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Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege. He is also a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art. As Strickland pursues his artistic vision, he leaves London for Paris and Tahiti, and in his quest makes sacrifices that leaves the lives of those closest to him in tatters. Through Maugham's sympathetic eye Strickland's tortured and cruel soul becomes a symbol of the blessing and the curse of transcendent artistic genius, and the cost in humans lives it sometimes pgsk.com on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius.

This groundbreaking title is an insider's account of the 2008 financial crisis written specifically for Main Street.Stacy Carlson, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's speechwriter, takes you inside the Treasury Department and explains the events and issues in a wry, personal narrative. You want to understand what brought us to the brink of collapse? After reading You, Me & the U.S. Economy, you will.With clarity and humor, Stacy explains the multiple causes of our financial, housing and economic troubles and the multiple attempts to solve them. She isn't a financial wizard and writes so other non-wizards can understand, too. Wrapped within is her story of faith and persistence in a new, mid-life career and as a silent witness to tremendous turmoil, You, Me & the U.S. Economy tells Main Street what really happened and why. Finally.

Read this thought-provoking, critically acclaimed novel from Frances Hardinge, winner of the Costa Book of the Year and Costa Children's Book Awards for The Lie Tree. When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows something is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry, her sister seems scared of her, and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She looks through her diary to try to remember, but the pages have been ripped out. Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself. In a quest to find the truth she must travel into the terrifying underbelly of the city to meet a twisted architect who has dark designs on her family—before it's too late … Set in England after World War I, this is a brilliantly creepy but ultimately loving story of the relationship between two sisters who have to band together against a world where nothing is as it seems.

When Miles tells his fiancée, Monique, that they must keep their engagement a secret if she comes with him to live on Grand Cayman Island, she has misgivings. Once they reach the island, she realizes all her fears were right--and Miles breaks her heart.But then she meets Dirk Anderson, Miles' new employer. Handsome and domineering, Dirk couldn't be more different from Miles, and Monique finds herself strangely drawn to him. But he may be involved with another woman--the same one who came between her and Miles. Can she trust his love--or will her heart be broken once more?

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。

这个故事之所以叫挖坑，是因为它始于一次挖坑。当然，挖坑是农村人的说法，准确地说应该叫挖地基，盖房盖楼的前期工作。不管盖房还是盖楼，首先就得挖坑，这是起码的常识，谈不上多稀罕。包括这次挖坑，尽管算是村委会的官方行为，因为并非前所未有，也不算有多么稀罕。与以往不同的是在这之前，村委会从没有透露过关于盖楼的信息，村里也没有一个人看出这方面的迹象，全村上下几乎全部被蒙在鼓里。人们只是看到民工们扛着镢头铁锹，在新老住宅之间的空地上破土动工，才从施工的规模上恍然大悟：啊？这里要盖办公大楼了？这对于一个拥有百十来户人口的城中村来说，无疑就成了爆炸性新闻，引起狂风暴雨般的轰动和热议。

世上没有什么救世主，也不靠神仙皇帝；世上没有什么救世主，也不靠耶稣上帝；世上也没有什么能够束缚全人类的力量，唯有我们自己的想象力。能够拯救我们的唯有我们自己，唯有我们的想象力，就如同第一个从树上走下来的类人猿，促使类人猿进化成为人一样，想象力会使人类自身发生心灵的革命，从而超越机器人等一切“智能人”，超越自身的种种束缚，进化成为智慧、和谐的新的人类。

华盛顿是美国首任总统，出生于美国弗吉尼亚。早年在军中服役，积累了丰富的军事经验美国独立战争期间任大陆军总司令.领导战争取得了胜利1789年，当选为美国第一任总统。

本书重在对《道德经》文本的译注与解析，同时对老子生平事迹、著作进行评价。全书内容各章独立，又具内在的逻辑联系。先从宏观视角阐述老子生平行迹和对老子其人、老子思想的总体看法。继而分章对译，注释和解析，将老子最新研究成果融入注释与解析中，注文严谨，分析独到，令人耳目一新。将老子淳厚、和蔼、睿智、大气的形象展示给世人。本书为《道德经》普及读本，内容上对老子生平行迹勾勒清晰，注文严谨独到，解析自然流畅。

《青少年爱玩的魔术全集：家庭魔术》是专为青少年和魔术初级爱好者量身打造的魔术全集。通过轻松活泼的语言，图文并茂的方式，将一个个奇妙、有趣的家庭魔术展现在青少年面前。《青少年爱玩的魔术全集：家庭魔术》采用循序渐进的方法，选取了生活中简单易学的小魔术，通过直观的图解和明白简洁的语言，让人一看就懂，一学就会；更能让你在不知不觉中成为魔术高手，成为朋友中最受欢迎的开心果。

曾经在大陆上一个传奇人物的后代。灵冰斗罗霍雨浩的后代在斗罗大陆上又一翻传奇故事。精彩绝伦。

腊梅先是在枝条上打苞，后来就一点点地绽开了，花瓣像蜡浸染出来的，没有一片叶衬着。夏冰把被寒风吹掉在地上的花瓣放在腊梅根部。下雪了，腊梅花就托着那些雪花，层层叠叠的。有几瓣从雪的被窝里探出了头，夏冰就笑。知道它们俏皮呢。腊梅开了后，池子里的红梅就有些着急了。丫杈上有了泛红的米粒，有性急的叶子也露出很小的绿。红梅总是没有腊梅单纯，什么都想要的。夏冰想。他把几根枯枝剪掉，又细细地剪碎，埋在池子里做肥。做好这些，夏冰想，底下该是素心兰要开了。日子就在花开花落间走了。走得悲悲切切又欢欢喜喜。院子里有三株梅，一棵茉莉，一盆素心兰。

新书（我家师弟超级慎重） 你来到了遮天的世界，拥有了吞噬系统。你将面临荒古禁地，不死山，太初古矿，神墟，仙陵，等生命禁区。 你会遇见火龙坟，龙喋血等绝地。 你还会进入历代皇主，圣主，神王的古墓。 嗯，祝你好运。

我有一个梦想我希望有一天，可以将生我养我的那个地方，变成超凡人间。为善者，能有善报，为恶者，必遭天谴！