Ein unerschrockener Schatten sucht sich ein fröhlicheres Leben Der Schatten Sam führt seit siebeneinhalb Jahren ein ganz schön angepasstes Leben, im doppelten Sinne. Denn der Junge, zu dem er gehört, ist einfach viel zu brav und macht nie etwas Wildes – also kann Sam es auch nicht. Doch eines Tages löst sich der Schatten von seinem Jungen und macht sich auf die Suche nach dem L...(展开全部)

Samantha (known as Sam) is a fisherman's daughter who dreams rich and lovely dreams--moonshine, her father says. But when her tall stories bring disaster to her friend Thomas and her cat Bangs, Sam learns to distinguish between moonshine and reality.

"[A] wise and inspiring autobiography--Walton tells his quietly fantastic story with conviction and makes no bones about his mistakes." -- San Francisco Chronicle "It's a story about entrepreneurship, and risk, and hard work, and knowing where you want to go and being willing to do what it takes to get there.  And it's a story about believing in your idea even when m...(展开全部)

Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world.The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, Sam never lost the common touch.Here, finally, inimitable words.Genuinely modest, but always sure if his ambit...(展开全部)

Gardner's second collection of amusing, thought-provoking problems and puzzles from Loyd's Cyclopedia -- perhaps the most exciting collection of puzzles ever assembled in one volume. Arithmetic, algebra, speed and distance problems, game theory, counter and sliding block problems, similar topics. 166 problems. 150 original drawings, diagrams.

在线阅读本书 Samantha (known as Sam) is a fisherman’s daughter who dreams rich and lovely dreams--moonshine, her father says. But when her tall stories bring disaster to her friend Thomas and her cat Bangs, Sam learns to distinguish between moonshine and reality.

Friends Sam and Dave set to with a spade each and a dog for company. They are on a mission and they don’t intend to stop until they find something spectacular. When digging straight down reveals nothing, they dig sideways, in different directions – still nothing. At least, that’s what they think. When the boys take a nap, the dog starts digging. And something spectacular happen...(展开全部)

爱德华·D·霍克 在当代欧美侦探小说文坛有那么一位甘心坚守短篇阵营的作家，辛勤耕耘几 十年之后也成为了一代大师。这便是目前创作逾千篇短篇侦探小说的爱德华·D· 霍克。 爱德华·D·霍克是二战之后最重要的短篇侦探小说作家。1973开始《埃勒里 ·奎因神秘杂志》每期都刊登他的一篇小说，三十多年未曾间断。在短篇小说的 领域里，霍克是多面手，尝试过各种形式和方法，但是大部分小说都强调公平的 线索和推理。许多情节元素是创新的，比如在推理中融合科幻小说和幻想小说元 素，他还坚持黄金时代作家的理念，认为谜团是小说的核心。 爱德华·D·霍克谈及为何对短篇小说情有独钟是因为他喜欢新奇的想法。“ 我可以一两周就写出一篇短篇小说，”他说，“长篇往往要花费我两三个月。我 很少写长篇，我觉得自己会半途而废，总想到下一个点子。”在他超过1000篇的 短篇作品中，塑造了二十多位系...(展开全部)

Octopus is a real-life thriller that tells the inside story of an audacious hedge fund fraud and the wild search, by a colorful cast of rogues and schemers, for a “secret market” beneath the financial market we all know. Sam Israel was a man who seemed to have it all – until the hedge fund he ran, Bayou, imploded and he became the target of a nationwide manhunt. Born into ...(展开全部)