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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.

This is a comprehensive look at the stories that make up the Old Testament and the Jewish religion, including the folk tales, apocryphal texts, midrashes, and other little-known documents that the Old Testament and the Torah do not include. In this exhaustive study, Robert graves provides a fascinating account of pre-Biblical texts that have been censored, suppressed, and hidden for centuries, and which now emerge to give us a clearer view of Hebrew myth and religion than ever.Venerable classicist and historian Robert Graves recounts the ancient Hebrew stories, both obscure and familiar, with a rich sense of storytelling, culture, and spirituality. This book is sure to be riveting to students of Jewish or Judeo-Christian history, culture, and religion.

Read this thought-provoking, critically acclaimed novel from Frances Hardinge, winner of the Costa Book of the Year and Costa Children's Book Awards for The Lie Tree. When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows something is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry, her sister seems scared of her, and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She looks through her diary to try to remember, but the pages have been ripped out. Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself. In a quest to find the truth she must travel into the terrifying underbelly of the city to meet a twisted architect who has dark designs on her family—before it's too late … Set in England after World War I, this is a brilliantly creepy but ultimately loving story of the relationship between two sisters who have to band together against a world where nothing is as it seems.

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!

1925年，上海，初秋。这是法租界亚尔培路的一幢英式乡村小别墅，外表略显破旧，并不起眼。周围栽满高大茂密的法国梧桐，将小别墅完全遮掩住，外人很难看见里面的情形。此时，别墅的主人——震旦大学考古系教授陈奇正在书房里踱步，神情显得有几分焦虑。他转头看向窗户，玻璃上印出他的模样：三十四五岁左右，个子不高，戴着一副玳瑁眼镜，白净斯文，面貌平淡，唯一的优点是一双乌黑明亮的眼睛。

对于自己在南非的发家之路以及手边留有一堆未经切割的钻石，老西米恩·李一直引以为傲，更不用说他哄起女人来确实有一手。可到了风烛残年的岁数，他在病痛中唯一想到的消遣方式，便是借着过圣诞节的机会，把四散各处的儿子们叫回身边，挨个儿数落。当然，他也没忘了提及修改遗嘱——挑起家人之间的猜忌是多么有趣的事！圣诞前夜，李家笼罩在不祥的气氛中，一声惨叫，老西米恩死在自己的卧室中。呈密室状态的现场，家里每个人都有作案的可能，面对如此棘手的案子，大侦探波洛也不得不度过一个并不轻松的圣诞节了……

5月1日QQ聊天记录柳白衣：节日快乐！陈灰灰：哦，快乐。柳白衣：今天都放假了，办公室没人，我偷偷来上网，希望能碰到你。陈灰灰：没想到我们都一样无聊，哈哈。柳白衣：虽然我还不知道你是男是女，但似乎……陈灰灰：什么？柳白衣：跟你挺有缘的。陈灰灰：拜托，狗屁缘，这样说来，地球上的一切生物都有缘，因为它们都在一个地球上……柳白衣：嗯，你说的也有道理，那你应该是男的。

废材？姐，堂堂尚书嫡女叶倾城，携外挂重生，巅峰颜值，出手就赚了个战神王爷，虽然特么是冰山……这待遇，爽……然而冰山一碰到倾城就化了，这……叶倾城一脸委屈：“王爷，妾身不适……”慕容御寒一笑：“无碍，换本王照顾你。”

他本是一介凡人却得到紫薇大帝的传承，自此踏上修仙之路！得神兵四门，化天地玄黄，开创一个崭新的宇宙世界，且看他如何凭借一副神秘的金色卷轴，衍化出鸿蒙金榜！

来世今生敌人蹲着，美女躺着我就是苏枫，咱最狂不服来单挑你已经死了

楚云瑶，拥有着从古至今无人可及的医术却遭人暗算！谁料异世重生，借尸还魂。楚家三小姐，丑颜废柴，处处受欺凌？虐恶女，守家族亲人，却招得魔界上主不停骚扰？

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一个是傲气的相府千金，一个是腹黑的皇家太子。一朝被封郡主与他国联姻，眼看着幸福就在眼前，却突然发现原来自己只是幕后操重者的一枚棋子。原来，真情这种东西，真的只是世人的奢望。

《中外名人传记:安徒生(1805-1875·青少版)》内容简介：安徒生认为：他自己的一生堪称是一部美丽动人的童话，情节曲折变幻，引入入胜。他永远怀着对远方的渴望，有着一颗永不停歇的驿动的心。他在广袤的大地上行走，踏歌人生。贫穷和孤独，繁华和绚丽.痛苦与泪水，收获与喜悦，误解与抛弃，接纳与回归，所有人生的酸甜苦辣，他都一一品尝。他留下的每一串脚印，他走过的每一个驿站，都值得人们久久回味。他给这个世界留下了取之不尽的宝藏。他耀眼的光芒，时刻照亮前行的人们。他留下的不仅是童话，更是他的理想，以及对理想的执着，他留下了闯劲，留下了勇敢，留下了毅力。他百折不回的坚毅脚步声，仍然在世界各地响起。