第1章 Acknowledgements

The Unnamable - so named because he knows not who he may be - is from a nameless place. He speaks of previous selves ('all these Murphys, Molloys, and Malones…') as diversions from the need to stop speaking altogether. But, as with the other novels in the trilogy, the prose is full of marvellous precisions, full of its own reasons for keeping going. …perhaps the words have carried me to the threshold of my story, before the door that opens on my story, that would surprise me, if it opens, it will be I, will be the silence, where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.

Zodiac, the brilliant second novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the The Baroque Cycle and Snow Crash, is now available from Grove Press. Meet Sangamon Taylor, a New Age Sam Spade who sports a wet suit instead of a trench coat and prefers Jolt from the can to Scotch on the rocks. He knows about chemical sludge the way he knows about evilall too intimately. And the toxic trail he follows leads to some high and foul places. Before long Taylor's house is bombed, his every move followed, he's adopted by reservation Indians, moves onto the FBI's most wanted list, makes up with his girlfriend, and plays a starring role in the near-assassination of a presidential candidate. Closing the case with the aid of his burnout roommate, his tofu-eating comrades, three major networks, and a range of unconventional weaponry, Sangamon Taylor pulls off the most startling caper in Boston Harbor since the Tea Party.

"LOVE LIKE THIS creates a world of emotions and turmoil, describing superbly the mind of a young lady (Keira) and her struggles to balance her social life and her career. Sophie Love is a natural storyteller. LOVE LIKE THIS is very well written and edited, and I highly recommend it to the permanent library of all readers that appreciate a romance that can be savored during a weekend."--Books and Movie Reviews (Roberto Mattos)LOVE LIKE THEIRS (The Romance Chronicles—Book #4) is book #4 in a new, sweet romance series by #1 bestselling author Sophie Love. The series begins with LOVE LIKE THIS (Book #1), a free download!Keira Swanson, 28, has sworn off of love. With her heart still hurting from her breakups with Cristiano and Shane, she will not allow her magazine to use her for another love experiment.

If middle school were a race, Joseph Friedman wouldn't even be in last place—he'd be on the sidelines. With an overactive mind and phobias of everything from hard-boiled eggs to gargoyles, he struggles to understand his classes, let alone his fellow classmates. So he spends most of his time avoiding school bully Charlie Kastner and hiding out in the Resource Room, a safe place for misfit kids like him. But then, on the first day of seventh grade, two important things happen. First, his Resource Room teacher encourages (i.e., practically forces) him to join the school track team, and second, he meets Heather, a crazy-fast runner who isn't going to be pushed around by Charlie Kastner or anybody else. With a new friend and a new team, Joseph finds himself off the sidelines and in the race (quite literally) for the first time. Is he a good runner? Well, no, he's terrible. But the funny thing about running is, once you're in the race, anything can happen.

In this innovative re-imagining of the Odyssey’s history, Sicilian princess Nausicaa recounts her story, and how she, not the poet Homer, came to write the Odyssey. Set in the eighth century B.C., it recounts the story of a determined young woman who lives an adventurous life: rescuing her father's throne from outside threats, freeing herself from an abusive marriage, and saving her two younger brothers from certain death. Nausicaa is a passionate, religious, and dynamic heroine who is more than a match for the heroes in the epic poem she claims to have authored.

出车祸之后醒过来的安向柔意外的发现自己居然坐在久违的初中教室中，震惊之余，安向柔接受了自己重生回初一的事实。既然上天让我重新活过，这一世那些爱我护我的人将不会再离开，那些妒我伤我的人再无任何机会。

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从“汉惠帝继位、吕氏专权”讲起，至周勃、陈平联手平定诸吕作乱结束。吕后、周勃、陈平、刘盈等著名历史人物重新变得生动而又充满魅力。像读《三国演义》和《水浒传》一样读汉朝历史！本册写刘邦病逝后，太子刘盈继位，是为汉惠帝。吕后趁机开始专权，残忍迫害刘邦生前的宠姬戚夫人，立吕氏亲族为王。汉惠帝死后，吕后以太后身份临朝称制，独揽朝纲。其侄儿吕产、吕禄掌握兵权，横行不法。吕后唯恐汉初诸将对吕氏专权不满，密谋要将功臣全部诛杀，后因担心激起天下动乱而作罢。吕后病逝之后，吕产、吕禄阴谋发动政变。周勃、陈平听到风声，联合宗室子弟刘章，先发制人，平定了诸吕作乱，使得汉朝政权渡过了一次最大的危机。

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一杯咖啡的时间，是冰点和沸点之间的转换；一杯茶的时间，是茶给时间的一种味道。人生不可能每分每秒都循规蹈矩、行色匆匆，偶尔散漫下来看人生，也在情理中。于是，喝咖啡就是成为一件忙里偷闲、无趣时觅得有趣的乐事。本书作者用精致的文字和心思装饰了一间“休闲坊”，真诚地邀您来这里坐一坐，喝一杯咖啡，品一樽红酒，浸一缕香氛，听一曲琴音，由纯朴的感官入口入眼入鼻入心，笼在唯美意境里，过滤掉世俗中的尘埃，将灵魂托在去之上，获得一种最纯的精神洗礼。

刚从卫校毕业的夏紫藤本来是去投奔姑姑的，却阴错阳差成了姑姑继子周穆野的护理。一场车祸，不但让这个男人失去了最爱的女人，还变成了瘸子。所有人都畏惧这个性情孤僻暴躁的男人，唯独夏紫藤，敢对他呼来喝去。而他，对所有人都不鸟，却唯独像着了魔似的乖乖听她的话。本来，郎有情妾有意，爱情正在悄然萌芽，却不料，半路杀出两个程咬金，一个是她的情敌，想方设法陷害她；另一个是他的前情敌，现在又变成了情敌，再次与他争风吃醋抢女人。因为这两个程咬金，害得夏紫藤与周穆野相互间误会连连，最终一拍两散。不测风云又在此时忽然降临在周穆野身上，家族企业因遭人设计陷害倒闭，父亲因不能接受这一事实而一命呜呼。让他一个豪门高富帅一夜之间变成流落街头的瘸子乞丐。就在他以为所有人都背弃了他的时候，她又回来了，不但要助他重振家族事业，而且还对他说：从现在开始，周穆野，你这个恶魔，由我夏紫藤来守护！

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