詹姆斯•瑟伯(James Thurber, 1894—1961)，美国著名幽默作家、寓言作家、插画家。1926年开始为《纽约客》杂志撰稿，1927年进入《纽约客》编辑部，成为其中最年轻有为的编辑、自由撰稿记者。瑟伯和E.B.怀特一起确立了《纽约客》诙谐、辛辣的文风，即所谓“《纽约客》文风”。晚年执教于耶鲁大学。瑟伯一生创作了大量的散文、随笔、寓言、故事、回忆录，他还为自己的作品绘制插图，给《纽约客》画封面。

韩素音(1916— )，本名周光瑚，著名英籍华人女作家。先后在燕京大学、比利时布鲁塞尔大学就读。一生致力于中国和西方世界的沟通与理解。作品有自传《伤残的树》《凋谢的花朵》《无鸟的夏天》《吾宅双门》《再生凤凰》，小说《瑰宝》《青山青》《等到早晨来临》，传记《周恩来与他的世纪》《早晨的洪流：毛泽东与中国革命》等。自传体小说《瑰宝》奠定了韩素音在国际文坛上的地位，1956年，据此改编的电影Love is a Many-Splendoured Thing获得了三项奥斯卡奖。

When British anthropologist Nigel Barley set up home among the Dowayo people in northern Cameroon, he knew how fieldwork should be conducted. Unfortunately, nobody had told the Dowayo. His compulsive, witty account of first fieldwork offers a wonderfully inspiring introduction to the real life of a cultural anthropologist doing research in a Third World area. Both touching and ...(展开全部)

In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his father's permission to wed his true philosophy -- a plain, simple child named Sophie. The attachment shocks his family and friends. This brilliant young man, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard How can it be? A literary sensation and a bestselle...(展开全部)

This book has a universal theme, the positive powers and disruptive effects of sexuality and desire. Despite the moral debate, Galsworthy's novel has enormous narrative strength which sweeps the listener along from start to finish.

<div>Originally published in November 1939, two months after World War II officially began, James Thurber's parable in pictures-- a graphic novel ahead of its day--about eternal cycles of war, peace, love, and the resilience of one little flower remains as relevant today as it was then. <i>The New York Times </i>called it "at once one of the most serious and one of the most hil...(展开全部)

Originally published in November 1939, two months after World War II officially began, James Thurber's parable in pictures-- a graphic novel ahead of its day--about eternal cycles of war, peace, love, and the resilience of one little flower remains as relevant today as it was then. "The New York Times "called it "at once one of the most serious and one of the most hilarious con...(展开全部)

In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his father's permission to wed his true philosophy -- a plain, simple child named Sophie. The attachment shocks his family and friends. This brilliant young man, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard How can it be? A literary sensation and a bestselle...(展开全部)

This book has a universal theme, the positive powers and disruptive effects of sexuality and desire. Despite the moral debate, Galsworthy's novel has enormous narrative strength which sweeps the listener along from start to finish.

[加]朱莉·莫斯塔德（Julie Morstad） 朱莉·莫斯塔德是一位来自加拿大的优秀绘本作家，她创作了《绽放》《美妙的一天》等一系列美丽的绘本，并获得过阿尔昆图书设计奖、玛丽莲·贝利图画书奖等大奖，还曾入围加拿大总督文学奖。 《时间是一朵花》为朱莉赢得了2021《纽约时报》/纽约公共图书馆最佳儿童绘本奖。