David Wiesner brings his trademark artistry and rich imagination to the iconic American game of baseball. The few seconds after the ball leaves the bat can be infinitely long. For this eager young outfielder, there's plenty of time to envision the increasingly fantastic and funny situations that might interfere with making the catch. Summoning determination and courage, he over...(展开全部)

大卫·威斯纳（David Wiesner） 1956年出生于美国新泽西州。从中学时代开始，他对于用图画说故事的方式便很感兴趣。1980年，他与迈克·泰勒合作出版了第一本书《诚实的安德鲁》。他的作品向来广受各方瞩目，并六次赢得美国凯迪克大奖评委的青睐，被称为凯迪克奖的常胜将军，作品有：《疯狂星期二》《 海底的秘密》《飓风》《华夫先生》《滴水兽的夜晚》《人鱼女孩》《三只小猪》《梦幻大飞行》《7号梦工厂》等。

David Wiesner brings his trademark artistry and rich imagination to the iconic American game of baseball. The few seconds after the ball leaves the bat can be infinitely long. For this eager young outfielder, there's plenty of time to envision the increasingly fantastic and funny situations that might interfere with making the catch. Summoning determination and courage, he over...(展开全部)

大卫·威斯纳（David Wiesner） 1956年出生于美国新泽西州。从中学时代开始，他对于用图画说故事的方式便很感兴趣。1980年，他与迈克·泰勒合作出版了第一本书《诚实的安德鲁》。他的作品向来广受各方瞩目，并六次赢得美国凯迪克大奖评委的青睐，被称为凯迪克奖的常胜将军，作品有：《疯狂星期二》《 海底的秘密》《飓风》《华夫先生》《滴水兽的夜晚》《人鱼女孩》《三只小猪》《梦幻大飞行》《7号梦工厂》等。

Impelled by the desire to recapitulate and amplify those 'subjects that have chiefly interested me during the course of my life', Somerset Maugham wrote The Summing Up when he was sixty-four. Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing the private self, The Summing Up is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo. It...(展开全部)

By 1938, Maugham had become a legend as a playwright, novelist and magician of the short story. He then wrote The Summing Up to give some account of how he learned his craft and why he became such an acute observer of human beings.

Every Sunday Mrs Badger walks up the mountain near her house. She knows the name of every animal and every plant on the way and helps everyone in need. One particular Sunday she meets a little cat, Leo, who would like to join her on her journey. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship and many more walks up the mountain. What will happen when Mrs Badger is too old to jo...(展开全部)

By 1938, Maugham had become a legend as a playwright, novelist and magician of the short story. He then wrote The Summing Up to give some account of how he learned his craft and why he became such an acute observer of human beings.

Compiled and published after Fitzgerald's death by his friend, the prominent critic and editor Edmund Wilson, The Crack-Up is a collection of writings that chronicle the author's state of mind and personal perspective on events, fellow writers and public figures of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to articles and essays such as the celebrated title piece, this volume includes a...(展开全部)