Only a witch can fly. But one little girl "wants "to fly--more than anything. So on a special night, with the moon shining bright and her cat by her side, she gathers herself up, she grips her broom tight, and she tries. And she fails. And she's brave. And she tries again. Until . . . Utterly enchanting, "New York Times "best-selling author Alison McGhee's lyrical language and ...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new editi...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Dorothy H. Crawford was professor of medical microbiology at the University of Edinburgh from 1997-2010 and assistant principal for public understanding of medicine from 2005-2011. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2001 and received an OBE for services to medicine and higher education in 2005. She is the author of...(展开全部)

文/图：安娜·沃克 澳大利亚重量级画家，从事了12年的插画艺术工作，作品在世界范围具有极高人气，深受孩子和年轻父母们的喜爱。其作品获得多项大奖，包括年度CBC大奖、澳大利亚总督文学奖、澳大利亚书业奖、昆士兰文学奖 、家庭奖童书等。其作品主题涉及启蒙、友谊、幽默、习惯、校园生活规范等多方面。画风多为温和、粉嫩的色泽，一眼望去明媚温柔、清新细腻的色调和氛围让人仿佛生活在彩虹般的糖果世界里。文字风格简单而充满韵律，适合幼儿园和小学初级的孩子大声朗读。

文/图：安娜·沃克 澳大利亚重量级画家，从事了12年的插画艺术工作，作品在世界范围具有极高人气，深受孩子和年轻父母们的喜爱。其作品获得多项大奖，包括年度CBC大奖、澳大利亚总督文学奖、澳大利亚书业奖、昆士兰文学奖 、家庭奖童书等。其作品主题涉及启蒙、友谊、幽默、习惯、校园生活规范等多方面。画风多为温和、粉嫩的色泽，一眼望去明媚温柔、清新细腻的色调和氛围让人仿佛生活在彩虹般的糖果世界里。文字风格简单而充满韵律，适合幼儿园和小学初级的孩子大声朗读。

She Was A Good Witch.Julia is a young woman with extraordinary powers. She has the ability to heal people with her touch. She also knows things that are happening in far-off places when she looks in water that has sunlight shining on it. She comes from a tradition of witches -- good witches. But before Julia's mother died, she warned her daughter never to look in water that had...(展开全部)

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes reader...(展开全部)