High and Dry

Rap songs are famous for their double entendres, clever turns of phrase, and general ingenuity, but that doesn't mean things always make sense the first time around. Enter Understand Rap, a very funny pop-cultural reference book based on the website of the same name, which precisely explains the confusing lyrics and terms used in rap songs using language that even the most un-hip person can understand. The juxtaposition of a dry, academic tone with hip-hop terminology results in a book that's as entertaining as it is informative.

Jaundice and Kale are back from their adventure on the high seas, and they are settling back into a quiet life in Dullsville, just the way they like it. The tea is tepid, the oatmeal is tasteless, and the socks are ripe for darning … until Aunt Shallot shows up and reveals herself to be anything but the dull relation they were expecting. Instead, she tells her nieces she is Magique, Queen of Magic, and she's on her way to a big show and in need of two willing assistants. As Magique and the Bland sisters board the Uncanny Express, they meet a cast of mystifying characters. And when Magique goes missing, it's up to Jaundice and Kale to solve the mystery—with the help of famous detective Hugo Fromage. An inventive story in the tradition of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, TheUnintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters: The Uncanny Express has all the whimsy and humor that readers who are looking for an anything-but-bland adventure will love.

With echoes of such classic wish-gone-wrong books as Freaky Friday, Half Magic, and Coraline, this terrific novel has the potential to become a middle-grade wkkk.net-year-old Ruth Craze is pretty sure she's stuck in the wrong life. With an absentminded inventor for a father and a flighty artist for a mother, it's always reliable Ruth who ends up doing the dishes, paying the bills, and finding lost socks. Her brothers are no help (they're too busy teasing her), and her friends have just decided she's not cool enough to be a part of their group anymore. So when Rodney the Rat —a slightly sinister stuffed animal that was a gift from her favorite aunt —suggests a way out, Ruth is ready to risk everything. Three wishes. Three chances to create her perfect life. A million ways to get it wkkk.net for When You Wish Upon a Rat"Winning, original moments." —Kirkus Reviews"An engaging look at friendship and family." —Booklist

Early one morning Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging, but for Brunetti the motive of robbery seems altogether too convenient. When something is discovered in the victim's apartment that suggests the existence of a high-level conspiracy, Brunetti becomes convinced that somebody, somewhere, is taking great pains to provide a ready-made solution to the wkkk.net with atmosphere and marvelous plotting, Death in a Strange Country is a superb novel in Donna Leon's chilling Venetian mystery series.

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苏轼心境恬淡，视若浮云，有足够的勇气和力量蔑视身外的一切。他的全部作品展现了一个可供人们感知、思索和效仿的真实人生，现世性与超越性水乳交融。他拥有一代又一代的众多读者，永远令人怀想，永远给人启迪。《中国文化知识读本·文坛全才：苏轼》主要介绍了苏轼的身世、家庭、学习和生活经历，以及他一生最著名的文学著作，是研究苏轼的重要参考资料。

体育运动是以身体练习为基本手段，以增强人的体质，促进人的全面发展，丰富社会文化生活和促进精神文明为目的一种有意识、有组织的社会活动。室内外体育运动内容丰富，种类繁多，主要项目有田径、球类、游泳、武术、登山、滑冰、举重、摔跤、自行车、摩托车等数十个类别。

作为一个穿成一本穿越玛丽苏修仙小说中活不到三集的炮灰女配，董知和认为自己还可以被拯救一下。?有完结作品《路人甲日常》、《开挂人生之修真界的假仙》

本书继续讲述了于承珠、叶成林、铁镜心、霍天都、凌云凤步入成年之后用心感受着人生，各有各的选择、各有各的快乐、忧伤和愁怀，在悲喜间见证着那份生命中的“不得不”，从而活出更为多彩多姿的人生，“中年情怀浓如酒”，严格而言，在本书中，他们都尚未步进中年，然而解读他们各自的人生之路，却仿如品尝着一杯杯醇酒，让人平添几多感叹和唏嘘。

李治不是皇帝，武媚娘也不是皇后，更不会成为女帝，长孙没有去世，李承乾还是那个聪明伶俐，没有腿疾的太子，大唐变成了不一样的大唐，李治驾到，盛世来临，万邦臣服。

神域：只有拥有最强的力量，才可以改变世界。佛界：十方妙因作善根，净心七缘化莲池。法界证果披弘誓，三途苦报尽空门。玉剑仙宗：宇宙之始，有物混成，先天地生，周而不殆，为天地之母。吾不知其名，故曰——道。天罡道界：三界本应道为首，时机一到，天下易主！问江山豪杰谁主沉浮，看今朝少年称霸天下。

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。

故事从一连串离奇的自杀开始。莫名其妙坠楼的老头儿、三十二个跳下地铁站台的乘客……死者的死亡原因匪夷所思，完全看不出自杀的动机。而后的线索却将案情引向一个与刑事案件毫不相关的学术领域：眼科学。故事在这里飓风般转向，形形色色的人物纷纷登场。突患眼疾的孩子、深藏不露的官员、心怀怨恨的喇嘛……所有的一切都暗示着世界正发生着某种变化；但人们仍旧对此茫然无知，也很少有人预见到一场惊心动魄的自然选择马上就要爆发--就在下一夜，整个世界都将被卷入一场突如其来的变异狂潮，没有人能逃脱那亿万年来伟大的进化革命。