This is the Cinderella story of Mercury Asset Management, the despised and unwanted offspring - of the merchant bank S.G. Warburg - which went on to outperform them all. When the author was appointed chairman of Warburg Investment Management in 1979 he was told by his boss, Sir Siegmund Warburg, that his first task was to get rid of it. It was an embarrassing appendage and woul...(展开全部)

Cinderella's sisters were such a rotten pair, she did all the housework, they never did their share. This is a funny retelling of the classic fairy tale with lift-the-flap surprises. Also in this series are: "The Three Little Pigs"; "Little Red Riding Hood"; "Jack and the Beanstalk"; and "Goldilocks."

There is perhaps no better loved, no more universal story than "Cinderella." Almost every country in the world has a version of it, but the favorite of story-tellers is the French version by Charles Perrault.This translation is excellent for story-telling and also for reading aloud. Marcia Brown's illustrations are full of magic and enchantment from the little cupids putting ba...(展开全部)

This magical series of fairy tales brings together 12 well-loved, traditional favorites in one beautiful collection. Fully illustrated throughout, these books are beautifully detailed interpretations of the familiar tales. The enchanting images bring the traditional stories to life in vibrant full color giving these children??'s classics a fresh look that will last a lifetime.

Cinderella's sisters were such a rotten pair, she did all the housework, they never did their share. This is a funny retelling of the classic fairy tale with lift-the-flap surprises. Also in this series are: "The Three Little Pigs"; "Little Red Riding Hood"; "Jack and the Beanstalk"; and "Goldilocks."

A suspicious beach house fire in southern France traps two young women. One dies. One survives, but is burned beyond recognition and left with amnesia. Plastic surgery gives her a pretty new face, but who is she, really? Killer or victim? Winner of France's most prestigious crime-fiction award, TRAP FOR CINDERELLA is an engrossing tour de force by a master of mystery and decept...(展开全部)

爱看童话的陶蜜儿，在回家的途中捡到了一个怪男生！他爱跳、爱笑、爱说、爱闹、爱欺负她、爱开她玩笑，甚至还在第一次见面就抢走了她的初KISS……可是奇怪咧，这么一个活蹦乱跳的家伙，怎么居然说晕倒就晕倒？难道他是演技派出身，还是故意想吓她一跳？可是等等，他送给她的那枚小尾戒里又怎么会住着一位白胡子老公公？那老公公笑得眉毛眼睛都弯弯，竟然趁她傻呼呼的时候，就请她去一家什么怪怪的童话电影院！啊呀奇怪咧，这电影院怎么看起来好怪啊？居然让人看着看着，就被扯进了童话里。天啊天啊，水蜜桃，这又是怎么回事咧？难道真的梦想成真，童话中的小王子，就要华丽大变身了！

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)

巴里科（1958-），生于都灵。1991年出版个人的首部小说《愤怒的城堡》，就获了坎皮耶洛精选作品奖(PremioSelezioneCampiello)，并且被译成多国文学。以风格清新受到意大利文坛瞩目；1993年推出第二部小说《海洋，海》一跃成为意大利年轻人中风靡一时的明星作家，又为他赢得了意大利维亚雷焦文学奖(PremioViareggio)的殊荣。他是欧洲各种重要文学奖的常胜军。《海洋，海》一书在意大利赢得维多雷古文学奖和波斯克城堡文学奖；《愤怒的城堡》甫一出版就同时获得法国著名的梅迪奇外国作品奖和意大利康彼埃洛处女作奖；《蚕丝》出版后更立刻登上意大利畅销书排行榜，迅即盘踞欧洲各大文学书籍的畅销排行榜。而他1991年的新作《城市》，在出版的头几个月仅意大利就有二十万的销售量。他的剧作《海上钢琴师》（1994，Novicento）被朱塞佩·托纳托...(展开全部)