11-year-old October’s idyllic world changes suddenly when she has to go and live with her mum in the city. More than anything she yearns for a return to living in the wild woodland in harmony with nature, and most importantly to her, with her father. With beautifully written and atmospheric prose, this memorable book will appeal to KS2 English teachers as a text to use for mode...(展开全部)

Katya Balen's October, October is a very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status - Times Children's Book of the Week A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the woods. They sleep in the house Dad built for them and eat the food they grow in the vegetable patches. They know the trees and the rocks and the l...(展开全部)

Tove Jansson's Moomin characters and books are admired the world over. In the United States the series beginning with Finn Family Moomintroll (first published in English in 1945) has accumulated generations of fans. Since Farrar, Straus and Giroux began reissuing the books in 1989, grateful readers old and new have been thrilled to have the stories available again. At last th...(展开全部)

An overview of Sarah Moon's photography work in fashion and art. The classic Photofile series brings together the best work of the world’s greatest photographers in an attractive format and at a reasonable price. Handsome and collectible, each book contains some sixty photographs plus an introduction and a bibliography.

I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. 'Shoot,' I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. 'No!' Edward roared ...Dazed and disorientated, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm - and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vam...(展开全部)

诺曼·马内阿 Norman Manea丨 1936年出生于罗马尼亚。纳粹集中营的幸存者。1986年因当时的政治社会环境离开罗马尼亚，先到西柏林，1988年到美国，从此在美国纽约定居，并以执教、写作为生。代表作有《归来》《巢》《黑信封》《法定幸福》《十月，八点钟》等。 马内阿是当今世界被翻译得最多的罗马尼亚作家，诺贝尔文学奖的有力竞争者，与塔赫·米勒并称为罗马尼亚最耀眼的“双子座”。有评论者认为马内阿是比昆德拉更深刻、更纯粹的东欧作家，甚至把他比作卡夫卡的继承者。他的作品不仅被认为是近半个世纪东南欧文学的骄傲，也是当代世界文学罕有的精品，在世界各国获得了许多文学大奖。

诺曼·马内阿 Norman Manea丨 1936年出生于罗马尼亚。纳粹集中营的幸存者。1986年因当时的政治社会环境离开罗马尼亚，先到西柏林，1988年到美国，从此在美国纽约定居，并以执教、写作为生。代表作有《归来》《巢》《黑信封》《法定幸福》《十月，八点钟》等。 马内阿是当今世界被翻译得最多的罗马尼亚作家，诺贝尔文学奖的有力竞争者，与塔赫·米勒并称为罗马尼亚最耀眼的“双子座”。有评论者认为马内阿是比昆德拉更深刻、更纯粹的东欧作家，甚至把他比作卡夫卡的继承者。他的作品不仅被认为是近半个世纪东南欧文学的骄傲，也是当代世界文学罕有的精品，在世界各国获得了许多文学大奖。

Welcome to a land Ray Bradbury calls "the Undiscovered Country" of his imagination--that vast territory of ideas, concepts, notions and conceits where the stories you now hold were born. America's premier living author of short fiction, Bradbury has spent many lifetimes in this remarkable place--strolling through empty, shadow-washed fields at midnight; exploring long-forgotten...(展开全部)

THE OCTOBER COUNTRY is Ray Bradbury's own netherworld of the soul, inhabited by the horrors and demons that lurk within all of us. This classic collection of short stories includes: THE EMISSARY: The faithful dog was the sick boy's only connection with the world outside--and beyond. . . THE SMALL ASSASSIN: A fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother's dream come true--or her w...(展开全部)

Werewolves and Wernher von Braun, Stonehenge and the sex lives of sea corals, aboriginal myths, and an Anglican bishop: In his new book, "Moon," Bernd Brunner weaves variegated information into an enchanting glimpse of Earth's closest celestial neighbor, whose mere presence inspires us to wonder what might be "out there." Going beyond the discoveries of contemporary science, B...(展开全部)