The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant who one day, on the fifteenth of May in the Jungle of Nool to be precise, hears a small speck of dust talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet, home to a city called "Who-ville", inhabited by microscopic-sized inhabitants known as Whos. The Whos ask Horton (who, though he cannot see them, is able to...(展开全部)

Illus. in color by the author. It's the talk of the jungle when an elephant hatches an egg. Extravagant nonsense and rollicking verse.

Colorful pictures and simple rhyming texts help children guess what's peeking through the die-cut windows in these two fun board books. The anticipation of what's hiding on the next page and th bright, engaging illustrations will keep youngsters guessing and giggling all the way to the suprise endings.

埃德加•希尔森拉特出生于德国莱比锡。1938年随母亲和弟弟逃往罗马尼亚，亲历了发生在罗马尼亚的大屠杀，曾先后在巴勒斯坦、法国生活过，50年代初定居美国，最后于1975年回到德国。他是最早借助于讽刺和荒诞不经的故事形容纳粹暴行的文学家之一，因此他的作品占有特殊地位。 2006年4月，为表彰希尔森拉特在文学创作中的杰出成就，在其诞辰80周岁之际，《没有明天的夜晚－埃德加•希尔森拉特传》纪录片在德国电视台公开放映。

In this instant New York Times Bestseller, Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls “the single biggest problem in business today”: unsuccessful hiring. The average hiring mistake costs a company $1.5 million or more a year and countless wasted hours. This statistic becomes even more startling when you consid...(展开全部)

埃德加•希尔森拉特出生于德国莱比锡。1938年随母亲和弟弟逃往罗马尼亚，亲历了发生在罗马尼亚的大屠杀，曾先后在巴勒斯坦、法国生活过，50年代初定居美国，最后于1975年回到德国。他是最早借助于讽刺和荒诞不经的故事形容纳粹暴行的文学家之一，因此他的作品占有特殊地位。 2006年4月，为表彰希尔森拉特在文学创作中的杰出成就，在其诞辰80周岁之际，《没有明天的夜晚－埃德加•希尔森拉特传》纪录片在德国电视台公开放映。

在线阅读本书 Can you trust yourself when you don’t know who you are? Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe’s Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of ‘Thursday’. In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn ...(展开全部)

A vivid personal account of a Golden Age in classical music—the second half of the 20th century—providing a rare, behind-the-scenes view of the inner workings of a top symphony orchestra. Nancy Shear was only fifteen when she began sneaking into Philadelphia Orchestra concerts through the stage door, and seventeen when she was hired as a member of the orchestra’s library staff ...(展开全部)

"The most thrilling book I have ever read." -Kingsley Amis Part surrealistic comedy, part psychological thriller, G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday inventively unravels the nightmare of paradox and surprise to probe the mysteries of human behavior. The seven members of Europe's Central Anarchist Council, who, for reasons of security, call themselves by the name...(展开全部)

Can you trust yourself when you don't know who you are? Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe's Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of 'Thursday'. In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, When Syme discov...(展开全部)