The Rise and Fall of the Gallivanters

Everybody knew that books were dangerous. Read the wrong book, it was said, and the words crawled around your brain on black legs and drove you mad, wicked mad. Mosca Mye was born at a time sacred to Goodman Palpitattle, He Who Keeps Flies out of Jams and Butterchurns, which is why her father insisted on naming her after the housefly. He also insisted on teaching her to read—even in a world where books are dangerous, regulated things. Eight years later, Quillam Mye died, leaving behind an orphaned daughter with an inauspicious name and an all-consuming hunger for words. Trapped for years in the care of her cruel Uncle Westerly and Aunt Briony, Mosca leaps at the opportunity for escape, though it comes in the form of sneaky swindler Eponymous Clent. As she travels the land with Clent and her pet goose, Saracen, Mosca begins to discover complicated truths about the world she inhabits and the power of words.

In Now You See It, the prolific master of suspense and screenwriting (I Am Legend; The Incredible Shrinking Man) delivers a knock-out tale the likes of which have not been seen since Henry Clouzot's devlilish thriller Diabolique.

Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It's Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?), Philosophy of Language (how to express what it's like being stranded on a desert island with Halle Berry), Feminist Philosophy (why, in the end, a man is always a man), and much more. Finally—it all makes sense!

This dark and thrilling adventure, with an unforgettable heroine, will captivate fans of steampunk, fantasy, and romance. On her 18th birthday, Lena Mattacascar decides to search for her father, who disappeared into the northern wilderness of Scree when Lena was young. Scree is inhabited by Peculiars, people whose unusual characteristics make them unacceptable to modern society. Lena wonders if her father is the source of her own extraordinary characteristics and if she, too, is Peculiar. On the train she meets a young librarian, Jimson Quiggley, who is traveling to a town on the edge of Scree to work in the home and library of the inventor Mr. Beasley. The train is stopped by men being chased by the handsome young marshal Thomas Saltre. When Saltre learns who Lena's father is, he convinces her to spy on Mr. Beasley and the strange folk who disappear into his home, Zephyr House. A daring escape in an aerocopter leads Lena into the wilds of Scree to confront her deepest fears.

其实这是一个乡下丫头重生后被人从女孩养成女人最终成为一名小媳妇的故事。正经文案：没哪个鬼差像乔莞这么窝囊，活着的时候真金白银倒贴小白脸，死了以后，鬼差没当几年，便在那轮回台上一失足，掉了！再醒过来，她发现自己回到了童年时代。带着一身鬼气重生是啥滋味？乔莞摸摸鼻子，管他啥滋味，小日子照着过呗，难不成再一砖头把自己送回去？不过这重来一世，再窝囊她也得过得比上辈子好吧，至少前世那小白脸得踹了吧，那姓刘的老骗子给揭穿了吧，还有她得给他们老乔家屯点钱吧……等等等等！这一世好像又有点不同？这个年少时期被她捡回家的男人似乎有点诡异，就跟开了挂一样的打怪升级。知天命，懂时机，白手起家，翻云覆雨。乔莞想不明白了，重生以后，这面瘫男怎么变得那么难搞。上辈子他不是很乖很木很听话的吗？怎么一晃眼就变成现在这副又糙又霸道的模样？后来的后来，她又发现，其实不仅仅是她开了金手指，她家男人也不简单呐……【片段１】他本是财阀之子，权贵集于一身，却因年幼遭家族迫害，隐姓埋名，匿于一平和小镇，装疯卖傻，等待浴火重生。直到欺我者——辱之，害我者——杀之，逆天改命，再创巅峰……乔莞默，两辈子都被这么个男人惦记上，她的压力真的很大啊……【片段２】乔莞低头数手指：我的经期好像推迟了两个月。傅天琅沉默片刻，说：怀孕了。她也沉默，良久后惊惧抬眸：啥？傅天琅重复：怀孕了。她转而掰他的手指：格老子的，我一个黄花大闺女，做都没做过，怎么怀？！傅天琅惜字如金：做过。乔莞傻眼了：啥时候？他低头，不说。【片段3】某日午后。某只色猫趁狼狗午睡，做贼似的蹭了他一嘴油。狼狗睁眼，色猫吓得一屁股坐地上。乔莞眨眼：你醒着啊。傅天琅淡笑：我刚才梦到自己被一只猫叼了舌头，所以就醒了。乔莞心虚捂嘴，她没叼，没叼！ＰＳ：双重生，双处，忠犬，１Ｖ１，ＨＥ，小暖文，小甜文。老坑《婚不由己之溺爱暖妻》

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温晴就像一个落了水的人，这时候她无论抓着什么都能当救命稻草紧抓不放，而不幸的是她抓住了我。小五的这篇文章像是点燃了一支香烟，在袅袅升起的烟雾里我们可以看到田红的妩媚，温晴的摇摆，李木木的勇敢，陈建仁的人如其名和主人公的情感挣扎，尽管读了这篇太现实的小说后会对友情爱情有些失望，但仍如同上了烟瘾，禁不住一直品味下去。我们可能会有些讨厌温晴脚踏两只船还一副楚楚可怜的样子，但是温晴说到“我还不知道你？你这人懒得连送花都不愿意多花心思，多少年了就知道九朵玫瑰加四枝百合，都不带换个花样的”这句话时又忍不住琢磨到底问题是在温晴身上还是在大尾巴狼身上，但爱情是一辈子的生意。

一个多灾多难的家庭，几个坚韧不拔的灵魂默默与命运抗争的感人故事。生活的苦难一浪高过一浪，而面对苦难的人谱写了可歌可泣的生命篇章！血肉相连的亲情，欲罢不能的爱情，追求美好生活的愿望，对生命的尊重和礼赞，尽在本书。

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她是罪臣之女，却因为他救了她，给了她活命的机会，代价却是一生一世必须承欢于他的膝下，永不背叛。她原是以行街乞讨的落魄女子，因为遇见了他，给了她锦衣玉食，代价是一生一世侍奉于他左右，永不背叛。她是她的妹妹，天性善良的她却因为宫中的尔虞我诈，而变得阴险狠毒，最后却爱上了不该爱的人，注定了一生的悲惨。他是不折不扣的大混蛋，却有多少女人愿意为他赴汤蹈火，在所不惜，他爱她，可是她的心去不在他的身上，她为他诞有一子，而这孩子却是为大人所犯下的错误而来赎罪，她认为这孩子本不该来到这个世上，在临终时也不曾记得她有这么一个儿子。一切的恩恩怨怨，在生命的终结时，是不是都烟消云散了，荣华富贵，权势地位，只不过是繁华浮梦一场空

一觉睡醒，谜团和危机接踵而至：素未谋面的网络恋人；一件奇异的游戏装备；死去的前男友；向她寻求帮助的幽灵......这一切，从网线那头展开。探索真相的背后，是一系列缠绵悱恻的故事，情之所向，不可不深，她应该相信自己的情感，还是相信摆在眼前的真相？黎明过后，她又将何去何从？“答应我，除了自己，谁都不要相信！”

有时，它如离弦之箭；有时，它像老牛拉破车；有时，它又好似蜗牛般爬行。我们惜时如金，我们又随意抛撒，但我们总是希望更多地拥有它。对我们来说，时间是那样自然，以至于很容易使人忘记。实际上，它是多么奇特，奇特得简直令人震惊。我们对时间了解得越多，就越是对它感到焦躁不安，就像一团乱麻，剪不断，理还乱。为什么它只往一个方向流动？它是真实的存在，抑或只是我们想象中的幻觉？时间旅行有可能吗？它是怎样开始的？它会结束吗？它能够提供晦涩难懂的万物至理吗？时间为何物？时间是什么？正是这个问题，一直困扰着从古代哲学家到启蒙运动以及之后的许多科学家。