In Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller remembers her African childhood with candor and sensitivity. Though it is a diary of an unruly life in an often inhospitable place, it is suffused with Fuller’s endearing ability to find laughter, even when there is little to celebrate. Fuller’s debut is unsentimental and unflinching but always captivating. In wry and so...(展开全部)

Alexandra Fuller was the daughter of white settlers in 1970s war-torn Rhodesia. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight is a memoir of that time, when a schoolgirl was as likely to carry a shotgun as a satchel. Fuller tells a story of civil war; of a quixotic battle against nature and loss; and of her family's unbreakable bond with a continent which came to define, shape, scar and h...(展开全部)

With an introduction by Anne Enright Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book award, a story of civil war and a family's unbreakable bond. How you see a country depends on whether you are driving through it, or live in it. How you see a country depends on whether or not you can leave it, if you have to. As the daughter of white settlers in war-torn 1970s Rhodesia, Alexandra Full...(展开全部)

亚历山德拉·富勒（Alexandra fuller），1969年出生于英格兰，之后随家人搬到罗德西亚（现津巴布韦）。2007年，她于加拿大新斯科舍的阿卡迪亚大学获得了荣誉博士学位。《今夜，不要每况愈下》是富勒的第一部作品，之后她又陆续出版了《猫》《健忘 树下的鸡尾酒时间》《下雨之前离开》等多部作品，并在《纽约客》《国家地理》《纽约时报》《卫报》和《金融时报》等多家媒体发表评论和文章。

The walk to the store isn't far. It's just through the backyard. But this backyard isn't just any backyard when viewed with the imagination. It can be a forest inhabited by a dragon and a sleeping giant. It can be rocks near a shore, with a boat just ready to take you out to sea, where there might be whales, mermaids, or even pirates Each color scene is viewed from above and f...(展开全部)

约翰•伯宁罕(John Burningham) 于1936年生于英国萨里郡。童年就读于夏山学校，在校时大部分时间用来作画。1959年毕业于伦敦中央艺术学院。曾经设计海报、圣诞卡及画漫画。以图画书创作技巧来说，伯宁罕具有纯熟的绘图技巧与设计概念，透过运用不同的媒质，掌握其特色，并加上明暗及线条的运用，在画面上制造许多对比或惊喜等视觉效果，和文字一搭一唱，使故事呈现得更生动丰富，深深吸引全世界无数的读者。 1963年，他的第一本图画书《宝儿》（Borka）出版，即获得英国最高图画书奖项凯特•格林纳威大奖（Kate Greenaway Award)。《宝儿》是一个“丑小鸭”式的故事，是一本关于生命的励志书，跟随宝儿的奇异之旅，读者可以从中感受坚强品格的可贵，领悟到生命的奇遇。 1970年，他以《和甘伯伯去游河》（Mr. Gumpy’s Outing）再度获...(展开全部)

本书以“错峰旅游”为着眼点，为读者梳理全国范围内50个景点，切切实实指导读者如何错峰旅游，真正实现省钱、省心，同时享受到不一样的风景。1.省钱。景点在淡季往往都会推出巨大的优惠，较之旺季能节省大笔费用。2.省心。错峰出游，可以更好地欣赏风景，避免了“旅游就是看人头”的无趣。3.由于是淡季旅游，错峰出行，还可以发现景点出人意料的美，享受到被别人忽略的风景。本书设置基础篇，讲述错峰旅游的基本知识，让读者心中有数。

本书以“错峰旅游”为着眼点，为读者梳理全国范围内50个景点，切切实实指导读者如何错峰旅游，真正实现省钱、省心，同时享受到不一样的风景。1.省钱。景点在淡季往往都会推出巨大的优惠，较之旺季能节省大笔费用。2.省心。错峰出游，可以更好地欣赏风景，避免了“旅游就是看人头”的无趣。3.由于是淡季旅游，错峰出行，还可以发现景点出人意料的美，享受到被别人忽略的风景。本书设置基础篇，讲述错峰旅游的基本知识，让读者心中有数。

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Let's Go for a Drive! Gerald and Piggie want to hit the road! But the best-laid plans of pigs and elephants often go awry.

Lions, bears, and giraffes on trains are traveling to the zoo, and children can learn to count by counting the animals as they pass by on their journey.