Revered by his peers and idolised by his fans, Ian Curtis left behind a legacy rich in artistic genius. Mesmerising on stage but introverted and prone to desperate mood swings in his private life, Curtis died by his own hand on 18 May 1980. Touching from a Distance documents how, with a wife, child and impending international fame, Curtis was seduced by the glory of an early gr...(展开全部)

Revered by his peers and idolised by his fans, Ian Curtis left behind a legacy rich in artistic genius. Mesmerising on stage but introverted and prone to desperate mood swings in his private life, Curtis died by his own hand on 18 May 1980. Touching from a Distance documents how, with a wife, child and impending international fame, Curtis was seduced by the glory of an early gr...(展开全部)

★比尔•克林顿（Bill Clinton） 1992年当选为美国总统，他一直任职到2001年。在离开白宫后，他建立了克林顿基金会，帮助改善全球健康状况，为女童和妇女创造更多机会，减少儿童肥胖和可预防疾病，创造经济机会，促进经济增长，并解决气候变化的影响。他创作了许多非小说 作品，包括国际畅销书《我的生活》。本书是他的第一部小说。 ★詹姆斯•帕特森（James Patterson） 获得过国家图书基金会颁发的美国文学界杰出服务文学奖。他拥有《纽约时报》最畅销书籍的吉尼斯世界纪录，他的书在世界范围内已经卖出了超过3.75亿本。帕特森孜孜不倦地捍卫书籍和阅读的力量，他创建了吉米•帕特森儿童图书出版公司，其使命很简单：“我们想让每一个孩子读完一本吉米公司出版的书，还可以说，‘请再给我一本。’”

The publishing event of 2018: Bill Clinton and James Patterson's The President Is Missing is a superlative thriller . . . one that can really happen, and one that must not be missed. The President Is Missing confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardizes not just Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street, but all of America. Uncertainty and fear grip the nation. There are whispers of...(展开全部)

The only in-depth biographical accoutn of the lead singer of Joy Division, written by his widow. Revered by his peers -- Bono described his voice as "holy" -- and idolized by his fans, Ian Curtis left behind a legacy rich in artistic genius. He was a mesmerizing performer on stange, yet also introverted and prone to mode swings. Engimantic to the last, Ian Curtis died by his ow...(展开全部)

This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president, George W. Bush. There are now three Georges in the catalog of presidential names, a Bush alongside the presidential family tree, and a new face on the endpaper portraiture. Hil...(展开全部)

朱蒂丝•圣乔治（Judith St.George） 美国著名作家，已出版超过40本书，这些书的题材广泛，包括有神话故事、历史小说、人物传记和儿童绘本等。朱蒂丝出生在新泽西州的韦斯特菲尔德，自小酷爱读书。儿时最喜欢读历史小说。她曾说：“因为童书作者往往根据自己的阅读口味写作，所以当我开始为孩子们写作，我就写历史小说。”为了获取灵感和搜集素材，朱蒂丝常常踏上旅程。她曾沿着刘易斯和克拉克的足迹走过大草原，爬上拉什摩尔山的山顶……她创作的童书曾获得过很多的奖项，如纽约科学院奖、克里斯托弗奖、金风筝奖以及凯迪克奖。代表作有《萨卡加维亚》《用心聆听：西庭•比尔的一生》和《疯狂的房子》等。 大卫•司摩(David Small) 美国著名绘本作家，曾两次获得凯迪克大奖。1945年出生于密西根州的底特律，韦恩州立大学毕业，耶鲁大学艺术硕士。大卫擅长以水彩、墨水与粉彩作...(展开全部)