A favorite joke inspires this charming tale, in which a little chicken’s habit of interrupting bedtime stories is gleefully turned on its head. It’s time for the little red chicken’s bedtime story —and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt. But the chicken can’t help herself! Whether the tale is HANSEL AND GRETEL or LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD or even CHICKEN LITTLE, she ju...(展开全部)

A favorite joke inspires this charming tale, in which a little chicken’s habit of interrupting bedtime stories is gleefully turned on its head. It’s time for the little red chicken’s bedtime story —and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt. But the chicken can’t help herself! Whether the tale is HANSEL AND GRETEL or LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD or even CHICKEN LITTLE, she ju...(展开全部)

In her acclaimed Persepolis books and in Embroideries , Marjane Satrapi rendered the events of her life and times in a uniquely captivating and powerful voice and vision. Now she turns that same keen eye and ear to the heartrending story of her great-uncle, a celebrated Iranian musician who gave up his life for music and love. We are in Tehran in 1958, and Nasser Ali Khan, ...(展开全部)

The Funny Thing is Wanda Gág's follow-up to her well-loved classic,Millions of Cats.It tells the story of a curious dragonlike"aminal"that eats children's dolls.A kindly man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow this to happen.He entices it to eat the concoction"jum-jills".

The Funny Thing is Wanda Gág's follow-up to her well-loved classic,Millions of Cats.It tells the story of a curious dragonlike"aminal"that eats children's dolls.A kindly man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow this to happen.He entices it to eat the concoction"jum-jills".

James Herriot's final work and last in his beloved series of animal stories This fifth and final of James Herriot's heartwarming story collections brings back familiar friends (including old favorites such as Tricki Woo) and introduces new ones, including Herriot's children Rosie and Jimmy and the marvelously eccentric vet Calum Buchanan. As James grows older, he finds th...(展开全部)

Former NYPD detective Charlie Parker, tormented by the brutal, unsolved murders of his wife and young daughter and driven by visions of the dead, tracks a serial killer from New York City to the American South. There, in the dark streets of New Orleans and the deadly moonlit bayous, Charlie finds his buried instincts -- for love, survival, and, ultimately, for killing -- reawak...(展开全部)

"This is that rarity, a useful book."--Warren Buffett Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, he is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim wi...(展开全部)

'He heard Daddy one time saying he was a grand quiet boy to Mother when he thought Johnsey couldn't hear them talking. Mother must have been giving out about him being a gom and Daddy was defending him. He heard the fondness in Daddy's voice. But you'd have fondness for an auld eejit of a crossbred pup that should have been drowned at birth.' While the Celtic Tiger rages, and g...(展开全部)

辛西娅·角畑，日裔美国人，美国著名儿童文学作家。生于芝加哥，在南加州大学获得新闻学学士学位。1986年开始在《纽约客》发表文章，擅长写日裔移民题材，作品曾获纽伯瑞儿童文学奖金奖、美国国家图书奖金奖、美国笔会儿童文学奖和简·亚当斯儿童图书奖等权威大奖。为了撰写《明天会有好运气》，辛西娅拜访了代收公司、儿童心理学家、研究蚊子的昆虫学博士、联合收割机驾驶员，还真的驾驶了一辆三万磅重的联合收割机！