In an old and slightly seedy house in North London there lives a family of men: Max, the aging but still aggressive patriarch; his younger, ineffectual brother Sam; and two of Max's three sons, neither of whom is married -- Lenny, a small-time pimp, and Joey, who dreams of success as a boxer. Into this sinister abode comes the eldest son, Teddy, who, having spent the past six y...(展开全部)

达尼埃尔·佩纳克（Daniel Pennac，1944- ）出生于摩洛哥的卡萨布兰卡，青少年时期的求学生涯对他简直就是灾难，但差生遇上了教导有方的恩师，使他最终完成学业并当上了教师和作家。 佩纳克至今已出版二十余部作品，大多是为青少年写的小说、随笔。他于1989年写的《卖散文的女孩》以及1992年出版的《如同一部小说》，都曾高居袖珍本畅销书的榜首，一度被法国《读书》杂志称为“佩纳克现象”。 2007年，他的自传体小说《上学的烦恼》荣获雷诺多文学奖。 佩纳克一直以来提倡大声朗读，从朗读中获得阅读的快乐。他也是有声读物的爱好者，并为自己的书录制有声版。近年来，他的书已经成为法国学生、家长和老师最喜欢的文学读品之一。

达尼埃尔·佩纳克（Daniel Pennac，1944- ）出生于摩洛哥的卡萨布兰卡，青少年时期的求学生涯对他简直就是灾难，但差生遇上了教导有方的恩师，使他最终完成学业并当上了教师和作家。 佩纳克至今已出版二十余部作品，大多是为青少年写的小说、随笔。他于1989年写的《卖散文的女孩》以及1992年出版的《如同一部小说》，都曾高居袖珍本畅销书的榜首，一度被法国《读书》杂志称为“佩纳克现象”。 2007年，他的自传体小说《上学的烦恼》荣获雷诺多文学奖。 佩纳克一直以来提倡大声朗读，从朗读中获得阅读的快乐。他也是有声读物的爱好者，并为自己的书录制有声版。近年来，他的书已经成为法国学生、家长和老师最喜欢的文学读品之一。

Nearing the end of his life, Baron Bela Wenckheim decides to return to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart Marika. What follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alt...(展开全部)

Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin–like figure, Baron Bela Wenckheim, who decides to return at the end of his life to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with his high school sweetheart Marika. What fo...(展开全部)

Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin–like figure, Baron Bela Wenckheim, who decides to return at the end of his life to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with his high school sweetheart Marika. What fo...(展开全部)

Nearing the end of his life, Baron Bela Wenckheim decides to return to the provincial Hungarian town of his birth. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he wishes to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart Marika. What follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alt...(展开全部)

In the first, desperate days of the Human-Covenant War, the UNSC has enacted the Cole Protocol to safeguard Earth and its inner colonies from discovery by a merciless alien foe. Many are called upon to rid the universe of lingering navigation data that would reveal the location of Earth. Among them is Navy Lieutenant Jacob Keyes. Thrust back into action after being sidelined, K...(展开全部)

克劳瑞·A．尼沃拉 出色的图画书女画家。自编自绘了作品《伊丽莎白》和《森林》，曾和作家阿米·海斯特合作推出了《娜娜的星期五晚上》一书。现在跟家人住在美国马萨诸塞州。

[意] 里卡尔多·博兹 著 里卡尔多 · 博兹是一名记者,1966年出生于米兰, 从1990年开始就在意大利《晚邮报》工作。 他说:“当我们学会如何聆听树木时, 我们思想的简洁、敏捷和孩子般的喧嚣达到无比的快乐。” 于是他写下了《森林》的故事。 [西] 比奥莱塔·洛佩斯 绘 比奥莱塔·洛佩斯是一位现居德国柏林的西班牙插画师, 曾被杂志El Culture誉为当代西班牙十大插画师之一。 她为《走过那片森林》创作了独特的浮雕、模切艺术。 [意] 瓦莱里奥·维达利 绘 瓦莱里奥·维达利是一位意大利插画家, 目前生活在葡萄牙。插画作品曾获得国际插图双年展、 美国插画家协会和博洛尼亚童书展多项插画大奖。已出版作品有《你想过怎样的一生？》。