Garnering attention after painting a picture of his new pet goldfish, Pete the cat receives so many requests to make paintings for his neighbors that he devises an uproarious solution.

Jazz was born on the streets, grew up in the clubs, and will die—so some fear—at the university. Facing dwindling commercial demand and the gradual disappearance of venues, many aspiring jazz musicians today learn their craft, and find their careers, in one of the many academic programs that now offer jazz degrees. School for Cool is their story. Going inside the halls of two o...(展开全部)

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Pete the Cat is back—and this time he’s rocking in his school shoes. Pete discovers the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and lots of other cool places at school. And no matter where he goes, Pete never stops moving and grooving and singing his song . . . because it’s all good.

Pete the Cat is back—and this time he’s rocking in his school shoes. Pete discovers the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and lots of other cool places at school. And no matter where he goes, Pete never stops moving and grooving and singing his song . . . because it’s all good.

[加]萨沙·索科洛夫，旅美俄裔的后现代主义小说家暨诗人，20世纪俄国文学最重要的作家之一。索科洛夫1943年出生于加拿大渥太华，在莫斯科长大并接受教育，曾做过记者、煤矿工人、夜班警卫和实验室助理等。他的代表作包括《愚人学校》《狗与狼之间》《帕利桑利亚（恐天象症）》等。其中，《愚人学校》是俄罗斯早期后现代主义文学的经典之作，受到当代小说之王纳博科夫等多位著名流亡美国的俄裔作家高度推崇，被翻译成英语、德语、荷兰语、瑞典语、法语、西班牙语、保加利亚语、波兰语等二十多种语言。索科洛夫的小说对当代俄罗斯作家产生了巨大影响。 1981年荣获安德烈·博利奖（Andrey Bely Award，俄罗斯历史最悠久的独立文学奖）；1996年荣获普希金国际文学奖（Pushkin International Prize for Literature）。 ◎插画作者 [俄]卡...(展开全部)

An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781982156121 can be found here. In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance. Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. What’s worse is she can’t persuade her husba...(展开全部)

Frida Liu had fed and changed her toddler Harriet. She had a work deadline - an article to finish, a job hanging by a thread, a file she'd left in the office. She would go get it. Harriet would be fine. But then the neighbours heard her crying. Soon, the state will decide that Frida is not fit to care for her daughter. That she must be re-trained. That bad mothers everywhere wi...(展开全部)