Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home. M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he...(展开全部)

Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home. M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he...(展开全部)

（美）维吉尼亚•汉密尔顿 （Virginia Hamilton） 非裔美国泰斗级女作家，其一生撰写的41部作品，给青少年文学树立了崭新的标杆。荣膺过包括国际安徒生奖、纽伯瑞文学奖、国家图书奖、书卷奖、爱伦坡奖、波士顿全球号角奖等几乎所有的青少年文学奖项。代表作品有《了不起的M.C.希金斯》《幽灵的低语》等。

（美）维吉尼亚•汉密尔顿 （Virginia Hamilton） 非裔美国泰斗级女作家，其一生撰写的41部作品，给青少年文学树立了崭新的标杆。荣膺过包括国际安徒生奖、纽伯瑞文学奖、国家图书奖、书卷奖、爱伦坡奖、波士顿全球号角奖等几乎所有的青少年文学奖项。代表作品有《了不起的M.C.希金斯》《幽灵的低语》等。

Twisted mind: The graphic pattern genius of M. C. Escher From impossible staircases to tesselated birds, Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898–1972) crafted a unique graphic language of patterns, puzzles, and mathematics. Dense, complex, and structured by intricate principles, his work is at the same time decorative and playful, toying constantly with optic illusions and the limitati...(展开全部)

As beautiful and rigorous as an Escher work itself, this book is the classic study of a great maverick who so memorably linked the world of image making with geometry and paradox. Escher's works, from the great master prints to numerous drawings, are brilliantly arranged to form a cinematic journey of discovery that reveals the magical world of the artists mind, an uncharted re...(展开全部)

Masao, một học sinh lớp sau, bị giáo viên mới Haneda và các bạn cùng lớp bắt nạt mà không biết lí do. Dù có ai quên làm bài tập hay lớp mất trật tự, thầy Haneda đều đổ hết tội lỗi lên đầu cậu. Trong lúc buồn bã và bế tắc vì bị bắt nạt, trước mặt Masao luôn xuất hiện một đứa trẻ trông rất giống cậu nhưng khắp người mang màu xanh tái cùng những vết thương rất đau đơn, mặc một chi...(展开全部)

“A woman once rang me up and said, ‘Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print Reptiles you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation.’ I replied, ‘Madame, if that’s the way you see it, so be it.’” An engagingly sly comment by the renowned Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972)―the complex ambiguities of whose work leave ha...(展开全部)

Imaginary worlds, impossible stairways, paradoxical haliways, enigmatic patterns, and mind-boggling graphics are the trademarks of M.C. Escher's artwork. His two-dimensional drawings bring to life a fourth dimension where the surfaces of things come together like a Mobius strip. The profoundly original work of Escher has inspired countless artists, designers, and filmmakers and...(展开全部)