Cat in Glass

In Portland in 1983, girls are disappearing. Noah, a teen punk with a dark past, becomes obsessed with finding out where they've gone —and he's convinced their disappearance has something to do with the creepy German owners of a local brewery, the PfefferBrau Haus. Noah worries about the missing girls as a way of avoiding the fact that something's seriously wrong with his best friend, Evan. Could it be the same dark force that's pulling them all down? When the PfefferBrau Haus opens its doors for a battle of the bands, Noah pulls his band, the Gallivanters, back together in order to get to the bottom of the mystery. But there's a new addition to the band: an enigmatic David Bowie look-alike named Ziggy. And secrets other than where the bodies are buried will be revealed. From Edgar-nominated author M. J. Beaufrand, this is a story that gets to the heart of grief and loss while also being hilarious, fast paced, and heartbreaking.

人生来有许多事情不平等，但这不代表挣扎和改变没有意义。无论何时，努力都是从狭隘的生活中跳出、从荒芜的环境中离开的一条最行之有效的路径。乔布斯、比尔盖茨、乔丹、奥巴马……他们用人生最好的年华做抵押，去实现那个说出来被人嘲笑的梦想。《那些激励你前行的声音》以中英双语对照的形式，精选智者哲人、商界精英和文体明星等各类名人的经典演讲佳作，这些演讲，或激情澎湃、或慷慨陈词、或说理生动、或娓娓道来，读来令人回肠荡气。阅读这些演说可以让你最直接地贴近成功人士的思想，获取成长与成功的基石，同时也能在阅读中学习英语，以期能够为读者呈现纯正地道的英语并学习。

When Clare's fiancé dies, she's devastated, and she vows to keep his memory alive. But then, on the warm, sunny beaches of the Caribbean, she meets handsome and arrogant Luke Mortimer--a man determined to win her heart. Luke pursues Clare relentlessly, but she's torn between holding on to the memory of the man she once loved and allowing herself to fall again. Will she stay faithful to a long-dead lover, or give in to the man who pursues her?

This is a comprehensive look at the stories that make up the Old Testament and the Jewish religion, including the folk tales, apocryphal texts, midrashes, and other little-known documents that the Old Testament and the Torah do not include. In this exhaustive study, Robert graves provides a fascinating account of pre-Biblical texts that have been censored, suppressed, and hidden for centuries, and which now emerge to give us a clearer view of Hebrew myth and religion than ever.Venerable classicist and historian Robert Graves recounts the ancient Hebrew stories, both obscure and familiar, with a rich sense of storytelling, culture, and spirituality. This book is sure to be riveting to students of Jewish or Judeo-Christian history, culture, and religion.

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.

一朝重生，她弃了荣华与富贵，生来呆滞，她被亲生父亲视为灾星，母亲早亡，她只待笈?之年便可踏出家族的牢笼，怎奈姊妹横刀夺爱，断了她命中良人，巇险之世，步步惊心，究竟她该何去何从....“如果命运，从不曾淡薄，我又何来丑戏一生。”--情节虚构，请勿模仿

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。

东都洛阳，有店“美人香”。美人香里有最优等的香粉香脂香膏香露，更有最优等的美人——老板苏合。苏合其人，容颜极美，性极铿吝，锱铢必较。某日苏合行于大街，遇一雪衣美少年遭地痞调戏……--情节虚构，请勿模仿

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。

什么功勋卓著，护国忠良，在他们看来，永远都是功高盖主，威胁皇位之徒。飞鸟尽，良弓藏；狡兔死，走狗烹，我不甘做白白去死的走狗，我要成为这浩瀚历史的规则掌控者......

深夜，怀孕少妇梦中惊醒被抓，罪名是捅死了自己丈夫，尸体却在几个街区之外，原告是丈夫的母亲和妹妹；当夜入狱即被判处死刑，既无法官也无律师，也不允许给外界打电话，更不能外出调查取证，认不认罪结果都一样，抗议上诉丝毫无效；刑场就在牢房外的院子里，处决囚犯的枪声也声声入耳！刑讯逼供、大病一场之后，全凭推理，找出了真凶，准确推断出证据藏匿之所……

她来自21世纪，集美貌身手于一身。他是凤虞国人人都敬而远之的二王爷。她冷血、无情、狠绝。他腹黑、妖孽、绝情。两人本是两条毫无关联的平行线，永不会有交集，却在阴差阳错间，相遇、交错。◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇翻手云，覆手雨。“耶律冀齐，既然你想要这个天下，我便替你夺了来。”美人抚唇轻笑。“你知道的，我这人心眼小，若是你哪天负了我，我便毁了这个天下，毁了你…”男人勾唇邪魅一笑，“美人如蛇蝎，这句话说的果真不错。不过，我爱的便是这蛇蝎一般的人。”当他终于登上了那高高在上的皇位之时，一切的阴谋与利益也渐渐浮出水面。“暴君，下堂吧。”红唇微勾，声音冰冷如斯。她，风华绝代，一如当年。

严谨务实的原则，总结了人们日常生活中最为常见的礼仪常识和礼仪规范。从个人修养的角度来看，礼仪可以说是一个人内在修养和素质的外在表现。从交际的角度来看，礼仪可以说是人际交往中适用的一种艺术。从传播的角度来看，礼仪可以说是在人际交往中进行相互沟通的技巧。礼仪是人们进行社会交往活动的行为规范与准则。快来看看这些礼仪常识吧！

本书是中学教育专家杨士军的心灵随笔集。作者从各方面的题材入手，书写了自己对自然的热爱和关注，提示人们关注心灵的健康，关注环境的美化，关注孩子的成长，文字清新富有魅力，事例典型富有启发，是适合广大中小学师生和文学爱好者阅读的佳作。

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。