On a momentous visit to the aquarium, Elliot discovers his dream pet: a penguin. It's just proper enough for a straight-laced boy like him. And when he asks his father if he may have one (please and thank you), his father says yes. Elliot should have realized that Dad probably thought he meant a stuffed penguin and not a real one . . . Clever illustrations and a wild surprise e...(展开全部)

托妮·布茨欧 托妮以前在学校图书馆工作过十六年，现为全职作家。有一次，她去访问一所小学，在教师办公室听到了一个男孩和他偷来的企鹅的趣闻，便一下子爱上了这个都市传奇，由此创作了这部作品。托妮有很多非常受欢迎的作品，包括《灯塔上的圣诞节》《安妮去幼儿园的大冒险》《安妮去工作的大冒险》《水手箱》《准备好了吗，闲逛的小鸭子》《小笨蛋和爸爸》等。 戴维·斯莫尔 戴维的作品《如果你想当总统……》获得了凯迪克金奖，《园丁》（文字作者是他的妻子和亲密的合作伙伴萨拉·斯图尔特）获得了凯迪克银奖，以图像小说形式创作的自传《缝不起来的童年》获得了美国国家图书奖提名。同时他也是儿童文学作品《妞妞的鹿角》的文字作者和插图作者。另一本书《特别的恐龙日》（文字作者是艾莉丝·布洛奇）荣获E.B.怀特插图奖。迄今为止，戴维已为四十多本书绘制了插图。

Legendary comics writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell have created a gripping, hallucinatory piece of crime fiction about Jack the Ripper. Detailing the events that led up to the Whitechapel murders and the cover-up that followed, From Hell has become a modern masterpiece of crime noir and historical fiction.

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In this intellectual biography, Sebastian de Grazia presents a new vision of Machiavelli that evokes, with uncanny precision, the great Florentine thinker’s presence. After providing an engrossing account of Machiavelli's childhood and the period following his imprisonment and torture, the book turns to an examination of The Prince. The details of Machiavelli’s life never cease...(展开全部)

In the 1960s Enzo Ferrari emerged as the dominant force in sports cars in the world, creating speed machines that were unbeatable on the race track and moved one writer to say they 'felt dangerous just to sit in'. In America, the Ford Motor Company was quickly losing ground as the pre-eminent brand. Young Americans wanted speed over comfort, style over safety, and Ford was fall...(展开全部)

The humanitarian organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) delivers emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and those who lack reliable health care. Each year, more than 2,500 volunteer doctors, nurses, and other professionals join locally-hired staff to provide medical aid in more than eighty countries. At the forefront a...(展开全部)

Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF (aka Doctors Without Borders), was founded in 1971 by rebellious French doctors. It is arguably the most respected humanitarian organization in the world, delivering emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics and natural disasters as well as to many others who lack reliable health care. Dan Bortolotti follows the volunteers at the for...(展开全部)