公元2012年10月11日，一次超高能量的强子对撞机实验引发了无人能够想象的后果。世界范围内，时间场被扭曲，每隔二十个小时，一切都会还原到10月11日早上6点47分的状态，除了人们的记忆之外。时间的循环无穷无尽，一个不可思议的新纪元由此开始。韩方，北京一名最普通的大学生，和朋友们一起经历了这个新纪元最初的震惊和灾难。在每况愈下的混乱局势中，他们必须设法自救。此后的世界被疯狂和愚昧所席卷，他们的生活分崩离析，在黑暗的时代中仍坚守着希望。经历种种劫难后，一个自称受到时间之神指引的神秘教派又在全球范围兴起，教主保罗似乎掌握了幕后真相，通过精心安排的计划把人类带向不可知的未来。 当令人窒息的真相逐步揭开时，韩方发现，在这片时间的废墟上，他和一个神秘的少女竟然肩负着世界最后的希望，可他们将如何拯救这
这是陕西作家李晓兵标志性作品，2005年中国以民工为题材的同名电视剧的文学脚本，它讲述了一群游走在现代都市的社会层的城市边缘人——农民工生活的故事。该小说真实地记录了现代都市里一群被忽视的农民工合法追讨微薄的血汗钱，却被诱拐、诱骗、致残、致死的一些鲜为人知的真相；不加掩盖地暴露了黑心包工头纠党结伙、非法牟取暴利、欺骗压榨农民工的暴戾面目。这里是一个真实的世界，没有夸张，没有矫情，一切的一切都是他们生活的血泪史，看了，你一定会流泪。
这是陕西作家李晓兵标志性作品，2005年中国以民工为题材的同名电视剧的文学脚本，它讲述了一群游走在现代都市的社会层的城市边缘人——农民工生活的故事。该小说真实地记录了现代都市里一群被忽视的农民工合法追讨微薄的血汗钱，却被诱拐、诱骗、致残、致死的一些鲜为人知的真相；不加掩盖地暴露了黑心包工头纠党结伙、非法牟取暴利、欺骗压榨农民工的暴戾面目。这里是一个真实的世界，没有夸张，没有矫情，一切的一切都是他们生活的血泪史，看了，你一定会流泪。
年轻貌美、气性高傲的芭思希芭·埃弗汀来到威瑟伯里，继承她叔叔的农场。农场主波德伍德以及年轻英俊的中士特洛伊先后爱上了她，错综复杂的爱情纠葛导致了一出发生在远离尘嚣之地的悲剧。 ??
在波澜壮阔的三国时代，除了曹操、诸葛亮、刘备、孙权、周瑜等家喻户晓的人物，还有许多配角，他们也有自己的喜怒哀乐。作者从微小的史料记载中，想象出许多配角的故事。 ???《街亭》借“马谡失街亭”事件，追问马谡的结局，*后揭示了街亭之战被掩埋的真相。 ???《白帝城之夜》以刘备白帝城病重为背景，虚构了一出皇位更迭的故事。 ???《官渡杀人事件》讲述徐他刺杀曹操事件，这背后隐藏着怎样的悄无声息却惊心动魄的激烈交锋？ ???《宛城惊变》分析“宛城之战”必死之局为何只有曹操逃出生天的秘密。 ???《孔雀东南飞》中焦仲卿与刘兰芝二人的爱情悲剧与三国波澜壮阔的群雄争霸有何关联？ ???《洛神赋》流传千古，甄宓、曹丕、曹植三人之间究竟有何纠葛？ ???《三国新语》与《三国志·步幸传》借三国史实逸事
Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home. It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind!
In Act I, at a dinner party given by a famed British actor, one of the guests drops dead. In Act II, at a second dinner, which includes some of the same guests, another death occurs. Two dead men may equal murder. One of the guests, Hercule Poirot, follows suspects (often literally) and clues, both real and "staged," to bring the curtain down on the killer. Andrew Sachs gives this minor Christie vigor and authenticity, even to an unoriginal motive. His Poirot is methodical, polite, and perfectly accented, but sounds like other Poirots. Sachs's best interpretations are those of the actor's young fiancée and the killer. M.T.B.
"A high-octane thrill ride that kept me on the edge of my seatand up far too late at night!" --Lisa Jackson When a teenage girl dies in a suspicious fire, Detective OliviaSutherland is assigned to track down the arsonist. Then shediscovers something more sinister: a vicious blackmailer who preyson young people and murders without hesitation. Making her workeven harder is sexy firefighter David Hunter. He's not only sharingthe case but sparking memories of their long-ago night of passion,when feelings were left unspoken and hearts were broken. David has his own ghosts, and a million regrets. But while he andOlivia try to face the wall of pain between them, a diabolicalpuppet master is pulling strings to make a group oftwentysomethings do his bidding. Soon Olivia and David are scouringthe city for a calculating criminal who seems tantalizinglyclose--and is moving in for the kill.
Treasure Island: A Kaplan Vocabulary Building Classic for Young Readers features: ·400 vocabulary words to help students aged 9-12 improve their vocabulary while reading classic literature ·Glossary of important vocabulary words on the pages facing the text of the story ·1 page of discussion questions ·1 page of strategies for students to use to learn the meanings of difficult vocabulary words ·1 page of tips for writing a book report
Grade 9 Up–Johnson begins this exceptional novel in a lightweight fashion but quickly segues into more serious issues that affect the three young women who make up the Bermudez Triangle. It is the summer before their senior year in Saratoga Springs, NY. At first, organized, serious Nina has trouble adjusting to her leadership workshop at Stanford University. Although she desperately misses Avery and Mel, who are waitresses at a restaurant back home, she quickly falls head over heels for eco-warrior Steve, who has grown up in a commune on the West Coast–so different from Nina's secure middle-class experience. When she returns to New York, she immediately senses that Mel and Avery are keeping secrets and soon discovers that they have become lovers. Rocked to the core, Nina wishes them happiness, but feels excluded and lonely, especially as her long-distance relationship begins to deteriorate. As is typical for teens, the girls obsess ad nauseam over their romantic relationships. Yet this narrow focus
Kate Daniels cleans up the paranormal problems no one else wantsto deal with-especially if they involve Atlanta's shapeshiftingcommunity. And now there's a new player in town-a foe that may be too much foreven Kate and Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, to handle. Becausethis time, Kate will be taking on family.
The photos come one every week. A beautiful baby. A growing toddler. The apple of someone's eye. Then Carlotta finds out who has been sending her the snapshots--and why. Now, she begins an investigation into a revered Boston hospital and the possibility that a seven-year-old cancer patient was murdered there. And when her client goes missing and a stalker comes crashing into her life, Carlotta knows that in a realm of clashing egos and big-time medicine, a killer is desperately trying to cover his tracks. But what he has to hide, how far it reaches, and how many hearts it will break are still unclear. Until Carlotta gets the big picture--and faces an evil that she must conquer...any way she can.
These Comedies are among the best loved of Shakespeare's plays. In each a problem emerges, is then intensified to a point of maximum confusion and potential upset, before the chaos is resolved, however improbably, into general goodwill and a spate of marriages. The triumph of these plays lies in the way they mingle humorous stage business and dexterous word play with a more serious study of identity, gender, dreaming, the meaning of love, even of the theatre itself. They reassure us that with all its faults, the world will always in the end be redeemable. The Tragedies with Introductions by Emma Smith 'Not for an age but for all time.' So Ben Jonson established what we now take for granted: Shakespeare's unique place among the world's great authors. Romeo and Juliet shows us the archetypal story of fated young love; Hamlet, the tortured psyche of the young prince of Denmark; Othello, a strikingly modern representation of racial difference; King Lear, a man stripped of all material and psychologica
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock--and was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent find a team that needs him. Against enormous odds, Rick finally gets a job--as the starting quarterback for the Mighty Panthers... of Parma, Italy. The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player--any former NFL player--at their helm. And now they've got Rick, who knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) and doesn't speak a word of Italian. To say that Italy--the land of fine wines, extremely small cars, and.football americano--holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement
