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Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with new cover art. The nine wildly popular books are favorites around the world. They were among the first books to bring a distinctly girl-power spin to fairy tales—a trend followed by hit television series and movies such as Grimm and Maleficent; the bestselling book series the Land of Stories; and more. Now, books one through six in this smash-hit series appear with new covers, with books seven, eight, and nine available as revised editions soon.

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.

Murder in the Cathedral, written for the Canterbury Festival on 1935, was the first high point on T. S. Eliot's dramatic achievement. It remains one of the great plays of the century. Like Greek drama, its theme and form are rooted in religion and ritual purgation and renewal, and it was this return to the earliest sources of drama that brought poetry triumphantly back to the English stage.

Rap songs are famous for their double entendres, clever turns of phrase, and general ingenuity, but that doesn't mean things always make sense the first time around. Enter Understand Rap, a very funny pop-cultural reference book based on the website of the same name, which precisely explains the confusing lyrics and terms used in rap songs using language that even the most un-hip person can understand. The juxtaposition of a dry, academic tone with hip-hop terminology results in a book that's as entertaining as it is informative.

In this angry, eloquent outcry against the oppression of homosexuals, the author of the classic City of Night gives "an explosive non-fiction account, with commentaries, of three days and nights in the sexual underground" of Los Angeles in the 1970s--the "battlefield" of the sexual outlaw. Using the language and techniqus of the film, Rechy deftly intercuts the despairing, joyful, and defiant confessions of a male hustler with the "chorus" of his own subversive reflections on sexual identity and sexual politics, and with stark documentary reports our society directs against homosexuals--"the only minority against whose existence there are laws."

死亡的恐惧，暂时还没有攫住母亲的身心，但是，死神已经朝她一步一步逼近。母亲的意识是清晰的，心性也是明朗的。25日凌晨，救护车在鲁甸县城短暂停留，以便护送母亲的亲友到我朋友家里简单吃点东西，那时，母亲甚至要求去一趟县城家中，因为，她担心父亲寻找不到之前从昆明带回的冰糖，收拾不妥准备带到徐家寨子的行李。我制止了母亲，如今想来，当时我的态度过于粗暴，几乎是吼道，“都什么时候了，还这样操心！”仿佛经我提醒，母亲才回到自己的病情中来。实际上，她让我解开担架床上的带子，却全身瘫软，无法下来……

人家都说当今时代，不怕你不火，只怕你不会操作，可是我不需要火，一部戏，够我下一站旅游的费用就好了。“叮~”哦，时间到了，我的旅游演戏生涯开始了，你们一起来看看吧！额，有谁能告诉我，这个男人是谁？为毛，我对他没有一点印象？小爷我就想环游世界，为什么这人要和我领证，“虽然你长的很帅，但是我们不认识吧。”“女人，不如现在我们好好认识认识。”“额，不用了，我还是个孩纸。”“没事，二十二岁的孩纸，够了。”“不要啊！滚开，快来救我。”“哥，我兄弟，你悠着点哈。”（绝对的甜宠文，欢迎进来，入坑不后悔，影子读者群718774001）

责任就是能力！微软、华为、联想都将责任作为最基本、也是最高的要求和标准。你想成为一名优秀的员工吗？追求卓越的事业巅峰，责任是必不可少的一项品质！从某种意义上来说，责任不仅是一种品德，更是一种能力！

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。

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。

《被我们误读的世界》的作者袁南生是一位拥有14年五国五馆履职经历的资深外交官。他在埃及、印度、南美、美国等地担任外交官期间，见人之所未见，发人之所未发，将自己的海外亲历亲见汇集成书。在该书中，袁南生依凭白纸黑墨，带您感受印度的“苦感文化”，津巴布韦的“悠感文化”，拉美苏里南和美国旧金山的“罪恶文化”，跟您一起对比中国人的“乐感文化”，许多事实和观点令人耳目一新，深受启发。

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。

这是一篇关于末日的小说，时间不知道，地点不知道，背景也不知道。大约末日来了，也不会问世人准备好了吗？我不相信有关末日的审判，也不相信各种阴谋论或者各派的学说。我只相信天地不仁以万物为刍狗。末日前王明是一个普普通通的上班族，末日里他又会成长成什么样呢？是救世英雄？还是灭世魔王？

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。

本书是“开卷书坊第三辑”之一，“开卷书坊”为当今知名学者文人的散文小品系列丛书集。“开卷书坊”丛书以营造“书香中国”氛围、弘扬书香文韵为宗旨，首辑八本、第二辑十二本分别于2011年、2013年在上海书展亮相后，得到业界和广大读者的关注和好评，产生了良好的社会影响，并逐渐形成了应有的品牌效应。本书分为三部分：藏书札记、品书拾穗、读书撷英。毛乐耕的文学根基较深，语言功底也好，评说有一定的学理深度，行文则简要流畅，文中还穿插着一些掌故逸闻，读来有理有味，可读性强。