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本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

作者： 卡洛·科洛迪（1826—1890），原名卡洛·罗伦齐尼，19世纪意大利作家、记者、幽默大师。他出生于意大利的一个厨师家庭。在教会学校毕业后，开始给地方报纸供稿，后逐渐转向儿童文学创作。科洛迪精通法文，曾将法国童话翻译成意大利语，广受小读者喜爱。科洛迪一生中，写过许多短篇小说、随笔、评论，然而最受欢迎的还是童话故事，其中最负盛名的作品就是《木偶奇遇记》。 绘者： 米娜利马（MinaLima），世界知名的平面设计工作室，在电影领域成果丰硕。它的创始人是米拉波拉·米娜（Miraphora Mina）和爱德华多•利马（Eduardo Lima）。他们为《哈利·波特》系列电影工作了十年，打造了一种独特的视觉图像风格。此外，还曾参与电影《理发师陶德》（Sweeney Todd，2007年）、《金色罗盘》（The Golden Compass，2007年）...(展开全部)

Like many little boys, Pinocchio likes to dabble in mischief, disobey his parents, and shirk his studies and chores. Like many ordinary boys, Pinocchio does what he pleases, with scant regard for the consequences. But the star of this tale isn't just any little boy. And he's certainly not ordinary. In fact, he's not a boy at all. With a head made of wood and his body carved fro...(展开全部)

The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of Cutting for Stone. Published in 2009, Cutting for Stone became a literary phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remaining on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on ...(展开全部)

The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of Cutting for Stone. Published in 2009, Cutting for Stone became a literary phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remaining on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on ...(展开全部)

It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon through insights from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, each a specialist in one of these areas, have worked in close collaboration to pro...(展开全部)

The teacher probes the Western problems of conformity and loss of personal values while offering a fresh approach to self-understanding and the meaning of personal freedom and mature love.

This classic study probes the geometric interrelationships between art and life in discussions that range from Plato, Pythagoras, and Archimedes to modern architecture and art. Other topics include the Golden Section, geometrical shapes on the plane, geometrical shapes in space, crystal lattices, and many other fascinating subjects. Includes 80 plates and 64 figures.

In the grand tradition of Paul Kennedy s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers comes this provocative history of world democracy, which begins with the ancient Myceans and ends in our fractious present. Overturning long-cherished notions, John Keane poses challenging questions: Did democracy actually begin in ancient Greece or earlier in Mesopotamia? Do the American and British...(展开全部)