[英]泰伦斯·基利Terence Kealey 英国著名生物化学家。在伦敦巴特医院获得医学、外科学和生物化学等学士学位，1984年在牛津大学取得临床生物化学博士学位，并先后担任医学研究委员会培训研究员、惠康基金会临床科学高级研究员。曾任教于纽卡斯尔大学和剑桥大学，2001—2014年任白金汉大学副校长。现于卡托研究所的科学研究中心担任高级访问学者，专门研究粮食政策。

Be Free Where You Are is a compendium of the core teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, based on a talk given at a prison. It shows how mindfulness practice can cultivate freedom no matter where you are, and summarizes for the first time all of Thich Nhat Hanh's core teachings making it an outstanding introduction to the ideas and practices of one of the foremost Buddhist teachers aliv...(展开全部)

马修·奎克（Matthew Quick）美国人，《纽约时报》畅销书作家，2004年开始专职写作，2007年获得戈达德学院创作的美学硕士学位，并于2013获德拉萨大学人文文学荣誉博士学位。处女作《乌云背后的幸福线》(简体中文版译名为《闪开，让我拥抱幸福》)大卖，由它改编的 电影大热，斩获多项奥斯卡大奖。截至目前为止，马修·奎克已经出版了7本小说，皆已售出影视版权。 马修·奎克擅长构建大起大落的情节冲突，用平浅的文字纵深剖白人物的内心，传达“人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败”的海明威精神，激发人们对更美好生活的热望。 他的作品先后被翻译成30多种语言，斩获各类文学奖项，其中包括美国笔会/海明威奖。

Aladdin Books presents a handsome new edition of a Caldecott Medal winner. "Absurdities and contrasts are so imaginatively combined in a hilarious comedy of manners that the merriment can be enjoyed on several levels".--The Horn Book. Three-color illustrations.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal One day, a small boy receives a very special invitation -- the King and the Queen have invited him to the castle for tea. He accepts, with one question: "May I bring a friend?" "Any friend of our friend is welcome her," says the King. But their guest's friend turns out to be someone they never expected! Beatrice Schenk de Regniers's rhythmi...(展开全部)

比阿特丽斯·申克·德·雷尼尔斯（Beatrice Schenk de Regniers）/著 童书作家。1914年出生于美国印第安纳州的拉斐特。1941年获得芝加哥大学社会工作管理专业的硕士学位。20世纪40年代，她一直在美国和埃及西奈半岛的一个南斯拉夫难民营工作。20世纪50年代，比阿特丽斯以自由作家的身份从事专栏写作，创作非虚构小说、幽默故事、短篇小说和童书。1953年，她出版了第一部童书作品The Giant Story，该书的插画由当时还名不见经传的莫里斯·桑达克绘制。1961年，比阿特丽斯开始在学乐出版社工作，她一周上四天班，每周一专事写作，直到1981年退休。比阿特丽斯一生共创作了五十多部作品，其中有十部以笔名“塔玛拉·凯特”出版。《我能带个朋友吗?》荣获1965年凯迪克金奖。 贝尼·蒙特雷索（Beni Montresor）/绘 1926...(展开全部)

What could be more natural, when invited by the King and Queen to tea, than to ask to bring a friend? And that, of course, is what the hero of "May I Bring a Friend?" does. Not only to tea, but to breakfast, lunch, dinner, apple pie and Halloween - one invitation for each of six days of the week. The King is most gracious. "Any friend of our friend is most welcome, " says he. ...(展开全部)

No writer has rendered our boundariless, post-colonial world more acutely or prophetically than V. S. Naipaul, or given its upheavals such a hauntingly human face. A perfect case in point is this riveting novel, a masterful and stylishly rendered narrative of emigration, dislocation, and dread, accompanied by four supporting narratives. In the beginning it is just a car trip...(展开全部)

No one makes it alone. But there’s a reason why some people can get investors or bosses to believe in them while others cannot. And that reason has little to do with experience, pedigree or a polished business plan. Backable people seem to have a hidden quality that inspires others to take action. We often chalk this up to natural talent or charisma…either you have “it” or you ...(展开全部)

If food dropped like rain from the sky, wouldn't it be marvelous! Or would it? It could, after all, be messy. And you'd have no choice. What if you didn't like what fell? Or what if too much came? Have you ever thought of what it might be like to be squashed flat by a pancake?