Inside Out and Back Again is a #1 New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Book, and a winner of the National Book Award! Inspired by the author's childhood experience as a refugee—fleeing Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama—this coming-of-age debut novel told in verse has been celebrated for its touching child's-eye view of family and immigration. Hà ...(展开全部)

赖清河，越南裔美国人，儿童文学作家。她出生在越南，后跟家人一起移民到美国。在努力学习英语的过程中，她也经历了与书中的主人公一样的困境和突破，但最终她却用英语写作了这本手法独特、语言优美的书，并因此荣获了美国儿童文学界两个非常有分量的奖项。关于这本书，她最想与读者共同探讨的一个困惑是：我们真的了解自己周围的人吗？她很希望大家在读完书后，能坐在自己至爱的家人身边，听他们讲讲以前的事，分享他们的成长故事。

赖清河，越南裔美国人，儿童文学作家。她出生在越南，后跟家人一起移民到美国。在努力学习英语的过程中，她也经历了与书中的主人公一样的困境和突破，但最终她却用英语写作了这本手法独特、语言优美的书，并因此荣获了美国儿童文学界两个非常有分量的奖项。关于这本书，她最想与读者共同探讨的一个困惑是：我们真的了解自己周围的人吗？她很希望大家在读完书后，能坐在自己至爱的家人身边，听他们讲讲以前的事，分享他们的成长故事。

President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into the current economic crisis, and offers specifi...(展开全部)

President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into the current economic crisis, and offers specifi...(展开全部)

John Gardner was one of the most prolific, widely read, and influential scholars working in philosophy of law. This book celebrates, explores, and develops themes of his work during his sixteen years as Professor of Jurisprudence at University of Oxford. Written by a team of contributors whose own work has been influenced by Gardner's and with whom he has worked closely, this b...(展开全部)

A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2011! A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear ...(展开全部)

Twenty years after the Agile Manifesto was first presented, the legendary Robert C. Martin (“Uncle Bob”) reintroduces agile values and principles for a new generation of software developers. In this eagerly-awaited book, the best-selling author of The Clean Coder shows how to bring unprecedented levels of professionalism and discipline to agile development — and thereby write f...(展开全部)

How fast does gravity travel? When will the sun go nova? Who invented the light year? Will we ever travel to the stars? These are just some of the unusual and popular questions NASA astronomer Sten Odenwald answers in Back to the Astronomy Caf, based on his award-winning website "for the astronomically disadvantaged. " Since his acclaimed earlier book The Astronomy Caf publis...(展开全部)