Mustansar Hussain Tarar’s Sorrows of Sarasvati is a miraculous example of his art and craft. Like a prehistoric archaeologist, he excavates a lost river from under sand dunes and builds a museum that echoes Parushni’s “hoo ... dham ... dham ... hoo”. Like a magical transporter, he travels some four millennia back in time to land us in an unnamed village flanked by the River Gha...(展开全部)

Mustansar Hussain Tarar’s Sorrows of Sarasvati is a miraculous example of his art and craft. Like a prehistoric archaeologist, he excavates a lost river from under sand dunes and builds a museum that echoes Parushni’s “hoo ... dham ... dham ... hoo”. Like a magical transporter, he travels some four millennia back in time to land us in an unnamed village flanked by the River Gha...(展开全部)

For thousands of years human beings have been losing their possessions and dumping their rubbish in the River Thames, making it the longest and most varied archaeological site in the world. For those in the know, the muddy stretches provide a tangible link with the past, a connection to the natural world, and an oasis of calm in a chaotic city. Lara Maiklem left the countryside...(展开全部)

Everything that shaped him happened near that river…. Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murder…. John Hart's debut, The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times declaring, “There hasn't been a thriller as showily literate since Scott Turow came along.” Now, in Down River, Hart makes a scorching return to Rowan Coun...(展开全部)

A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Jarman exposes the unexpected routes that Viking travel and trade took - and how these kings of the river were frequent travellers of the Middle East and the Silk Road. One June day late in the eighth century, Norse seafarers arrived at the English island of Lindisfarne. They waged a ...(展开全部)

A River is the story of young girl imagining herself floating along a river as she gazes out of her window. Filled with vibrant colors and richly textured landscapes, A River is a journey through cityscapes, farmland, forest, jungle, and oceans. Where else will the river take her?

马克·马丁生活在澳大利亚墨尔本，是一名插画师，艺术家，图书作者。他的作品广受欢迎，与很多品牌，杂志和媒体都有合作。他喜欢带着画具出门，在社交媒体上分享他所见的风景，精美的自然画风为他赢得了12万粉丝。 他2012年开始创作图画书，曾获得澳大利亚克莱顿童书奖、澳大利亚图书设计奖。 《我家窗外有条河》是他的第四本书，荣获2017年《纽约时报》年度十佳童书。

To those who know the charm of Aldo Leopold's writing in A Sand County Almanac, this collection from his journals and essays will be a new delight. The journal entries included here were written in camp during his many field trips--hunting, fishing, and exploring--and they indicate the source of ideas on land ethics found in his longer essays. They reflect as well two long ca...(展开全部)

Hundreds of years after civilisation has been destroyed by nuclear war, the Earth is divided between the Trackers of the Amtrak Federation – a community living in vast subterranean cities – and the Mutes, who have evolved to withstand the radiation that has driven their foes underground. A long war for possession of the overground has killed and enslaved many of the Mutes, leav...(展开全部)

Hundreds of years after civilisation has been destroyed by nuclear war, the Earth is divided between the Trackers of the Amtrak Federation – a community living in vast subterranean cities – and the Mutes, who have evolved to withstand the radiation that has driven their foes underground. A long war for possession of the overground has killed and enslaved many of the Mutes, leav...(展开全部)