Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child that it produces. Moving forward and backward in time, with the power of poetry and the emotional richness of a narrative ten times its length, Jacqueline Woodson's extraordinary new novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions,...(展开全部)

Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child that it produces. Moving forward and backward in time, with the power of poetry and the emotional richness of a narrative ten times its length, Jacqueline Woodson's extraordinary new novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions,...(展开全部)

Turtle is in a big hurry. And that’s hard for turtles to do. But he’s off to see something red and he can’t be late. But is it red like Rabbit’s roses? Or Goat’s socks? Or Fox’s roof? All the neighbors want to know, so off they go in a long parade to follow Turtle. But when he finally stops, there’s nothing red in sight. Until all at once they see red, red, red. Yet another tr...(展开全部)

Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that w...(展开全部)

Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that w...(展开全部)

Rocks and Minerals, is one book in the Britannica Illustrated Science Library Series that is correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-8. The Britannica Illustrated Science Library is a visually compelling set that covers earth science, life science, and physical science in 16 volumes. Created for ages 10 and up, each volume provides an overview on a subject and thorough...(展开全部)

彼得•尼克尔斯（Peter Nichols），英国知名作家，著有多本小说、非虚构作品及回忆录。他创作的全球畅销书《疯狂航海》曾入围William Hill年度运动书籍最终名单。其小说《北极星之旅》曾入围国际IMPAC都柏林文学奖。 尼克尔斯曾在乔治城大学、纽约大学巴黎校区、鲍登学院教授写作课程。在成为职业作家之前，他是一名专业的游艇驾驶员，并在海上度过十年岁月，曾独自驾驶船只航渡大西洋，这段经历也成为包括《岩石旅社》在内的多部作品的灵感来源。

梅里杜爾Catherine Merridale 畢業於劍橋大學國王學院，伯明罕大學博士。主攻俄羅斯史。曾在英國各大學任教，2014年退休轉為專職作家。著作包括《石頭之夜：在俄羅斯的死亡與記憶》、《1917列寧在火車上》和《紅色堡壘：俄國史的祕密心臟》。曾以《石頭之夜》贏得海涅曼文學獎和進入約翰生獎決選名單，以《紅色堡壘》贏得沃爾森歷史獎和普希金俄國圖書獎。 相關著作：《1917列寧在火車上：載著蘇聯創建者的列車正駛入歷史之中，準備掀起翻轉世界的紅色革命》 譯者簡介 梁永安 台灣大學人類學學士、哲學碩士，目前為專業翻譯者，完成約近百本譯著，譯有《李維史陀：實驗室裡的詩人》、《老年之書》、《文化與抵抗》、《帕德嫩之謎》、《非洲失落的白色部落》、《再造失去的王國：俄羅斯的帝國雄心500年史》和《1917列寧在火車上》等書。

In Stumbling Colossus, David Glantz explored why the Red Army was unprepared for the German blitzkrieg that nearly destroyed it and left more than four million of its soldiers dead by the end of 1941. In Colossus Reborn he recounts the miraculous resurrection of the Red Army, which, with a dazzling display of military strategy and operational prowess, stopped the Wehrmacht in i...(展开全部)