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The Forgotten Soldier (Part 1 of 3)
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Bestselling author Charlie Connelly returns with a First World War memoir of his great uncle, Edward Connelly, who was an ordinary boy sent to fight in a war the likes of which the world had never seen. But this is not just his story; it is the story of all the young forgotten soldiers who fought and bravely died for their country The Forgotten Soldier tells the story of Private Edward Connelly, aged 19, killed in the First World War a week before the Armistice and immediately forgotten, even, it seems, by his own family. Edward died on exactly the same day, and as part of the same military offensive, as Wilfred Owen. They died only a few miles apart and yet there cannot be a bigger contrast between their legacies. Edward had been born into poverty in west London on the eve of the twentieth century, had a job washing railway carriages, was con*ed into the army at the age of eighteen and sent to the Western Front from where he would never return. He lies buried miles from home in a small military cemetery on the outskirts of an obscure town close to the French border in western Belgium. No-one has ever visited him. Like thousands of other young boys, Edward’s life and death were forgotten. By delving into and uncovering letters, poems and war diaries to reconstruct his great uncle’s brief life and needless death; Charlie fills in the blanks of Edward’s life with the experiences of similar young men giving a voice to the voiceless. Edward Connelly’s tragic story comes to represent all the young men who went off to the Great War and never came home. This is a book about the unsung heroes, the ordinary men who did their duty with utmost courage, and who deserve to be remembered.
Naughty or Nice？
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Charlotte sat at the bus stop wondering whether she would make the naughty or nice list this year. Last year she had rescued a stray kitten and therefore considered herself most definitely “nice”. This year she had broken Daniel’s heart into a million tiny pieces, so “naughty” seemed to be the only answer. There’d be no Santa Claus coming down her chimney anytime soon.
Daddy’s Little Princess：Free Sampler
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The latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isn’t long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be. Little Beth, aged 7, has been brought up by her father Derek after her mother left when she was a toddler. When Derek is suddenly admitted to hospital with psychiatric problems Beth is taken into care and arrives at Cathy’s. Beth and her father clearly love each other very much and Derek spoils his daughter, treating her like a princess, but there is something bothering Cathy, something she can’t quite put her finger on. Meanwhile Cathy’s husband is working away a lot and coming home less at weekends. Then, suddenly, everything changes. Events take a dramatic turn for both Beth and Cathy and her family; as Cathy strives to pick up the pieces all their lives are changed forever.
I Miss Mummy：Free Sampler
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Discover the incredible memoirs of internationally bestselling author Cathy Glass with this free extended eBook sample of I Miss Mummy, the story of Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother. Alice, aged four, is snatched by her mother the day she is due to arrive at Cathy's house. Drug-dependent and mentally ill, but desperate to keep hold of her daughter, Alice's mother snatches her from her parents' house and disappears. Cathy spends three anxious days worrying about her whereabouts before Alice is found safe, but traumatised. Alice is like a little doll, so young and vulnerable, and she immediately finds her place in the heart of Cathy's family. She talks openly about her mummy, who she dearly loves, and how happy she was living with her maternal grandparents before she was put into care. Alice has clearly been very well looked after and Cathy can't understand why she couldn't stay with her grandparents. It emerges that Alice's grandparents are considered too old (they are in their early sixties) and that the plan is that Alice will stay with Cathy for a month before moving to live with her father and his new wife. The grandparents are distraught – Alice has never known her father, and her grandparents claim he is a violent drug dealer. Desperate to help Alice find the happy home she deserves, Cathy's parenting skills are tested in many new ways. Finally questions are asked about Alice's father suitability, and his true colours begin to emerge.
Hidden：Free Sampler
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Discover the incredible memoirs of internationally bestselling author Cathy Glass with this free extended eBook sample of Cathy’s second book, and Sunday Times bestseller, Hidden. Tayo is a young boy whose good behaviour and polite manners hide a shocking and terrible past. Tayo arrives at Cathy’s with only the clothes he stands up in. He has been brought to her by the police, but he is calm, polite, and very well spoken, and not at all like the children she normally fosters. The social worker gives Cathy the forms which should contain Tayo’s history, but apart from his name and age, it is blank. Tayo has no past. Tayo is an 'invisible' child, kidnapped from his loving father in Nigeria and brought illegally to the UK by his drink and drugs dependent prostitute mother, where he is put to work in a sweat shop in Central London. When he sustains an injury and is no longer earning, he is cast out. When Cathy takes Tayo to school and he points out a dozen different addresses where he has stayed in the last six months, often being left alone. Tayo lies, and manipulates situations to his own advantage and Cathy has to be continually on guard. Tayo’s social worker searches all computer databases but there is no record of Tayo – he has only attended school for 3 terms and has never seen a doctor. He and his mother have been evading the authorities by living ‘underground’. With his mother recently released from prison, Tayo is desperate to live with his father in Nigeria, but no one can track him down or even prove that he exists.
那年花开·真实的陕商大院(电子杂志)
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近些年，随着《那年花开月正圆》的热播，陕西女首富、陕商、商帮文化再次成为人们的热议话题。不同地域商人群体的故事，伴着波诡云谲的时代叙事，成就了一段段传奇，被写进历史这本大书，也深深地感染着我们。
Sixty Years a Nurse Part 1 of 3
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When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later – one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses. For Mary, raised in a strict convent in rural south Ireland, working in her first London hospital was a shocking and life-changing experience. Against a backdrop of ongoing rationing and poverty, she saw for the first time the horrors of disease, the heart-breaking outcomes of failed abortions – and faced the genuine shock of seeing a man naked for the first time! 60 Years a Nurse follows the dramas and emotions as Mary found her feet during those early years. From the firm friends she made under the ever-watchful gaze of Matron and the sisters, to the eclectic mix of Londoners she strove to care for; the Teddy Boys she danced with and the freedom of living away from home; and her own burgeoning love story, as extraordinary as it was romantic – these are the funny and heartwarming moments that helped Mary to follow her dream.
The Show (sampler) (Swell Valley Series, Book 2)
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Welcome to Swell Valley – where the scandal is in a class of its own… The second book in the Swell Valley series by bestselling author Tilly Bagshawe Nestled in a glorious patchwork of fields, surrounded by chocolate box villages, Wraggbottom farm means everything to Gabe and Laura Baxter. But love and tradition doesn’t pay the bills. Luckily, Laura has an idea that will share the secret of her happy (if sometimes muddy) country life: producing a reality show that will save the farm! Until the interfering new vicar, ‘Call-me-Bill’ takes it upon himself to lead a protest against the show. Suddenly the village is divided; even Gabe is torn between his new found fame and his old, happy life. With so much at stake for her village and her marriage, will Laura be able to weather the storm or will her big idea turn out to be her biggest mistake?
深入沙漠禁地(世界遗产地理·口袋旅行笔记)
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遥远而广袤的非洲大地，有着厚重的历史与无双的美景。酷热、苍凉、自由、神秘是沙漠永恒的注脚，那里的传说总是离不开对自由的向往与追寻。三毛曾在《撒哈拉的故事》中这样写道：“世界上没有第二个撒哈拉了，也只有对爱它的人，它才向你呈现它的美丽和温柔，将你的爱情，用它亘古不变的大地和天空，默默地回报着你，静静地承诺着对你的保证，但愿你的子子孙孙，都诞生在它的怀抱里。”
巴黎的博物馆盛宴（世界遗产地理·口袋旅行笔记）(电子杂志)
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作为世界艺术之都，法国巴黎风格出众、浪漫迷人，其魅力不仅在于华丽的外表，更多的来自于它的文化底蕴。据统计，今日活跃在巴黎的博物馆、展示中心和画廊约有300多个，各种大大小小的展览数不胜数。在巴黎的20个区里，几乎每个区都是艺术区，任何人对艺术都有自己的观点。如果你想以快的方式了解一座城市，那么好的选择就是去那个城市看展览。
声律启蒙【公版】
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《声律启蒙》是训练儿童应对，掌握声韵格律的启蒙读物。按韵分编，包罗天文、地理、花木、鸟兽、人物、器物等的虚实应对。从单字对到双字对，三字对、五字对、七字对到十一字对，声韵协调，琅琅上口，从中得到语音、词汇、修辞的训练。从单字到多字的层层属对，读起来，如唱歌般。较之其它全用三言、四言句式更见韵味。这类读物，在启蒙读物中独具一格，经久不衰。
南海寄归内法传校注--中国佛教典籍选刊(试读本)
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唐代高僧义净在南海室利佛逝国（今印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛）时撰成《南海寄归内法传》四卷。书中详细介绍了印度及其所历南亚诸国所行佛教仪轨四十条，为我们今天了解7世纪印度佛教僧伽内部宗教生活的状况提供了多详细的信息，同时也是研究南亚次大陆历史、地理的重要资料。
元代诗论校释(上下册)精(试读本)
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《元代诗论校释》为元代诗歌理论的汇编注释本，所录范围首以《全元文》为线索，再尽量以善本覆校，作者大致为宋末至明初，主要生活经历在元代。元人诗学专著则不在收罗之列，仅限于单篇诗论作品。注释力求简洁明了，校勘务求可靠。每篇作品之后，均注明所据之版本。
日本汉诗话集成(全12册)精(试读本)
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《日本汉诗话集成》，赵季、叶言材、刘畅辑校，凡辑录汉诗话142种，其中汉文诗话75种218卷，和文诗话67种117卷。另附录诗语诗韵类书13种43卷。凡155种378卷（不分卷者以一卷计）。汉文诗话全文录入校点；和文诗话释录汉文序跋及目次；诗语诗韵类书籍，因原本皆为类列（或有解释）诗歌语汇，姑载录其序跋目录及内容开分以明其体例。涵盖了现存的绝大多数日本诗话，故名曰“集成”。在校勘方面，本书对底本的错误均一一校正，并出以简要的校记。全部使用现代标点，更利于今人阅读。给每位诗话作者做了小传，以解决大多数国人不熟悉日本人物的问题。
数字时代的长期主义——构建企业双线增长思维(哈佛商业评论)
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这本专刊将重点为你解答： 1.后疫情时代，一方面，供应链断裂，现金流吃紧，顾客失联，企业在短期面临生死考验。另一方面，若想赢在未来，对可持续发展、品牌建设和消费者认同进行投入也不能落下。企业如何寻求平衡之道？ 2.网红快消品牌“钟薛高”和OTA头部企业携程，是如何运用全链路数字营销打法，在疫情期间化危为机？ 3.以双线增长思维看待数字化时代的商业环境，未来企业将迎来哪些增长机会？又需要具备哪些必要的能力？
辛弃疾词编年笺注(中华国学文库)精(全二册)(试读本)
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辛弃疾是南宋著名的爱国词人，他的词风格豪放雄健，内容丰富多彩，代表了南宋词的成就，受到后世人们的喜爱。本书是目前收录作品齐全、重新笺释的辛弃疾词整理本。全书十卷，按作者生平的七个重要时期，分别收入词作共六百二十八篇。所有作品均按写作时间先后考证其确切或大致作年，并加以新的笺证和注释，对作品的历史背景、有关人物时事及典故、俗语词的准确意义详加笺释，对了解、学习和研究辛词均有所帮助。
李清照集校注--中国古典文学基本丛书(试读本)
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李清照，号易安居士，山东历城县（今山东省济南市）人，生于宋神宗元丰七年（1084年），约卒于高宗绍兴二十五年（1155）以后，是宋代负盛名的女词人。她工诗善文，于词尤为擅长，早年亦与丈夫赵明诚共同从事金石的收藏与研究。其词清丽婉约，善于白描，艺术性极强，王士禛推其为婉约之宗主。她还精于词论，提出“词别是一家”之说，词作之外，亦不乏脍炙人口的诗文创作。李清照的诗文集、词集，宋人均有记载，然皆已失传。王仲闻先生依据各种载籍，尽辑李清照的词、诗、文作品，详加整理，厘为三卷，并首作注释，撰成《李清照集校注》。该书搜集详备，对残篇断句或尚有争议的作品，亦存而备考。校勘以各旧本为依据，注释精审，对于理解李氏作品颇多帮助。书中又附各作品的写作年月及真伪考证，以及前人的相关评议，校注者并自撰《李清照事迹编年》，均是研究李清照及其作品的重要参考资料。
历代笑话集(精)(试读本)
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《历代笑话集》由王利器先生辑录，材料主要取自中国古代产生的70多种笑话集，包括《笑林》《启颜录》《笑林广记》等，另外还从古文献中新辑了若干个笑话。这些笑话反映的内容，上起秦汉，下到明清，编排上一般以时代先后为序。每部笑话专集下均撰有简短的导读，介绍了版本情况。这些笑话用浅近文言写成，以诙谐手法嘲讽各种社会现象，篇幅简短，意蕴精深，读之令人莞尔，同时又能引人思考，具有可读性强、寓意深刻的特点。
道德真经广圣义校理(全二册)--道教典籍选刊(试读本)
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《道德真经广圣义》，全书五十卷，是杜光庭的代表作之一。本书在汇集、评判汉唐以来各种老学思想的基础上，总结方法，别立新解，特别是站在道教的立场上，从玄学与佛学中寻找道教可资借鉴的理论资源，自觉融会各种思想，进行理论创新，引文丰富，论证翔实，成为唐代各《老子》注本中篇幅、内容丰的著作和唐代老学思想的集大成者。
庄子今注今译(全二册)--陈鼓应著作集(试读本)
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《庄子》是中国古代哲学名著，又是优秀文学作品，几千年来流传甚广，影响极大。《庄子今注今译》采用王孝鱼点校的郭庆藩《庄子集释》本《庄子》原文作底本，参考了古今中外六十多种种注本或论述，择善而从，对《庄子》各篇作了详细而全面的注释和今译，还在每篇之前介绍了本篇大意，特别是指出了源自本篇的成语、习语等。本书是一部经典的《庄子》通俗读本。
山海经广注--新编诸子集成续编(试读本)
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《山海经广注》共计18卷，由清初学者吴任臣所撰。吴任臣在郭璞《山海经注》基础上，扩而充之，故名“广注”。该书具有以下几个特点，一是遵循郭璞注释的模式，注重对动植物名称的考证；二是注重对地名沿革情况的考证；三是较多关注西域地理形胜，保存了较多珍贵的海外史料；四是配有144幅图片，图片线条清晰，运笔严谨，很好地体现了文字内容，对读者理解经文很有助益。此次整理，以乾隆五十一年金阊书业堂本为底本，以康熙六年刻本为校本，以《四库》本、南宋淳熙本《山海经》、毕沅《山海经新校正》、郝懿行《山海经笺疏》等为参校本，并将原经文夹注的形式改为了段后注，原集中分为五类五卷排在文前的144幅图片，分散调到了相应经文之后，从而方便阅读。
