A Perfect Vacuum is a spectacular literary experiment and a byword among serious readers. It is a metafictional collection of book reviews of nonexistent works of literature -- works which, in some cases, could not even be written. As the modernist "art for art's sake" has given way to postmodern "games for games' sake, " Stanislaw Lem joins the game with hilarious and grotesqu...(展开全部)

Today is a perfect day for Cat, Dog, Chickadee, and Squirrel. Cat is lounging among the daffodils. Dog is sitting in the wading pool, deep in the cool water. Chickadee is eating fresh seed from the birdfeeder. Squirrel is munching on his very own corncob. Today is a perfect day in Bert's backyard. Until Bear comes along, that is. Bear crushes the daffodils, drinks the pool wate...(展开全部)

Book Description A groundbreaking book that sheds new light on ideas of order - and shows how disorder and mess make our world a better place! Ever since Einstein's study of Brownian Motion, scientists have understood that a little disorder can actually make systems more effective. But most people still shun disorder - or suffer guilt over the mess they can't avoid. No long...(展开全部)

阿乙，本名艾国柱，江西省瑞昌市人，生于1976年。 毕业于警校学校，曾做过警察、编辑等工作，担任过《天南》文学双月刊的执行主编，现为一家图书出版公司的文学主编。 其小说从乡村游历到县城、省会、沿海城市、直辖市、首都，未来还想去纽约。先后做过警察、体育编辑和文学编辑。在《今天》、《人民文学》等杂志发表有小说，出版有小说集《灰故事》、《鸟看见我了》，获得过人民文学年度中篇小说奖。

蕾秋•乔伊斯（Rachel Joyce），英国BBC资深剧作家，《星期日泰晤士报》专栏作者。作为剧作家，于2007年获 Tinniswood 最佳广播剧奖。她还在皇家莎士比亚剧团、皇家国家剧院担任主要角色。 乔伊斯于20年的舞台剧和电视职业生涯之后转向写作，2012年出版小说《一个人的朝圣》，该书入围 2012年布克文学奖及英联邦书奖，目前已畅销三四十个国家。2013年出版小说《时间停止的那一天》，2014年出版《一个人的朝圣》相伴之作《一个人的朝圣2：奎妮的情歌》，继续掀起阅读热潮。以上图书均已由大鱼读品引进并出版。

When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. While o...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Quack! Quack! What's that sound? Biscuit goes to see and meets a lost duckling. Biscuit helps the duckling find its way home, and then the fun begins. Woof! Quack!

When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. While o...(展开全部)

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)