In a scruffy park of a West European metropolis, a man in an ill-fitting trench coat is found hanging by the feet, half-dead. This is Abel Nema, the enigmatic yet fascinating protagonist of Terézia Mora’s internationally acclaimed novel, a linguistic phenomenon who can speak ten languages flawlessly but whose grip on reality is slowly slipping away. Since his self-imposed...(展开全部)

With the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire, lonely, friendless thirteen-year-old Henry spends most of his time watching television, reading, and daydreaming with only his emotionally fragile, long-divorced mother for company. But everything changes on the Thursday before the holiday weekend when a mysterio...(展开全部)

With the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire, lonely, friendless thirteen-year-old Henry spends most of his time watching television, reading, and daydreaming with only his emotionally fragile, long-divorced mother for company. But everything changes on the Thursday before the holiday weekend when a mysterio...(展开全部)

莎拉•落茨，开普敦大学文学硕士，南非天才编剧家，小说家，被称为“还未长成的J.K.罗琳”，科幻界炙手可热的新星。 其小说《从天而落》还未出版便以其奇特性与震撼力深深打动了全球出版界，版权销售至全球21个国家，电影版权被好莱坞6大影视公司热抢。受到美国恐怖小说大师斯蒂芬•金的极力推荐，中文版已由广西科学技术出版社于2014年年底引进出版。 《驶入深海》 作为《从天而落》系列的第二部，在出版圈、影视圈与读者群的翘首期盼中震撼面世。一贯不按常理出牌的落茨这一次带来的又是一部惊喜之作，她将故事的背景自《从天而落》的空难搬向与世隔绝的汪洋深海，故事发生的空间也由大千世界转向一座“孤岛”。一艘漂泊在加勒比海上的邮轮，与地面失去联系整整五日，当它再次被发现时，早已人去船空。世人都在猜测乘客的去向以及这五日邮轮上所发生的一切，当真相得以揭露，将令所有人瞠目。

辛西娅·赖伦特，美国当代儿童文学作家，给孩子写过一百多本书，两度获得纽伯瑞儿童文学奖和凯迪克大奖。绘本《想念梅姨》获得纽伯瑞儿童文学奖金奖，小说《一方净土》获得纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖。 妮基·麦克卢尔，美国插画家。1996年开始以剪纸手法创作绘本作品，著有《愿星光洒落》《收获的日子》《收集雨滴》等。母爱、亲情与童年是妮基创作的重要主题。她总能用生动的细节表现出属于孩子的神奇感觉，自然、柔软、爱意满满。她独特的色块运用和明暗对比，又给作品营造出一种诗意，一幅幅看下来像是记忆中的片段、渲染过的梦。

This lovely text illuminates all the possibilities a day offers - the opportunities and chances that won't ever come again - and also delivers a gentle message of good stewardship of our planet. Newbery Medal winner Cynthia Rylant's poetic text, alongside Nikki McClure's stunning, meticulously crafted cut-paper art, makes this picture book not only timeless but appealing to all...(展开全部)

Brief text and illustrations by ten artists reveal New Year's Day in the lives of children from eight different countries sharing their joy and excitement.

Brief text and illustrations by ten artists reveal New Year's Day in the lives of children from eight different countries sharing their joy and excitement.

It's Moscow, 2028. A scream, a moan, and a death rattle slowly pull Andrei Danilovich Komiaga out of his drunken stupor. But wait - that's just his ringtone. So begins another day in the life of an oprichnik, one of the czar's most trusted courtiers - and one of the country's most feared men. In this new New Russia, where futuristic technology and the draconian codes of Ivan th...(展开全部)

Morning in Moscow. Andrei Danilovich Komyaga wakes from a drunken stupor to the sound of a whip, a scream, a groan. It’s only his ringtone—and this is just another day in the life of an oprichnik, one of the reconstituted nobility who rule this, the new New Russia. In this empire cell phones coexist with practices drawn from the draconian codes of Ivan the Terrible. For Russia ...(展开全部)