Winner of the 2018 Prix Goncourt, this poignant coming-of-age tale captures the distinct feeling of summer in a region left behind by global progress. August 1992. One afternoon during a heatwave in a desolate valley somewhere in eastern France, with its dormant blast furnaces and its lake, fourteen-year-old Anthony and his cousin decide to steal a canoe to explore the famous n...(展开全部)

乔伊斯·卡罗尔·奥茨（Joyce Carol Oates,1938— ）　1938年6月16日出生在纽约州洛克波特市附近伊利县一个工人家庭，从小寄养在务农的外祖父家，在只有一间教室的学校里上学，过着“非常悲惨的日子”。直到高中时，进布法罗市郊一中学学习，才受到较为正规的教育，并开始爱好文学。1956年，奥茨考入纽约州的锡拉丘兹大学，主修英国文学。期间开始学习写作，曾获得女大学生小说创作比赛一等奖。1960年，她以第一名的成绩毕业于锡拉丘兹大学，一年后，获得威斯康星大学文学硕士学位。1962年入底特律大学任教并进行创作。1967年移居加拿大，1978年回国，当选为美国文学艺术院院士，此后即在普林斯顿大学任驻校作家、客座教授，讲授文学创作。奥茨是一位多产作家，自1963年第一部短篇小说集《北门畔》问世以来，迄今已出版长篇小说28部，短篇小说集17部，诗...(展开全部)

Winner of the National Book Award and in print for more than thirty years, them ranks as one of the most masterly portraits of postwar America ever written by a novelist. Including several new pages and text substantially revised and updated by the author, this Modern Library edition is the most current and accurate version available of Oates' seminal work.          A novel ab...(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)

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 glance through Muggle art and literature of the Middle Ages reveals that many of the creatures they now believe to be imaginary were then known to be real."As every fan of the Harry Potter stories knows, the shelves of the Hogwarts Library are home to all sorts of fascinating books. There are three in particular you might have heard mentioned by certain Hogwarts students, and that you can add to your reading list too, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.A set textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since publication, Newt Scamander's masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable introduction to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Flipping through the pages of Newt's famous journal, you'll journey around the globe and discover the many and varied creatures that he made it his life's work to study and protect. Some of the beasts will be familiar to fans of the Wizarding World - the Hippogriff, the Niffler, the Hungarian Horntail... while others will surprise even the most ardent amateur Magizoologist. Fans of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them are sure to enjoy the other Hogwarts Library books: Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Comic Relief, operating name Charity Projects, is a registered charity in the UK with charity nos. 326568 (England/Wales) and SC039730 (Scotland). Lumos Foundation is a registered charity in the UK with no. 1112575 (England/Wales). 15% of the proceeds* received by Pottermore Limited from this ebook will be made available to the charities for their work across the UK and globally including helping children and young people have a better life. These proceeds will be shared 20% for Comic Relief and 80% for Lumos Foundation. *Proceeds means the cash-price or cash-equivalent price less sales taxes.

A set textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since publication, Newt Scamander's masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable introduction to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Scamander's years of travel and research have created a tome of unparalleled importance. Som...(展开全部)

牛顿（纽特）·阿蒂米斯·菲多·斯卡曼生于1897年。在他母亲的鼓励和支持下，他对神奇动物产生了兴趣。他母亲曾对饲养品种珍奇的鹰头马身有翼兽充满热情。从霍格沃茨魔法学校毕业之后，斯卡曼先生进入魔法部，在神奇生物管理控制司工作。他先在家养小精灵重新安置办公室待了两年，他称这两年是“枯燥之极”的两年，随后被调到了动物所。斯卡曼具有丰富的关于神奇怪兽的知识，因此他在动物所提升很快。 1947年，差不多由他一手成立了狼人登记处，不过，他说他最引以为豪的还是1965年获得通过的那道《禁止为实验目的而喂养》的禁令。这道禁令有效地遏止了不列颠境内创造新的不可驯服的动物的盛行。斯卡曼先生曾在火龙研究与限制局工作，有很多机会远涉异域。在这期间，他为他这部畅销世界的作品《神奇的动物在哪里》收集了大量资料，现在这本书已经是第五十二版了。 由于纽特·斯卡曼对神奇动物研究即神奇...(展开全部)

安东尼奥·帕迪拉（Antonio Padilla） 诺丁汉大学物理学教授，曾在牛津大学和巴塞罗那大学担任研究职位。他在学术期刊上发表了70多篇学术论文，并于2016年因在宇宙常数问题上的研究获得了布查尔特宇宙学奖。他曾获得英国皇家学会的大学研究奖学金，他的研究目前得到了利华休姆信托基金和科学技术设施委员会的支持。在学术界之外，他最出名的是作为两个成功的YouTube频道——“六十符号”（Sixty Symbols）和“数字狂人”（Numberphile）的定期主持人，他最受欢迎的视频已被观看超过900万次。