Christmas Forever (The Inn at Sunset Harbor—Book 8评论

Keith Stoner had been in a state of suspended animation for eighteen years. It was eighteen years earlier that Stoner had been an American member of a joint U.S. - Soviet venture to capture an alien ship, but when the Soviets had to pull out, Stoner willfully persisted and it was then, during that time on the strange ship that Stoner fell into the strange state that was neither here, nor there.Jo Camerata, the ambitious young student who fell in love with Stoner is now head of Vanguard Industries, which has recovered the alien ship. As a result, her company now controls the vast new technology and the fortune it reaps in - as well as control of Keith Stoner. What Camerata doesn't know, however, is that someone else has been awake, someone who dwells deep within the labyrinths of Stoner's mind.

John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. The title creature is a sort of barometer of life at the home of John Peerybingle and his much younger wife Dot. When things go well, the cricket on the hearth chirps; it is silent when there is sorrow. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days. The jealous old man, Tackleton, poisons John's mind about Dot, but the cricket through its supernatural powers restores John's confidence and all ends happily. Dickens described the novel as "quiet and domestic innocent and pretty.".It is the third of Dickens's five Christmas books, preceded by A Christmas Carol (1843) and The Chimes (1844), and followed by The Battle of Life (1846) and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848).

Each of these chapters in this book of political counterfactuals describes a premiership that never happened, but might easily have done had the chips fallen slightly differently. The contributors, each of them experts in political history, have asked themselves questions like: what shape would the welfare state and the cold war have taken if the Prime Minister had been Herbert Morrison instead of Clement Attlee? What would have been consequences for Northern Ireland had Norman Tebbit succeeded Margaret Thatcher? How would our present life be different without New Labour - a name we would never have heard if either Kinnock or Smith had become Prime Minister and not Tony Blair? Each of the chapters in this book describes events that really might have happened. And almost did.

Twenty Years After is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. The novel follows events in France during the Fronde, during the childhood reign of Louis XIV, and in England near the end of the English Civil War, leading up to the victory of Oliver Cromwell and the execution of King Charles I. Through the words of the main characters, particularly Athos, Dumas comes out on the side of the monarchy in general, or at least the text often praises the idea of benevolent royalty. His musketeers are valiant and just in their efforts to protect young Louis XIV and the doomed Charles I from their attackers.A book of The d'Artagnan Romances, it is a sequel to The Three Musketeers and precedes The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which includes the sub-plot Man in the Iron Mask). The fantastic adventures of the Three Musketeers continue - starting with an intrigue surrounding D'Artagnan who has, for twenty years, remained a lieutenant.

作者以机智、幽默、传奇的智慧，以雅俗共赏的精美的语言，讲述了一个个妙趣横生的大千故事。书中涉猎的人与事，或正直或邪恶或清廉或贪婪或惊奇或趣然，皆不乏对生活哲理的探求和对陈规陋俗的贬抑。作者以小说家的创作手法，把玩书中的故事，其文字简约，笔法娴熟，开阖有度，节奏轻快，读来如品茶饮酒，颇具韵味。

颓废青年，机缘巧合之下进入神秘机构，参与讨伐未知生物的作战。而当他历经磨难，成功完成任务后，却在那片云海之下看见了一片虚幻的海洋，以及一双自深渊凝视着他的巨大眼睛……

“说……你爱我！”他用尽一切手段折磨她，仿佛毁天灭地。“我……我爱你！”她受迫于他，却也是肺腑之意。“起来……签个字！”一张离婚协议书扔到面前，这是温存过后，他送给她的礼物。三年婚姻，终抵不过那个可以给他更多荣耀的女人，落笔，签字，她心如刀割。转身之际，他彻底将她打入深渊——颜颜，把孩子打掉吧！

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。

去花钱！！去消费！！！ 从现在开始，我要做一个有钱大魔王!这是一个平行世界，自带游戏、商城、外挂的故事。ps。

今天的商业社会还处在一个“利润至上”的阶段，每一个公司为了生存和发展也不得不秉承这一原则。作为员工，首先要考虑的就是如何为企业创造财富，而不要总觉得自己应该拿到更高的工资，应该获得更多的年终奖。如果一名员工不能为企业赚钱，不能为公司创造财富，他在公司就没有存在的价值。本书从忠诚、敬业、责任、落实、积极主动、团队合作等方面入手，用精彩纷呈的案例和浅显易懂的道理告诉大家如何成为企业最有价值的员工。

身为魔界之主，魔尊离天从来都是狂拽炫酷屌炸天的角色，但是万万没有想到，有朝一日会在自己的对手面前，这么的形象大失。这不知道从何冒出来的女人，竟然骑在他的脖子上，罗裙正好盖在他的头上。面对魔界两大巨头，这白痴女人竟然敢张口就说自己是天界仙人。这还不算，她竟然还说要收他堂堂魔尊做“小弟”！离天真想一把捏死她，但是……偏偏，他舍不得！因为，她的真身，正好是一株几十万年难得一见的灵草，对于离天这头牛魔来说，灵草乃是上好的美食！于是，果断带回魔界才是最好的选择……

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。

想当老板，没启动资金——挖！想扩大规模，却资金不足——挖！生意作腻味了，想换个行业。什么？不懂？那就——挖呗！挖煤，挖钱，挖产业！挖人，挖势，随便挖！墙脚挖的好，要啥就有啥。啥？想找女朋友，还没有？——那谁，帮老板挖个丈母娘啥？一个还不够…… PS:新书《平凡的消防》已在起点中文网上传，欢迎大家指正，让我们一起走进这群可爱的人。

她是医学界奇才，一朝穿越成安东侯府大小姐，从懦弱变强悍。炼药宅斗宫斗朝堂斗，她统统搞掂。骂她丑女，瞎了狗眼！没看，当朝炙手可热的睿王是她老公？一个二个要搞死姐，姐偏要大放光芒，治各种不服。初见他，干坏事，然后逃之夭夭。再见，他长臂一舒，掐着她脖子轻笑：“干完坏事就跑，恩？之前的胆子呢？”某女白眼一翻：“怕你不行！”于是他凶性大发，最后问她，某女回答：“不咋地，哼！喂，你别过来！”【情节虚构，请勿模仿】