Stepping Up目录

Years after the events of Spencer's Mountain, Clay Spencer—Clay-Boy's father—fails to return home on Christmas Eve. Leaving his worried family to keep watch at the homestead, Clay-Boy takes to the snowy Virginia hills in search of his father. Along the way, he meets an irate deer, a threatening county sheriff, a congregation of African-American churchgoers, and two elderly women who happen to be bootleggers. The story of Clay-Boy's search for his father is told with warmth and intensity.Along with its prequel, Spencer's Mountain, The Homecoming was the inspiration for the popular television show The Waltons, which starred Richard Thomas, Andrew Duggan, and Patricia Neal, and ran for nine years between 1972 and 1981. Over fifty years after its publication, this novel still has the power to move and inspire.

With stories by acclaimed and exciting new YA writers: Louise HawesJ. James Keels Ron Koertge Chris Lynch Norma Fox Mazer Lauren Myracle Jamie Pittel Anita Riggio Mary Ann Rodman Ellen Wittlinger Jacqueline Woodson Tim Wynne-Jones A stellar line-up of young adult writers examines our relationship with beauty in stories that haunt, amuse, stir, and fascinate. A beauty queen with a chin-hair problem, an aspiring model who would rather take pictures than be in them, a boy in love with the gorgeous nurse he's never seen, a girl named Beauty who feels like anything but—the teenagers in these dozen stories feel the power of beauty, whether it's to trap, save, torment, or comfort. In an era when image seems to have triumphed over virtue and reason, this timely, discussion-provoking collection asks young readers to think about what is truly beautiful.

When beautiful, glamorous fashion buyer Janis Morton goes on a cruise, she's looking forward to sun, fun, and a little harmless flirtation. And when she meets Clive Trent, the gorgeous son of a well-known French fashion designer, she's sure she's found what she's looking for.So is Trent--but he's looking for something entirely different. To escape an arranged marriage, Clive has a plan: marry the first girl he meets on the cruise. Will Janis go along with his wild scheme--without losing her heart in the process?

This novel is both a trenchant denunciation of government, aristocracy, the judicial system, and the Church as well as a highly personal statement of Tolstoy's belief in human redemption and spiritual development. It tells the story of a Russian nobleman who comes face to face with the sins of his pgsk.com Prince Nekhlyudov serves on a jury at the trial of a prostitute arrested for murder, he is horrified to discover that the accused is a woman he had once seduced and abandoned. His guilt at the central role he played in her ruin soon leads him on a quest for forgiveness as he follows her into the prisons of Siberia.

少年也会长大，学会了坚强才能看见世间的人心险恶，处处是陷阱，商场的金钱和利益感情不会太坚固，也许是你我之间参杂了太多的纠葛，有些东西算来就是命，可是我偏不想相信，后来我相信了，可是也没法跟你说。谁都不是主角，这是在生活。

十八线的周晓晓对于拿下顾总这位大BOSS，周晓晓内流满面。“顾总，请问你看上我哪点了，我下次一定改......”某女委屈得眼红红，像只小兔子。“小巧？”顾总邪气地挑眉。某女沉默，突然眼前一亮，“下部剧我是女二，片酬应该不少，塞不了硅胶塞个水袋应该没问题。”“我正式通知你，下部剧你没戏了。”

这本小说是去年我在收拾书房的时候，看到我初中时代写的虚构小说，然后就码上网上，给初中时代的自己一个交代吧

“琉璃心”玉戒被盗，让他把目光放到了她的身上。第一次，她如一小太妹，穿着夸张，蛮横泼辣，骂人功力一流。第二次，她却摇身变成一个优雅女郎，慵懒自在，狂傲夺目，以一手惊人的赌技艳压全场。第三次，她穿着清凉，平易近人，左右逢源，信手拈来几句话就把一群考古学者哄得服服贴贴。片断版：【片断一】“过来。”某男朝正玩着各种各样步枪的女子缓缓开口。“没空。”某女说得那个头也不回。“碧琉璃。”男子危险的眯眼。“再吵我崩了你。”两手各提起一把短枪，一个优美的回旋，两支枪管直指向床上的男人。“长本事了。”【片断二】诺大的林子里，两道黑影快速的飞奔着。“好家伙，窜得真快。”趴在夜阑风背上的琉璃回首看着身后如影追随的庞然大物，眼微眯的扫视周围。“前面有个约六米宽的大坑，我们从中间跃过，把这些东西全部引进里面炸了。”“和我想的一样。”琉璃点头，伸出手轻轻的朝手表上一拍，一条银钢丝飞了出来，稳稳的定在对面的一根大树上。“跳。”“收。”夜阑风一个跃高，琉璃一个收线，只见两道身影瞬间从大坑中跨过，划过一道优美的弧形，“把威力最猛的炸弹送你们作礼物吧。”跃过之时，琉璃把手中拿着的炸弹再向后扔去，一个回手紧紧拥上夜阑风的脖子，贴在他的耳边轻笑：“老大，我们真是天生一对呢。”

“我得给你买个指南针，免得你被我惯的找不着北”“我身体很好，可以扛米袋子，扛煤气罐，就是扛不住想你”“我们合作一下吧”“合作什么？”“往后的余生”1V1，双洁

“如果我们之间有距离，你就只站着等，等我把所有的距离都走过。”十七岁的少年秦浙喜欢上大他四岁的大学女生简安，即使知道她有了青梅竹马的未婚夫，即使遭到好友的坚决反对，依然义无反顾的走了下去。

长安街头上一个穿着破衣烂衫的叫花子在人流中躲躲闪闪的走着，脸被涂的黑乎乎的，头发也是乱糟糟，可是她一双明亮的眼睛却如星辰般，乌黑闪闪，她低着头警惕的朝周围打量着，打量了很久见并没有人注意到她，她才放松下来，朝城门走去。她叫诺儿，那个人是这么叫他的。没有人知道她到底叫什么名字，这几年在安乐侯府，也没有人叫过她什么名字，她们都管她叫臭丫头，但她知道，她叫诺儿。

不是只有脱轨才能改变婚姻的走向。现实生活中，许彦明这种直男老公才是生活的主要成分，而女主戚汐要面对的，除了扎心的夫妻关系，更有生活中数不尽的焦头烂额。夫妻相处，婆媳关系，经济独立，父母赡养，孩子教育，二胎计划……对生活、婚姻理解尚浅的四个性格各异的姑娘，在不同的人生轨迹中，是选择坚强，还是选择放弃。生活，真的会对她们微笑吗？

一手好牌打得稀巴烂，死了刚好一了百了，可谁来告诉她，这他妈是个什么鬼。“滴——滴——，请宿主完成XXXXXXX，否则将被困系统世界一百年。”莫名其妙重生为人，却被迫绑了个系统在身，无时无刻不在鞭策这她前行，想死的心都有了。“老板，一碗蛋炒饭，不好吃我会退货。”男人脑瓜子上盖着一鸭舌帽，脑袋垂得低低的，说话挺有气势的。“艹——”突然梗住话，耳边响起系统的碎碎念“切勿口出狂言”，否则将遭受系统惩罚。“——好。”几乎从牙齿缝里挤出的回答，转身开始准备，心里却默默吐槽，妈的最好吃得梗死算了，一碗蛋炒饭以为鲍鱼啊，还退货。

本故事讲一个现代医学世家一同仁堂重点培养的中成药制药师继承人穿越在一个仙侠世界，凭一手制药技术拜师，终成一个横跨仙，妖，人三界的绝世丹师，暗恋且苦恋着天界第一杀神，上演一场凄美绝伦但皆大欢喜的爱情剧