著者：道恩·凯西（Dawn Casey） 英国儿童文学作家。做过出版和小学教师，现在是专职作家，特别擅长重述民间故事。她从旅行、民间故事以及大自然中，获取了很多灵感。作品《赤脚地球故事集》荣获金鹦鹉螺奖，并获得了美国民俗学会颁发的奖项。 绘者：卤猫 本名卢涛。85后人气插画师，微博粉丝90万，Instagram粉丝100万，现居厦门，出版个人绘本《找到这个星球》和《狐狸卜》。本书是他的第一本绘本。 译者：陈赛 1978年生，毕业于北京大学新闻与传播学院，自2005年加入《三联生活周刊》至今，现任周刊主笔，《新知》杂志编辑。陈赛的温暖和柔软让儿童阅读变得更有力量，其作品《关于人生，我所知道的一切都来自童书》充满对儿童阅读的诚恳与善意，对于年轻的家长甚至专业从业者，都是值得推荐的选择。

- Why are most people right-handed? Do left-handers behave differently from right-handers? - Why is the heart on the left-hand side of the body? - Why is each side of the human brain so different? - Why do the British drive on the left? Why do European languages go from left to right, while Arabic ones read the other way? - Why do clocks go clockwise? - What is the relationship...(展开全部)

萨拉·佩里，Sarah Perry 萨拉·佩里在12岁之前，一直与美丽乐观的单身妈妈共同生活。 她12岁那年，在深夜半梦半醒间，目睹母亲被人残忍奸杀。 案发后的十多年中，萨拉孤身一人，辗转被多名亲戚抚养，也一次次被抛弃。那段时间，她迷失过，抑郁过，不过最终还是通过读书与工作勇敢地走出了困境。 萨拉24岁那年，凶手在另一场谋杀案中意外落网，交代了曾杀害萨拉母亲的犯罪事实。 在亲眼见证凶手在法庭接受制裁后，萨拉终于能和以往发生的一切和解，并在30岁那年完成《日食之后》的写作。 萨拉·佩里目前在戴维森学院担任创意写作教授。

"Shadow Mothers" shines new light on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the 'shadow mothers' they hire. Cameron Lynne Macdonald illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship. Based on in-depth interviews with professional women ...(展开全部)

Chris Power's stories are peopled by men and women who find themselves at crossroads or dead ends - at ancient Swedish burial sites, river crossings on Exmoor, and raucous Mexican weddings. A stand-up with writer's block embarks upon his last gig. Reflecting on a childhood holiday, a father is faced with the limit to which he can keep his daughters safe. These characters search...(展开全部)

An “extraordinary” (The Sunday Times) debut of unnerving beauty, Chris Power’s short story collection Mothers evokes the magic and despair of the essential human longing for purpose. Chris Power’s stories are peopled by men and women who find themselves at crossroads or dead ends—characters who search without knowing what they seek. Their paths lead them to thresholds, bridges,...(展开全部)

As aces and jokers throughout the country gather in Atlanta for a crucial Democratic convention (Ace in the Hole: Wild Cards, 6, LJ 2/15/90 ), a private investigator and a vigilante in New York City stalk the elusive killer of the notorious joker known as Chrysalis. Continuing the saga of a modern world profoundly changed by the "wild card virus," this novel blends fast-moving ...(展开全部)

A translator and writer, Maria José Silveira's first novel, Her Mother's Mother's Mother and Her Daughters, won a major Brazilian literary award and the rights were purchased by TV Globo. Since then, she has written six other books--including a couple highly praised YA titles--along with three plays. Eric M. B. Becker is editor of Words without Borders and an award-winning jour...(展开全部)

From international bestselling author Liz Climo comes You're Mom, a hilarious and relatable collection of original comics about motherhood Moms: they are there for us through the good, the bad, the scary, the sticky, and everything in between. They also read us a lot of picture books along the way, and now there’s a picture book just for them. Liz Climo brings her trademark wit...(展开全部)

科尔姆•托宾是具有国际声誉的爱尔兰当代著名作家。他一九五五年生于爱尔兰东南部一个积极投身爱尔兰独立运动的家庭，毕业于都柏林大学，主修历史和英文。 自一九九〇年发表处女作小说《南方》以来，托宾已出版六部长篇小说、两部部短篇小说集、一部戏剧和多部游记、散文集。《黑水灯塔船》、《大师》先后入围布克奖决选名单，后者荣获IMPAC都柏林国际文学奖（2006）。《布鲁克林》获二〇〇九年度英国科斯塔最佳小说奖。 托宾的作品主要描写爱尔兰社会、移居他乡者的生活、个人身份与性取向的探索与坚持等。他文笔优雅恬淡，内敛含蓄，被誉为“英语文学中的语言大师”。 托宾先后在斯坦福大学、得克萨斯大学、普林斯顿大学教授写作。从二〇一一年九月开始，他接替马丁•艾米斯，担任曼彻斯特大学创意写作教授。二〇一一年，英国《观察家报》将其选入“英国最重要的三百位知识分子”。