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Since publication, Anne of Green Gables has sold more than 50 millioncopies and has been translated into 20 languages. Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud pgsk.com for all ages, it has been considered a children's novel since themid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an11-yearold orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middleaged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them ontheir farm in Prince Edward Island. The original book is taught to students around the world. It has beenadapted as film, made-for-television movies, and animated live-actiontelevision series. Plays and musicals have also been created, with productionsannually in Canada since 1964 of the first musical production, which has touredin Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan.

An epic tale about a land and a people Winston Churchill called "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."American cancer specialist Dr. Alex Cousins is on a covert mission to the USSR. He is tasked with prolonging the life of Soviet Politburo Chief, Viktor Moiseyevich Dimitrov, who is suffering from advanced stage leukemia. But the tenuous confidence between the unlikely colleagues is shattered one night as Alex accidentally discovers Dimitrov's diabolical plans for a nuclear strike on China. Alex soon finds himself dispatched, homeward bound, on a six-thousand-mile journey aboard the Trans-Siberian Express; long enough, Alex realizes, to silence him from alerting the U.S. of the imminent destruction.

This title comes with an introduction by Craig Raine. Three short novels show Golding at his playful, ironic and mysterious best. In The Scorpion God we see the world of ancient Egypt at the time of the earliest pharaohs. Clonk Clonk is a graphic account of a crippled youth's triumph over his tormentors in a primitive matriarchal society. And Envoy Extraordinary is a tale of Imperial Rome where the emperor loves his illegitimate grandson more than his own arrogant, loutish heir. "The writing is brilliant, so fluent and stylish that the stories read themselves like a dream. "(Daily Telegraph). "As ambitious and as engrossing as the best of Golding. "(Financial Times).

American democracy, argues Charles Derber, is being subverted in the name of democracy itself. Derber shows how the current regime has maintained power by intensifying the red/blue culture wars—supporting religious extremists, exploiting terrorism fears, and manipulating the electoral process.

ONCE CRAVED is book #3 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with ONCE GONE (Book #1)!When prostitutes turn up dead in Phoenix, not much attention is paid. But when a pattern of disturbing murders is discovered, the local police soon realize a serial killer is on a rampage and they are in way over their heads. Given the unique nature of the crimes, the FBI, called in, knows they will need their most brilliant mind to crack the case: Special Agent Riley Paige.Riley, recovering from her last case and trying to pick up the pieces of her life, is at first reluctant. But when she learns of the grievous nature of the crimes and realizes the killer will soon strike again, she is compelled. She begins her hunt for the elusive killer and her obsessive nature takes her too far—perhaps too far, this time, to pull herself back from the brink.

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。

诺小巫是二十一世纪著名的“神棍”，对许多玄幻的东西十分感兴趣。一朝穿越，来到了粤星大陆。诺小巫手持逆天的四神之杖，四大神兽皆是她的得力助手，过着“横着走”的日子。只是，这个称霸世界的天神是怎么回事？怎么像胶水一样甩都甩不掉？！

前世她一心训练，做任务。不了解人心险恶，以为渣男真心待她，却被渣男毒害。临死前方知一切都是假的，她才明白她的心给了谁。一朝穿越，现代的搏斗，古代的武功合二为一。冷漠的性子，坚定的心，却在看见他俊颜的那一刻全部瓦解。倾心助他！不管你是不是他，今生只为你！――穆灵雪

五个姐妹出来送她。这时候，有许多女工都凑到窗前，目送她们六人在视线坐消失。说来也怪，很多人此时的心情比小苟子还错综复杂，她们一下子怅然若失；小苟子调离，使她们心中的支撑瞬间坍塌；小苟子在她们中间，万宝全不敢宣布下岗；而从此后呢？一种不祥之感顿时笼罩心头，她们都在心里默默地遗憾：小苟子，你咋走了呢？在十字路口，小苟子与五姐妹一一握别后，扭头大步流星地走了。边走边流泪不止。调转工作的内幕，小苟子并不知道。万宝全给小苟子的丈夫八万八千块现金，故意凑个吉祥数，前提是叫他不许泄密；其二是拢住小苟子，如果拢不住……下面的话故意没说，叫他充分发挥想像。

《征服格拉纳达》是美国文学之父华盛顿·欧文的一部重要著作。从“征服”二字，读者不难知道这是关于战争的历史故事。而这场战争，是不能、也不应该忘记的，它像世界上其他的重大战争一样，极大地影响着人类的发展进程。了解它们，对于我们今天和今后的发展，必然会产生有益的作用。这便是历史所具有的积极意义，当然这个意义需要我们去总结和分析。而欧文写的这段战争历史，是通过讲故事的方式传达给读者的，这就使作品显得更加生动，有了更加广泛的读者对象——从而使这场战争的历史为更多人所熟悉。加之欧文又是一位著名的小说家，讲故事的能手，因此《征服格拉纳达》便更显示出了文学的光彩和魅力。

一纸契约，两次签！为了妹妹她甘愿屈身，为了儿子她放弃生命。在最美的青春遇见最残酷的他，一时天堂，一时地狱，她被折磨的体无完肤......他，为了一个人的生命，牺牲她的健康，面对危险时又残忍的放弃她，只是，他心中的纠结与疼，霸道的爱，她却不懂......斗转千回，她和他再次被红线相牵，上天给了他们太多的考验，最后，还能在一起吗？一个半真半假，一半发生过一半没发生过，一半正在上演的故事，雷同吗?老套吗?庸俗吗?生活不就是这样，随时都在撞衫，又各不相同。宿命啊，如何抗衡呢......非喜勿喷!

生死之间走过两三个来回，大难不死的杨骏考虑生死的意义。超越仙灵的离火之气，吞噬一切的毁天炎帝，杀神戮仙的上古神兵。这是一个俗子以炼器封神的传奇之路。他不再是那个小工匠，他是所有人的主宰！

霍桑在一八五一年六月至七月间根据古希腊神话所写的少儿读物《神奇的故事》 也在全世界享有盛誉，不仅为少年读者所钟爱，对成人也具有极大的吸引力。霍桑的作品素以关注人的心灵状态而著称，他在写作《神奇的故事》时，时刻不忘有益于少年读者心灵的健康成长这一神圣目标。古老的希腊神话原来就为想像力的驰骋，为诸如勇敢、善良、不畏强暴、不怕困难、爱与同情等等人类美好品质的展现提供了理想的广阔的舞台。经霍桑的生花妙笔加以改写之后，希腊神话中关于弥达斯、赫拉克勒斯、潘多拉、柏勒洛丰等人的故事闪耀出新的异彩，具有了更引人入胜的文学魅力。相信霍桑的《神奇的故事》也必定会使中国的少年读者感到神奇和喜欢。

单身妈妈平依依第一次在饭桌上遇到他的时候，觉得自己做了一个梦，这怎么可能是国民男神许言呢？还好了自己跟他不熟，更不是他的粉丝。可是他为什么问：“你喜欢我吗？”我不喜欢你，可是为什么我会一步一步的靠近你呢？平依依想不通这个道理。世人皆知五年前他害死了前女友，却忘记了他也是个受害者，这是一场阴谋吗？

爹疼娘爱，星语从小到大就是被宠坏的。天生的大小姐，公主病没有，倒是有着向往平凡生活的心态。动所有人的称呼都是小小姐，可是却是一个被惯坏的小恶魔。小恶魔讨厌麻烦东西，最喜欢打打杀杀，为此爹妈真的是操碎了心。小恶魔智商超群极具魅力，从小到大都是温文尔雅，只有知道小恶魔潜质的人才知道，这个是一个腹黑的小小姐。身为小小姐，星语可谓是被捧上了天，偏偏，本小姐不喜欢这种生活，时不时换双身份，出国，逗人，去做佣人可谓是五花八门。“小妹，你哪来的女仆装？”又一次星语的大哥问。星语调皮眨眼：“我的喽。”一对一宠文，欢迎大家提意见?????????