When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: he can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over and the relationship sta...(展开全部)

One of America's bestselling authors returns with a tale about the greatest commitment of all: loving someone forever. When a near-fatal car crash brings Taylor McAden together with Denise Holden, a new resident of Edenton, North Carolina, he must look into his past to see if it's not too late to take a chance on the future.

著绘者：[英]威廉·格利尔（William Grill） 英国插画家，凯特·格林纳威奖60年来年轻的获奖者。擅长取材真实的故事，运用彩色铅笔创作极富细节的长篇绘本，使图书充满厚重的生命力和波澜壮阔的史诗感。作品《极地重生》和《喀伦坡之狼》斩获多项大奖，被主流媒体誉为“天才画家”。 译者：江帆 江帆，复旦大学文学博士，上海外国语大学高级翻译学院副教授，硕士生导师。

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This is the most comprehensive account of Bob Dylan's work yet published with the full story of every recording session, every album, and every single released during his remarkable and illustrious 53-year career. Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell t...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This is the most comprehensive account of Bob Dylan's work yet published with the full story of every recording session, every album, and every single released during his remarkable and illustrious 53-year career. Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell t...(展开全部)

【作者】阿方索·马丁内斯·阿里亚斯（Alfonso Martinez Arias） 发育生物学家，西班牙庞培法布拉大学教授。曾任英国剑桥大学遗传学系教授十余年，为《自然》《科学》《细胞科学杂志》等期刊定期审稿。因其对英国发育生物学的贡献，于2012年获得了英国发育生物学协会颁发的沃丁顿奖章。 【译者】祝锦杰 北京大学医学学士，香港浸会大学翻译与双语交流专业硕士。《环球科学》《好奇号》译者，已出版译著有《哥德尔传》《神秘的量子生命》《人人都该懂的遗传学》《人人都该懂的克隆技术》等。

"What defines who we are? For decades, the biological answer has been our genes. In The Master Builder, leading biologist Alfonso Martinez Arias breaks with decades of scientific and popular tradition to make a bold argument: what defines us is our cells. Drawing on new research from his lab and others, Martinez Arias reveals that we are composed of a thrillingly complex, const...(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)

Grade 1-6. Thompson creates a futuristic world in which the Earth is shrouded in a yellow, polluted mist and only the "weakest wash of sunshine" comes through. The richest man in the world and his grandson set out to penetrate the fog in order to see the sun. Collecting buildings from every continent, they spend years fabricating a tower. Finally, the leaning tower of Pisa is s...(展开全部)

In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah's Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims' ultimate...(展开全部)