The Serious Business of Small Talk

American democracy, argues Charles Derber, is being subverted in the name of democracy itself. Derber shows how the current regime has maintained power by intensifying the red/blue culture wars—supporting religious extremists, exploiting terrorism fears, and manipulating the electoral process.

Jules Verne's novel colorfully recaptures the spirit of its time, when readers were fascinated by new technologies and eager to discover faraway places. Phileas Fogg wagers half his fortune on the astounding proposition that he can travel all the way around the world in just 80 days. With his faithful French servant, Passepartout, Phileas Fogg embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, travelling across four continents by whatever means he can - train, elephant, steam ship - and experiencing endless surprises and mishaps along the way. This travelogue sweeps through many exotic settings, including the jungles of India, where Fogg and Passepartout rescue a rajah's widow, and across the Pacific to the American frontier, where they brave a bison stampede and an attack by Sioux Indians.

It's Boston, 1919, and the Cast Iron club is packed. On stage, hemopaths —whose "afflicted" blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art —Corinne and Ada have been best friends ever since infamous gangster Johnny Dervish recruited them into his circle. By night they perform for Johnny's crowds, and by day they con Boston's elite. When a job goes wrong and Ada is imprisoned, she realizes how precarious their position is. After she escapes, two of the Cast Iron's hires are shot, and Johnny disappears. With the law closing in, Corinne and Ada are forced to hunt for answers, even as betrayal faces them at every turn. An ideal next read for fans of Libba Bray's The Diviners.

Nicholas Nickleby (or The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby) is a novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens's third novel. Left penniless by the death of his improvident father, young Nicholas Nickleby assumes responsibility for his mother and sister and seeks help from his Scrooge-like Uncle Ralph. Instantly disliking Nicholas, Ralph sends him to teach in a school run by the stupidly sadistic Wackford Squeers. Nicholas decides to escape, taking with him the orphan Smike, one of Squeers's most abused young charges, and the two embark on a series of adventurous encounters with an array of humanity's worst and best—greedy fools, corrupt lechers, cheery innocents, and selfless benefactors. 'Nickleby' marks a new development in a further sense as it is the first of Dickens's romances. When it was published the book was an immediate and complete success and established Dickens's lasting reputation.

'Each year Eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble.' Ted Hughes Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of Collected Poems 1909-1962 includes his verse from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943), and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.

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。

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。

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斗转星移，物是人非。漫长的世界历史画卷上写满了兴盛与衰亡、辉煌与悲怆。多少风流人物，多少英雄豪杰，在历史的长河中悄然隐去。然而，仍有许许多多曾创造了不朽业绩的杰出人物名彪史册，业传千秋。拭去历史的风尘，人们依稀看见那些改写人类历史的政治家、军事家；人们仍旧忆起那些拯救人类危机的谋略家、外交家；人们还会记得那些推动人类文明进程的思想家、科学家、发明家；人们至今难忘那些为人类生产精神盛宴的文学家、艺术家；人们深深感谢那些创造人类物质财富的企业家、经济学家。

陈晓站在天台上：“你要是不录取我，我就从这跳下去。”招生办老师一脸愤怒：“这是谁家的孩子，把他父母找来？”半晌，陈母匆匆赶来，站在了陈晓身边，大义凛然道：“要是不录取我儿子，我们娘俩就从这跳下去。”众人：“…”一个坑儿的“妈”，一个便宜的师姐，一个稳中带皮的小萝莉，一个不怼人就不舒服斯基的主角，组成了一个在灵气复苏时代搅风搅雨的搅屎棍组合！又名《剑客是怎样炼成的》……主角最喜欢的一句话就是——我不管强扭的瓜甜不甜，我扭下来就很开心了。

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。

叶勐，河北省作协会员。作品见于《人民文学》《芙蓉》等期刊。小说《老正是条狗》入选《2005年短篇小说年选》。《亡命之徒》电影改编。《塞车》被译成英文。《为什么要把小说写得这么好》获2008年度河北十佳优秀作品奖。现为河北省文学院签约作家。

张倩一直以为爱情就是以我心换你心，又怎么会知道爱情也会是真心换伤心！“我是真的爱你，但是……但是我也爱她，”杜志江说，“你能骗我一次又一次是因为我爱你！相信你！从今天起，你的爱我不要了，我的爱你也没资格……”她挺直脊背离开，没人看到地上碎成花的泪滴……

一朝变身丞相嫡女，斗姨娘，甩渣男，想要娶我？王爷又如何，先斗的过我再说！

一个创造了神迹，让世界为之疯狂的魔术大师陈墨古突然死了，以一种无比诡异的方式结束了生命。一本民国时期译本《理想国》摊在他身边，结尾处写着：一切始于11。而同天上午11点，年轻人苏朗身上带血地从陈墨古的别墅里走出，神色仓皇。一切只是巧合吗？为什么一夜之间，伤口离奇复合、刑警拘传围捕、自己杀人成为逃犯……各种怪事都集中到了苏郎身上？刺入他身体、逼得他走投无路的东西真的是龙骨吗？为什么从那以后，世界就变成了所谓超能力选民之间的战争？得到龙骨，真的能成为新世界的神吗？老子、柏拉图、达芬奇、爱因斯坦、卡夫卡、希特勒……