Spirit Level

Shirley, It was Bronte's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Bronte's pseudonym Currer Bell). Set in Yorkshire during the time of the Luddite unrest—a labor movement that began in 1811-1812 in an effort to protect the interests of the working class—the novel consists of two narrative strands woven together, one involving the struggles of workers against mill owners, and the other involving the romantic entanglements of the two heroines. The novel's popularity led to Shirley's becoming a woman's name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel, Shirley was an uncommon – but distinctly male – name and would have been an unusual name for a woman. Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name and an uncommon male name.

The path to success is rarely easy or direct, and good mentors are hard to find. In Getting There, thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets to navigating the rocky road to the top. In an honest, direct, and engaging way, these role models describe the obstacles they faced, the setbacks they endured, and the vital lessons they learned. They dispense not only essential and practical career advice, but also priceless wisdom applicable to life in general. Getting There is for everyone—from students contemplating their futures to the vast majority of us facing challenges or seeking to reach our potential.

In Graves' unique retelling of his life, Jesus is very much a mortal, and the grandson of King Herod the Great. When his father runs afoul of the King's temper and is executed, Jesus is raised in the house of Joseph the Carpenter. The kingdom he is heir to, in this version of the story, is very much a terrestrial one: the Kingdom of Judea. Graves tells of Jesus' rise as a philosopher, scriptural scholar, and charismatic speaker in sharp detail, as well as his arrest and downfall as a victim of pitiless Roman politics.

In 1842, Christopher Robertson's family lives a difficult life as "crofters," farmers and fishermen so in debt to the landowner that they have no hope of ever breaking free. To make matters worse, Christopher also lives under the thumb of his morally questionable father and devious brother. When his brother frames him for the theft of their father's secret bag of coins, Christopher must leave his home and embark on a journey across the island to return the coins and clear his name. It's a journey that takes twists and turns, including stops in prison, on a smuggler's ship, and at the house of a beautiful girl —and it ends with him escaping to a new life in America, which has dangers of its own.

Vanity Fair called this intensely erotic story of a young woman's sexual and psychological odyssey "a provocative tour through the dark side." Jesse, a beautiful twenty-nine-year-old, is adrift in San Francisco's demimonde of sexually ambiguous, bourbon-drinking, drug-taking outsiders. While desperately trying to sustain a connection with her bisexual boyfriend in a world of confused and forbidden desire, she becomes the caretaker of and confidante to Madame Pig, a besotted, grotesque recluse. Jesse also falls into a dangerous relationship with Madison, Pig's daughter or lover or both, who uses others' desires for her own purposes, hurtling herself and Jesse beyond all boundaries. With Suicide Blonde, Darcey Steinke delves into themes of identity and time, as well as the common - and now tainted - language of sexuality.

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。

一朝穿越，白捡几个便宜夫君，个个貌美多金，还会卖萌撒娇！可娘亲说，真爱只有一个，玉皇大帝，快收走这帮妖孽啊！！！【情节虚构，请勿模仿】

国家教育部颁布了最新《语文课程标准》，统称新课标，对中、小学语文教学指定了阅读书目，对阅读的数量、内容、质量以及速度都提出了明确的要求，这对于提高学生的阅读能力，培养语文素养，陶冶情操，促进学生终身学习和终身可持续发展，对于提高广大人民的文学素养具有极大的意义。

身怀龙族魂，体流龙神血，修得逆天之力，机缘巧合住进一幢只有三个美女的别墅，故事从这里开始------

她是二十一世纪，华夏隐世家族的传承人。因被仇家设计身亡，一朝魂穿到上古修仙大陆北月王朝，帝世家族嫡出小姐。虽有嫡出之名，却没有嫡出之势，人人都可以欺负，只因是个不能修练，没有灵根，又傻的废柴傻子。他与她相遇，是在一次偶然的情况下。而他是超级神秘不知实力的人，一切皆因她初来时占了他的便宜，使他对她感了兴趣。喂，我说你一直跟着我干什么？女人，你既己占了人家的身子，就得为人家负责。你一个大男人，这种事有什么好这种表情的。我不管，反正你就得负责，我是赖定你了。你.当俩人渐渐走近时，各种各样地危险，也随机而来。今生，他们又能否厮守。欢迎各位小仙女们光临作者的新书，有什么话，请尽情畅言。

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。

香港地，六月三日，亚洲电视正在走红的女明星张爱爱新婚当晚被割乳残杀。民怨沸腾，警方震怒，虽全力侦缉，无奈凶犯精明异常，急切间无法破获此案。以后的七月三日、八月三日、九月三日……凶案连续发生，被害者皆当日新婚女性，她们的死法，与张爱爱如出一辙。原来，凶犯是一有身分的翩翩男士，少年时受女性刺激太深，成人后患上偏执报复狂。警方岑之威帮办巧设妙计，与女警员阿宁姑娘深入险境，终与杀手相逢。三人展开搏斗，生死几经反复，最后凶犯伏法。凶犯究竟是谁呢？揭开他的真面，却使整个警方、乃至整个香港社会都深深震动。

【1V1独宠甜文】身为颗先天不足的蛋，官筱琬生怕自己被不长眼的人拿去打了蛋花汤。所以为求破壳，她只能任劳任怨的穿梭在三千世界之中。只可惜这男神怎么都货不对板，说好的高岭之花，怎么长成了食人花。而且还嗷嗷待哺等着成功破壳的官筱琬掉进自己的锅中。官筱琬无辜瞪眼。主神大人，saveme！【推荐自己的老书——《快穿之总有男神想黑化》】

25世纪的蓝星遭到了异世界的入侵，“天狱者”组织横空出世，一个光怪陆离的世界就此出现！

本丛书以统一的体例、创新的形式，讲解各项目的起源与发展、运动保健、基本技术、运动技巧、比赛规则等，注重实用性、可操作性，使读者在学习过程中，不仅能够学会运动健身的方法，同时还能够学到保健方面的基本知识。