Ranked 16 out of 100 on National Geographic Adventure's list of top 100 adventure books of all time Feeling restless in the world of London's high-fashion industry, Eric Newby asked an old friend to accompany him on a mountain-climbing expedition in the wild and remote Hindu Kush, in north-eastern Afghanistan. And so they went - although they did stop first for four days of...(展开全部)

A British high-fashion salesman and a diplomat, Newby and Hugh Carless, with four days' climbing lessons in the Welsh hills, walk into Afghanistan, climb mountains, run into Kafirs with rifles ("Here," one tells the pair happily, "we shoot people without permission"), have a grand time, and survive. The result? This witty, dry, and very English adventure book.

A classic of travel writing, 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' is Eric Newby's iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the chaotic family business of London haute couture. Pining for adventure, Newby sent his friend Hugh Carless the now-famous cable - CAN YO...(展开全部)

Winnie, the Witch is tired of winter. She's tired of shivering in the cold and looking out at her garden covered in snow. And Wilbur is tired of frozen fur and whiskers. So, Winnie uses a little magic to bring summer and sunshine to her house. But just as she settles down in her deckchair...hordes of people arrive. With the unruly crowd comes noise, and mess, and chaos. Maybe w...(展开全部)

《女巫温妮》系列作者系澳大利亚著名儿童文学家瓦拉里•托马斯（著有多部儿童文学作品，广受全球小读者喜爱。 绘图作者为英国知名儿童画画家科奇•保罗。

1988 红房子图书奖(The Red House Children's Book Award)作品。 红房子图书奖是英国最负盛名的儿童图书奖之一，1980年，身为作家和图书馆员的帕特·托马森（Pat Thomson）开创了这个奖项，至今已有25年的历史，赞助商为红房子书友会，小读者亲自投票评选是其最大特色，他们习惯地称它是自己的“奥斯卡”图书大奖。 红房子奖依青少年不同年龄层次分三类设立（包括Books for Younger Children, Books for Younger Readers and Books for Older Readers），每年六月公布评选结果。

It's winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. The cold slows everything down: the fish turn venomous, bodies are red and raw, beyond the beach guns point out from the North s watchtowers. A young French Korean woman works as a receptionist in a tired guesthouse. One evening, an unexpected guest arrives, a French cartoonist determined to find...(展开全部)