Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry

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.

Second Chances is a hopeful and thoughtful compendium of anecdotes from people who have wanted another chance at something—and have taken it. It's the big stuff like going back to college after the kids have grown up, as well as the little things like getting a judo belt when you thought you could hardly manage a push-up. The book collects the hopeful examples of people who found a leg up, another spurt of energy, a hidden talent, or even an untapped strength, sometimes with the unexpected help of friends or strangers. Combining the feel-good qualities of One Good Deed and the crowdsourcing methods of Like My Mother Always Said, Erin McHugh's latest book is an inspirational guide about letting the future win over the past.

Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is at once a satiric caricature of Edwardian conventions and a vivid portrayal of the mentality of a genius.

Runt Higgins has a long to-do list. He needs to find out who cursed him, and why; he needs to make up with his best friend, Syke; and he needs to pass the Junior Henchman Training Program. That last one? Not likely. Professor Murphy hates Runt and is actively trying to fail him. The only way for Runt to pass the class and stay at Dr. Critchlore's school is to locate a rare mineral that Dr. Critchlore needs to make an Undefeatable Minion. To find it, Runt must travel to icy Upper Worb and battle gyrfalcons, yetis … and the loathsome team from Dr. Pravus's school. Their newest member? Runt's former best friend, Syke.

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江边一棵树下，平放着董晓阳浑身插满箭的尸体，忽必烈蹲在尸体旁，表情凝重。旁边站着董文炳、姚枢、兀良合台、刘秉忠等人，眼睁睁看着忽必烈一个个地拔着董晓阳身上的箭，不敢言语。等箭都拔完，忽必烈仰望天空，大喊道：“七十八支箭。上苍夺我的爱将，此仇必报，此仇必报啊！”

许多人在工作和学习中遇到烦恼，并不是完全因为能力方面出现了问题，而可能是因为人际关系上的挫折造成的。每个人都需要沟通，但是具备很好的沟通能力并不是所有人都能做到的。众所周知，FBI的工作效率在全球众多组织中都是卓有成效的，其工作人员超强的沟通能力为其完成工作提供了极大助力。本书详细介绍了如何与各种不同对象之间进行沟通的技巧；如何在不同环境中选择最合适的沟通方法；如何解决沟通过程中遇到的瓶颈和困难；如何用最小的成本完成最有效的沟通；如何接近难以接近的人物，包括不可企及的人、性格古怪不容易沟通的人、圆滑而难以进行有效沟通的人、麻木而需要引导的人等等，当然也包括普通的人际沟通理念和技巧。

自人类踏出蓝星征服第一颗移民星球起，便进入了星际时代。星际时代实力雄厚的蓝星众国争相走出所在的恒星系，抢占已发现的可移民星球。随着移民星球不断的被开发，丰富的资源使得科技的发展日新月异，尤其在通讯方面最为迅速。星空网的建立打破了空间限制，解决了不同星体之间实时通信问题。时间不断的推移，星空网逐渐的成为了人类的重要工具，从最开始的重要的政要会议、学术讨论、到后来的商务、娱乐等都搭在其上。一直到了现在游戏成为了其中的重要组成部分。

魔童降世版敖丙变小后的故事看着变小后的敖丙，哪吒大喊道：娘！你能过来帮我给敖丙梳个头吗？！

晃晃数年过去，尹小依旧单恋林格，悄无声息跟在他身后。从同学到同事，从朋友到恋人，她从未想过，有那么一天，他会主动向她靠近。

上吊气绝的怀王妃居然又活了，王府上下皆传妖孽邪祟之说，怀王妃伸出一根食指左右摆动：“非也，非也，啧啧，唉……说来甚是可惜，本王妃差点上天做了神仙，此番是踏着七彩祥云回来的。”某王：“听说你差点上天做神仙，还是踏着彩云回来的。”神采奕奕的怀王妃连着说了两个正是，正欲故作玄虚的唬上他一番，不料某王薄唇轻启：“如此，烦请你打哪儿的来回哪儿去。”多年以后，楼栏边伫立着一道挺拔身影，正负手遥望天边彩霞，身后乍落下一名侍卫几不可闻的叹息一声。男子忽然开口，细听之下哽咽颤抖：“霜期，你说她还会踏着彩云回来吗？”侍卫闻言一滞，沉声回道：“陛下，放下罢，她……已经没了。”暮色西沉，眼睁睁望着天边那抹缤纷色彩隐入黑暗，他一动未动，身姿依旧坚韧挺拔。无人看见，那双随着一抹晚霞消失渐渐灰暗的眸子，谁也不得见，帝王早已泪流满面。

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。

她是千年前的皇家公主，最后死在至亲的毒酒之下。她是自幼生长于孤儿院的孤女。经过了家人十几年的努力她最终回归了家庭。家人对她极尽宠爱，让她感受到了前所未有的温暖。只是无人知道寻找回来的她亦是穿越千年而来的她。因为这一份温情让上一世死在亲人手中的她，慢慢的接受了这个陌生的身份和陌生的家庭，以及为了守护这份温情愿意拼尽自己的所有。对外他是帝都最有名的古董收藏家，是收藏界的权威。据说家中收藏的宝物无数，对于自己收藏的每一件藏品都能如数家珍，亦有一双可以化腐朽为神奇的巧手，凡是经过他修复的文物都可以丝毫不差的恢复原貌。被人称为收藏界大神的他，也觉得自己无愧于“大神”的名头。忽然有一天他的这个名头差点折在一个小丫头的手里，这让他觉得很不可思议。于是他打算亲自去“会会”那个让他差点“砸了”招牌的小丫头，只是后来越了解，他越觉得那个小丫头不简单，最后竟然生出把她占为己有的想法。自此他在追妻的路上一去不回，后来他才发现不愧是他看上的人，就连身份都是与众不同的。即便他收藏的珍宝无数，却都不如她来的珍贵，离奇，有故事。她经历了穿越，替代她人，凭空多出来的能力等一切不可思议的事情，最后才发现自己竟然还有更加曲折离奇的身世。她一直以为自己可以看透所有的古物，甚至感受到它们的来历，都是因为那不可思议的能力，却没想到竟然是另有原因。

1949年年初，国共内战接近尾声，国民党总裁蒋介石收拾残兵败将，“料理后事”准备逃往台湾；共产党领袖毛泽东一面运筹帷幄策动“宜将剩勇追穷寇”，一面殚精竭虑筹划建立新政权。此时，国共在另一个看不见硝烟的战场上，展开了一场对文化名人的激烈争夺战。国民党虽大势已去，但“贼心不死”以图东山再起，仍有一部分文化名人“死心塌地”地跟着蒋介石去台湾；共产党即将上台“坐天下”，需要大量文化名人捧台，于是在共产党高层的周密策划和精心组织下，一批秘密潜入香港的文化名人分期分批北上，抵达北平准备参加标志着“大团圆”的新政协会议。