learned to keep her head down and her quick tongue wkkk.net the settlement leader asks for her hand in marriage, it's an opportunity for Emmeline to wash the family slate clean—even if she has eyes for another. But before she's forced into an impossible decision, her dreams urge her into the woods, where she uncovers a path she can't help but follow. The trail leads to a secret that someone in the village will kill to protect. Her grandmother followed the same path and paid the price. If Emmeline isn't careful, she will be next.

Available only in e-book format, Backteria and Other Improbable Tales is a brand new collection of short tales of terror and the unknown from master storyteller Richard Matheson. In the title story, published here for the first time, a researcher encounters an exotic new strain of virus that causes the infected person to disappear. Curiosity leads the doctor on a path of discovery which takes him deep into his own personal history and suggests the age-old warning: Be careful what you wish for.In "Getting Together", a case of mistaken identity leads to a darkly farcical story of marriage, murder, and a love that knows no bounds. The quietly threatening "Haircut" shows how a routine trim becomes a dark and terrifying experience when a barber is confronted with a sick customer who seems to him otherworldly.

阳光下灿烂，风雨中奔跑，相遇是很奇妙的事。请一定做好准备，人生旅途中你很可能会突然遇见这么一个人。他扰乱你心湖，打破你平淡的生活，让你的世界从此变得不同。我们会遇见，会错过，会失去，也许会重逢。继续走，继续成为自己想成为的人。不负自己，也不负遇见。烟雨朦胧夏季时，故事在这么一个江南的小城镇上演。三年前，她刚刚进入湖乡二中，与他们相遇。三年后，又是雨季，她告别了他们，却留下了美好的回忆。这段时光，被称为，青春。那些年遇见的你们，是我的永生不悔。请支持青春成长文！本文虚构！切勿当真！

太古一战后，三族大能炼成空间神器，降下誓愿将天下大陆一分为三，以人、妖两族为主力一方占领大陆，享有最丰厚的资源，并在大路上繁衍生息。而以魔族为首的战败方则立下契约，远离大陆。并以混沌之力创造十魔海，退居此处。太古一役耗近百年之久，各族死伤惨重。初代神因参与人间纷争，修补天地，消耗甚厉，纷纷陨落无踪。后飞天者得神谕，陨落之神精神不死，将轮回于世，涅槃复生。后神心思各异，各方势力相互试探。然后神之争，祸及人间。于是最有威望的十二国主立下盟誓，各自设法将通天之塔封印，使限制往来，又设天地禁制，隔绝人神，是以绝地通天。初代神陨落轮回之所，为天生之地，谓一重天。后神脱离凡世，跃而升天，谓二重天。凡尘多纷争，人妖各族在后神的后代看来渺如尘土，谓三重天也称下界。后神居于重天之上，却依然不减纷争。不过几百年便再将目光投向下界。甚至模仿初代神之举，在下界培植势力。最初的神侍世家乃是初代神的信徒和拥护者，为神明转世而祈愿。而后来涌现出的神侍世家却无异于二重天所谓“神”的奴仆。但神侍就是这样游离于规则边缘的存在，他们将身体和意志奉献给神明，接受神明的赐福以庇护家族，繁衍生息。

八岁的他，径直走到她前面，霸道的开口：“我喜欢你，嫁给我。”回应他的是银铃般的笑容。十七岁的他，登上皇帝的宝座，同时迎娶她。十五岁的她，撕心裂肺的质问他：“为什么，不征求我的意见就把我囚禁在你的皇宫里，我不是那金丝笼里的雀儿——”“为了他吗？”他表面淡定如斯，内心却早已抓狂。21岁的他，中毒昏迷不醒，她心急如焚，对天发誓：“只要他醒来我甘愿承受一切。”……梦梦欢迎各位读者勾搭qq：2205130728

本书从居家布置到饮食美容，再到工作的层面，告诉女人如何让平凡的生活充满情趣，从而找回失落的幸福。其内容包括：绽放你自己、万种风情妆出来、有活力才有魅力、温馨家天下等。

女主魂穿到1998年，受了重伤，被杀手追杀，好端端的看下风景，被不长眼的活生生弄的痛晕。好不容易抢救过来，莫名其妙和一个孤傲严肃，帅气耀眼，阴晴不定的军少结了婚。分分钟被吓到心脏跳动加速。苏悦溪：“我上辈子倒了血霉遇到了他。”某帅气军少：“缘分天注定，你逃不掉。”你以为这是一本正正经经的军少，军嫂文。不存在的，不存在的，不存在的。

天降的七颗陨石，将地球上的磁场改变，生物变异，部分人类成为小说中的异能者……生活在这样一个科技与异能并存的时代，程文龙，作为一个普通的异武战士，是泯然，还是会一飞冲天？

“天狗食日”这是中国古代人们对于日食的最初的认识。由于对日食和月食认识的局限，保留下来了很多这样的传说和故事。现代人已经不会再对日食和月食产生恐惧，偶尔出现的日食和月食成为了天文爱好者们的观测目标。天文学家对于日食和月食的研究，对人类的生产和生活产生了重要的作用。人类根据日月食形成的规律制定了计时的历法。根据日食的科学研究观测潮水的涨落等。

九域列国，各方势力搅动风云，这是一场权利角逐的盛宴,她重生而来步步为营智斗后宅,从深闺走向列国，以天下为局列国为棋，开创九域繁华盛世。《书友群536667356》

一切都在进程之中毁灭，没有人能够抵达毁灭的终点。

《百年诞辰忆萧红》的编选，吸收了《怀念萧红》与《萧萧落红》两书的重要文章，在篇目的排序上分“身世”、“婚变”、“纪念”三辑，同时，还首次将怀念，悼念萧红的诗词选人回忆录中。在涉及萧红、萧军、端木婚变回忆录的选择上，保留各种不同说法，立此存照。