The dynamic duo of Ezra Jack Keats Award–winning author Julie Fogliano and Caldecott Award–winning illustrator Lane Smith team up to tell a delightful story about a boy and a girl who explore an abandoned house and imagine who might have lived there in A House That Once Was. Deep in the woods is a house just a house that once was but now isn’t a home. Who lived in that house? W...(展开全部)

胡安·何塞·米利亚斯 Juan José Millás 西班牙当代小说家、记者和专栏作家。 一九四六年生于西班牙瓦伦西亚，作品常见于西班牙各报章媒体，目前是西班牙第一大报《 报》专栏作家。一九八三年以青少年小说《浸湿的纸》扬名文坛，书评给予极高肯定，并成为西班牙教育部指定的中学生读物。一九九○年以《这就是孤独》获得极受推崇的“纳达尔文学奖”，本书已被译介成英、法、德等多国语言，米利亚斯也以此书跃上 文坛。目前已创作二十多部小说，包括一九八六年《在你的名字里失序》、一九九○年《回家》、一九九八年《按照字母顺序》等，二○○二年则以《两个女子，在布拉格》获颁 “春天小说奖”。他的短篇小说亦颇获好评，一九九二年出版《寡妇的另一个春天》，一九九四年出版的《她的想象……》曾被改编成舞台剧，在西班牙及拉丁美洲各地巡演。

Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon is considered the towering figure of modern Hebrew literature. With this collection of stories, reissued in paperback and expanded to include additional Agnon classics, the English-speaking audience has, at long last, access to the rich and brilliantly multifaceted fictional world of one of the greatest writers of the last century. This broad selection...(展开全部)

诺埃尔·凡德瑞（1896—1954）是普罗旺斯地区艾克勒的法官，其侦探小说以谜题富于创造性著称，被法国侦探小说作家托马斯·纳尔瑟加克称其为“谜题小说的诗人”。诺埃尔非常善于营造气氛，善于安排不可能犯罪，战前的法国小说家少有能敌。他常用的人物是阿鲁法官，和作者一样是一名法 官；按照诺埃尔的儿子乔治的说法，阿鲁的形象和作者如出一辙。在1932到1937年间，诺埃尔创作了十二部有关阿鲁法官的故事，包含多部不可能犯罪作品。

Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner; to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence. It has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever written. Originally self-published in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the author's car, the book eventually found its way into the hands of high school, ...(展开全部)

A cult classic--the inspiring, funny, and spot-on story of a one man's quest to become a champion.

This is a collection of the best predictions made by "Popular Mechanics" writers between 1903 and 1969. It features original, visually stunning artwork & a free poster. Each chapter is introduced by astrophysics professor and former NASA advisor Gregory Benford. Between 1903 and 1969, scientists and other experts made hundreds of predictions in "Popular Mechanics" about what th...(展开全部)

John Allen Paulos在威斯康星大学获得数学博士学位。现任坦普尔大学数学教授。他在数理逻辑、概率论和科学哲学方面写过许多论文，也是畅销书《数盲：数学文盲及其后果》《数学与幽默》《超越数》以及《一名数学家读报》的作者。他与夫人及两个孩子生活在费城。

Managing the Value Lodge in her hometown was not what Anna Gordon had in mind when she set out in the hospitality industry. But it's a safe choice for a woman whose childhood was anything but stable.

A hermit knows the magic to change a small mouse into a cat, a dog, and a majestic tiger -- and Marcia Brown's magical woodcuts bring this Indian fable to life with the mastery that won her her second Caldecott Medal.