In this beginner-friendly guide, Jack Reid will show you the hows of watercolor painting. He covers it all in clear, easy-to-understand terms - beginning with what tools and materials you should buy to get off to a good, affordable start. You'll find simple, step-by-step exercises to help you: control your brush with easemaster the four basic watercolor techniques - the flat wa...(展开全部)

"One of America's greatest novelists" dazzlingly reinvents the coming-of-age story in his most passionate and surprising book to dateSinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, Paul Auster's fifteenth novel opens in New York City in the spring of 1967, when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University, meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudo...(展开全部)

"One of America's greatest novelists" dazzlingly reinvents the coming-of-age story in his most passionate and surprising book to dateSinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, Paul Auster's fifteenth novel opens in New York City in the spring of 1967, when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University, meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudo...(展开全部)

Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, "Invisible" opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Before long, Walker finds himself caught in a perverse triangle that leads to a sudden, shocking...(展开全部)

The walk to the store isn't far. It's just through the backyard. But this backyard isn't just any backyard when viewed with the imagination. It can be a forest inhabited by a dragon and a sleeping giant. It can be rocks near a shore, with a boat just ready to take you out to sea, where there might be whales, mermaids, or even pirates Each color scene is viewed from above and f...(展开全部)

Understanding invisible capital will enable more Americans to be better prepared to pursue entrepreneurship and level the playing field—because hard work, a great idea, and a good attitude simply aren’t enough.

In "Invisible Cities" Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Gore Vidal wrote 'of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention like "Invisible Cities", perfectly irrelevant'.

约翰·斯拉代克出生在美国爱荷华州，在明尼苏达州立大学学习了机械工程和英语文学课程。随后，他便投身于一系列充满叛逆色彩的职业，快餐厨师、专业技术作家、铁路扳道工、牧场工人，这些经历对他将来的写作颇有助益。离开美国之后他先隐居于摩洛哥、西班牙和奥地利。他埋头写作的习惯令当地农民惊叹不已。从1966年起，他定居于英国伦敦，成为新浪潮科幻作家中的一员，逐渐成为备受推祟的科幻作家。 他创作的侦探小说以撒克里·费恩为主角，都是密室和不可能犯罪。第一篇短篇小说《未知之手》是四重密室，获得“泰晤士侦探小说竞赛”首奖。第一部长篇小说《黑色气氛》涉及招魂术、诅咒等各种元素。第二作《无形的绿先生》更是成为密室推理的名作。另外还有一篇超短篇侦探小说。可惜的是，在七十年代完成上述作品之后，他转回又继续创作科幻小说，不能不说是侦探小说界的遗憾。

Imaginary conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. “Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant” (Gore Vidal). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book One of the world's best sto...(展开全部)

A milestone in American literature--a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers o...(展开全部)