For fans of Ada Twist: Scientist comes a fascinating picture book biography of a pioneering female scientist--who loved reptiles Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones, who turned over teacups and crawled past the crumpets.... While other girls played with dolls, Joan preferred th...(展开全部)

克莉斯蒂娜•斯台德（Christina Stead） 澳大利亚著名作家，1902年出生于澳洲，大部分时间旅居欧洲。作品的背景多设定在英、美等欧洲各国。1983年过世。她被推崇为二十世纪最重要的小说家之一，公认为澳大利亚最伟大的作家，著有十五本小说和大量短篇小说。曾获得帕特里克•怀特文学奖，并多次获诺贝尔奖提名。 《爱孩子的男人》是克莉斯蒂娜•斯台德最重要的代表作，本书带有自传色彩，某种程度上影射了现实生活中她与父亲紧绷的关系。淋漓尽致的描绘了一个有史以来最不堪入目的一个家庭，家庭成员之间的困难、挣扎，以及亲密和矛盾。

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Equipped with space suits, golf clubs and a flag, the Doctor and Rose are planning to live it up, Apollo mission-style, on the Moon. But the TARDIS has other plans, landing them instead in a village on the south coast of England; a picture-postcard sort of place where nothing much happens. Until now...An archaeological dig has turned up a Roman mosaic, circa AD 70, depicting my...(展开全部)

Damaged Goods is an original Doctor Who novel, released by Virgin Publishing in their New Adventures range of Doctor Who books. It is the second and to date last piece of full-length prose fiction to have been published by the television scriptwriter Russell T. Davies, who later became the chief writer and executive producer of the Doctor Who television series when it was reviv...(展开全部)

"There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way." And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations. Paul Goble tells how she eventually becom...(展开全部)

A tale of an Indian girl who feels a strong kinship with wild horses. She eventually becomes one of them. Ages 5-8 years.

"There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way." And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations. Paul Goble tells how she eventually becom...(展开全部)