男人就怕不把他当回事的女人,因为他不知道该对这样的女人怎么办。人生是不是很奇怪,得到的人追求过程而在过程中奋斗的人却无时不刻的想看到结果到底是什么。谁都知道大泡泡是要破的,可是泡泡越吹越大的时候非常诱人,人们宁可相信它会无限制的大。这个世界当然有正义,但她是深藏不露的。
Originally subtitled "An Adventurous Education, 1935-1946",this book is a key volume in Kerouac's lifework, the series ofautobiographical novels he referred to as The Legend of Duluoz. Awonderfully unassuming look back at the origins of his career--aprehistory of the Beat era, written from the perspective of thepsychedelic '60s.
The Happiest Man in the World buoyantly describesseventy-four-year-old David Pearlman, a restless and migratorysoul, a mariner, a musician, a member of the Explorers Club and afriend of the San Francisco Beats, a former preacher and signpainter, a polymath, a pauper, and a football strategist for theRed Mesa Redskins of the Navajo Nation. When Pearlman was fifty, hewas bitten on the hand by a dog in Mexico and for two years got sosick that he thought he would die. When he recovered, he felt sodifferent that he decided he needed a new name. He began callinghimself Poppa Neutrino, after the itinerant particle that is sosmall it can hardly be detected. To Neutrino, the particlerepresents the elements of the hidden life that assert themselvesdiscreetly. Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki, Neutrino is the only manever to build a raft from garbage he found on the streets of NewYork and sail it across the North Atlantic. The New York Daily News described the accomplishment as “the sailof the cent
In the town of Hawkins Hollow, itas called the Seven. Everyseven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, madnessdescends on this small town. But three men bound by blood and threewomen bound by ancestry to a demon have pledged their soulsaandtheir heartsato stop it.
Written during 1951-52, this novel was an underground legendby the time it was finally published in 1972. Written in anexperimental form, Kerouac created the ultimate account of hisvoyages with Neal Cassady, which he captured in a different formfor On the Road.
Olivia MacBride still has nightmares about the night herfather murdered her mother. Her parents had been Hollywood's goldencouple, until Olivia woke one night to see her raging father,scissors in hand, holding her mother's dead body. After herfather's imprisonment, Olivia is sent to live with her grandparentson the Washington coast. But as she grows older, she is tormentedby the need to discover what really happened that night. With thehelp of young writer Noah Brady, Olivia is compelled to revisit theghosts of her past. What she doesn't know is that the past is stillvery much alive - and a shocking truth is about to be uncovered...Strong women. Powerful suspense. Fall into the grip of a NoraRoberts novel and it will never let you go.
First in a brand new series from the "New York Times"bestselling creator of the Myth and Phule novels. A low-stakes conartist and killer poker player, Griffen "Grifter" McCandlesgraduated college fully expecting his wealthy family to have a jobwaiting for him. Instead, his mysterious uncle reveals a strangefamily secret: Griffen and his sister, Valerie, are actuallydragons. Unwilling to let Uncle Mal take him under his wing, so tospeak, Griffen heads to New Orleans with Valerie to make a livingthe only way he knows how. And even the criminal underworld of theFrench Quarter will heat up when Griffen lands in town.
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller “The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl. . . . [It] is liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership.”—The New York Times “Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages.”—The Boston Globe “Gone Girlfans will devour this psychological thriller.”—People A debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the trai
Together in one extraordinary boxed set- "Naked in Death,""Glory in Death," and "Immortal in Death"-the first three In Deathnovels featuring New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas. Naked inDeath Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant using herinstincts to hunt for a ruthless killer. Breaking every rule, Evegets involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire-and a suspect inEve's murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rulesall their own. Glory in Death Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas has noproblem finding connections between two violent crimes. Bothvictims were beautiful and highly successful women whose intimaterelations with men of great power and wealth provide Eve with along list of suspects-including her own lover, Roarke. Immortal inDeath A top model is dead, the victim of a brutal murder. PoliceLieutenant Eve Dallas puts her professional life on the line totake the case when suspicion falls on her best friend, the otherwoman in a fatal love triangle. And beneath the facade of glamour,Ev
The gripping international bestseller about motherhood goneawry Eva never really wanted to be a mother—and certainly not themother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow highschool students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher whotried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday.Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms withmarriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin's horrific rampagein a series of startlingly direct correspondences with herestranged husband, Franklyn. Uneasy with the sacrifices and socialdemotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarmingdislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him sonihilistically off the rails.
OVER THE NEXT DECADET, TW'O OUT of every three companies Will face thechallenge of their corporate lives: redefining their core business to stay competitive.Buffeted by ever-stiffening global competition,shifting global dynamics, andacceleratingchange, business leaders face an increasinglyuncertain future. More and more, executives will realize that they must m ke fundamental changes in their companies' ore to spur growth in the future--even as they continue to deliver the goods and services that keep their firms in business today. Unstoppable shows you how to look deep within your organization to find undervalued, unrecognized, or underutilizdd assets--in the form of business platforms, customer insights,and capabilities--that can serve as new foundations for sustainable growth. Drawing on extensive studies and more than thirty in-depth interviews with CEOs from firms as diverse as De Beers,American Express, Li & Fung, and Harman International, Chris Zook explains how to know when your company's co
Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,earlymorning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? Fornearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberatedthroughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks andshaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, andwitty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yetit is a work of nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugelyentertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnantof the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of alandmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkablecharacters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman'sCard Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless reclusewho owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man,woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern bellewho is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariouslyfunny black drag queen; the acerbic and ar
"Wicked and provocative...Vidal's purview of Hollywood in oneof its golden ages is fascinating." --"Chicago Tribune" In hisbrilliant and dazzling new novel, Gore Vidal sweeps us into one ofthe most fascinating periods of American political and socialchange. The time is 1917. In Washington, President Wilson is aboutto lead the United States into the Great War. In California, a newindustry is born that will transform America: moving pictures. Hereis history as only Gore Vidal can re-create it: brimming withintrigue and scandal, peopled by the greats of the silver screenand American politics, from Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanksto Franklin D. Roosevelt and the author's own grandfather, theblind Senator Gore. With Hollywood, Vidal once again proves himselfa superb storyteller and a perceptive chronicler of human nature'sendless deceptions. "From the Paperback edition."
InTormentfallenangelDanielandhismortalloveLucindathinktheyaresafebutevilforcesaremassingagainstthem.AsLucelearnsmoreaboutherpast,anddiscoversthatthelivesshe'salreadylivedholdthekeytoherfuturehappiness;shestartstowonderifDanielhastoldherthewholetruth.Whatifhisversionofeventsisn'tthewaythingshappened?Whatifthatmeansthatshe'sreallymeanttobewithsomeoneelse?
Wedding cake baker Laurel McBane appreciates a strong,intelligent man--a man just like Parker's older brother, Delaney.But Del is out of her reach and too protective of Laurel to evercross the line with her, or so she thinks. After a mind-blowingkiss, Laurel will have to quiet the doubts in her mind to turn amoment of passion into forever.
It’s1988andDexterMayhewandEmmaMorleyhaveonlyjustmet.Butafteronlyonedaytogether,theycannotstopthinkingaboutoneanother.Overtwentyyears,snapshotsofthatrelationshiparerevealedonthesameday—July15th—ofeachyear.DexandEmfacesquabblesandfights,hopesandmissedopportunities,laughterandtears.Andasthetruemeaningofthisonecrucialdayisrevealed,theymustcometogripswiththenatureofloveandlifeitself. 出身平凡的爱玛与俊美自恋的花花公子德克斯特原本像两道平行线,不会有任何交集。大学毕业前夕的一天,两人短暂邂逅,称不上甜蜜,却深深印入彼此心中柔软的部分。此后每年同一天,伦敦、罗马、巴黎、爱丁堡,时空变换,他们焦灼、倾诉、挂念、幻想、安慰、伤害,总是在需要彼此的时刻,一再错过。二十年追逐的尽头,是甘美的琼浆,还是苦涩的酸汁?如果早点懂得,幸福会不会更久一些?
The engrossing historical series of three sisters living ineleventh-century Troyes, France, continues with the tale of Miriam,the lively and daring middle child of Salomon ben Isaac, the greatTalmudic authority. Having no sons, he teaches his daughters theintricacies of Mishnah and Gemara in an era when educating women inJewish scholarship was unheard of. His middle daughter, Miriam, isdetermined to bring new life safely into the Troyes Jewishcommunity and becomes a midwife. As devoted as she is to her chosenpath, she cannot foresee the ways in which she will be tested andhow heavily she will need to rely on her faith. With "RashiasDaughters," author Maggie Anton brings the Talmud andeleventh-century France to vivid life and poignantly captures thestruggles and triumphs of strong Jewish women.