第12章 前往闪亮的旧时光(2)

Music is in Sammy's blood. His grandfather was a jazz musician, and Sammy's indie rock band could be huge one day—if they don't self-destruct first. Winning the upcoming Battle of the Bands would justify all their compromises and reassure Sammy that his life's dream could become a reality. But practices are hard to schedule when Sammy's grandfather is sick and getting worse, his mother is too busy to help either of them, and his best friend may want to be his girlfriend. Told in a voice that's honest and wry, Struts & Frets will resonate not only with teenage musicians but also with anyone who ever sat up all night listening to a favorite album, wondering if they'd ever find their place in the world.

Nestled deep in the South is a tiny Academy that teaches classes in the most important subject in the world: the domestic arts. The Academy's unique curriculum includes everything from cocktail-party etiquette to business entertaining, dealing with household guests, and cooking for the holidays. Here, after a little gentle instruction from Deans Pollak and Manigault, interspersed with plenty of humor, students find they are living healthier, having stronger ties to friends and family, and using their houses to branch out in ways they never dreamed possible. Since not everyone can get to their sold-out classes in Charleston, the Deans are now offering this book so happier living can be within everyone's grasp, not just the select few.

"Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has managed again to produce a strong set of characters that make us cheer for them on every page.…Recommended for the permanent library of all readers that love a well-written fantasy."--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Rise of the Dragons)KNIGHT, HEIR, PRINCE is book #3 in Morgan Rice's bestselling epic fantasy series OF CROWNS AND GLORY, which begins with SLAVE, WARRIOR, QUEEN (Book #1).

Keith Stoner had been in a state of suspended animation for eighteen years. It was eighteen years earlier that Stoner had been an American member of a joint U.S. - Soviet venture to capture an alien ship, but when the Soviets had to pull out, Stoner willfully persisted and it was then, during that time on the strange ship that Stoner fell into the strange state that was neither here, nor there.Jo Camerata, the ambitious young student who fell in love with Stoner is now head of Vanguard Industries, which has recovered the alien ship. As a result, her company now controls the vast new technology and the fortune it reaps in - as well as control of Keith Stoner. What Camerata doesn't know, however, is that someone else has been awake, someone who dwells deep within the labyrinths of Stoner's mind.

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大唐景龙四年六月，在甘州商道上，一棵棵稀疏的枯木被渐起的沙尘所迷蒙。只片刻工夫，面前便呈现出一种灾难将至的恐怖景象。透过风沙漫过的阵阵迷雾，有三支带着丝路韵味的大型驼队，伴随着风沙的呼啸声和悠扬的驼铃声，由远及近缓缓而来。

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我，生不为人。我，化不得神。我，修不成仙。贪欲之念佛不容我，可惜那一颗向道之心却无半分天赋，终无法踏足修真，这一身凶戾却也称不上魔。我是谁？我只是一条狗！一条名副其实的恶犬！汪汪汪！

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中华民族是一个非常讲究“规矩”的民族，“无规矩不成方圆”更是成了挂在人们嘴边的金科玉律。于是，我们每个人从小接受的最多的教育就是要“说老实话，办老实事”，要“循规蹈矩”。任何不合常规、标新立异的想法和做法都会受到父母、老师、领导的呵斥，朋友、同事的讥笑，认为你是在异想天开、离经叛道，他们会迅速地把你的思想和行为拉回到“规矩”这个冠冕堂皇的“监狱”中来。这样做的结果就是，我们身边充斥的都是一些规规矩矩、不敢越雷池半步的老实人。他们无论在任何时候、做任何事、说任何话，都会严格按照大多数人心目中的既定程序来进行。这样的人多了会有好处吗？我们来看一看。 遇到危险的时候，他们往往惊慌失措；面对难题的时候，他们常常无计可施；言谈辩论的时候，他们总是哑口无言； 谈判博奕的时候，他们处处陷于被动； 商战竞争的时候，他们经常输多赢少；……够了，这样的人、这样的事已经够多了。套用“非著名相声演员”郭德纲的一句口头禅：“时代在发展，社会在进步”，昨天的真理在今天就有可能是谬误。如果一个人的躯体已经进入了信息时代，思维却还停留在遥远的从前，就会像一个没有灵魂的躯壳，怎么能为人处世、经商赚钱呢？所以，要想跟上时代的步伐，头脑就需要不断地更新，不断地去打破那些束缚你的所谓“规矩”。不要总是跟在别人的思想后面。重复别人走过的道路。当然，本书所说的“非常道”，并非是要你去违背国家的法律、社会的公德以及做人的原则，而是要你鼓励自己的头脑产生各种奇思怪想，促使自己从多个不同的角度去思考；是要你敢于经常地离开人群拥挤的常规道路，到那很少有人的小路上去探寻一番。没错，大胆地去试一试吧。也许，当你在“非常道”上勇敢地跨出第一步以后，困扰你许久的问题会迎刃而解，你的人生从此将与众不同。而这个，也正是我们编写此书的最终目的。