Gould's Book of Fish

Stanley Webber is visited in his boarding house by strangers, Goldberg and McCann. An innocent-seeming birthday party for Stanley turns into a nightmare. The Birthday Party was first performed in 1958 and is now a modern classic, produced and studied throughout the world.

Adapted into the classic 1993 film starring Johnny Depp as Gilbert and Leonardo DiCaprio in his Academy Award–nominated role as Arnie, What's Eating Gilbert Grape is the touching and entertaining story of an unusual family that rises up to do the astonishing…Gilbert Grape is a 24-year-old grocery store clerk stuck in Endora, Iowa, where the population is 1,091 and shrinking. After the suicide of Gilbert's father, his family never recovered. Once the town beauty queen, Gilbert's mother is morbidly obese after seven years of house-bound depression; his younger sister is boy-crazy and God-fearing, while his older sister sacrifices everything for her family. And then there's Arnie, Gilbert's younger brother with special needs. With no one else to care for Arnie, Gilbert becomes his brother's main parent, and all four siblings must tend to the needs of their helpless, grieving mother.

Fans of fractured fairy tales will be delighted to discover the fantasy, mystery, adventure, and humor in the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley, now with new cover art. The nine wildly popular books are favorites around the world. They were among the first books to bring a distinctly girl-power spin to fairy tales—a trend followed by hit television series and movies such as Grimm and Maleficent; the bestselling book series the Land of Stories; and more. Now, books one through six in this smash-hit series appear with new covers, with books seven, eight, and nine available as revised editions soon.

"Morgan Rice's imagination is limitless. In another series that promises to be as entertaining as the previous ones, A THRONE OF SISTERS presents us with the tale of two sisters (Sophia and Kate), orphans, fighting to survive in a cruel and demanding world of an orphanage. An instant success. I can hardly wait to put my hands on the second and third books!"--Books and Movie Reviews (Roberto Mattos)From #1 Bestseller Morgan Rice comes an unforgettable new fantasy series.In A DIRGE FOR PRINCES (A Throne for Sisters—Book Four), Sophia, 17, battles for her life, trying to recover from the wound left by Lady D'Angelica. Will her sister Kate's new powers be enough to bring her back?The ship sails with the sisters to the distant and exotic lands of their uncle, their last hope and only know connection to their parents. Yet the journey is treacherous, and even if they find it, the sisters don't know if their reception will be warm or hostile.

《点后斋画报》，它像一个巨大的橱房，既遇映射出西方的巨大投影，也反映出国人对西方文化的最初印象。人们从这份画报上可以看到有矣西方的种种事像：外国的总统和国王，贵妇与时装，天上飞的气球，地上跑的机车，水里走的轮船。当然，也有大最也不知道是谁编出来的“人咬狗”的奇闻怪事。国人也因此知道了，洋人也有男欢女爱，也有贪生怕死，也有凶杀和恶行，有一切中国人也能有的爱好和毛病。虽然，我们的画师画的无论哪一国的洋楼，都是租界的产物，画面上一股洋泾浜味。官方的战报也跟民间的战事传闻一样有着报喜不报忧的习惯……

安史之乱，密教非空大师传授百人秘密之术，成为最初之“忍者”，帮助唐肃宗平定天下。多年后，唐王朝危机复起，僖宗皇帝欲再次借助忍者之力平乱。然时隔多年，忍者组织内部谜团重重，忠奸莫辨。僖宗派出两位钦差秘密出访，一路上历经重重险阻与奇遇，终于查明真相。四道忍者，百部忍法，重出江湖。 当年最强忍者之子光波翼初出茅庐便大显身手，深受僖宗赏识与重用，助朝廷平乱屡建奇功。在寻访神秘百典族忍者的途中，却陷入了爱与被爱的奇异漩涡。西湖红舟上的一曲莲歌成了光波翼心中挥之不去的旋律。

本书以“最好”这两个字为核心，从各条战线、各个岗位的实际出发，告诉我们“最好的公务员”应该“想什么，如何想”，“做什么，如何做”，“学什么，如何学”，“超越什么，如何超越”。用深入浅出的语言，通过一个个鲜活的案例，为公务员在所有复杂和困难面前摆脱困惑，把工作做得更好，让人民群众更满意，前程更坦荡，提供了行动指南。

在一个偶然的机会下，顾东捡到了一个被战争毁灭的太空科技城。太空科技城漂浮在宇宙中，旁边还有两个巨大星球……太空科技城中，到处都是各种各样被摧毁的巨型机器人……太空科技城中，有被摧毁的巨型战舰和宇宙飞船……太空科技城中，还有各种各样的研究所……然后，顾东发达了。【PS：黑科技装逼文，比较生活化，求大家收藏，推荐！】

一次中蛊，他发现自己体内长了一块奇怪的银骨。随后，麻烦和危险接踵而至，死神意外降临。七天之后，他死而复生。神秘势力接连现身。老陈祖堂画像上的人，跟他长了一张一模一样的脸。

孩子是父母生命的延续，他身上满含着父母对未来的期望，所以，孩子的智力发育问题成了广大家长最为关注的事情。而3～5岁，可以说是孩子智力开发的启蒙阶段，是决定孩子智力发展走向的基础时期。本书根据3～5岁孩子的智力发育特点，用生动科学的语言，采用图文并茂的方式，通过大量的故事、游戏，为家长提供了全面促进孩子智力发育的许多具体方法，对于快乐有效的提高3～5岁孩子的智力有非常强悍的效用。

网络“白金作家”秦风，魂穿到自己正在网上连载的小说——《武侠》中的悲情男配角秦封身上，并且，他还得到了可以交易万物的穿越福利“大时间系统”！就在秦风憧憬着自己的“异界之旅”时，却是愕然发现，自己前世所写的这个《武侠》世界，貌似......有点儿跑偏了啊？你见过武侠世界中有妖物横行吗？你见过武侠世界中有高逾崇山的巨型生物吗？你见过武侠世界中有一剑斩灭万千生灵的绝世剑术吗？你见过武侠世界中有活过了无尽岁月的不死生命吗？你见过武侠世界中有可以一念间操纵整个世界、所有生命的“世界之主”吗？你见过在武侠世界中还有凌驾于“世界之主”之上的无敌存在吗？............

1937年，日本侵华战争正式开始后，中国的爱国人士纷纷加入了抗日的革命洪流当中。此时，蒋介石的“锦衣卫”——军统局也展开了一场与汪伪76号特务组织的暗战。本书详述了这场不见硝烟的战争，令读者对那个迷雾重重的历史有了一个清晰的认识。民国时期，三大特工组织，在一个不见硝烟的战场上，展开了一场民国时期的无间道。

“诸葛镇是中国最美丽的乡镇”。这是当地政府为创旅游品牌打出的一句广告语，至于是否最美丽，无从考证。然而诸葛镇的确是个美丽的地方，这点毋庸置疑。纵观星棋罗布的镇容，光是在规划布局，街道的奇妙设置上，就足以品出老祖宗从建镇的那一刻起，就独具匠心地借鉴了诸葛孔明八卦迷魂阵的原理，巧思妙想，精心构筑而成的。镇子大部分建筑不是建于三国或唐宋元明时期，而是清朝的嘉庆年间。

深受丈夫亵渎和摧残的徐青琬，本想一丈白绫撒手了结此生，偏巧身边的侍女一个个也惨遭丈夫的毒手，枉死，不到半年的功夫，徐青琬在李府成了孤家寡人。李杰良的狠毒与绝情，激发徐青琬骨子里的血性，复仇的种子填埋于心，是执念，也是怨望，等了四年，也谋了四年。一切仿佛已经结束，可她突然睁眼，重回至九岁，惊喜吗？可为何依旧像前世般传来父亲离逝的噩耗，但又与前世不同，这次父亲并非像前世般救人溺亡，而是被人谋害！阴谋，阳谋，一切都在徐青琬的重新审视中一一明朗。