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Human beings have always been mythmakers. So begins best-selling writer Karen Armstrong's concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other. Heralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, Armstrong's characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest senseand explains why if we dismiss it, we do so at our peril.

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.

Reflecting on the love and support he experienced in the aftermath, his time as a youth leader in the Arizona desert, his marriage, and even a story his father read to him as a child, he shares his deep conviction that the only way you can find your life is to give it away to others.

他们在同一个城市相识，却是有着不一样的渊源和故事。彼此相继想离，相爱相恨。各自守候着一份等待，等待之外，用时间证明坚定，美好如初。他们每个人的故事都是一本书，耐人寻味。相织在一起，谱写牵绊、铭刻、无悔。

这是山向南面一个小小盆地，一大片蓊绿的草坡，绿波如潮，随风起伏，饶有韵致。就算打从山坡里翻滚下来，在厚软的草地上滚下，一二里路落到山下，也保管不会受到任何损伤。更美的是琪花瑶草，点缀其间，有几株特别长得高眺的紫蓝色喇叭花，在晨风里轻颤着，令人觉得原来风吹、革动、花颤、水流的节奏都是一致的……

楚可可曾说过在那个肾上腺素飙升的下午，无意间瞥见了篮球场打球的莫峤，就觉得这个男孩真好看。许是当时吹来的风格外轻柔，又或是阳光下斑驳的树影格外美好，再不然便是少年脸上明朗的笑让人觉得温暖。总之，一切都令人心动。当你开始注意一个人的时候，你们的故事也就开始了。——

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。

某系统：其实吧，宿主，咱只要不破坏世界规则就好了，至于啥的你就别管了，好吧ヾ(?A‘)ノ?。青吟：我觉得那个反派我喜欢，要不你让我去试试，保证不破坏！！嘿嘿_(:D)∠)_某系统：啊，可，可以啊〔内心：哪个傻缺居然被你瞧上了，可怜我想为他烧纸〕青吟内心：唉唉唉！你别跑啊！姐瞧上你，你要开心懂不！我跟你说，姐貌美如花，沉鱼落雁，闭蟹羞虾！你还看不上某反派：〔扶额〕那是闭月羞花！！！青吟：哈哈哈哈，对吼。

他是出身世家，年轻矜贵的乔四少；她是花滑场上，热血励志的天才少女孟瑶。冬奥会开幕之际，他向她求婚，隐秘恋情全球直播大曝光。多年后，她为他诞下三胞胎，他化身妻奴娃奴。“老公，能让其中一个宝宝随我姓吗？”“女儿不能，儿子随便。”“……”【以“花样滑冰”为题材，正能量满满的体育竞技言情文】

我叫柯福臣，今年二十一岁，在电影学院学戏文。但是身边的好友们都说我应该去学表演，因为本人风流倜傥英俊潇洒，放着一张稳赚票房的面皮来学写剧本当幕后功臣，实在是暴殄天物啊！我大概被这种言论浸淫了，也想着靠色相在暑假赚点外快，所以我顶着烈日去了杂志社，想试着做平面模特，据说随便拍两张能拿好几千。然后我被杂志社拒绝了……理由都是人满！这世上到底有多少穷大学生跟老子抢饭碗啊！

青涩蜕变，如今她是能独当一面的女boss，爱了冷泽聿七年，也同样花了七年时间去忘记他。以为是陌路，他突然向他表白，扬言要娶她，她只当他是脑子抽风，他的殷勤她也全都无视。他帮她查她父母的死因，赶走身边情敌，解释当初拒绝她的告别，和故意对她冷漠都是无奈之举。突然爆出她父母的死居然和冷家有丝毫联系，还莫名跳出个公爵未婚夫，扬言要与她履行婚约。峰回路转，破镜还能重圆吗？ PS:我又开新文了，每逢假期必书荒，新文《有你的世界遇到爱》，喜欢我的文的朋友可以来看看，这是重生类现言，对这个题材感兴趣的一定要收藏起来。

初入警界的莫李家（我）接到了一宗离奇的失踪案，机缘巧合下，与同样是新人的女搭档白小青一同破了案子，意外得到了一件奇怪的古竹简。自此之后，鬼怪的案子一件接着一件，失踪的幼童，夜半发作的老尸，莫名被害的男女，神秘鬼怪的地下墓室，接连出现的另外两件竹简，它们拼凑到一起，隐藏着我的身世，神秘而古老的组织，还有一个更为惊天的秘密。

燕珩身为大燕的新皇帝，看着弟弟造反母后篡权民生凋敝边疆战乱，真真是心肝肺都疼。好在朝堂之上有岳父大人帮他撑腰，朝堂之外有漂亮夫人帮他震慑，管它什么牛鬼蛇神，反正他被保护得好好儿的！只是……连清正：谁是你岳父？你个扶不上墙的烂泥巴！还想碰瓷！连朝：谁是你夫人？阿娘呀！有便宜皇帝想占我们家便宜！燕珩：？？？你说归你说，该认还得认！本书全名《我为万岁爷打江山，万岁爷却净想着撩我》宠文&轻松