In autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost -- burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers -- trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest seed ...(展开全部)

威廉·马奇(William March)，原名威廉·爱德华·坎贝尔，1893年生于美国阿拉巴马州的莫比尔市。1916年因第一次世界大战应征入海军，军旅生涯结束时，他获得了优异服务十字勋章、海军十字勋章和法国十字军功章。 战后，马奇为沃特曼船运公司工作，凡18年之久。1933年，他出版了第一部长篇小说《K连》，此书很大程度上基于他的战时经历。他在德国工作时精神崩溃，返回纽约后在接下来的11年内写了五本小说。这些书销量并不特别好，然而，到1946年的时候，马奇积累了足够的信心，辞去工作，专心全职写作。 没过多久，马奇又遭遇了一次更加严重的精神崩溃，在南方的疗养院里休整了六个月。1950年，他迁至新奥尔良居住，过上了比纽约那种纷乱环境要静谧和安宁许多的生活。1954年4月，《坏种》这部公认为他最佳作品的小说出版时，马奇已经病重。1954年5月15日，他死于...(展开全部)

Journeying through a dark, dark house, a black cat surprises the only inhabitant of the abandoned residence

Nicholas Harberd's narrative of the changing seasons has as its focus one tiny thale-cress plant in an East Anglian churchyard. He describes both what can be seen with the naked eye and the hidden molecular mechanisms that underlie it. He also tells the story of the last ten years of discovery in his own laboratory, as the team works to understand the genetic control of the gro...(展开全部)

Hag-Seed is a re-visiting of Shakespeare’s play of magic and illusion, The Tempest, and will be the fourth novel in the Hogarth Shakespeare series. The Tempest is set on a remote island full of strange noises and creatures. Here, Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, plots to restore the fortunes of his daughter Miranda by using magic and illusion -- starting with a storm that w...(展开全部)

The 'riotous, insanely readable' (Observer) retelling of The Tempest from the 2019 Booker Prize-winning author of THE TESTAMENTS. ‘Riotous, insanely readable and just the best fun...'Observer Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he’s staging a Tempest like no other. It will boost...(展开全部)

William Shakespeare's The Tempest retold as Hag-Seed Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is li...(展开全部)

A little boy just knows that a carrot will grow from the seed that he plants--whatever his family may believe--in this brief (101 words) classic story of childhood faith rewarded. Two- and four-color illustrations.

Two seeds grow side by side, showing the life cycles of plants. The seeds become marigolds and pumpkins.

'Hello Reader!' books have been designed for parents to read to children, for children to read to parents, or for children to read themselves--to make your child a better reader. High-interest stories make reading fun! Stories have been tested for vocabulary and sentence length to help you make the right choice! A letter from an education specialist gives you valuable advice on...(展开全部)