When the repulsively ugly Coddie unintentionally saves a fairy from a spell, she does not understand the poisonous nature of the wish granted her by the fairy. The village folk no longer see her as repulsive and stinking of fish—they now perceive her as magnetically beautiful—which does not help her in her village. A young local lord saves her, but it soon becomes apparent that...(展开全部)

Mark Richards是一位造诣颇深的作者和会议演讲者，他是金融服务行业的实战型SOA和企业体系结构师。除了发表大量文章之外，他还是《Java Transaction Design Strategies》（C4Media）的作者，以及《97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know》（O’Reilly）和《No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology Volumes 1 and 2》（Pragmatic Bookshelf）的丛集著者。他是消息传送机制、面向服务体系结构和事务管理领域的公认权威。Mark是NFJS软件研讨会（NFJS Software Symposium）系列的固定演讲者，并在世界各地的会议上发表演说。 Richard Monson-Haefel是《Enterprise...(展开全部)

“每个人内心都有某种魔力……” 十三岁生日那天，琪琪须决定是否要带着她的猫吉吉离开家，搬到一个没有女魔法师的小镇。她知道她须用她的魔法谋生，但琪琪不擅长药水或咒语…… 琪琪能学会控制她的魔法并在世界上走自己的路吗？ Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this charming edition of Kiki's Delivery Service, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2025. 'Everyone has some type of magic inside them....(展开全部)

角野荣子，1935年出生于日本东京，早稻田大学教育学院英语文学系毕业，目前居住在神奈川县。曾在出版社工作，1960年前往巴西居住两年，回国后开始绘本和童话创作。著有《尼斯的女婿》《好想吃意大利面》《我的妈妈是阿静》《脑筋急转弯游戏》《花姐姐的客人》《裤子船长的故事》《大盗布拉布拉》《魔女宅急便》等。其中，《裤子船长的故事》获旺文社儿童文学奖，《大盗布拉布拉》获产经儿童出版文化奖大奖。本书获得IBBY优良作品文学作品奖、野间儿童文艺奖、1984年路傍之石文学奖。 林明子，1945年出生于东京，日本横滨国立大学教育学院美术系毕业，目前居住在长野县。曾从事杂志插画和地图绘制工作，创作《纸飞机》一书后，进入童书世界。在《第一次当跑腿》《我最喜欢妈妈了》《第一次露营》《纸陀螺，转啊转》《我会走了，直直地走》等绘本中大放异彩。

Our knowledge of fundamental physics contains not one fruitful idea that does not carry the name of Murray Gell-Mann.--Richard Feynman Acclaimed science writer George Johnson brings his formidable reporting skills to the first biography of Nobel Prize-winner Murray Gell-Mann, the brilliant, irascible man who revolutionized modern particle physics with his models of the quark a...(展开全部)

Surrealism has long been seen as its founder, Andre Breton,wanted it to be seen: as a movement of love and liberation. In Compulsive Beauty, Foster reads surrealism from its other, darker side: as an art given over to the uncanny, to the compulsion to repeat and the drive toward death.To this end Foster first restages the difficult encounter of surrealism with Freudian psychoan...(展开全部)

A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with ...(展开全部)

Howard Belsey, a Rembrandt scholar who doesn't like Rembrandt, is an Englishman abroad and a long-suffering professor at Wellington, a liberal New England arts college. He has been married for thirty years to Kiki, an American woman who no longer resembles the sexy activist she once was. Their three children passionately pursue their own paths: Levi quests after authentic black...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Private eye Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands - including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of nembutal, a six figure ransom and a stranger afloat, face down, off a private beach.