The Painted Bird目录

Margaret Atwood returns with a shrewd, funny, and insightful retelling of the myth of Odysseus from the point of view of Penelope. Describing her own remarkable vision, the author writes in the foreword, I've chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve hanged maids. The maids form a chanting and singing Chorus, which focuses on two questions that must pose themselves after any close reading of the Odyssey: What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to? The story as told in the Odyssey doesn't hold water: there are too many inconsistencies. I've always been haunted by the hanged maids and, in The Penelopiad, so is Penelope herself." One of the high points of literary fiction in 2005, this critically acclaimed story found a vast audience and is finally available in paperback.

Grace Sorentino has never known the good life: from childhood hardships, to a marriage that began with lofty dreams and ended with all hopes shattered, Grace Sorentino has been dealt bad hand after bad hand.Grace and Jackie, her rebellious teenage daughter, are now stuck in Florida, on the verge of poverty. Grace works as an underpaid and underappreciated cosmetician at Saks Fifth Avenue, and Jackie—when she is not spending her time with questionable boys—balances school and two jobs. Just when Grace believes that things couldn't get any worse, she is fired after accidentally insulting a snobby customer.

Japan had mighty ambitions—to control the Western Pacific. The attack on Pearl Harbor devastated the American Pacific fleet, their primary obstacle, and they swept across the region. What ensued was a bitter struggle in which many thousands of soldiers lost their lives on both sides.This is the first book in Paul Kennedy's chronicle of the Pacific conflict in World War II, concluded in Pacific Victory. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this book provides a close, step-by-step narrative of the Japanese expansion into the Western Pacific during some of the most brutal years of World War II. Offering contemporary analysis of war strategy, it includes a riveting look at Japan's tightening grip on Hong Kong, New Guinea, the Philippines, and other key strategic locations—and the Allies' inexorable struggle against it. These works on the War in the Pacific are as gripping today as when they were first published.

她本是现代世界的医学天才，一场意外将她带至异世，变成了位“名医圣手”。他是众人皆羡的天之骄子，一次救助，一场交换，两个永远不可能相交的人产生了纠缠。一生一世，一情一孼。他坠入了她精心编织的情网，渴望着倾心一世，恩爱白头。已变身高手的某女却一声冷哼，“先追得上我再说！”--情节虚构，请勿模仿

《北京:城与人》中经由城市文化性格而探索人，经由人那些久居其中的人们，和那些以特殊方式与城联系，即把城作为审美对象的人们搜寻城，我更感兴趣于其间的联结，城与人的多种形式的精神联系和多种精神联系的形式。当我试图讲述城对于人的塑造，和对于创造其形象者艺术思维的干预时，不能不暗自怀着兴奋。

1900年8月14日凌晨，随着一阵密集的炮火，北京西直门厚重的城门轰然倒地，八国联军的士兵在火力的掩护下蜂涌进入已不设防的城门，在此顽强抵抗了十几天的清军和义和团此时已作鸟兽散了。联军统帅瓦德西在部属的簇拥下，跨过清军士兵和义和团义士的尸体，踩着被炮火轰下的城砖登上了城门。在被炮火轰击的千疮百孔的箭楼上，他向东望去，晨辉下，黄瓦红墙的紫禁城显得越发神秘。他微微眯起眼睛，神情之中有几分敬仰，又有几分得意。这时一个军官跑步来到他跟前，问道：“统帅先生，部队下一步如何行动？”瓦德西诙谐的反问道：“你说呢？亲爱的先生。”

神龙世界，人人如龙，唯我苏烈，龙上之龙！苏烈，史无前例的帝龙体，丹武双修问道神龙世界！武道有最神奇莫测的帝龙九术！丹道有最奇妙的大龙丹术！且看苏烈如何在神龙世界热血激情中泡妞打怪闯下无敌威名！

这个世上有家店叫有间。店主名为苏子卿。擅长调一种叫“云泽梦”的香料……

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借鉴了清华、北大等著名高校学生在中学时期成功的学习经验，并根据当前教材及考试形势总结出一套最新的高效学习方法，详细告诉你应该如何听课，如何读书，如何预习，如何复习，如何做题，如何记忆等。《这样学习最高效》融入了全国许多一线优秀教师的先进教学方法，把大量切实可行的学习技巧和中、高考状元的心得体会进行了提炼、归纳和总结。这些学习方法都是经过实践检验的宝贵经验，对中学生的学习大有帮助。一书在手，帮你把苦学变成乐学，将勤学化为会学，助你攀登学习的高峰！

苍鸣意外穿越成一个混吃等死的沧澜宗少宗主，牛叉老爹因斩杀神级宗门真传弟子，被宗门仲裁会抓判无期徒刑，想要拯救父亲就得将宗门提升至神级宗门。好在本少有“境界碾压系统”一路碾压天才，将其收入宗门，何愁不成神宗。“这么天才？高你一阶我都打不过你。”“这般生猛？高你两阶我还打不过你。”“行吧！高你一个大境界总可以调教调教你吧！单纯的境界碾压，你奈我何？”

他是满头银发，外表嫡仙却在众人心中是那种连肠子都是黑着的货。但又不得不承认，他是屹立于群山顶峰的‘神’，纯静的双眸不经意间便能扭转他人的命运。却不知，他其实是她。

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。