This is a prayer written for one little girl, but it is a prayer for boys and girls all over the world. It is full of the intimate gentleness for familiar things, the love of friends and family, and the kindly protection of God. It carries a universal appeal for all ages and races, and brings to our hearts and minds the deep responsibility of preserving for all times the faith ...(展开全部)

作者:(美)雷切尔·菲尔德 译者:叶赫那拉·薆孛 插图作者:(美)伊丽莎白·奥尔顿·琼斯 雷切尔·菲尔德（Rachel Field，1894-1942）美国著名作家、诗人。她在马萨诸塞州长大，就读于瑞迪克利夫学院。在短暂的一生中，她撰写了许多经典的作品，《木头娃娃百年传奇》是她最为著名的作品，1930年获得了纽伯瑞儿童文学金奖。菲尔德还是一个成功的成人童话作家，她创作了畅销书《很久以前》《锦上添花》《从现在起到明天》，还有诗歌《野雁告诉的》等。她将美国儿童文学界最有分量的几个奖项全部收入囊中，共获得一次纽伯瑞儿童文学奖金奖、一次纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖、一次美国国家图书奖、两次刘易斯·卡洛书架奖，以及一次凯迪克金奖。 伊丽莎白·奥尔顿·琼斯完美地捕捉到了《孩子的祈祷》传达出的崇高精神内涵。她拥有通往孩子纯真内心的魔法钥匙。她还著有《树枝》《大苏珊》和《太...(展开全部)

John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany is the inspiring modern classic that introduced two of the author's most unforgettable characters, boys bonded forever in childhood: the stunted Owen Meany, whose life is touched by God, and the orphaned Johnny Wheelwright, whose life is touched by Owen. From the accident that links them to the mystery that follows them-and the martyrdom th...(展开全部)

John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany is the inspiring modern classic that introduced two of the author's most unforgettable characters, boys bonded forever in childhood: the stunted Owen Meany, whose life is touched by God, and the orphaned Johnny Wheelwright, whose life is touched by Owen. From the accident that links them to the mystery that follows them-and the martyrdom th...(展开全部)

Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is. This is John Irving's most comic novel, yet Owen Meany is Mr. Irving's most heartbreaking character. "Roomy, intelligent, exhilarating and darkly comic...Dickensian in scope....Quite stunning and very ambitious." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW "John Irving is an abundantly and...(展开全部)

Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is. This is John Irving's most comic novel, yet Owen Meany is Mr. Irving's most heartbreaking character. "Roomy, intelligent, exhilarating and darkly comic...Dickensian in scope....Quite stunning and very ambitious." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW "John Irving is an abundantly and...(展开全部)

For sixty years children and parents have shared in the joy and inspiration of Rachel Field and Elizabeth Orton Jones's Prayer for a Child. This new edition commemorates the diamond anniversary of the award-winning modern classic's original publication.

In the face of Earth’s environmental breakdown, it is clear that technological innovation alone won’t save our planet. A more radical approach is required, one that involves profound changes in individual and collective behavior. Utopianism for a Dying Planet examines the ways the expansive history of utopian thought, from its origins in ancient Sparta and ideas of the Golden A...(展开全部)

约翰•欧文（John Irving），被美国文坛泰斗冯内古特喻为“美国最重要的幽默作家”，是当代最知名的小说家之一，他作品中所呈现的高超的说故事技巧与优美的文学性，使人们常将他与狄更斯和J. D. 塞林格等重量级小说家相提并论。他的小说不仅赢得书评界的一致推崇，而且叫好又叫座，是西方最畅销的小说家之一。

约翰•欧文（John Irving），被美国文坛泰斗冯内古特喻为“美国最重要的幽默作家”，是当代最知名的小说家之一，他作品中所呈现的高超的说故事技巧与优美的文学性，使人们常将他与狄更斯和J. D. 塞林格等重量级小说家相提并论。他的小说不仅赢得书评界的一致推崇，而且叫好又叫座，是西方最畅销的小说家之一。