Book Description From Thailand to Nova Scotia, from Mexico to the American South, two-time James Beard Award-winner Robb Walsh takes a wild and witty journey in the world of adventurous eating. Robb Walsh has traveled the globe with his backpack and palate, taking stock of the world's culinary phenomena, and offering up a few of his own. In this collection of essays and reci...(展开全部)

食物本身未必有趣，一定得是有趣的人吃了它， 或是某人為了有趣的理由吃了它，它才有趣。飲食界的印第安那瓊斯──勞勃．沃許走遍世界，親身融入世界各地的奇特烹飪，帶回了最引人入勝的觀察心得：千里達的大力椒長得像乾縮人頭，布宜諾斯艾利斯有著最恐怖的比薩，德克薩斯州的一個監獄農場保存了美國南方黑人最實在的烹飪風......。這些吃的探險有些是外人所難以想像，有些則堪稱古怪。但帶給他最大滿足的並不是吃的本身，而是理解食物與烹調所呈現的人與文化。 勞勃．沃許吃遍世界，本書是他十多年美食探險的精華，書中這些堪稱古怪且令人嘖嘖稱奇的味蕾經驗，其實反映出另一種前所未有的閱讀趣致。不論是智利外海漁船上的午餐，或是在阿爾薩斯尋找泡菜的精神......飲食與烹調呈現的不只是品嚐家與烹飪師之間的互動，更展現出人與土地及其文化之間的深層依附。 沃許不出外探險的時候，他會深思──墨...(展开全部)

From the top of the Blue Mountains of Jamaica for the perfect cup of coffee to the jungles of Thailand for an encounter with the abominably smelly “stinkfruit,” Robb Wals has traveled the globe, immersing himself in some of the world’s most interesting culinary phenomena. In Are You Really Going to Eat That? Walsh offers a collection of his best essays over the past ten years...(展开全部)

A woman describes a series of encounters she has with various people in the ordinary course of her life: an ex she runs into by chance at a public forum, an Airbnb owner unsure how to interact with her guests, a stranger who seeks help comforting his elderly mother, a friend of her youth now hospitalized with terminal cancer. In each of these people the woman finds a common nee...(展开全部)

Winning unanimous rave reviews, Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie series continues to charm readers. Featuring two lovable and funny characters, an optimistic (and sometimes reckless) pig and a cautious, pessimistic elephant, these books make reading irresistible to the beginning readers. Children who sat on their parents' laps to have Pigeon read to them will eagerly take the p...(展开全部)

Sophie's is hurt when the other children laugh at her painting of her favorite tree--but when she explains her painting everybody understands what she was trying to do.

作者简介：莫莉·卞(Molly Bang) 1943年出生于美国的新泽西州，曾到日本教授英文，也担任过联合国儿童基金会的画家及顾问，亚洲及非洲的一些偏远城市都有她的足迹。遍历世界的丰富经验，培养了她对各地民间故事的喜好，也铸就了她的绘画稍带神秘、悬疑，具有浓厚情绪和民族风情的多元面貌。莫莉·卞 的创作量不算惊人，但作品却屡获殊荣与推介，曾三次荣获美国凯迪克大奖银奖，还获得过包括英国凯特·格林纳威大奖在内的众多国际奖项。 译者简介：黄筱茵 中国台湾师范大学英语研究所文学组博士班肄业，曾任编辑，翻译书籍约160册左右。担任过联合报年度好书评审、信谊幼儿文学奖初选评审等。长期为报章书本撰写图画书导读与小说书评， 译有绘本作品《流星划过天空的夜晚》《糟糕，身上长条纹了》《野马之歌》《勺子》《艾伦可怕的大牙齿》《雪地里的脚印》等。

Literature suffers from appearing both deceptively easy and dauntingly difficult. We all like to think we can read a novel and understand what 'genre', 'style' and 'narrative' mean, but do we really understand them fully and how they can enrich our reading experience? How should we approach the works of great writers such as William Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Charles Dickens and ...(展开全部)

In recent years knowledge of our genetic code has changed our understanding of life on Earth. New genetic technologies are transforming the way we live and promise treatments for otherwise incurable diseases. But these advances are also generating controversy, particularly surrounding issues such as cloning and designer babies. In "50 Genetics Ideas," Mark Henderson distils the...(展开全部)

Bea is on the run. And then, she runs into Lou. This chance encounter sends them on a journey through West Texas, where strange things start to happen. A lost cat becomes a kindred spirit, the weather shifts from sun to snow within minutes, and they are followed by mysterious men from the Office of Road Inquiry. The landscape morphs into an unsettling world as they drive on, to...(展开全部)