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Martine is happily engaged to Kelvin until he unceremoniously dumps her in Greece. When handsome, arrogant Luke Leoros proposes instead, Martine is happy to accept--only to prove to Kelvin that she's over him.But Luke is also no stranger to heartbreak--and after his own painful breakup, he no longer believes in love. Still, Martine finds herself irresistibly drawn to him--and his caresses set her blood on fire. When Kelvin returns and begs her to take him back, will Martine agree or stay with the man who stirs her passion and her heart?

The 20th century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity's most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars. This is a condensed version of renowned historian Martin Gilbert's masterful examination of the century's history, offering the highlights of a three-volume work covering more than 3,000 pages.From the invention of aviation to the rise of the Internet, and from events and cataclysmic changes in Europe to those in Asia, Africa, and North America, Martin examines art, literature, war, religion, life and death, and celebration and renewal throughout the world, and throughout this turbulent and astonishing century.

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.

When Jill marries Amandios Doxaros, she does it only to make his mother happy in her final years--and to keep him from marrying the woman he truly wanted. Both agree that theirs would be a marriage in name only, to be dissolved at his mother's death.Jill never meant to fall desperately in love with Amandios; but her heart had other plans. Soon she must decide whether to try to win his affections for herself--or watch him marry someone else.

青春一记荒唐把苏愚送回了自己最好的时候。在这个穿越和重生已经成为家常便饭的年代，苏愚没能做到像挂逼们一样优秀。这是个凭着一腔热血，夸父逐日的故事。寄半分渴望，半分月色微凉，我们都曾绝望过，也曾笑着大哭，熬夜的苏愚，饮冰难凉。…重生流，狗着发育，该莽的时候莽，最后成功农奴翻身把歌唱的故事。传统网游，作者自嗨作品。

本书作者以丰富的理论研究结合亲身实践积累，从中国传统文化的视角，以人的身体器官和四肢及其功能为喻体，按照从“头”到“脚”、从上到下的逻辑顺序来论述现代领导者应当具备的领导素养、领导方法和领导艺术。本书提出了体现领导者综合素质、领导能力和领导艺术的12个标准，既涵盖领导者能力、思维、眼光、信念、胸怀、意志、心态、品格、涵养等基本素质，也涉及观察、分析、决策、统御、用人、沟通、协调、平衡、激励等领导方法和领导艺术方面的内容，视角独特、选材新颖、语言生动，富有创意。

前世嫁给平南王为正妃，后子嗣皆亡，愤恨之下毒死王爷，重生后她步步为营。斗嫡姐，防后妈。

常怀感恩之心，它会告诉你尘世的温情、人间的善良、家庭的温暖、社会的关爱；它会告诉你什么是真善美；它也会告诉你幸福来自于人的内心。翻开本书，走进一个个真实的感恩故事，体会故事中蕴含的温暖恩情，感受心灵的荡涤和净化。

天降小世界，幸运的李青云不但得到了小世界，还得到了神尊传承，从此李青云走上了如果发展小世界的道路。

练中玉真是一个精细的人。她一直等到欧亚公司给职工退完风险金，到社保部门开始给职工补办养老保险事宜之后，才给她的省总工会的老领导打电话，汇报了调解方案的结果。省领导当然满意。大概是夸奖了她出息了，进步了之类的话，她高兴极了。她来到我的办公室告诉我可以重新开始休我的年休假。我说，这次我又要回乡下捉鱼去了。她不再说我邪了。她说，你捉了鱼不忘送我几条，说完还扮个鬼脸，出去了。我选了一个阳光明媚的日子再次回到我的家乡南湾村。泊好车，同母亲打个招呼，我就揎袖卷裤地下到河埠头。我要看看那些土憨巴鱼还在不在。还好，我一捉一个准，不一会，就抓了小半桶。

为何魔兽与人们都陷入发狂？被过去穿越而来的武圣附身，拥有一个共有七种光环能力的手环的主角最后竟发现这是一个巨大的悲剧！不一样的玄幻剧情，让你好看！让我们一起见证主角的思想成长，见证主角与武圣之间“基情”燃烧的岁月，见证每一个配角让人心疼的人生。（毕竟有点悲剧）这是矢神第一部小说，我自知文笔不是很好，所以我尽量把文章写的有趣些。多在人物刻画和情节上下功夫。

本书收入奥地利著名作家茨威格最代表性的中短篇小说16篇，其中《一个陌生女人的来信》、《一个女人一生中的二十四小时》、《马来狂人》、《象棋的故事》、《看不见的珍藏》等，都是茨威格迷们不得不看的名篇。

心理医生说，她有自闭症、厌食症、社会交流障碍症、厌世症、情感缺失症…这样的人杀人不犯法。于是，她的第一个，也是唯一的职业就是杀人。杀人，被杀，于是穿越。重生在两岁的女孩身上，诡异的世界。男人挑老婆从两岁开始选，选好了领回家自己养，养大了就可以开吃了…见鬼的，原来领着她的人不是她老爸，而是她老公！早知如此，她至少要好好考虑一下，而不是随便找个残废就被拐了。不过，其实这个残废也是挺不错的！

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