A heavenly novel about what truly matters in life In this hilarious and heartwarming first novel, twentynine- year-old Alexandra Dorenfield suddenly finds herself in heaven after an unfortunate encounter with a Mini Cooper. The seventhaand highestalevel of heaven to be exact. Her dog Peaches is with her; she is reunited with her beloved grandparents; she has the wardrobe of a ...(展开全部)

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

1929年，严幼韵与外交官杨光泩结婚。1942年4月杨光泩和七名中国外交官在马尼拉惨遭日军杀害。1945年，移居美国，担任联合国礼宾司官员。1958年，与外交家顾维钧结婚，现居住在纽约。

汉斯·比尔(Hans de beer)，1957年生于荷兰阿姆斯特丹附近一个名叫Muiden的小镇。他在大学期间逐渐发现自己在绘画方面的兴趣与才能，于是转入雷特瓦(Rietveld)艺术学院的插画系学习。1984年毕业时，他的毕业作品《小北极熊系列》一经推出就大受欢迎，从而奠定其世界经典绘本大师的地位。他创作的图画书获奖无数，不但深受孩子喜爱，也同样攫取了许多大人的心，让你在一页页的翻页中，尽情享受着阅读的乐趣。

Take a classic story, substitute a few key ingredients, season freely with silliness and imagination, dress it all up in jaunty illustrations, and you get this story

Narnia . . . where animals talk . . . where trees walk . . . where a battle is about to begin. A prince denied his rightful throne gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world.

Narnia . . . where animals talk . . . where trees walk . . . where a battle is about to begin. A prince denied his rightful throne gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world.

在线阅读本书 Book Description Widely read for its insights into history and politics, "The Prince is one of the most provocative works of the Italian Renaissance. Based on Niccolo Machiavelli's observations of the effectiveness of both ancient and contemporary statesmen, the rules for governing set forth in his manual were considered radical and harsh by his contemporaries and sho...(展开全部)

作者简介 迈克尔•琼斯，英国皇家历史学会（Royal Historical Society）和英国军事历史委员会（British Commission for Military History）成员，从事写作、古战场遗迹导游和媒体主持等工作。他的作品包括《博斯沃思1485》（Bosworth 1485 – Psychology of a Battle）、《阿金库尔的24个小时》（24 Hours at Agincourt），以及与菲利帕•格雷戈里、大卫•鲍德温合著的《堂表亲战争中的女人们》（The Women of the Cousins’ War），与菲利帕•兰利合著的《国王之墓：寻找理查三世》（The King’s Grave: The Search for Richard III）。 译者简介 王仲，本科就读于北京外国语大学西葡语系，北京外国语...(展开全部)

Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard's new translation of the beloved classic-published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Antoine de Saint-Exup‚ry's birth-beautifully reflects Saint-Exup‚ry's unique and gifted style. Howard, an acclaimed poet and one of the preeminent translators of o...(展开全部)