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Two years ago, when Linda Kendall's husband and children died in a tragic car accident, she wished she had died too--and believed that her life was over. When she accepts the position of nanny to the Conde Duarte de Dominga's three young charges, she believes she will never again feel passion for another man.But the Conde teaches her differently. Charming and handsome, his presence fills Linda with a desire she'd believed herself incapable of--and reminds her of the joys of being alive. And when he proposes marriage, Linda is tempted to accept. But can she allow herself to love again--and open up her heart once more to loss?

With an introduction by Meg Rosoff William Golding's final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo. Arieka is one of the last to prophesy at Delphi, in the shadowy years when the Romans were securing their grip on the tribes and cities of Greece. The plain, unloved daughter of a local grandee, she is rescued from the contempt and neglect of her family by her Delphic role. Her ambiguous attitude to the god and her belief in him seem to move in parallel with the decline of the god himself - but things are more complicated than they appear. "A remarkable work...A compelling storyteller as well as a clear-eyed philosopher of the dangerous puzzles of being human." (The Times). "A wonderful central character. The story stretches out as clean and dry and clear as the beach in Lord of the Flies."(Independent). "Feline, deadpan and at moments hilarious." (Observer).

His first published work of fiction (1934), More Pricks Than Kicks is a set of ten interlocked stories, set in Dublin and involving their adrift hero Belacqua in a series of encounters, as woman after woman comes crashing through his solipsism. More Pricks contains in embryo the centrifugal world of Beckett's men and women. She lifted the lobster clear of the table. It had about thirty seconds to live. Well, thought Belacqua, it's a quick death, God help us all. It is not.

“One of the best thrillers I have read this year. The plot is intelligent and will keep you hooked from the beginning. The author did a superb job creating a set of characters who are fully developed and very much enjoyable. I can hardly wait for the sequel.”--Books and Movie Reviews (re Any Means Necessary)HOUSE DIVIDED is book #7 in the USA Today bestselling Luke Stone thriller series, which begins with ANY MEANS NECESSARY (Book #1), a free download with over 500 five star reviews!A passenger jet is attacked in northern Africa by terrorists wielding RPGs, resulting in an enormous loss of life. Yet U.S. intelligence reports this is merely a distraction, a prelude to a worse terror incident.

王茹变成了贾茹，这不是魔术师的杰作。生于1968年的王茹在1987年高考时总分只得了250分，竟拿到了省师范学院的录取通知书。生于1969年，和王茹是同级同学的贾茹，高考得了480分，却入了打工者一族。被王茹代替了的贾茹比王茹小一岁，是农村的姑娘，被替代后竟浑然不觉。考了二百五十分被录去了，考了四百八十分却落榜了，全是因为王茹的父亲王天冲和贾茹的父亲贾继贤的身份和地位不同造成的。王天冲是青山县教育局的一名管财务的干部，是周局长很喜欢的一个人。周局长常常夸他殷勤、谦和。不过其他人，包括分管基层的副局长都不这么认为。

为什么所有外部条件都万事俱备，有人却无法放手去做？为什么有人身无分文，却可以将自己的奇思妙想付诸实践？为什么本以为按部就班就可以高枕无忧，却逐渐发现事情并没有那么简单？为什么有的事似乎不可能，但管理者一番运筹帷幄竟然马到成功？……该书选用了一个个精彩的小故事阐述了真实世界中关于管理的主要原则，以助你成为一个优秀的管理者。

被正当红的大明星看上是什么体验？爆炸！我等花痴每天都在做的白日梦！让我飞一会先！夏望星：啥？男神？妹子们……古笑寒的“真相”你们都没见过哇！看上一个四肢发达的呆妹子是什么感觉？元气？很乖很甜很贴心？古笑寒：切！软妹？哥们你也想多了！说不明白打不过，苦啊！傻妞她不开窍啊！

在她从小到大的记忆里，所有的人都拥有着同样的面孔，那张脸的名字叫做陌生人。七岁那年，他牵起她的手，有微弱的光影在他的指缝间跃动，像那些消失了很久的温暖。他对她说，我帮你。他在她的眼中第一次有了模糊可辨的影子。十七岁那年，他抱紧她，漫天的线香花火照亮她流泪的脸，像希望和光明伸手就可以触摸到。他对她说，总有一天，我们会一起离开这个地方。他眼角的笑成为她生命里独一无二的记忆。可是，每个人都想逃离青春的灰暗与阴霾，又有谁能真正拥抱那一点希望的微光？

在岚风大陆上，人们都以学武为主，这个世界的气以灵气为主，只有修炼了灵力才能长生，更有甚者有移山填海之大能，所以形成了人人崇尚实力的文化，要想问鼎世界的巅峰，唯有强大的实力；要想不被别人踩在脚下，唯有有强大的实力；要想斜眼看世界，也唯有强大的实力。且冷泣魂如何体验人生百态，又将如何斜眼看世界，又如何走上强者之路。

莹莹惑惑朔妖心，惑惑莹莹勾人魄。究竟是妖蛊惑着人，要迷恋于人呢？还是人吸引着妖，却不自知。“小家伙！你家人呢？”云霄道长问。“我…我没有家人…”被打的小孩说。“那不如做我弟子如何？我带你修逍遥之道如何？”云霄道长又说。“你是谁？我又不认识你！”被打的小孩手里紧攥着铜灯警惕地说。“来！大哥哥，这馒头给你，跟我们走吧？！反正饿不着你！”风岚此时从云霄道长身后站了出来说。“你说跟你们走就跟你们走啊？我才不要！”小孩继续说。

在一次奇特的冒险后，陈劫然意外的获得了长生的秘密，其中，也受到了来自陌生人寄来的关于自己家人失踪的线索和自己家人以前做过的事，之后的每一次冒险，他都会收到神秘的线索和信息，自己家人失踪究竟和传说的长生是不是有种千丝万缕的关系？长生，究竟是福还是祸?长生的秘密究竟是什么?民间组织前四象门，长生的天帛壁画，开国的传国玉玺，这一切，又有什么关联？其中又存在着什么关系？

小时候那个女人为了她的私生女抛弃了她，她苦练数年，只为回来复仇，却遇上温柔的他，到底该选择什么

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一场阴谋的背叛，让她还未成为正妻已经变成了弃妇。忍辱者恒人辱之，今日加注在身上的，来日一定要讨回。再相遇，她身边光芒四射，环绕她的人一个接一个而他不过是她追求者中的一个“要我的心，就拥你一生情来换”