In poetic, easy-to-understand text, Jean Marzollo explains the many aspects of a star, including why a star isn't visible during the day, and whether the moon is a star. The book's bright cut-paper illustrations by Judith Moffatt add clarity to the science concepts throughout the book.

In poetic, easy-to-understand text, Jean Marzollo explains the many aspects of a star, including why a star isn't visible during the day, and whether the moon is a star. The book's bright cut-paper illustrations by Judith Moffatt add clarity to the science concepts throughout the book.

作者簡介 片惠英（편혜영） 一九七二年生於韓國首爾，漢陽大學韓國語文學系畢業。二○○○年以第一篇短篇小說處女作《抖落露珠》（SHAKING OFF DEW）獲得《首爾新聞報》年度春季文學獎。作品在韓國文學界甚至世界文壇都受到極大的關注，二○○八年諾貝爾文學獎獲得者、法國作家勒•克萊齊奧（Jean Marie Gustave Le Clézio）對她的作品稱讚有加。 她共出版過四本短篇小說集，《蜀葵花園》（AOI GARDEN）、《去狗窩》（TO THE KENNELS）、《黃昏的求愛》（EVENING COURTSHIP）以及《夜晚流逝》（A NIGHT IS PASSING BY）。兩本長篇小說《灰燼與猩紅》（ASHES AND RED）及《他們去向西方森林》（THEY WENT TO THE FOREST IN THE WEST） 二○一七年曾來...(展开全部)

In That Old Ace in the Hole, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Annie Proulx has written an exhilarating story brimming with language, history, landscape, music, and love. The novel, Proulx's fourth, is told through the eyes of Bob Dollar, a young Denver man trying to make good in a bad world. Dollar is out of college but aimless, and he takes a job with Global Po...(展开全部)

In That Old Ace in the Hole, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Annie Proulx has written an exhilarating story brimming with language, history, landscape, music, and love. The novel, Proulx's fourth, is told through the eyes of Bob Dollar, a young Denver man trying to make good in a bad world. Dollar is out of college but aimless, and he takes a job with Global Po...(展开全部)

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, The Hole is by turns reminiscent of Lewis Carroll, David Lynch, and My Neighbor Totoro, but is singularly unsettling Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the countryside. During an exceptionally hot summer, the young married couple move in, and Asa does her best to quickly adjust to their new ...(展开全部)

"The Water Hole" is a fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and art book. Graeme Base takes the reader on a journey of discovery, from the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of the Australian outback. As one rhino gives way to two tigers, with three toucans waiting in the wings, the tale unfolds on many lev...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Alphonse, a young Walloon officer, is travelling to join his regiment in Madrid in 1739. But he soon finds himself mysteriously detained at a highway inn in the strange and varied company of thieves, brigands, cabbalists, noblemen, coquettes and gypsies, whose stories he records over sixty-six days. The resulting manuscript is discovered some forty years later in a se...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Alphonse, a young Walloon officer, is travelling to join his regiment in Madrid in 1739. But he soon finds himself mysteriously detained at a highway inn in the strange and varied company of thieves, brigands, cabbalists, noblemen, coquettes and gypsies, whose stories he records over sixty-six days. The resulting manuscript is discovered some forty years later in a se...(展开全部)

The 1995 Booker Prize finalist finally back in print. Alan Hollinghurst's hypnotic and exquisitely written novel tells the story of Edward Manners, a disaffected 33-year-old who leaves England to earn his living as a language tutor in a Flemish city. Almost immediately he falls in love with one of his pupils, but can only console himself with other, illicit affairs. With this n...(展开全部)