Shroud for a Nightingale is a 1971 detective novel by English writer P. D. James, part of her Adam Dalgliesh series. Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate the death of two student nurses at the hospital nursing school of Nightingale House. Student nurses Heather Pearce and Josephine Fallon have died of mysterious circumstances in the h...(展开全部)

Shroud for a Nightingale is a 1971 detective novel by English writer P. D. James, part of her Adam Dalgliesh series. Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate the death of two student nurses at the hospital nursing school of Nightingale House. Student nurses Heather Pearce and Josephine Fallon have died of mysterious circumstances in the h...(展开全部)

Chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2016, this poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human s capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom s heart. Mondays, there were hogs to slop, mules to train, and logs to chop. Slavery was no ways...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he’d seen it all. But he’s never met a cricket before, which really isn’t surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City—the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He’d be there still if he hadn’t followed the entr...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he’d seen it all. But he’s never met a cricket before, which really isn’t surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City—the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He’d be there still if he hadn’t followed the entr...(展开全部)

A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom s...(展开全部)

France, 1939 - In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France … but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne's h...(展开全部)

凯特·迪卡米洛生于美国宾夕法尼亚州，在佛罗里达州长大。大学时代主修英美文学，并从事短篇小说的创作，曾经获得1998年迈克奈特基金会的作家奖助金。2001年，凯特凭借儿童小说处女作《傻狗温迪克》一举成名，作品获得了纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖。2004年，她又以《浪漫鼠德佩罗》斩获纽伯瑞儿童文学奖金奖。《爱德华的奇妙之旅》《魔术师的小象》《高飞》《弗罗拉与松鼠侠》，一部部优秀作品的问世，奠定了凯特在儿童文学界的地位。 凯特笔下的人物都显得十分真实。她说，她并没有塑造这些人物，而是专心聆听这些人对她说什么，然后把他们说的东西转述出来。她不喜欢刻意介入或扭转故事的发展，也不刻意挑选故事的题材或背景，一切都是自然而然流露出来的。

France, 1939 - In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France … but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne's h...(展开全部)

A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom s...(展开全部)