James Herriot's final work and last in his beloved series of animal stories This fifth and final of James Herriot's heartwarming story collections brings back familiar friends (including old favorites such as Tricki Woo) and introduces new ones, including Herriot's children Rosie and Jimmy and the marvelously eccentric vet Calum Buchanan. As James grows older, he finds th...(展开全部)

Former NYPD detective Charlie Parker, tormented by the brutal, unsolved murders of his wife and young daughter and driven by visions of the dead, tracks a serial killer from New York City to the American South. There, in the dark streets of New Orleans and the deadly moonlit bayous, Charlie finds his buried instincts -- for love, survival, and, ultimately, for killing -- reawak...(展开全部)

Further veterinary tales from the Yorkshire Dales in James Herriot's Every Living Thing.

罗布·邓恩（Rob Dunn），北卡罗来纳州立大学应用生态学系教授、哥本哈根大学丹麦自然历史博物馆教授，科普作家中的新秀。著有《生命探究的伟大史诗》《我们的身体，想念野蛮的自然》《勇敢的心：心脏科学与外科手术的传奇故事》等。曾为《国家地理》《科学美国人》《BBC野生动物》《自然史》等杂志撰文一百余篇。在康涅狄格大学获得博士学位，曾获得富布赖特奖学金，现居美国北卡罗来纳州罗利市。

Biologists and laypeople alike have repeatedly claimed victory over life. A thousand years ago we thought we knew almost everything, a hundred years ago, too. But even today, Rob Dunn argues, discoveries we can't yet imagine still await us. More is unknown than known, whether about our bodies or the bottom of the sea. In a series of vivid portraits of scientists as interest...(展开全部)

罗布·邓恩（Rob Dunn），北卡罗来纳州立大学应用生态学系教授、哥本哈根大学丹麦自然历史博物馆教授，科普作家中的新秀。著有《生命探究的伟大史诗》《我们的身体，想念野蛮的自然》《勇敢的心：心脏科学与外科手术的传奇故事》等。曾为《国家地理》《科学美国人》《BBC野生动物》《自然史》等杂志撰文一百余篇。在康涅狄格大学获得博士学位，曾获得富布赖特奖学金，现居美国北卡罗来纳州罗利市。

Biologists and laypeople alike have repeatedly claimed victory over life. A thousand years ago we thought we knew almost everything, a hundred years ago, too. But even today, Rob Dunn argues, discoveries we can't yet imagine still await us. More is unknown than known, whether about our bodies or the bottom of the sea. In a series of vivid portraits of scientists as interest...(展开全部)

Why can't teenagers get out of bed in the morning? How do bees tell the time? Why do some plants open and close their flowers at the same time each day? Why do so many people suffer the misery of jet lag? In this fascinating book, Russell Foster and Leon Kreitzman explain the significance of the biological clock, showing how it has played an essential role in evolution and why ...(展开全部)

Popular science at its most exciting: the breaking new world of chronobiology - understanding the rhythm of life in humans and all plants and animals. The entire natural world is full of rhythms. The early bird catches the worm -and migrates to an internal calendar. Dormice hibernate away the winter. Plants open and close their flowers at the same hour each day. Bees search out...(展开全部)

本书为谢尔·希尔弗斯坦的童诗作品集，是继《阁楼上的光》《人行道的尽头》《向上跌了一跤》之后的又一童谣力作。收录150首谢尔生前从未发表的童诗，奇趣怪诞的诗歌配上简洁诙谐的黑白线条图画，为读者带来奇特的想象之旅，读来韵律十足，朗朗上口，幽默有趣。 你吃过“上面什么都有”的热狗吗？你知道是谁发明了万圣节吗？你有没有见过马桶怪妖？你想不想去恶心学校走一遭？你知道爱朝别人吐舌头的小孩最后有什么下场吗？……《什么都要有》与其他三本童诗作品集同样精彩，体现出谢尔非凡的想象力和源源不断的奇思妙想……任何孩子想得到，大人已经遗忘的，都可以在这本书里找到。谢尔用他独特的视角和特有的诙谐风格表现看似平常的事情，冲击每个人的想象神经，读过之后令人回味无穷。