Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)

In this groundbreaking work, Robert Sternberg opens the book of love and shows you how to discover your own story-and how to read your relationships in a whole new light. What draws us so strongly to some people and repels us from others? What makes some relationships work so smoothly and others burst into flames? Sternberg gives us new answers to these questions by showing tha...(展开全部)

In this groundbreaking work, Robert Sternberg opens the book of love and shows you how to discover your own story-and how to read your relationships in a whole new light. What draws us so strongly to some people and repels us from others? What makes some relationships work so smoothly and others burst into flames? Sternberg gives us new answers to these questions by showing tha...(展开全部)

麥可‧布林（Michael Breen） 出生於英國，成長期間住過葉門、德國、英格蘭和蘇格蘭，在愛丁堡大學主修英國文學和語言學，畢業後到北海鑽油平台工作了幾年。1982年以記者身分前往韓國，替多家報社報導南北韓情勢，包括英國的《衛報》與《泰晤士報》，以及美國的《華盛頓時報》。後來擔任諮詢顧問，提供企業與北韓相關的資訊，接著經營自己的公關公司，目前定居於首爾。其他著作有《金正日：北韓親愛的領導人》、《韓國人：他們是誰、他們想要什麼、他們的未來在何處》、《早年的文鮮明：1920年到1953年》。 譯者：方祖芳 專職譯者，第23屆與28屆梁實秋文學獎譯文組評審獎得主。譯作包括《一生設計》、《創意電力公司》、《飛行少年》、《跟蹤雷普利》、《迷走亞馬遜》、《走對下一步》等書。

In a few decades, a torrent of new evidence and ideas about human evolution has allowed scientists to piece together a more detailed understanding of what went on thousands and even millions of years ago. We now know much more about the problems our ancestors faced, the solutions they found, and the trade-offs they made. The drama of their experiences led to the humans we are t...(展开全部)