史密斯牧师荣获美国华盛顿乔治敦大学（Georgetown University）卫斯理（Wesley）神学院道学硕士、福勒（Fuller）神学院教牧学博士。他是长老会牧师，也是华盛顿特区尼希米差会的负责人。他的工作包括：举办研习会、讲道和研讨会、咨询和写作。 除本书外，他还著有《明白神的旨意》（Knowing God's Will）和《台上台下Easy Talk》等。

In this beginner-friendly guide, Jack Reid will show you the hows of watercolor painting. He covers it all in clear, easy-to-understand terms - beginning with what tools and materials you should buy to get off to a good, affordable start. You'll find simple, step-by-step exercises to help you: control your brush with easemaster the four basic watercolor techniques - the flat wa...(展开全部)

一言で結婚とくくっても、いろいろあるんです。 人には恋愛体質の人とそうでない人がいる。特定の相手と長く関係を持続させていける能力を持っているのは非恋愛体質の人なのだ。もう半分の人生を考え始めた人々に贈るエッセイ。

The walk to the store isn't far. It's just through the backyard. But this backyard isn't just any backyard when viewed with the imagination. It can be a forest inhabited by a dragon and a sleeping giant. It can be rocks near a shore, with a boat just ready to take you out to sea, where there might be whales, mermaids, or even pirates Each color scene is viewed from above and f...(展开全部)

李欧·李奥尼（Leo Lionni） 绘本作家、画家、艺术家。1910年5月出生于荷兰阿姆斯特丹，父亲是一位会计师，母亲是一位歌剧演员，两位叔叔都是艺术品收藏家。 浸润在这样浓郁的艺术氛围之中，李奥尼很早就对绘画萌生了兴趣，立志成为一名艺术家，他常常去家附近的博物馆、美术馆欣赏大师的作品。 14岁，李奥尼随父母定居意大利热那亚，在那里度过了少年和青年时代。1935年，李奥尼获得热那亚大学经济学博士学位，几年之后，他举家 搬到了美国费城，正式投身广告设计行业并取得了辉煌的成就。 1960年，处于事业巔峰期的他回到了意大利。他原本打算全身心投入绘画和雕塑创作，结果却走上了绘本作家的道路。尽管李奥尼49岁才开始 创作绘本，却开创了一个绘本的新时代。《纽约时报》曾这样评价他“如果绘本是我们这个时代一种新的视觉艺术，李欧·李奥尼则是这种风格的大家。” 李奥尼一...(展开全部)

“Let's, make rabbits,” say the scissors to the pencil, and, before the reader’s eyes, two rabbits appear—one drawn by the pencil, the other cut from brightly patterned paper by the scissors. When the rabbits are hungry, the scissors and the pencil provide paper carrots. But one day the taste of a real carrot leads to a magical surprise. Readers will delight in this imaginative ...(展开全部)

菲利普·罗斯(Philip Roth)，1933年出生在美国新泽西州的纽瓦克市，被认为是当代最杰出的美国犹太裔作家之一。罗斯以短篇小说《再见，哥伦布》崛起，赢得美国多个主要文学奖项，1998年凭借《美国牧歌》一举获得美国普利策文学奖，是近年来诺贝尔文学奖呼声颇高的作家之一。

I Married a Communist is the story of the rise and fall of Ira Ringold, a big American roughneck who begins life as a teenage ditch-digger in 1930s Newark, becomes a big-time 1940s radio star, and is destroyed, as both a performer and a man, in the McCarthy witchhunt of the 1950s. In his heyday as a star--and as a zealous, bullying supporter of "progressive" political causes--I...(展开全部)

'One of the funniest novels I've read in a long time!' Evening Standard 'For fans of Dolly Alderton, this is an absolute must!' The Lady 'Engaging, uplifting and empowering. And very funny!' Samantha Tonge 'I love, love, LOVED this book!' Amazon reviewer Chloe Usher has had enough of men. After breaking up with the love of her life, Chloe's friends tell her she needs to get bac...(展开全部)