第1章 Acknowledgments

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler pgsk.com his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world's most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, not only as fictional characters, but also as icons of the true meaning of Christmas in a world still plagued with avarice and cynicism.

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在痛失妞妞七年后，哲学家、作家周国平迎来了第二个女儿啾啾，感受到无以伦比的幸福。他舐犊情深，以一个普通父亲兼哲学家的视角，记录了啾啾从出生到刚上小学的成长故事。其中既有对幼童成长点滴的细致观察，更有对亲子关系、教育方法以及生命意义的深刻思考。新生儿是哲学家，儿童是诗人。啾啾的童心、稚语、奇思、趣事在周国平笔下灵动而意味悠长。这不只是一本妙趣盎然的幼童成长笔记，一个哲学家父亲独到的教育心得，更是一份纯粹而深刻的生命感悟——真正的爱，是对独立灵魂的尊重，让孩子成为一个善良、丰富、高贵的人。

黄昏将熄，夜幕渐浓；星光摇曳，黎明未知。嘘……在一切开始之前，我们还来得及做一点小小的改变。太阳落下，夜色或许还有不同。

许锋重生到了五百年后的地球，那时怪物大举入侵地球，天地大变，末世开启！末世挣扎的人类发现，击杀怪物可以掉落结晶，带来各种各样神奇的异能，从而让人类进入异能时代。重生后的许锋惊奇的发现，他随身携带一个副本系统，但凡被他击杀过的怪物，都能在副本中出现，并且可以无限刷！异能太弱，刷个A级异能结晶，一次不行，就刷十次，百次，千次……“什么，求一枚S级异能结晶？”“没问题，一亿晶币。”“没有这么多晶币？”“那就签卖身契吧，卖身一百年。”许锋在末世，做起了人口贩子的勾当，专门买卖异能者。

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Written by master historian and authorized Churchill biographer Martin Gilbert, this masterful single-volume work weaves together the detailed research from the author's eight-volume biography of the elder statesman, and features new information unavailable at the time of the original work's publication. Spanning Churchill's youth, education and early military career, his journalistic work, and the arc of his political leadership, Churchill: A Life details the great man's indelible contribution to Britain's foreign policy and internal social reform.Offering eyewitness accounts and interviews with Churchill's contemporaries, including friends, family members, and career adversaries, this book provides a revealing picture of the personal life, character, ambitions, and drives of one of the world's most influential and remarkable leaders.

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。

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。

我以为我是他的第一次，就为成为他的唯一，哪里知道，他竟然对我如此无情，此生如此，穿越而来，重新开始，一改往日懒惰，发家致富，遇见爱我之人，成为他之贤妻。

掌管修仙界的天道老子一头乌黑柔顺的秀发近来变得愈发稀少， 追根溯源，却是近来挠头的次数越来越多的缘故。导致天道老子有秃头危险的困扰究竟是什么呢？天道继续挠头：！！！ 谁能告诉我为什么都围追堵截成这样了，那两个熊孩子还是能飞升过来？！！