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Adapted into the classic 1993 film starring Johnny Depp as Gilbert and Leonardo DiCaprio in his Academy Award–nominated role as Arnie, What's Eating Gilbert Grape is the touching and entertaining story of an unusual family that rises up to do the astonishing…Gilbert Grape is a 24-year-old grocery store clerk stuck in Endora, Iowa, where the population is 1,091 and shrinking. After the suicide of Gilbert's father, his family never recovered. Once the town beauty queen, Gilbert's mother is morbidly obese after seven years of house-bound depression; his younger sister is boy-crazy and God-fearing, while his older sister sacrifices everything for her family. And then there's Arnie, Gilbert's younger brother with special needs. With no one else to care for Arnie, Gilbert becomes his brother's main parent, and all four siblings must tend to the needs of their helpless, grieving mother.

"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page."--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)WATCHING (The Making of Riley Paige—Book One) is book #1 in a new psychological thriller series by #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose free bestseller Once Gone (Book #1) has received over 1,000 five star reviews.

The second book in this hilarious, illustrated series cracks the imaginative world of minions wide open, and we meet the other schools and Evil Overlords that surround Dr. Critchlore's. Runt Higgins needs answers, fast. Someone cursed him to die on his sixteenth birthday, but no one seems to know who cursed him or why. Runt decides he must find the Great Library, where all true knowledge is hidden. Unfortunately, the only people who know the location of the Great Library are a covert network of librarian-spies who'd rather die than give up the Library's secrets. And when one of Runt's professors is attacked, it soon becomes clear that others are also out to find the Library at any cost. Meanwhile, Runt's not the only one whose days are numbered. To save the floundering school from an inevitable sale, Dr. Critchlore takes some desperate measures. His master plan to save the school: a fashion show.

Lucius Apuleius, a young man of good parentage, takes a trip to Thessaly. Along the way, amidst a series of bizarre adventures, he inadvertently offends a priestess of the White Goddess, who promptly turns him into an ass. How Lucius responds to his new misfortune, and ultimately finds a way to become human again, makes for a funny and fascinating tale.The Metamorphosis of Apuleius, referred to by St. Augustine as The Golden Ass, is the oldest novel written in Latin to survive in its entirety. Originally written by Lucius of Patrae, this translation by Robert Graves highlights the ribald humor and vivid sense of adventure present in the original. Providing a rare window in to the daily lives of regular people in ancient Greece, Robert Graves' translation of this classic tale is at once hilarious, informative, and captivating.

她是他交易中的棋子，他是她命中的恶魔。她从面容丑陋到美若天仙，一路真心对他，却最终只是为他换取他情报的筹码，夜晚她乔装任人欺凌的娇娃，把酒言欢，曲意逢迎，却在死亡的边缘，被他冷漠地推入深渊！为了娘和弟弟，她哀求他高抬贵手。他不屑：“你算什么？不过是一个任人欺压的无耻女人！”“就算是无耻的女人，也会有死亡的权利！”她手中软刃一挥，一道血痕清晰惊悚，血色妖娆下她美艳如花！十年欢宠，十年仇怨，他疯了一般地找她，她却如同一抹幽灵，总是在他到来前，悄然离去！

在生人面前不说话，在熟人面前总抢话，在父母面前听不进去话……怎么做，孩子才能更有教养？跟日本父母一起用严家风来教养二胎让男孩、女孩都明白：情商高的孩子能有好人缘。

《探访成功者的足迹》收录了各个行业的成功典范，诉说了一个又一个从平凡走向成功的故事，目的就是要用无数事实告诉我们——成功并不遥远，成功就在我们身边。实现成功梦想的人曾和我们一样平凡。我们正站在成功的起点，或许已经出发，正驶向成功的彼岸。

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。

这是一部关于金融奇人、奇情、奇事的奇书。它演绎财运和命数的故事，写尽了男女之情在财运和命数之间的彷徨纠葛，小说引进了真实案例，表现了社会写真、客观纪实的倾向；同时小说又充满浪漫传奇色彩，由苏北穷小子而 成为沪上大亨的崔钧毅等人拥有高超智慧和财富雄心，他们是真正的财道英雄，还是一时得势的财道枭雄？

H理工大学发生学生失踪事件，梁永道受朋友之托前行调查，根据当事学生讲述，失踪者在失踪之前疑似遇到鬼怪，且失去了影子怀疑是鬼魂作怪，梁永道并不采信“遇到鬼怪”与“失去影子”的说法，反通过引导学生说出隐藏秘密，推理出始作俑者为某一当事学生，但该学生却在众目睽睽之下失去影子，并融化成一滩水，推翻梁永道的所有推理。

警笛声打破了这个依河而建的小村庄的宁静。紧靠河堤的一座砖包皮的四间老房前，聚集了这个三百多口人的小侯村中的一半人。人们交头接耳，议论纷纷。“这小子也该死！赌博不算，还经常把媳妇打得死去活来，只可怜他那受罪的媳妇竟和他一起去了。”一位头发有些花白的老人小声说。声音虽小，但却引起在场不少人的共鸣，纷纷点头，“还有那可怜的孩子，平常就可怜兮兮的，现在才十二岁就成了孤儿。”“哎！苏二叔，你可是苏田不远的兄弟，以后，他的孩子就全依靠你了。”

大道万千，执掌其一可通玄，术法多变，参悟其源是不凡。有情无情，只在心中一念间，苍海云巅，生死由我不由天！这是一个盛世，也是一个末世！这是一个妖孽层出的纪元，也是无数天骄湮灭的年代！！先天源师，惊天动地！天脉之血，逆转生死！黄金圣城，威慑四方！寒魔之森，冥气滔天！无尽海上，漂浮着无数古老的秘密，在那终极之地，究竟是否有着答案！猪脚陈天，先天绝脉，得老祖残灵相助，开启修行之路……

《陶行知谈教育（名家谈教育）》一书分为两个部分，共收录陶行知关于教育和人生的文章33篇。主要收录了能够代表陶行知教育思想的全部重要文章，如《教学合一》《生活教育之特质》《活的教育》《行是知之始》等；第二部分的文章是陶行知所写其他方面的文章，包括回忆育才学校办学的历史和教育宣言等方面的文章。

剑士与魔法的世界，神与魔的战争，帝国与联盟的矛盾，小小的佣兵凯尔被卷入这一场场的纷乱之中，会绽放出怎样的色彩……