Gerald is a giraffe who simply can¹t dance. Try as he may, his long, spindly legs buckle whenever he starts to boogie. Every year he dreads going to the Great jungle Dance, until one night he finds his own special music.

莉迪亚•戴维斯(Lydia Davis)，美国当代著名小说家、翻译家。1947年出生于美国马萨诸塞州北安普敦，现为纽约州立阿伯尼大学创意写作教授。她长期致力于译介法国经典文学，如福楼拜、普鲁斯特的作品。著有七本短篇小说集及一部长篇小说，2005年当选为美国艺术科学院院士，2013年荣获布克国际奖，还曾获古根海姆奖、兰南文学奖、麦克阿瑟“天才奖”等。

Today, computer-system optimization, at both the hardware and software levels, must consider the details of the memory system in its analysis; failing to do so yields systems that are increasingly inefficient as those systems become more complex. This lecture seeks to introduce the reader to the most important details of the memory system; it targets both computer scientists an...(展开全部)

Today, computer-system optimization, at both the hardware and software levels, must consider the details of the memory system in its analysis; failing to do so yields systems that are increasingly inefficient as those systems become more complex. This lecture seeks to introduce the reader to the most important details of the memory system; it targets both computer scientists an...(展开全部)

Product Description Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. As Tala’s wedding day approaches, s...(展开全部)

Here is a new collection of short stories from the writer Rick Moody has called “the best prose stylist in America.” Her stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of “Bloomington” reads, “Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before.” Or they may be lengthier investigations of the havoc wreaked by the most mund...(展开全部)

Her stories may be literal one-liners: the entirety of "Bloomington" reads, "Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before." Or they may be lengthier investigations of the havoc wreaked by the most mundane disruptions to routine: in "A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates," a professor receives a gift of thirty...(展开全部)

Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Prize for Children's Books, Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? is a luscious-as-chocolate tale that should find a place on every pre-school bookshelf. While Big Bear tries to read his Bear Book, Little Bear tries to sleep, but can't. He's scared of the dark. So Big Bear keeps bringing him progressively bigger lanterns. But nothing ...(展开全部)

【作家简介】 马丁·韦德尔 Martin Waddell（爱尔兰） 1941年出生于北爱尔兰的贝尔费斯特，是爱尔兰知名作家，作品曾多次获得英国史马提斯奖(The Smarties Book Prize)、凯特格林威大奖(The Kate Greenaway Medal)、鹅妈妈大奖等国际知名奖项。作品包括：《小猫头鹰》(Owl Babies)、《月光》，以及与以灵活的线条及巧妙的布局取胜的绘者芭芭拉·弗斯(Barbara Firth)合作的系列图画书：《你睡不着吗？》(Can't you sleep, little bear?)、《做得好，小小熊》(Good job, little bear)、《我们回家吧》Let's go home, little bear；和海伦·奥克森伯瑞(Helen Oxenbury)合作的《可怜的鸭子》(Farmer du...(展开全部)