第1章 Dedication

Harold Pinter can sketch a world in a few lines which reveal the power of his vision focussed on the horrors that have been and that are to come.

For a lucky few, light conversation at parties and social events is a breeze. For the rest of us, there is Carol Fleming (bestselling author of It's the Way You Say It), who breaks even the shortest bit of small talk into an understandable process that anyone can master.

With an introduction by Meg Rosoff William Golding's final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo. Arieka is one of the last to prophesy at Delphi, in the shadowy years when the Romans were securing their grip on the tribes and cities of Greece. The plain, unloved daughter of a local grandee, she is rescued from the contempt and neglect of her family by her Delphic role. Her ambiguous attitude to the god and her belief in him seem to move in parallel with the decline of the god himself - but things are more complicated than they appear. "A remarkable work...A compelling storyteller as well as a clear-eyed philosopher of the dangerous puzzles of being human." (The Times). "A wonderful central character. The story stretches out as clean and dry and clear as the beach in Lord of the Flies."(Independent). "Feline, deadpan and at moments hilarious." (Observer).

Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, published in monthly parts from 1 October 1846 to 1 April 1848 and in one volume in 1848. Its full title is Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation. The story concerns of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the author's gift for vivid characterization and unfailingly realistic description. As Jonathan Lethem contends in his Introduction, Dickens's "genius … is at one with the genius of the form of the novel itself: Dickens willed into existence the most capacious and elastic and versatile kind of novel that could be, one big enough for his vast sentimental yearnings and for every impulse and fear and hesitation in him that countervailed those yearnings too. Never parsimonious and frequently contradictory, he always gives us everything he can, everything he's planned to give, and then more."

John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. The title creature is a sort of barometer of life at the home of John Peerybingle and his much younger wife Dot. When things go well, the cricket on the hearth chirps; it is silent when there is sorrow. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days. The jealous old man, Tackleton, poisons John's mind about Dot, but the cricket through its supernatural powers restores John's confidence and all ends happily. Dickens described the novel as "quiet and domestic innocent and pretty.".It is the third of Dickens's five Christmas books, preceded by A Christmas Carol (1843) and The Chimes (1844), and followed by The Battle of Life (1846) and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848).

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。

本书精选了2016年度发表在国内文学期刊的优秀的20部短篇小说。分别为方方的《云淡风轻》，黄咏梅的《病鱼》，徐则臣的《狗叫了一天》，张玉清的《一百年》等。这些短篇小说题材涉及广泛，内容有深度，无论从思想性、艺术性，还是可读性来讲都极具代表性。

系统：我家宿主要上天，徒手拆cp不过瘾，还要手撕男女主，世界崩了一个又一个，跪求阻止宿主的108种方式，在线等，挺急的！网友惊恐，盖起万丈高楼：请带你的宿主远离我们的世界！离歌：小伙伴们别害怕，本宝宝从不滥杀无辜，撕人，我是专业的！某男：系统已被卸载，小歌儿已被打包带回家。造人，我是专业的！离歌：……【双洁，男主唯一】

作家李春雷、李铮站在中华民族实现伟大复兴的高度，深入研究古今中外，特别是改革开放以来精神文明建设的脉络过程，进行详细梳理、深层思考和准确把握，创造性地以二十八个感人故事为经，以古今中外“善行”脉络特别是改革开放以来精神文明建设历程为纬，把理性文字变成了清泉般灵动、绿叶般鲜活的形象描述。这两条线索和两种叙述，像藤萝缠绕树干，既泾渭分明，又融为一体，层层推进。步步深入，相映成趣，相得益彰，使读者在激情阅读的同时。不知不觉地进入深度阅读、深层感悟。正是这方面的重大突破，使得《善行启示录》实现了思想性、文学性的完美结合，成为一本着力呈现社会主义核心价值观建设的长篇报告文学，具有独特的现实意义。

人生本来就是一个自我完善和提高的过程，不同的人会用不同的方式演绎自己的人生，但是如果缺少了处世的智慧，生命便会黯然失色。处世是一种哲学，也是一门艺术。处世无方者，经常到处碰壁、举步维艰；处世得法者，常能左右逢源、进退自如。在充满激烈竞争的人类社会中，掌握为人处世的技巧，会使我们更清楚地认识和了解人性，从而赢得更多成功的机会。所以，如何获得处世的技巧便成了永恒的话题。正所谓“观今宜鉴古，无古不成今”，本书就是通过解读古代圣贤的处世哲学，揭示为人处世的智慧及人生哲理。

她欣喜的准备与他的婚礼，不料却意外撞见他和别的女人厮混！那么不堪的一幕，她气愤不已的质问，却招来狗男女的合谋杀害！含恨而死！一朝重生，竟穿越到一个人见人打的小乞丐身上，老天！你既然给我机会重生，我便不在这般活着。从此不在做弱小之人，陷害我的，我加倍奉还！欺凌我的，全部去死！推荐新文：《残王毒妃：本宫有系统》

当眼前一黑眩晕袭来的时候某女才真的了解到熬夜修仙打游戏是一件多么不惜命的事情可眼睛再次一睁，四肢百骸痛不欲生，她被包得像个木乃伊大粽子！莫名记忆猛然袭来天道是她爹，天劫是她舅，阎王是她二伯伯，西天王母是姨妈！那她还修个屁的仙，当条咸鱼抱大腿要多爽有多爽！只不过……寻亲旅途任重而道远呐……

傅平获得了金手指——一个残缺的小世界却从此沦为工具人，游荡在诸天万界（抄X）借鉴他们的法则“山寨万界，完善自己”是傅平万年不变的口号

世上真有长生不老的「不死药」吗？他用匕首刺进了自己的手臂，可是竟然没有鲜血流出，伤口又迅速愈合，甚至连一点痛的感觉都没有。他究竟还可以算是人吗？一个死囚在将临行刑前的几小时，突然求见素未谋面的卫斯理。有感此宗谋杀案疑点重重，他毅然答应了死囚的要求，协助他成功越狱。谁料一向机警的卫斯理，今次竟从开始就跌进了陷阱，最终更被迫喝下了「不死药」。

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。