1912. Webster was a grandniece of Mark Twain. She was interested in social work, especially the fields of childcare and prison reform, but her main occupation was writing. She wrote a number of short stories and novels for younger readers including her most famous work, Daddy- Long-Legs. In Daddy-Long-Legs Jerusha Abbot is an orphan with a wicked pen and penetrating insight. La...(展开全部)

1912. Webster was a grandniece of Mark Twain. She was interested in social work, especially the fields of childcare and prison reform, but her main occupation was writing. She wrote a number of short stories and novels for younger readers including her most famous work, Daddy- Long-Legs. In Daddy-Long-Legs Jerusha Abbot is an orphan with a wicked pen and penetrating insight. La...(展开全部)

1912. Webster was a grandniece of Mark Twain. She was interested in social work, especially the fields of childcare and prison reform, but her main occupation was writing. She wrote a number of short stories and novels for younger readers including her most famous work, Daddy- Long-Legs. In Daddy-Long-Legs Jerusha Abbot is an orphan with a wicked pen and penetrating insight. La...(展开全部)

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They're polar oppos...(展开全部)

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They're polar oppos...(展开全部)

Gerald is a giraffe who simply can¹t dance. Try as he may, his long, spindly legs buckle whenever he starts to boogie. Every year he dreads going to the Great jungle Dance, until one night he finds his own special music.

莉迪亚•戴维斯(Lydia Davis)，美国当代著名小说家、翻译家。1947年出生于美国马萨诸塞州北安普敦，现为纽约州立阿伯尼大学创意写作教授。她长期致力于译介法国经典文学，如福楼拜、普鲁斯特的作品。著有七本短篇小说集及一部长篇小说，2005年当选为美国艺术科学院院士，2013年荣获布克国际奖，还曾获古根海姆奖、兰南文学奖、麦克阿瑟“天才奖”等。

这本书在国外卖得不错，虽然名字是设计师不读书，这其实是一个调侃语。设计师一直以来都喜欢看图，不喜欢读书，读文字。但作为一个设计师来说，要激发自己的灵感，扩大自己的视野，只看图是远远不够的。这是做设计的人都应该看，也喜欢看的书。全书由几十片生动有趣的短文组成，每天花五分钟左右的时间就可以读完。这本书的简介写得不太好。反而是一个广告公司的创意总监的阅读评价更能说明这本书的特点。 The title of this book caught my attention...but the clever writing is what sold me. 这本书的书名吸引了我，但是它巧妙的写作方式才是最大的卖点。 I have been in the design profession for a long time (I am a Creative Direct...(展开全部)

杨腓力（Philip Yancey），当代美国最重要的基督教思想家和作家之一，《今日基督教》杂志的主编。三十多年来，他凭借其纯熟的文字功底和过人的洞察能力，诚实深入地探讨信仰生活中的艰难和困惑。杨腓力曾12次获得美国ECPA年度图书金奖，他的作品被翻译成25种文字，流传到世界各国，影响了超过1500万读者的生命。已出版的有《无语问上帝》（新世界出版社 2009）、《神的杰作》（新世界出版社 2009）、《灵魂幸存者》（海南出版社 2010）、《神的形象》（新世界出版社 2009）、《恩典多奇异》（中国广播电视出版社 2010）等。杨腓力是Christianity Today杂志主编。