This collection gathers together every short story featuring one of Agatha Christie most famous creations: Miss Marple. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as “the typical old maid of fiction,” Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St. Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature and used it to devastating effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex- Commissioner of Scotland Yard, has been heard to say: “She just the finest detective God ever made” and many Agatha Christie fans would agree.

The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy. These stories, set in Kentucky, New York, Paris, Rome, and Greece, are a perfect synthesis of intensity and atmosphere. Love, loss, human contact, and isolation are Van Booy's themes. In radiant prose he writes about the difficult choices we make in order to retain our humanity and about the redemptive power of love in a violent world. Included in this updated P.S. edition is the new story "The Mute Ventriloquist."

Veganism has quickly gone from the domain of zealous health nuts to the favorite lifestyle of fashion mavens. But with so much conflicting information out there, it’s not always easy to know how to get started. Now #1 New York Times bestselling Skinny Bitch coauthor Kim Barnouin presents a plan for those who would like to give the vegan diet a try for a couple of days—including all the information you need on what to buy, what to make, and what to eat for an easy-to-produce weekend of healthy and delicious food. In this eSelect Skinny Bitch Try Me Vegan Weekend, Kim Barnouin takes the mystery out of trying the vegan diet. It’s a comprehensive, user-friendly guide that includes food plans and recipes of tasty dishes like Blueberry Pancakes and Cajun Seitan Gumbo. And you won’t go hungry—she also includes a list of tasty vegan snacks. A long-time cook and baker, Barnouin shares all her knowledge with her trademark sassy voice and sparkling humor.

《Monday or Tuesday: Eight Stories 》为英国著名女作家弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫早期短篇小说集。在这部作品里，传统的情节和人物概念被抛弃了，取而代之的是一种意识流的、近乎梦幻的实验性叙事。该部作品各篇小说篇幅较短，有利于读者较为容易地接触所谓的“意识流”小说。

《卡拉马佐夫兄弟》是俄国作家陀思妥耶夫斯基的*之作，也是世界文学*伟大的长篇小说之一。 小说由一桩真实的弑父案改编，围绕老卡拉马佐夫与他的三个儿子——德米特里、伊万、阿辽沙，以及私生子斯乜尔加科夫之间的激烈冲突展开。 老卡拉马佐夫荒淫贪婪，占有了妻子留给孩子们的遗产，又与长子德米特里为争夺风流女子格露莘卡而反目成仇。某夜，德米特里在狂怒中闯入父亲家中，将其击伤后仓皇逃离。而真正的凶手——躲在暗处的私生子斯乜尔加科夫，在"一切皆允许"的思想驱使下，残忍地杀害了老卡拉马佐夫。由此引发了一桩扑朔迷离的血案与一场震撼人心的法庭审判。 小说表面是一桩弑父案，深层则是一场关于信仰、理性、自由意志与道德的灵魂角力。三兄弟分别代表了人性的不同维度：德米特里是情欲与冲动的化身，伊万是理性与质疑的代言人，阿辽沙则是信仰与仁爱的象征。弗洛伊德曾盛赞此书为"*伟大的小说"。

《死屋手记》是陀思妥耶夫斯基基于流放经历创作的纪实小说，以冷静笔触再现沙俄监狱的野蛮，刻画囚犯群像，探究专制制度下的犯罪根源。

A fulfilling sex life is one of the great joys of life,yet many woman silently wonder why their own sexual pleasure falls short of the romantic fantasies they hear about. Now the secrets of sexual ecstasy are revealed. Seven clearly describes steps to success will tell you:The simple exercises that will help you become orgasmic How you can help your partner learn to please you Ways to heighten sexual enjoyment for your partner How to prolong lovemaking The three stages of sexual response Four different types of orgasms How you can climax whenever you want to -- again and again How to realize the ultimate sexual enjoyment you've dreamed of . . . It's Easier Than You Think!

The Tuesday Night Club is a venue where locals challenge Miss Marple to solve recent crimes… One Tuesday evening a group gathers at Miss Marple’s house and the conversation turns to unsolved crimes… The case of the disappearing bloodstains; the thief who committed his crime twice over; the message on the death-bed of a poisoned man which read ‘heap of fish’; the strange case of the invisible will; a spiritualist who warned that ‘Blue Geranium’ meant death… Now pit your wits against the powers of deduction of the ‘Tuesday Night Club’.

HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: DREAMS AND DUST is the FIRST part of the fifth volume in the series. ‘Richly satisfying and utterly engrossing’ Sunday Times

HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: AFTER THE FEAST is the SECOND part of the fifth volume in the series. ‘Vivid, rich, multi-layered and utterly addictive’ Daily Express

There’s more than petty theft going on in a London youth hostel… An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot’s interest. But when he saw the list of stolen and vandalized items – including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack and a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup – he congratulated the warden, Mrs Hubbard, on a ‘unique and beautiful problem’. The list made absolutely no sense at all. But, reasoned Poirot, if this was merely a petty thief at work, why was everyone at the hostel so frightened?

With more than 6.5 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! For A.J. and the gang at Ella Mentry School, weirdness and fun are all part of the routine. In this first book in the outrageously funny series that has reached millions of readers around the world, second-grade teacher Miss Daisy is in over her head. She doesn't even know how to add or subtract! But the kids have other things on their minds. Principal Klutz has promised that if they read a million pages in books, they can turn the school into a video-game arcade for one whole night! One thing's for sure life at Ella Mentry School is never going to be the same again! Perfect for reluctant readers and word-lovers alike, My Weird School has something for everyone. Supports the Common Core State Standards

Exploit design, deployment, and management of large-scale containers About This Book ? Explore the latest features available in Kubernetes 1.10 ? Ensure that your clusters are always available, scalable, and up to date ? Master the skills of designing and deploying large clusters on various cloud platforms Who This Book Is For Mastering Kubernetes is for you if you are a system administrator or a developer who has an intermediate understanding of Kubernetes and wish to master its advanced features. Basic knowledge of networking would also be helpful. In all, this advanced-level book provides a smooth pathway to mastering Kubernetes. What You Will Learn ? Architect a robust Kubernetes cluster for long-time operation ? Discover the advantages of running Kubernetes on GCE, AWS, Azure, and bare metal ? Understand the identity model of Kubernetes, along with the options for cluster federation ? Monitor and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and run a highly available Kubernetes ? Create and configure custom Kubernetes resources and use third-party resources in your automation workflows ? Enjoy the art of running complex stateful applications in your container environment ? Deliver applications as standard packages In Detail Kubernetes is an open source system that is used to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. If you are running more containers or want automated management of your containers, you need Kubernetes at your disposal. To put things into perspective, Mastering Kubernetes walks you through the advanced management of Kubernetes clusters. To start with, you will learn the fundamentals of both Kubernetes architecture and Kubernetes design in detail. You will discover how to run complex stateful microservices on Kubernetes including advanced features such as horizontal pod autoscaling, rolling updates, resource quotas, and persistent storage backend. Using real-world use cases, you will explore the options for network configuration, and understand how to set up, operate, and troubleshoot various Kubernetes networking plugins. In addition to this, you will get to grips with custom resource development and utilization in automation and maintenance workflows. To scale up your knowledge of Kubernetes, you will encounter some additional concepts based on the Kubernetes 1.10 release, such as Promethus, Role-based access control, API aggregation, and more. By the end of this book, you’ll know everything you need to graduate from intermediate to advanced level of understanding Kubernetes. Style and approach Delving into the design of the Kubernetes platform, the reader will be exposed to Kubernetes advanced features and best practices. This advanced-level book will provide a pathway to mastering Kubernetes.

Elite athletes aren't born. They're made.' Michael Johnson From a living icon of the Olympic Games – as both an athlete and now as a BBC broadcaster – Gold Rush is a compelling analysis of the fascinating combination of psychological and personal qualities, as well as internal and external factors, that go to create an Olympic champion. This exciting new book is based on Michael Johnson's own experiences as an iconic four-time Olympic champion, and on the knowledge he has gleaned as a top-class coach and motivational speaker. It also features, uniquely, more than a dozen exclusive and insightful interviews with Olympic legends from across several different sports who between them have claimed more than 50 gold medals over the past 30 years. In essence, Johnson has assembled his very own Olympic Hall of Fame in assessing the DNA of true champions. Gold Rush is themed around chapters in which Johnson will discuss each of the key qualities/factors. He expertly feeds in fascinating first-person testimonies from the Olympic legends. In the process he builds up a definitive knowledge bank of expertise and experience from athletes who have been on this fascinating journey, encountered the highs and the lows, but ultimately reached the summit - an Olympic gold medal. Johnson's interviewees include: Usain Bolt, Carl Lewis, Sally Gunnell, Seb Coe, Daley Thompson, Cathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe, Michael Phelps, Rebecca Adlington, Chris Hoy, Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, Lennox Lewis and Michael Jordan.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the tradition of Paul Tough's How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel's The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration that occur from life's inevitable problems so that they can grow up to be successful, resilient, and self-reliant adults. Modern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of overprotectiveness: parents who rush to school at the whim of a phone call to deliver forgotten assignments, who challenge teachers on report-card disappointments, mastermind children's friendships, and interfere on the playing field. As teacher and writer Jessica Lahey explains, even though these parents see themselves as being highly responsive to their children's well-being, they aren't giving them the chance to experience failure - or the opportunity to learn to solve their own problems. Overparenting has the potential to ruin a child's confidence and undermine their education, Lahey reminds us. Teachers don't just teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. They teach responsibility, organization, manners, restraint, and foresight - important life skills children carry with them long after they leave the classroom. Providing a path toward solutions, Lahey lays out a blueprint with targeted advice for handling homework, report cards, social dynamics, and sports. Most importantly, she sets forth a plan to help parents learn to step back and embrace their children's failures. Hard-hitting yet warm and wise, The Gift of Failure is essential for parents, educators, and psychologists nationwide who want to help children succeed.

The Stig gets his kit off and reveals how he came to be Top Gear's iconic racing driver and so much more - including what it's like to thrash an Aston Martin DBS, train for the Army and face the terror of Jeremy Clarkson's underwear… When the Black Stig disappeared off the end of an aircraft carrier in 2003, we were introduced to The White Stig. Faster. Stranger. Harder to keep clean. And ever since, millions have wondered – who is The Man in the White Suit? They're about to find out. Ben Collins caught the car the bug young, kicking his dad's boss in the balls for not giving him a company Jag. This was the attitude that eventually led him to spend seven years sharing a cabin with Jeremy Clarkson's underwear, James May's PhD thesis and Richard Hammond's hairspray. Because he is The Stig. Now he tells all about life inside the iconic white helmet. What it's like to guide a blind ex-RAF officer around the Top Gear track; pit a drug dealer's Mitsubishi Evo against a Trojan tank; set a Vauxhall Monara against Chloe the dancing Ninja; and race double-decker Routemasters against bendy buses. Not to mention all the inside stuff on how the show's amazing driving sequences are made. He also reveals how he got to be there – setting a Dunsfold lap time faster than Michael Schumacher's. Breaking records with the best of the best at Daytona and Le Mans. It's an awesome story, told by an amazing man.

From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Doris Lessing, a short story about a woman’s gradual drift outside the limits of society. An old woman, with gipsy blood, begins to find the conventions of society stifling – when her husband dies, and her children leave home, she embraces a marginal, unconventional existence, accompanied by her faithful cat. ‘An Old Woman and Her Cat’ brilliantly combines Doris Lessing’s unforgiving examination of our society – and those it cannot accommodate and ulitmately fails – with a wonderful portrait of her favourite animal – the cat. This story also appears in the collection The Temptation of Jack Orkney.

The first of two novellas set in the world of Kiera Cass's No. 1 New York Times bestselling Selection series – Prince Maxon’s story! Before America arrived at the palace to compete in the Selection, there was another girl in Prince Maxon's life. ‘The Prince’ opens the week before the Selection begins and follows Maxon through the first day of the competition. A captivating view into the heart of Prince Maxon before he fights to win America Singer's love.

Revenge is a dish best served with champagne. Better whet those appetites – Mariella Marshall’s children are coming for their weekly family dinner, only this menu is complete with a juicy side of drama. And nobody does drama like Mariella’s backstabbing sister, Ana. But of course, every good hostess knows to save the best for last – and this supper of secrets is no exception. The Marshalls had better leave room for dessert, because there is one more shocking dish they won’t want to miss!

It’s the wrong bride for a white wedding! The venue is perfect, the dress is divine, but Elana Marshall’s feet are looking mighty chilly. And she’s not the only Marshall with doubts. Rachel may be perfect on paper, but the heart wants what it wants, and Luc can’t decide if his wants her. Decisions, decisions. With guests arriving and the Marshalls’ reputation on the line, will the happy couple get hitched without a hitch? Or does the Fixer have another last-minute crisis to deal with? Super Rich. Super Sexy. Super Addictive. Secrets of the A-List – read all 12 episodes!

You’re invited to the Wedding of the Year! Who doesn’t love a good society wedding? The decadence, the drama, the father-of-the-bride’s mistress—or is it mistresses? Harrison sure was a busy boy before he fell into a coma. Rachel’s been busy too, doing anything and everything to keep Luc’s wandering eyes on her. At least Elana and Thom look like they are finally honeymoon-bound. But can they leave the past behind so easily? They do say the first year of marriage is the hardest . . .