Collected Poems 1909-1962

"A wily thriller-fantasy … Each discovery sounds like the voice of a storyteller reminding us of how the gods play with our fates."New York TimesWinner of the Finlandia Award, Troll: A Love Story is an enchanting novel that has become an international sensation. Angel, a young photographer, comes home from a night of carousing to find a group of drunken teenagers in the courtyard of his apartment building, taunting a wounded, helpless young troll. He takes it in, not suspecting the dramatic consequences of this decision. What does one do with a troll in the city? As the troll's presence influences Angel's life in ways he could never have predicted, it becomes clear that the creature is the familiar of man's most forbidden feelings. A novel of sparkling originality, Troll is a wry, beguiling story of nature and man's relationship to wild things, and of the dark power of the wildness in ourselves.

The third edition of an internationally best-selling collection of classic and modern oratory, Lend Me Your Ears offers numerous examples of the greatest speeches ever delivered—from the ancient world to the modern. Speeches in this edition span a broad stretch of history, from General George Patton inspiring Allied troops on the eve of D-Day to Pericles' impassioned eulogy for fallen Greek soldiers during the Peloponnesian War; and from Jesus of Nazareth's greatest sermons to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's fiery speech in response to the Bush vs. Gore decision that changed the landscape of American politics in our time.Editor William Safire has collected a diverse range of speeches from both ancient and modern times, from people of many different backgrounds and political affiliations, and from people on both sides of history's greatest battles and events. This book provides a wealth of valuable examples of great oratory for writers, speakers, and history aficionados.

The third in a three-volume series, this edition chronicles the life of noted journalist, historian, and author William Shirer-a witness to the rise of the Third Reich. Here, Shirer recounts his return to Berlin after its defeat, his shocking firing by CBS News, and his final visit to Paris sixty years after he first lived there as a cub reporter in the 1920s. It paints a bittersweet picture of his final decades, friends lost to old age, and a changing world.More personal than the first two volumes, this final installment takes an unflinching look at the author's own struggles after World War II-and his vindication after the publication of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, his most acclaimed work. It also provides intimate details of his often-troubled marriage. This book gives readers a surprising and moving account of the last years of a true historian-and an important witness to history.

President Timothy Kegan is assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Philadelphia; a single shooter is caught and convicted. Fourteen years later, the slain President's brother, Nick, hears a deathbed confession that upends everything he thought he knew about his brother's death. In a desperate rush to find the real killer, Nick must navigate the murky waters of a conspiracy that involves the CIA, oil barons, the police force, movie stars, and people at the highest level of government.A gripping political thriller, this book contains disturbing echoes of the Kennedy Assassination. Rife with political intrigue, it addresses many mysteries that remain unsolved in the real life JFK case--and it's sure to keep you turning pages.

Chris Beckett grew up in 1960s Ethiopia, a country he describes as a 'barefoot empire, home of black-maned lions… old priests decked out like butterflies and blazing young singers of Ethio-jazz'. Ethiopia Boy plunges the reader into praise poems that sing and boast and glory in the colours and textures of this extraordinary country. Here is a world of feasting on spicy kikwot and of famine sucking the water from rivers, of lion buses and a prayer child, where Earth sings greetings to the feet that walk on her. Haunted by the memory of his friend Abebe, the cook's son, Beckett celebrates and laments a lost boyhood in poems of vivid immediacy.

她重生在平乐侯府大小姐苏叶身上，想借痴儿身份过完平凡一生。只是生在这样的世界里还是躲不掉权谋争斗。利用婚姻，拉拢平乐侯府，行，招亲你要能选上，我就嫁。让年近五十的爹爹去前线打仗，欺负她平乐侯府后继无人吗？故意调走昭和军，让她和大部队分散，将她放置于瘟疫横行流民之地，只是在这没有疫苗的世界，她算是真的没招了。不过那个杀红眼的人是谁？和笙？他那双手不是只会弹琴的吗，他是什么时候会武功的？“死女人，你这是找死吗？让你带上我，还偏不让，还不过来。”结实的拥抱抱了满怀，“还好，你没事。”等等，什么情况。

不幸挂掉的华安，发现自己变成了灵魂状态，根据起点定律，正在幻想能得到什么金手指的华安，耳边突然传来一个声音。“我这有一个系统，贼**坑，你要不要？”本着不要白不要，再差的金手指也是金手指，华安接受了这个系统。嗯，不错啊，开局就给了不死之身。从此，华安便在各种荒野环境过上了“幸福快乐”的生活。简介无力，支持感谢，不喜忽喷！

九州大陆流传着这样的故事，每隔一万年，都会有一位大帝出世，秉承上天意志，统御世间万载。新的时代开始了，万族林立，群雄并起，争夺那至高无上的大帝尊位。纷乱之中，少年横空出世，逆天而起，不仅要做那统御世间的无上大帝，还要做那打破天命约束的第一人。“我告诉你，我苏阳可是江南第一纨绔子弟，这个世界上就没有什么事情是我干不出来的。”

十八岁那年，为了逃脱一纸婚约，我毅然决然跟男朋友私奔。他失手伤人，我代他下狱。黑色四年，换来他的离去和生父的置之不理。原以为四年过后，能迎来新的人生。却不料，遇到那个与我有婚约的男人。他说：“顾风尘，以为躲到牢里去，就能躲过这场婚事？是我傻，还是你太天真？”他说：“顾风尘，凭我现在不想娶你，你就只配做我的情人。”他说：“顾风尘，急什么，这场游戏，我不喊停，你就妄想结束。”顾风尘，我讨厌这个名字。却有人告诉我，那个与我只有几个钟头缘分的生母，就是在风尘中辗转至死。她给我取名的时候，仅有一句：“纵使千杯万盏，也不足以慰余生风尘。”

因盗取天庭九转金丹，犯下天规，被佛祖降旨囚禁于第三十六重天须弥山的影木族妖灵单灵夕凭借十八般武艺，意外得到创世神祇陆压的钟情。本以为这人是天下最大的善人，没料到......他问她：“现下，这里有仙门之人，整好百数。十八地宫射猎令出，你预备如何相救？”她道：“那九十八人，与我何干？”男人说：既如此，今夜子时一到，你且看他们如何成为走肉行尸，在这镇上漂泊晃荡。那一定是场难得一见的好戏……她问他：“你肯出手相救？”他道：“端看心情！”她气结：“先生此刻心情如何？”男人抬手轻抚她小巧耳垂：“马马虎虎！”“哎呀！别动手动脚的……”男人冷声：“心情不好了！”……

本书着重于辩证的实践方法，具有极完整的领导统御、策略学体系。在今天这个政治纷争风云变幻，商战竞争日益激烈的新经济战国时代，鬼谷子的思想、智慧和奇谋韬略，在经营、管理、公关等方面仍极具广泛的指导意义。

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常遇春，安徽怀远人。英勇善战，足智多谋。追随朱元璋南征北战，立下赫赫战功，被士兵称为“常胜将军”。为纪念英年早逝的常遇春，朱元璋给了他最高荣誉，追封常遇春为开平王。就在中华大地农民起义的烽烟四起时，窝憋在明落山刘聚处的常遇春苦闷极了。因为，年已二十多岁的他，实在看不惯刘聚。他想回家，又怕乡官里正查出他打死小鞑子的事；他想离开刘聚，但没有投奔的目标，不敢轻易下山。同屋的小青年蓝玉很看中他的人品。蓝玉，定远人，比遇春小两三岁，也是因为在家受不了鞑子和地主的气，才来投奔刘聚的。