Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award A Washington Post, Chicago Review of Books, Kirkus, and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Month “Inventive, funny and moving.” ―The New York Times Book Review Translated from the German by Damion Searls Winner of the German Book Prize, Saša Stanišic’s inventive and surprising novel asks: what makes us who we are? In August, 1...(展开全部)

Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award A Washington Post, Chicago Review of Books, Kirkus, and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Month “Inventive, funny and moving.” ―The New York Times Book Review Translated from the German by Damion Searls Winner of the German Book Prize, Saša Stanišic’s inventive and surprising novel asks: what makes us who we are? In August, 1...(展开全部)

A "dynamic" ( Los Angeles Times ) new understanding of one of life's key questions-from the New York Times bestselling author. This sweeping study of the history of innovation breaks out the seven patterns of innovation like "the slow hunch" and "serendipity." It debunks the myth of the lone genius and presents the real-world dynamics and context that enable innovation. Jo...(展开全部)

A "dynamic" ( Los Angeles Times ) new understanding of one of life's key questions-from the New York Times bestselling author. This sweeping study of the history of innovation breaks out the seven patterns of innovation like "the slow hunch" and "serendipity." It debunks the myth of the lone genius and presents the real-world dynamics and context that enable innovation. Jo...(展开全部)

On a day trip to the seaside Mum and Dad settle down in their deckchairs to snooze the day away while for Shirley it is a chance to set sail for uncharted seas, adventure and buried treasure. But not before her Mum has warned her off the dangers of tar, stray dogs and cold water. . . With the alternative pictures giving both sides of the story, children and adults alike will ap...(展开全部)

本书作者是在国际上屡获殊荣的英国图画大师约翰·伯宁罕。通过已经出版的启发精选国际大师名作绘本《和甘伯伯去游河》、《外公》、《宝儿——一只没有羽毛的大雁》，中国的读者认识了伯宁罕的作品。 伯宁罕之所以在国际上享有当之无愧的大师声誉，不仅仅是由于多项大奖光环的环绕，更因为他的作品深受世界各地小朋友乃至成人读者的喜爱。他的每一部作品都是一经出版就成为脍炙人口的佳作。 英国《泰晤士报教育特刊》、《财经时报》，美国《纽约时报》、《波士顿环球时报》都曾用“最值得尊敬、最具商业价值、最值得留恋”等溢美之词，对伯宁罕本人及其作品作出评价。

When Ray turns up to visit his old university friends Charlie and Emily, he's given a special task: to be so much his useless self that he makes Charlie look good by comparison. But Ray has his own buried feelings to contend with. Decades earlier, he and Emily would listen to jazz when they were alone, and now, as Sarah Vaughan sings through the speakers, he struggles to contro...(展开全部)

When Ray turns up to visit his old university friends Charlie and Emily, he's given a special task: to be so much his useless self that he makes Charlie look good by comparison. But Ray has his own buried feelings to contend with. Decades earlier, he and Emily would listen to jazz when they were alone, and now, as Sarah Vaughan sings through the speakers, he struggles to contro...(展开全部)

She was 17-years-old on a Christmas Eve flight 40 years ago to join her father for Christmas when the unimaginable happened. The Lockheed L-188A Electra, on the way from Lima to Pucallpa, flew directly into a thunderstorm. A strike of lightning left the plane incinerated and Juliane Diller (Koepcke) still strapped to her plane seat falling through the night air two miles above ...(展开全部)

Kingdom Come is a four-issue comic book mini-series published in 1996 by DC Comics under their Elseworlds imprint. It was written by Alex Ross and Mark Waid and painted in gouache by Ross, who also developed the concept from an original idea. This Elseworlds story is set in a future that deals with a growing conflict between "traditional" superheroes, such as Superman, Wonder W...(展开全部)