Secrets of the Cicada Summer

An aged prophetess at Delphi, the most sacred oracle in ancient Greece, looks back over her strange life as the Pythia, the First Lady and voice of the god Apollo. As a young virgin with disturbing psychic powers, Arieka was handed over to the service of the shrine by her parents. She has now spent sixty years as the very medium, the torn mouthpiece, of equivocal mantic utterances from the bronze tripod in the sanctuary beneath the temple. Over a lifetime at the mercy of god and priest and people she has watched the decay of Delphi's fortunes and its influence in the world. Her reflections on the mysteries of the oracle, which her own weird gifts have embodied, are matched by her feminine insight into the human frailties of the High Priest himself, a true Athenian, whose intriguing against the Romans brings about humiliation and disaster. This extraordinary short novel was left in draft at Golding's sudden death in 1993 but it is a psychological and historical triumph.

In his startling, witty, and inexhaustibly inventive first novelfirst published in 1986 and now reissued as a Grove Press paperbackthe author of Vox and The Fermata uses a one-story escalator ride as the occasion for a dazzling reappraisal of everyday objects and rituals. From the humble milk carton to the act of tying one's shoes, The Mezzanine at once defamiliarizes the familiar world and endows it with loopy and euphoric poetry. Nicholson Baker's accounts of the ordinary become extraordinary through his sharp storytelling and his unconventional, conversational style. At first glance, The Mezzanine appears to be a book about nothing. In reality, it is a brilliant celebration of things, simultaneously demonstrating the value of reflection and the importance of everyday human human experiences.

Umpire Solomon Johnson is squeezing the strike zone and throws out both the Pine City Porcupines starting pitcher and manager "Grumps" Humphrey for arguing the call. Chad tries to make peace by giving Solomon a rarely issued "umpire card"—but the ump blows his top. He thinks Chad is making fun of his weight. It's going to be a long nine innings!

Mario Vargas Llosa's A Fish in the Water is a twofold book: a memoir by one of Latin America's most celebrated writers, beginning with his birth in 1936 in Arequipa, Peru; and the story of his organization of the reform movement which culminated in his bid for the Peruvian presidency in 1990. Llosa evokes the experiences which gave rise to his fiction, and describes the social, literary, and political influences that led him to enter the political arena as a crusader for a free-market economy. A deeply absorbing look at how fact becomes fiction and at the formation of a courageous writer with strong political commitments, A Fish in the Water reveals Mario Vargas Llosa as a world figure whose real story is just beginning.

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.

在上一本《商业创意》中，主要讲述商业创意背后的理论基石。而本册主要是从全球的视角讲述中国商业创意背后的品牌精神。商业创意简单地说是可以实现商业价值的创意。商业创意的诞生通常是由企业或者相关机构推动，通过内部孵化或者外部获取，最终用于实现商业价值。商业创意理论开创了一种全新的研究视角，它重新定义了可以产生商业价值的创意范畴，同时细化和编排了商业创意对于企业影响的各环节。它通过研究各环节之间的关联，以及它跟最终商业价值产生的效率之间的关系，指导企业在创意投入上，用有限的资源获得最大化的商业价值回报。

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。

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。

儿子认真地在听，把冷漠暂时搁在一边，丈夫的每句话他都点点头，父子俩互动起来真有点像二十年前某个瞬间所发生的，自己夹在两个男人间像是一束凋零的花，不值得任何人留点时间同情，也许衰老降临在了自己身上，年龄便是佐证……

本书是热播美剧CSI同名作品，主要系统介绍刑事犯罪中的杀人、盗窃、抢劫、强奸、爆炸和纵火案件。包括克利夫兰枪杀案、酋尔网络盗窃案，日本高校盗窃案、美国孟菲斯银行抢劫案、大阪少女被强奸案、孟买银行爆炸案、墨西哥监狱大火案等。这些案件故事广为流传，有些还被拍成电影，成为好莱坞经典悬疑片;还有一些索件，因为其令人费解的、无法探知的凶手的真实身份和内心秘密，被世界警察学校援引，作为其学生必读的教材之一。

一个国家的强盛，离不开精神的支撑；一个民族的进步，离不开文明的滋养；一个公民的成长，离不开价值的引导。走在复兴之路上的中华民族，不仅要在经济建设上奋起直追，更要在精神文化上焕发出自己的精气神。人生需要信仰驱动，发展需要价值导航。党的十八大顺应世情民意，从国家、社会和公民三个层面，用24个字提炼出现阶段全国人民价值观“最大公约数”的社会主义核心价值观，这就是国家层面的“富强、民主、文明、和谐”，社会层面的“自由、平等、公正、法治”，公民层面的“爱国、敬业、诚信、友善”。

一个存于现代的女子因一根神秘的鸟羽来到了三百年前的大清朝她相信爱上一个封建皇族的皇子历来冷面冷心遇上她之后却欲罢不能在这段情里究竟是谁欠了谁喜欢的朋友别忘了收藏，推荐加投票~感谢~~——————————————————————首先感谢所有看完【清】的亲们，你们的支持是我最大的动力……我有在想要不要写续集的问题。因为某些原因，结局有些仓促。如果大家希望有续集的话，请将想法留言给我哦~~呵呵~

本书是袁岳协同他零点的同事，以及众多社会学专家、资深媒体人、企业家和普通民众，从零点公司积累20年的调查中精选出了最具代表性的数据，结合我们这20年社会发展与个人生活变迁的种种趣事、热点、辛酸，梳理清楚了这段人们无暇思想的时光。本书对影响中国人生活质量的现存的许多突出问题进行了分析，就其解决前景作了预判。全书围绕着“上紧发条的中国人”“向上奋斗的中国人”“等不及的中国人”“拆除藩篱的中国人”，还有“不离方圆的中国人”“‘花’儿怒放的中国人”“被网住的中国人”等话题，用翔实的数据、精辟的分析、生动的文字，勾勒了一串今日中国背后的足迹，这是一份既闪现着理性的光辉，又有着真实生动的触感的珍贵记录。

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。

血：经、带、孕、产、哺乳，如花女人全靠血来养。23个护理方，难言之隐自己调：黄连祛口臭，冰片祛狐臭，云南白药治恶露。冬瓜和薏苡仁粥治盆腔炎，双黄连粉剂疗阴道炎。鹿茸核桃膏解决性冷淡，蛇床子让性爱不再疼痛。家常食物、寻常药物，难言之隐从此不需言。24个美容方，出水芙蓉家里养：桃仁润唇，桃花瘦腰，寻常花草有特效。珍珠洁齿，山药减肥，漂亮的成本很廉价。黄瓜祛眼袋，藕片祛斑，美容就是手边事。