Between Two Ends

Chad's got the summertime blues: his parents want him to be home by midnight (no extra innings) and eat healthier (no corn dogs). His friend, Abby, has bobblehead issues. And then there's pinch hitter Sammy Solaris. But Sammy has problems of his own. He has a big swing but is too slow. If he can't speed up his running and stealing, he'll be off the team. There's got to be something Chad can do to save the day … with a little help from Dylan, a baseball card, and that porcupine!

Thanks to advancing technology and shifting mores, the amount of change we experience in our lifetimes is truly exceptional. Objects and practices that are commonplace can very quickly become outmoded. In this witty and informative collection of short essays, journalist and social commentator Anna Jane Grossman takes a thoughtful look at what everyday apparatuses, ideas, and behaviors are quickly disappearingor else have already left the wkkk.nete contains essays and entries on more than 100 alphabetized fading subjects, including Blind Dates, Mix Tapes, Getting Lost, Porn Magazines, Looking Old, Operators, Camera Film, Hitchhiking, Body Hair, Writing Letters, Basketball Players in Short Shorts, Privacy, Cash, and, yes, Books. This ode to obsolescence also includes 25 quirky pen-and-ink line illustrations to further help us remember exactly what we’re missing.

After hearing voices among an eerie copse of trees in the woods, seventeen-year-old Curtis must confront his worst fear: that he has inherited his father's mental illness. A desperate search for answers leads him to discover Gravenhearst, a labyrinth mansion that burned down in 1894. When he locks eyes with a steely Victorian girl in a forgotten mirror, he's sure she's one of the fire's victims. If he can unravel the mystery, he can save his sanity … and possibly the girl who haunts his dreams. But more than 100 years in the past, the girl in the mirror is fighting her own battles. When her mother disappears and her sinister stepfather reveals his true intentions, Mila and her sister fight to escape Gravenhearst and unravel the house's secrets—before it devours them both.

生活？那是什么？有人说是酒，有人说是舞台，可是，生活就是生活，平实的，跌宕的，朴素的，奢华的，那就是生活，生活，是用来享受的。而我，会用自己的方法面对?(?^o^?)?。

白天做了个梦赵友厚梦见娜娜的整个情景有些乱，片段也不是很清晰——赵友厚在一家水饺店吃了两碗水饺，刚出来路过王麻子小吃店，忽然听到有人喊他。转脸一看，就看见娜娜端着两个空盘子站在王麻子小吃店门口。赵友厚惊喜地朝娜娜笑笑，娜娜放下手中的盘子走了过来……忽然，地点不是饮食街上王麻子小吃店门口了，变成矿工大街上一根电线杆子旁边。他靠在电线杆上，两只眼怯溜溜地看着娜娜胸脯一颤一颤地向他走来，心里禁不住“怦怦”乱跳，张了张嘴，却不知说什么好。娜娜走到他跟前，说：“小赵你好！”

动物是大自然留给人类的无价之宝，它是我们人类的朋友。它们的生衍死灭与我们人类的生活是密切相关的。消灭动物，就是在消灭人类自己。如果有一天世界上的动物全都消失了，那人类还能生存吗？动物的大量毁灭对人类将产生严重的不良后果，造成生态严重不平衡，从而使人类的生存环境遭到破坏。让我们从现在做起，从我做起，保护动物，使世界变得更美好吧！保护动物，就是保护人类自己！

辱我者辱，欺我者打，杀我者杀。变成了废物？不怕，有神器助我。任你千般算计万般针对，我陆风坦然面对。

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从禁忌中降临，在黑暗中崛起。亘古匆匆，万古皆空。当轮回再一次遮天蔽日覆盖古史，尘封的古路被掀开了。谁能踏歌而行，登天而上，渡过万古红尘？一个少年从禁忌古路中走出，从一角慢慢揭开了这个世界的神秘面纱……

初识，她被他欺负，却留下神秘纸条和钞票，只为嘲讽他……他是只手遮天的商业大亨，倒贴他的女人能够排到银河系，却偏偏被一个女流氓一而再再而三的嘲讽，并且沉迷嘲讽无法自拔！--情节虚构，请勿模仿

告别演说民选那天上午，秦如海站在村小学国旗杆下做了告别演说此时秦如海食道癌已到晚期，癌细胞已扩散至全身了由于身体极度虚弱，秦如海大汗淋漓，演说也断断续续演讲完身子摇晃了几下，仰面摔倒在国旗台上，台下一片骚动秦八冲上国旗台把爹抬回了家秦如海干了三十几年村支书，在乱石窑说一不二他用最后的气力往前推了儿子秦八一把秦如海的悲情演说起了效果，秦八高票当选村委会主任之前，秦八已接过了支书的担子，这样秦八支书和村长一肩挑了抬回家的秦如海处在半昏迷状态，一场演说透支了他本就所剩无几的精力在得知秦八当选的消息后，眼神忽忽闪烁，出现了回光返照之相。

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。

《故事会》是中国最通俗的民间文学小本杂志，是中国的老牌刊物之一。先后获得两届中国期刊的最高奖——国家期刊奖。1998年，它在世界综合类期刊中发行量排名第5。从1984年开始，《故事会》由双月刊改为月刊，2003年11月份开始试行半月刊，2004年正式改为半月刊。现分为红、绿两版，其中红版为上半月刊，绿版为下半月刊。