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In the final volume in the Sisters Grimm series, Sabrina, Daphne, and the rest of the Grimms and their friends must face off against the Master to decide the fate of Ferryport Landing—and the world. When Mirror fails to escape the barrier using Granny Relda's body, he turns to his plan B: killing all the Grimms so that the magical barrier collapses. In the meantime, Sabrina has gathered the other magic mirrors as advisors on how to deal with their mortal enemy. They tell her to join forces with the Scarlet Hand against Mirror, in exchange for offering all the citizens of Ferryport Landing their freedom. This final chapter is the end of the road for several beloved characters, but the conclusion is sure to satisfy devoted fans of the series.

James Ellroy, the undisputed master of crime writing, has teamed up with the Los Angeles Police Museum to present a stunning text on 1953 LA. While combing the museum's photo archives, Ellroy discovered that the year featured a wide array of stark and unusual imagery—and he has written 25,000 words that illuminate the crimes and law enforcement of the era. Ellroy o ffers context and layers on wild and rich atmosphere—this is the cauldron that was police work in the city of the tarnished angels more than six decades ago. More than 80 duotone photos are spread throughout the book in the manner of hard-edged police evidence.

The Hothouse was first produced in 1980, though Harold Pinter wrote the play in 1958 just before commencing work on The Caretaker.'The Hothouse is one of Pinter's best plays: one that deals with the worm-eaten corruption of bureaucracy, the secrecy of government and the disjunction between language and experience.'Michael Billington.'The Hothouse is at once sinister and hilarious, suggesting an unholy alliance between Kafka and Fedyeau.'The National Theatre presented a major revival of The Hothouse in July 2007.'The foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the twentieth century.'Swedish Academy citation on awarding Harold Pinter the Nobel Prize for Literature, 2005

Available only in e-book format, Backteria and Other Improbable Tales is a brand new collection of short tales of terror and the unknown from master storyteller Richard Matheson. In the title story, published here for the first time, a researcher encounters an exotic new strain of virus that causes the infected person to disappear. Curiosity leads the doctor on a path of discovery which takes him deep into his own personal history and suggests the age-old warning: Be careful what you wish for.In "Getting Together", a case of mistaken identity leads to a darkly farcical story of marriage, murder, and a love that knows no bounds. The quietly threatening "Haircut" shows how a routine trim becomes a dark and terrifying experience when a barber is confronted with a sick customer who seems to him otherworldly.

元气大陆，强者为尊；修炼元气，力决身份。残酷大陆，不断杀戮；没有实力，会被欺负。生活在充满元气的天地中，人们可以吸纳元气修炼。但吸纳元气修炼却有两个选择：一是用元气来淬体，成为拥有强悍身体的元气武者；二是吸纳元气来靠双手结印引发天地间的元气，产生强大的攻击。

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。

边远小镇上的落魄贵族，她身为直系血脉，却沦落成为连低级奴仆都不如雷霹重生，天赋觉醒神秘身世，扑塑迷离一夕之间，她摇身一变，成为天边那耀眼的一颗明星从此，她走出了这无名小镇，踏上了辽阔无比的魔、武大陆从此，命运开启了一段属于她的惊艳传奇！绝色男子，妖异女子，无不为之而痴恋疯狂……※明闪：光辉帝国的亲王殿下，墨发，白衣，纤尘不染。当有一天，一身狼狈，不修边幅的烈焰出现在他面前，他嫌恶地皱起了眉：“想进来吃饭？先去洗洗干净！”当风云变幻后——“烈焰，我是你的舅舅，但我也是你的人，你身体的一部分，我死了，你还活着，你死了，我活不了……”——明闪小波墩：弗兰帝国的小王子，六岁的小屁孩初见烈焰，稚嫩童真地眸目大亮：“美女，我喜欢你，你跟我交往吧！”“那时还是孩童的我不知道什么叫爱情，但是，初见烈焰美女的时候，第一眼，我便喜欢她，那种喜欢，让我想要将自己融入她的血液骨髓，与她永不分离。没有她，我会死。当宿命最终走到尽时，我才知道，原来这一切冥冥中自有安排。”——波墩?弗兰※本文玄幻路线，文风轻快，无虐，女强！！

本书总结华尔街精英成功的经历，将其汇总成为8个关键秘笈，每一项都能对你的事业成功起到促进作用。无论你是自己创业也好，经商也好，还是从事金融投资也好，本书都能对你的事业起到推波助澜的作用。

在破败中崛起，在寂灭中复苏。沧海成尘，雷电枯竭，那一缕幽雾又一次临近大地，世间的枷锁被打开了，一个全新的世界就此揭开神秘的一角……

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。

“不知道你们寻美是为了什么？但我不得不去追寻……因为——我需要活下去！”美指美德、美颜、美食、美景……清秀少年白有墨偶得神器三千美卷，同时被万象恶图所追杀，绝境中不得不穿梭于各个位面寻求生存之路，同时通过‘美’来提升自己的实力。万象恶图所制造的怪物分级为N/R/SR/SSR。

她只是一个穿越过来毫不起眼的小宫女，却思绪缜密，有颜有脑。他是欲求天下有着雄才大略的一国军师，却处处受制于人。她算天算地算机关，却算不到自己的心。她为他夺兵权，除蛮夷，却最后被他所伤。倾城帝后，人中龙凤。究竟是相爱相依。还是死生不复相见？情节虚构，请勿模仿

一大早，陈捷克便不高兴，他也不知道为什么。昨天他才领到金色的侦探证章，成为本市历史上头一个华人侦探，终于脱下警员制服，调入市警局第四分局抢劫案组，他应该感到骄傲才对，但他一点也没觉得高兴，或许是昨晚电视新闻报导这个消息时，又拿他的名字作文章，惹他生气。从他在警官学校的时候，别人就喜欢拿他的名字开玩笑。可是父亲给他起名陈捷克的时候，美国人还根本不晓得香港有个叫作成龙的电影演员。这个成龙也讨厌，到好莱坞来闯天下，不老老实实叫自己的原名，偏要改作陈捷克，闹得他这个真正的陈捷克倒不知该怎么办了。不管走到哪儿，一说自己是陈捷克，别人就瞪大眼睛看着他，不相信。

这是一本奇怪的小说。有多奇怪？它绝对和其他玄幻小说不同。不信？来看看就知道了。