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In Portland in 1983, girls are disappearing. Noah, a teen punk with a dark past, becomes obsessed with finding out where they've gone —and he's convinced their disappearance has something to do with the creepy German owners of a local brewery, the PfefferBrau Haus. Noah worries about the missing girls as a way of avoiding the fact that something's seriously wrong with his best friend, Evan. Could it be the same dark force that's pulling them all down? When the PfefferBrau Haus opens its doors for a battle of the bands, Noah pulls his band, the Gallivanters, back together in order to get to the bottom of the mystery. But there's a new addition to the band: an enigmatic David Bowie look-alike named Ziggy. And secrets other than where the bodies are buried will be revealed. From Edgar-nominated author M. J. Beaufrand, this is a story that gets to the heart of grief and loss while also being hilarious, fast paced, and heartbreaking.

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.

The struggle to get into a top-tier college consumes sixteen-year-old Genie's every waking thought. But when she discovers she's a celestial spirit who's powerful enough to bash through the gates of heaven with her fists, her perfectionist existence is shattered. Enter Quentin, a transfer student from China whose tone-deaf assertiveness beguiles Genie to the brink of madness. Quentin nurtures Genie's outrageous transformation—sometimes gently, sometimes aggressively—as her sleepy suburb in the Bay Area comes under siege from hell-spawn. This epic YA debut draws from Chinese folklore, features a larger-than-life heroine, and perfectly balances the realities of Genie's grounded high school life with the absurd supernatural world she finds herself commanding.

In this dramatic conclusion to the Grasslands Trilogy, Corki, Pippa, and all their friends are reunited for a final fight to determine the future of Grassland. After escaping the mountains of Grassland, where Corki and Pippa and their friends were slaves and soldiers, the fugitives finally found a new life, and are seemingly safe at last. But as the former slaves explore new lands to the north, they discover that cruelty and injustice are not only found in Grassland, and that the people they visit may need their help. Grassland, too, may need assistance. When an appeal from an old friend reaches Corki and Pippa in their travels, will they have the courage to do what's right for their old land, despite its cruel history? What will it cost them to change Grassland for the better?

本书以本雅明的“都市漫游者”理论为基础，结合文化地理学、叙事学及文类研究等相关理论，分析“都市漫游”在纽约少年疗治童年创伤、寻找精神家园、探究自我身份以及实现美国梦方面的功用，总结多克托罗都市成长小说的特点，探析作品中所展现的独特的都市美学，发现多克托罗既有犹太作家的族裔担当，又颇具救赎城市的世界主义情怀。而他在侦探小说、自传、成长小说、犯罪小说等文类间自由游走，打破传统文类界限，并运用口语化的语言写作则旨在于当今机械复制的时代复兴传统的“讲故事”的技艺。

本书分为五谷为养，为身体提供基础能量；滋补保健五谷膳食方；对症调理五谷膳食方；四季养生五谷膳食方四个章节，讲述五谷杂粮的养生功效、不同功效的五谷膳食方。每种五谷杂粮的基本信息全面，全面解读其养生功效，还从滋补保健、对症调理、四季养生的角度介绍相应的五谷膳食方，让广大读者全面了解五谷膳食的养生功效。

一夕之间虫灾天降，身为没有无敌异能、没有超凡的功法的普通人，面对鲜血和死亡，在生死存亡的关键时刻又该何去何从？（新书《喋血深空之我是空降兵》已上传，求收藏推荐支援！）

一朝穿越成农家小姑娘刘小鱼，可是这第一天就要被自己亲生奶奶弄死，这是什么样的神节奏，家里长短，邻居拌舌，极品亲戚缕缕挑战她的底线，她到底是要让他们死呢，还是让他们死呢…片段一：小鸡咕咕叫的院子里面，小鱼奶奶拿起菜刀就要杀鸡。“你们这些杀千刀的，吃我的，住我的，现在长大了翅膀硬了是不是，还知道跑了是不是，赶紧把头伸过来，要不然的话让你们死都没好活。”听这糟心话，话里话外都再暗指生的儿子不孝顺，翅膀硬了就不听父母话了。“奶，你可千万小心着，别闪了腰大了舌，到时候还得花一大笔钱呢！”小鱼站在那里，脸上似笑非笑，眼里满是讥讽的高声喊道。啧啧，还真以为她家是软柿子，拿捏都不敢反抗呢，她现在就要让自家的包子爹娘，变成金刚狼。片段二：“你种庄稼的本事儿不错，你也不错！”俊美的男人勾着唇角，眼里闪着势在必得的光芒。小鱼毫不示弱的瞪大了眼睛：“我不错，干卿何事儿！”一句话简介：反正就是斗亲戚，发家致富的故事了！

【探路兵军营出品】“相公！……”怯怯的声音呼唤着他。而他却是眯着眼睛咬牙切齿的说道，“谁允许你唤我相公！你没有资格？！”怨恨的看着她一眼继续说道，“从今以后唤我少爷！”她非奴非婢，但她在沈家的地位却还比不上一个丫鬟，原因无它，只因她和她娘的存在是对她爹的一种侮辱。他是上官家的三少爷，是商场上的佼佼者，他才华横溢、英俊潇洒，但却冷漠无常，但仍然是全城女子的梦中归宿。怎奈何她却嫁于他？……六年前他救她一命，六年后又因一纸契约，把两人本无交集的人莹牵扯在了一起。嫁给他，就注定了她平静的生活由此而结束……她靠着自己的毅力坚持着，隐忍着，但，到头来得到的还是伤害……心总会疼，总会流血，而在她的心已经千疮百孔时，他才幡然醒悟！！！而此时的她却已不再是她，早已物是人非，一切还能回头吗？还能补救那早已破碎的心吗？

他来自山野林间，他是一个普通的猎人，但却有着一位极具传奇性的父亲！他无意名扬天下，他不爱江山只爱美人，但时势却将他造就成一段武林的神话！他无意争霸天下，但他为了拯救天下苍生于水火，而成为乱世中最可怕的战士！他就是——蔡风！北魏末年，一位自幼与兽为伍的少年，凭着武功与智慧崛起于江湖，他虽无志于天下，却被乱世的激流一次次推向生死的边缘，从而也使他深明乱世的真谛——狩猎与被猎。

别人的系统给个无敌金手指啥的，而且还附带撒娇卖萌暖被窝。这个破山寨系统倒好，除了给点辣条就是棒棒糖，没事还威胁吃不完就滚回去重修……什么浪漫满屋，都与我渐行渐远！

在当今的时代，销售无时不在、无处不在，它充斥着人们生活、工作、学习的方方面面。小到个人，大到企业、组织、机构、行业乃至整个国家，都无法脱离开销售而存在。销售是产品价值的体现，是利润形成的最终环节，是满足全社会的需求和欲望的手段，是促进社会进步的媒介。本书引用国内外销售名家的经典案例，旨在帮助销售经理提高销售管理的技巧和技能、提升销售业绩。

Winner of Newbery Honor,Wanda Gág's timeless tales tells of an old man who sets off in search of a beautiful cat to bring home as a companion for his m.wkkk.net instead of one cat,he comes back with"Hundreds of cats,thousands of cats,Millions and billions and trillions of cats"…

中层主管身处管理级次的中层，起着贯彻企业和带领团队实现分解目标的承上启下的作用。中层主管的能力体现在是否正确理解、领会企业的发展战略和上级领导的任务安排，是否能以坚韧的意志克服执行道路上的困难，是否能把整体的目标就变成每一位团队成员的具体行动，也体现在对于诸多管理细节的把握上。一个领导班子能力的强弱，不仅看班子成员本身的能力，关键还要看能否锻造一支坚强有力、特别能战斗的中层队伍。要做好中层主管，只有将自己融入整个团队，在为团队事业贡献力量的同时实现个人事业的发展。

传说在很久很久以前，月亮是会自己发光的，月球的最深处是一个极为寒冷的地方，那里有一个梦幻般的国度，里面住着一群快乐无比的人，他们有一座冰雕的宫殿名为极寒宫。极寒宫里住着一位美丽、善良的月亮女神——塞勒涅，她守护着水晶盒和月亮上的人们，他们永恒的生活在那快乐的月心世界。