A classic mystery for the festive season: mulled wine, mince pies...and murder. Mordecai Tremaine, former tobacconist and perennial lover of romance novels, has been invited to spend Christmas in the sleepy village of Sherbroome at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame. Arriving on Christmas Eve, he finds that the revelries are in full flow - but so too are tensions amongst...(展开全部)

A classic mystery for the festive season: mulled wine, mince pies...and murder. Mordecai Tremaine, former tobacconist and perennial lover of romance novels, has been invited to spend Christmas in the sleepy village of Sherbroome at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame. Arriving on Christmas Eve, he finds that the revelries are in full flow - but so too are tensions amongst...(展开全部)

Mouse keeps getting left out because his voice is so quiet that no-one can hear him. Feeling despondent, he wanders off alone, but a frightening incident helps him to find his big voice.

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.

"No one shall tell me that I was once a mouse!" roars the tiger. But an old hermit, mighty at magic, does tell him; for it was he who first changed the tiger from a wretched little mouse to a stout cat, to a big dog, and finally, to his proud and royal self. Youngest readers will take special delight in seeing these changes take place in Marcia Brown's dramatic picturing of ...(展开全部)

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.

"No one shall tell me that I was once a mouse!" roars the tiger. But an old hermit, mighty at magic, does tell him; for it was he who first changed the tiger from a wretched little mouse to a stout cat, to a big dog, and finally, to his proud and royal self. Youngest readers will take special delight in seeing these changes take place in Marcia Brown's dramatic picturing of ...(展开全部)

The remarkable life of Alexander the Great, one of the greatest military geniuses of all time, vividly told by one of the world's leading experts in Greek history. With all the intensity, insight, and narrative drive that made The Spartans such a hit with critics and readers, Paul Cartledge's Alexander the Great: glowingly illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356...(展开全部)

保罗·卡特利奇 著名古典学家。曾就读于牛津大学，并获得牛津大学博士学位。自1979年起执教于剑桥大学，是该校古典文学院(希腊历史专业的教授，同时在剑桥大学卡莱尔学院担任教职。著述等身，近期的著作包括：《插图本剑桥古希腊史》；《希腊人：文明的熔炉》；《斯巴达和拉科尼亚：从公元前1300至前362年的区域史》；《希腊人：自我与他者的肖像；《斯巴达人：一部英雄的史诗》；《亚历山大大帝：寻找新的历史》；《温泉关：改变世界的战役》。曾主编两套丛书并兼任三种学术刊物的编辑；达克沃斯出版社的古代历史顾问。伦敦古物专家学会会员。曾荣获希腊共和国颁发的“金十字”荣誉勋章。2004年，他被斯巴达授予荣誉市民称号，以表彰他在斯巴达历史研究领域中所作出的杰出贡献。