A Skinful of Shadows

On Whidbey Island, the Gray quintuplets are the stuff of legend. Pixie and her brothers have always been bigger and blonder than their neighbors, as if they were birthed from the island itself. Together, they serve as an unofficial search-and-rescue team for the island, saving tourists and locals alike from the forces of wind and sea. But, when a young boy goes missing, the mysteries start to pile up. While searching for him, they find his mother's dead body instead —and realize that something sinister is in their midst. Edgar-nominated author M. J. Beaufrand has crafted another atmospheric thriller with a touch of magical realism that fans of mystery and true crime will devour.

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It's 5:00 a.m. on Fifth Avenue, and 16-year-old Gemma Beasley is standing in front of Tiffany & Co. wearing the perfect black dress with her coffee in hand—just like Holly Golightly. As the cofounder of a successful Tumblr blog—Oh Yeah Audrey!—devoted to all things Audrey Hepburn, Gemma has traveled to New York in order to meet up with her fellow bloggers for the first time. She has meticulously planned out a 24-hour adventure in homage to Breakfast at Tiffany's; however, her plans are derailed when a glamorous boy sweeps in and offers her the New York experience she's always dreamed of. Gemma soon learns who her true friends are and that, sometimes, no matter where you go, you just end up finding wkkk.net with hip and sparkling prose, Oh Yeah, Audrey! is as much a story of friendship as it is a love letter to New York, Audrey Hepburn, and the character she made famous: Holly Golightly.

Few of Richard Matheson's readers know that he had hopes for writing popular music. At a very early age, Matheson taught himself how to write sheet music, but his family could not afford art supplies and so he had to give up composition. But music never left his mind and when Matheson found a creative new outlet through his writing (cheaper than music, requiring only a pencil and paper), he quickly began composing both prose stories as well as poetry. He picked up music composition again at the age of seventeen, adding music to his poems. Here in Lyrics are the compositions that Matheson created, in publication for the very first time.

Trudchen grew up hearing Odette's stories of their monster-slaying mother and a magician's curse. But now that Tru's older, she's starting to wonder if her older sister's tales were just comforting lies, especially because there's nothing fantastic about her own life—permanently disabled and in constant pain from childhood polio. In 1909, after a two-year absence, Od reappears with a suitcase supposedly full of weapons and a promise to rescue Tru from the monsters on their way to attack her. But it's Od who seems haunted by something. And when the sisters' search for their mother leads them to a face-off with the Leeds Devil, a nightmarish beast that's wreaking havoc in the Mid-Atlantic states, Tru discovers the peculiar possibility that she and her sister—despite their dark pasts and ordinary appearances—might, indeed, have magic after all.

阴阳相生，互相制衡，当阴阳轮回降临时，命罪之人降临时，等待的，又是什么？

十年前，天机老人预言:凰女现，七国乱。得凰女，定七国。一时掀起惊涛骇浪，然而五年过去，谁也不知凰女在哪？他，东擎最年轻的帝王。他，北冥最睿智的太子。却因一个女人纷纷卷入爱的漩涡，不能自拔。她，21世纪隐世家族的继承人，又是国家顶级特工雪狐，因为家族争斗意外穿越到东擎左相府的大小姐身上，面对两位势均力敌的美男，又要如何抉择。乱世之中，谁又能屹立不倒，执掌天下？又是谁能牵手佳人，笑看风云？

传说中的奥丁大陆分为东南西北四国。在这个世界里，充斥着神秘莫测的魂术。由于每个国家的属性不同，分为水、火、地、风，循环相克，因此在这个世界的每个国家都有七个被称为〔王爵〕的魂术师，他们代表着整个国家的巅峰，决定着阵营的强弱。故事开始于在南方面积最大而又最神秘的埃尔斯帝国，负责清理叛乱七度王爵樊天和使徒司正去往索罗城平息叛乱。四度王爵雷欧娜公然挑战三度王爵藏（zang）川，此时火源二度王爵熵烬恰巧对逃入地源的大天使米凯尔进行杀戮，纷争一触即发。从而逐渐揭秘出了各大帝国的统治者心中累计以久的远大报复，随之而来的是爆发了一场史诗级的战争，战争过后是重归原始，还是走向新的文明的开始……

小说采用第一人称的叙述方式，以贵族青年军官格里尼奥夫和上尉的女儿玛莉亚之间曲折而动人的爱情故事为主要线索，把格里尼奥夫的个人命运与普加乔夫领导的农民起义紧密地结合在一起。在不大的篇幅中容纳了丰富的历史画面和社会内容。刻画了各种不同阶层人物的性格，揭示了他们的心理活动。《上尉的女儿》完成于1836年，是俄国文学史上第一部描写农民起义的现实主义作品。

她是四海八荒人人夸赞的才女，倾国倾城。他是四海八荒呲诧风云的妖帝，妖孽无比。第一次，他们在孟婆桥边相遇。第二次他们在天帝寿宴相见，她弹琴，他吹笛，天作之合。某一天，锦瑟拿着被烧毁的折子，“华年！，你竟把我珍藏多年的戏折子给烧了！！！”，塌上的男人贴在锦瑟耳边腹黑的说“那哪是戏折子，不是春宫图吗？不然我以身相许赔给夫人你好了？”…… 1v1男强女强，女主时而霸气时而沙雕。

自古道：“人生七十古来稀”。而当代作家姚雪垠，光在文坛上就“辛勤耕耘七十载，呕心沥血超千万。”七十载，历尽坎坷，九死一生；超千万，字字心血，矢志不渝。姚雪垠一生度过九十个春秋，九十度春秋有些漫长，却又是那么短暂，而姚雪垠却在当代文坛上树起了一座丰碑。可以这么说，他把灵魂和躯体化为超千万字的文学巨著；而这超千万字的文学巨著，就是他灵魂和躯体的化身和再现。

穿越到不熟悉的游戏世界，林恩只能在烈焰中砥砺前行。魔兽、亡灵、巨人、恶魔……奇异生物接踵而来。密林、群山、海域、雪地……瑰丽景色留下足迹。苍穹的阴影再次来临，不可名状的低语悄然入侵。这是第五纪元，破灭后的神隐时代。长夜将至，邪祟横行！“我将以我手中之炎，开拓前路，焚灭敌人。”

七天七夜的宠幸，她疲惫不堪。他宠她到了前所未有的程度。后世人称她为——七夜宠姬。她穿越成了他的开bao丫鬟。空难，她以为自己就这么灰飞湮灭掉。谁知，再度睁眼，感觉浑身发热，似乎有很多小蚂蚁在身上爬一般难受，呼吸也不平稳。自己被下了药?什么？自己穿成了一丫鬟，还是屋里这个看起来不会超过十六岁的小王爷的开bao丫鬟？！！不是吧，老天的玩笑开大了。自己好歹已经是二十五了啊！困难的低下头才发现，现在的身体也不会超过十六岁。看着坐在床前一脸不屑的俊美小王爷，她说不出话，心中哀嚎，你个死小正太，以为自己想那啥啊？原因无他，因为她正被绑的死死的，嘴巴也被严实的堵住。要被吃干抹净了么？小王爷慢慢解开了她身上的绳索，然后。。。。。姬，即是妾。其实，她什么都不在乎。“那你要做的就是要强大，强到可以保护你最珍爱的东西，必要时是要不择手段的。”她的声音轻轻的却充满了诱惑，“我会一直陪在你的身边，直到我们都死去。”“直到我们都死去。”他低低的重复着她的话，“那么，我就去变强大，强到可以将你一直禁锢在自己身边，至死方休。”说罢，忽的一口咬住了她的肩膀，声音在喉咙里低低的响起。“你是我的，永远都是我的。”邪恶宠姬，邪恶宠姬......原本一切都是游戏，只是到后来似乎有些不一样。一切的一切到底最后会怎样？尘埃落定还是从新开始？女主非善类，貌似男主也不是。好象文里就没几个好人，哈哈。谨慎入坑。当教科书看的朋友请绕道，很善良很善良的朋友也请绕道。因为书里有些嗜血。推荐我的新文：《盛世风华》当轻狂腹黑、决绝果断的她穿越到生性懦弱、说话都结巴的她身上…盛世传奇就此开始！丞相府白家三小姐白风华，说话结巴，皮肤黝黑，生性懦弱，资质低微，处处被人嘲笑欺负。却爱上了当今第一天才美男南华王，甚至爱的失去了自我。在一次夜宴为南华王爷挡下刺客的一剑差点送命。当白风华再次醒来，面对这戏剧的一切，眼神中却充满了讥诮和冷笑。眼底深处更是闪烁着狂妄和不羁。南华王“好心施舍”准备迎娶白风华为侧妃作为报答，派去送定情信物的人却被白风华叫人打成猪头扔出了丞相府！接下来，白风华让人见识到了什么叫真正的“纨绔子弟”。以前嘲笑她的，欺负她的，揍，全部揍。看不顺眼的，也揍！“飞扬跋扈，仗势欺人”，被她发挥的淋漓尽致。被揍的人昏天旋地，鬼哭狼嚎，却都忘记了一个资质低微的人怎么可以揍的他们像猪头！

这是一位好奇心极重少女的故事搞笑版：“世子爷，郡主和太子据说要成亲了？”“来人，牵马去给太子挑事！”据传闻，美丽妖娆，冷静睿智的世子，此时如同一只被暴躁的猴子。“给太子哥哥挑事？”某女端庄的声音传来瞬间某世子如同一只可怜的哈巴狗扑倒了某女的怀里，可怜兮兮道：“娘子你占了人家的身，得对人家负责，不能抛弃人家！”瞬间看似淡定的某女炸了，揪住某男的衣襟，看着他一脸娇羞的样子愤怒道：“丫丫的我什么时候占了你的身体？”某女再下人们鄙视的目光中，揪住某男的领子就往屋里走。文艺版我的兰韵漪，小字未眠。玉宁渊，长夜如果我们的相遇是错的，对于我来说是个美丽的错误。有些相遇是美的，有些却是丢弃生命也不愿意放弃的。

人猿泰山系列是一部让中小学生开阔眼界、丰富想象力的书，是一部教给孩子动物是朋友、大自然是家园的温情冒险小说，是一部中小学图书馆和孩子的书架上不得不放的书，是父母与孩子共同阅读的睡前故事。小说情节奇谲精彩，主人公强悍而无畏，为孩子们打开了一扇充满着浪漫英雄主义的丛林世界大门。译者的话：上世纪四十年代，我们在读初中时，《人猿泰山》作为世界名著，曾经风靡一时。每逢课间十分钟，同学们几乎满教室争说泰山。当时，这部奇趣曼妙的小说，已经在我们心里扎根了。1988年，我俩六十岁退休后，曾到各地旅游，顺便到各省大图书馆、大学图书馆查询此书，不但译本遍寻不得，连原文本也没有了。