Madeline's fun-loving spirit and bold personality get her into the greatest adventures. In these five books she turns a trip to the hospital into a grand adventure, tumbles into the river Seine only to be rescued by a fearless dog, runs off to join the circus -- and that's just the beginning Thanks to humorous, lyrical text, breathtaking artwork, and a spunky redhead named Mad...(展开全部)

"Bemelmans' drawings have put an authentic Paris within the covers of this book. The rhymes in which the tale is told make it one that children will enjoy repeating."--The New York Times. Caldecott Honor Book; ALA Notable Children's Book. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Pepito has moved to England. To help celebrate his birthday, Miss Clavel and the girls pay him a visit. When his mother won't let Pepito keep one of his birthday presents--a horse--Madeline is more than willing to help out.

'London is blacker than lacquer'. Lao She remains revered as one of China great modern writers. His life and work have been the subject of volumes of critique, analysis and study. However, the four years the young aspiring writer spent in London between 1924 and 1929 have largely been overlooked. Anne Witchard, a specialist in the modernist milieu of London between the wars, re...(展开全部)

The turbulence of the 1960s permanently changed social and cultural values around the world. British author and editor Perry (Magic Movie Moments), who has written extensively on popular culture and the performing arts, has compiled this photojournalism series from the works of numerous photographers. Each volume uses the same format, beginning with a short introduction that se...(展开全部)

都会中的安乐窝 ——荒川河河床是一块天朗气清、水景迷人的小天地, 一群乐天、爱幻想的电波族就聚居在这里。 胜组优秀青年小招与游民美少女小珊, 两人因缘际会展开了一段不可思议的同居生活。 一段爱情故事在荒川河畔就此展开, 这究竟是喜剧亦或是……

Between 1949 and 1953, Robert Frank continually returned to Europe from his new home in New York to take photographs in France, Switzerland, Spain, and Great Britain, photographs that show the development of his uniquely humanist, poetic, and realist eye. In 1951 and early 1952, Frank visited London--"I liked the light, I liked the fog."--and set out to photograph the unique at...(展开全部)

"War is over; the heroic French population reaffirms superiority. Love, Paris, and Flowers but London was black, white, and gray, the elegance, the style, all present in front of always changing fog. Then I met a man from Wales talking about the Miners and I had read How Green Was My Valley. This became my only try to make a 'Story'." --Robert Frank This magnificent new edition...(展开全部)

This unusual fictional account, in good part autobiographical, narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-out of two great cities. In the tales of both cities we learn some sobering Orwellian truths about poverty and society.

《Down and Out in Paris and London》是乔治·奥威尔的半自传体作品，以幽默而深刻的笔触描绘了他在巴黎和伦敦的贫困生活经历。书中不仅记录了他在底层社会的挣扎与生存智慧，还深刻揭示了贫穷、失业与社会不公等社会问题。这是一部让人在笑声中思考现实，感受生活真谛的文学经典，充满了对社会与人性的深刻洞察。