Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize -- winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York. Now, here at last, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching car...(展开全部)

Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize -- winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York. Now, here at last, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching car...(展开全部)

A little boy is on a search for the perfect gift for his mother, navigating the streets of 1890s Vienna, meeting new people, and continuing to trade one gift for another.

A little boy is on a search for the perfect gift for his mother, navigating the streets of 1890s Vienna, meeting new people, and continuing to trade one gift for another.

When I was a boy, my father often pulled me aside to convey lessons intended to build what we generally refer to as 'character'. Often his advice was very simple - work hard, think for yourself, do right by others - but I believe those lessons provided the foundation for everything that has followed in my life. Now that I'm a dad myself, I wanted to put them down in one place, ...(展开全部)

Premchand is the most famous name in modern Hindi fiction, and Godaan is Premchand's most celebrated novel. It is the story of Hori, a poor peasant who yearns to own a cow and to make the pious Hindu's traditional gift to a Brahmin when he dies. Through Premchand's vivid character portrayals we witness the efforts of Hori's family to survive the conflicts of village politics an...(展开全部)

When I was a boy, my father often pulled me aside to convey lessons intended to build what we generally refer to as 'character'. Often his advice was very simple - work hard, think for yourself, do right by others - but I believe those lessons provided the foundation for everything that has followed in my life. Now that I'm a dad myself, I wanted to put them down in one place, ...(展开全部)

羽生結弦とCLAMPの夢のコラボレーション絵本『GIFT』。 東京ドーム公演『GIFT』を成功させ、さらなる活躍が注目を集めている羽生結弦と、世界で活躍する創作集団CLAMPの協力タッグが実現。 羽生結弦が自身で紡いだ文章にCLAMPがイラストを描き１冊の絵本になります。 『GIFT』という物語は、公演に続き絵本として新しい形になり、羽生結弦とCLAMPから、世界中のファンへ向けたスペシャルなプレゼントである絵本『GIFT』となります。 この奇跡のコラボレーションに、すでに世界中のファンから待望と期待の熱い声が寄せられています。 初版限定特典として、ポストカードが2枚封入決定！

片山真理は9歳で両足を切断し、以後、手縫いの作品や自身で装飾を施した義足を使用したセルフポートレートやインスタレーションを制作しています。幼少期に抱いた「“普通"に溶け込みたい」という葛藤から始まり、作品を通して「自分は何者か?」という問いを可視化し、アイデンティティと身体性を問いかけ続けている注目のアーティストです。 『Gift』は片山が2005年にデビューしてから10年以上制作しつづけてきたオブジェやセルフポートレートから最新作まで収録し、 彼女のアーティストとしての成長をクロニクルに見せる一冊で片山の初の作品集となります。

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge. Lesson #1: Trust no one. Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teach...(展开全部)