Set in the time of Charlemagne and narrated by a nun with her own secrets to keep, The Nonexistent Knight tells the story of Agilulf, a gleaming white suit of armor with nothing inside it. A challenge to his honor sends Agilulf on a search through France, England, and North Africa to confirm the chastity of a virgin he saved from rape years earlier. In the end, after many surpr...(展开全部)

Set in the time of Charlemagne and narrated by a nun with her own secrets to keep, The Nonexistent Knight tells the story of Agilulf, a gleaming white suit of armor with nothing inside it. A challenge to his honor sends Agilulf on a search through France, England, and North Africa to confirm the chastity of a virgin he saved from rape years earlier. In the end, after many surpr...(展开全部)

Since 1857, hardly a year has gone by without a book or play or monograph or film about the Brontës. Each generation has reimagined Charlotte, Emily, and Anne in ways that reflect changing visions—of the role of the woman writer or of sexuality or of the very concept of personality. Charlotte Brontë has been seen as domestic saint, as sex-starved hysteric, as ambitious literary...(展开全部)

Since 1857, hardly a year has gone by without a book or play or monograph or film about the Brontës. Each generation has reimagined Charlotte, Emily, and Anne in ways that reflect changing visions—of the role of the woman writer or of sexuality or of the very concept of personality. Charlotte Brontë has been seen as domestic saint, as sex-starved hysteric, as ambitious literary...(展开全部)

Since 1857, hardly a year has gone by without a book or play or monograph or film about the Brontës. Each generation has reimagined Charlotte, Emily, and Anne in ways that reflect changing visions—of the role of the woman writer or of sexuality or of the very concept of personality. Charlotte Brontë has been seen as domestic saint, as sex-starved hysteric, as ambitious literary...(展开全部)

This afterlife explores one of the great legends of literary history, beginning with Charlotte Bronte's first attempts to mould her own and her sisters' public image, and following the Brontes through their many reincarnations at the hands of their biographers.

What happens when a sheepish knight and a not-so-fierce dragon fight for the very first time? Well, it's no ordinary battle since the knight has to go to the castle library to learn about dragon-fighting and the dragon must dig through his ancestor's things to find out how to fight a knight! Spontaneity of line and feeling are backed by zesty colors and a jovial, tongue-in-chee...(展开全部)

《武士与龙》是一个很好看的故事，大人和孩子都会一下子被吸引，也会迅速地读完它。读完之后，大人会很快地得出结论说：这是一个有关战争与和平的故事。或者说：这里说的是不要打架，要学会和谐共处。小孩呢，当然不像大人那么会概括，但大人说的道理，他们能听懂，也能记住。 这样的道理，说一遍就够了，说几遍就显得多余了。但是奇怪，这本图画书，为什么他们还爱反反复复地看？一页一页，前翻后翻，好像老也看不厌。我以为，这是因为，书里还藏着一些不容易一眼看透的秘密，或者说，在故事背后，还有另一个故事。 我们试着问问孩子，或者像孩子那样，无限耐心地，充满兴趣地，把这本图画书看透。然后，来回答这样的问题：在《武士与龙》中，哪些画面，是最吸引人的，最耐人琢磨的，最让你觉得有趣的？ 一开始，当然是打斗的场面，是龙和武士发愤地练功和准备，然后，就是相互地冲过来，冲过去，打得一塌糊涂。 ...(展开全部)

Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! A castle with a secret passage! That's what Jack and Annie find when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the Middle Ages for another wild adventure. In the Great Hall of the castle, a feast is under way. But Jack and Annie aren't exactly welcome guests...(展开全部)

Clarice Lispector's sensational， prize-winning debut novel Near to the Wild Heart was published when she was just twenty-three and earned her the name 'Hurricane Clarice'. It tells the story of Joana， from her wild， creative childhood， as the 'little egg' who writes poems for her father， through her marriage to the faithless Otávio and on to her decision to make her own way in ...(展开全部)