'Every family is a ghost story ...' As a child, Charley Benetto was told by his father, 'You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both.' So he chooses his father, only to see him disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been destroyed by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his famil...(展开全部)

Book Description This is the story of a man named Charley who loses his job, leaves his family, and decides, one night, to end his life. Somewhere between this world and the next, he encounters his mother, who died years ago, and he spends one last day with her - a day he never had on earth. This 'ordinary' day covers the whole of their existence, and reveals how Charley, like...(展开全部)

Lachie MacLachlan, the generous hero of this enchanting tale, is the exception to the rule that the Scots are a thrifty lot. In his "wee house in the heather," Lachie lives with his family of twelve, and he welcomes to his hearth every weary traveler who passes by on a stormy night. "There's always room for one more," says Lachie, and how his grateful guests say a wonderful "th...(展开全部)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal. Lachie MacLachlan, the generous hero of this enchanting tale, is the exception to the rule that the Scots are a thrifty lot. In his "wee house in the heather," where he lives with his family of twelve, he welcomes to his hearth every weary traveler who passes by on a stormy night. "There's always room for one more," says Lachie, and how his grate...(展开全部)

乔·昆南（Joe Queenan） 美国记者、评论家，《华尔街日报》《福布斯》《GQ》和《间谍杂志》的专栏作家，文章还常见于《时代周刊》《新闻周刊》《滚石》《花花公子》《高尔夫文摘》《华盛顿邮报》《洛杉矶时报》《新共和》《纽约时报》《卫报》等媒体。他上过“大卫·莱特曼晚 间秀”“早安美国”“今日”和“每日秀”等节目。他的回忆录《闭馆时间》获得各大媒体的赞誉，被《纽约时报》列为2009年度100本值得关注的书之一。书曾支撑他度过毫无乐趣的费城童年，他成了狂热的读者，并立志此生为书辩护。 译者简介 陈丹丹 毕业于东英吉利大学文学，主修文学翻译专业，译过诗歌、戏剧、历史等各种文类。译作另有《遇见星期二》等。

乔·昆南（Joe Queenan） 美国记者、评论家，《华尔街日报》《福布斯》《GQ》和《间谍杂志》的专栏作家，文章还常见于《时代周刊》《新闻周刊》《滚石》《花花公子》《高尔夫文摘》《华盛顿邮报》《洛杉矶时报》《新共和》《纽约时报》《卫报》等媒体。他上过“大卫·莱特曼晚 间秀”“早安美国”“今日”和“每日秀”等节目。他的回忆录《闭馆时间》获得各大媒体的赞誉，被《纽约时报》列为2009年度100本值得关注的书之一。书曾支撑他度过毫无乐趣的费城童年，他成了狂热的读者，并立志此生为书辩护。 译者简介 陈丹丹 毕业于东英吉利大学文学，主修文学翻译专业，译过诗歌、戏剧、历史等各种文类。译作另有《遇见星期二》等。

Ansel Adams produced some of the century's truly memorable photographic images and helped nurture the art of photography through his creative innovations and peerless technical mastery. This handbook - the first volume in Adam's celebrated series of books on photographic techniques - has taught a generation of photographers how to harness the camera's artistic potential. It rem...(展开全部)

A brilliant, unforgettable, and long-awaited novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki “Atime being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.” In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates’ bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first pl...(展开全部)

露丝·尾关 Ruth Ozeki：当代美国文坛备受瞩目的女作家之一。 处女作《食肉之年》获得《纽约时报》年度好书、桐山环太平洋图书奖、巴尼斯和诺布尔美国图书奖。第二部小说《大千世界》被翻译为11种语言。《不存在的女孩》是她最受赞誉的一部作品，入围布克奖、都柏林文学奖等， 同时收获了欧美数十个重量级文学奖的肯定，并在世界30余个国家出版。