"Who lives at Maple Hill Farm?"Two dogs, five horses, a pig, some geese, lots of chickens, a few cows, a few goats, several sheep, and four special cats -- these are the animals at Maple Hill Farm. With simple text that is both affectionate and wry, and irresistible illustrations that burst with personality, Alice and Martin Provensen bring their barnyard friends to life for th...(展开全部)

Now a major motion picture from USA Films starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn, and director Philip Haas (director of Angels and Insects). In Up at the Villa, W. Somerset Maugham portrays a wealthy young English woman who finds herself confronted rather brutally by the repercussions of whimsy. On the day her older and prosperous friend asks her to marry him, Mary Leonard...(展开全部)

In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines. Among the group is eighteen-year-old Anna Emmerich, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats. There is her lover, Callum Finella,...(展开全部)

In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines. Among the group is eighteen-year-old Anna Emmerich, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats. There is her lover, Callum Finella,...(展开全部)

Miss Jane Marple's passion for gossip leads to the investigation of a local man's murder. The victim was not liked in the least, and his death isn't raising eyebrows. But his recently revealed secrets are.

Now a major motion picture from USA Films starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sean Penn, and director Philip Haas (director of Angels and Insects). In Up at the Villa, W. Somerset Maugham portrays a wealthy young English woman who finds herself confronted rather brutally by the repercussions of whimsy. On the day her older and prosperous friend asks her to marry him, Mary Leonard...(展开全部)

'Fascinating...In essence, the number and quality of our friendships may have a bigger influence on our happiness, health and mortality risk than anything else in life save for giving up smoking' Guardian, Book of the Day Friends matter to us, and they matter more than we think. The single most surprising fact to emerge out of the medical literature over the last decade or so h...(展开全部)

ひとり暮らしの老人と子どもたちとの奇妙な交流を描いた中編小説。世界各国でも翻訳出版され、映画や舞台にもなった児童文学の名作である。アパートの大家のおばあさんと少女のふれあいをつづった『ポプラの秋』や、「てこじい」という異形の老人が印象的な『西日の町』など、死に直面した老人と子どもというモチーフは、著者が一貫して描きつづけているテーマである。子どもだけではなく、幅広い年齢層に支持されている本書は、その原点となる作品だ。 小学6年の夏、ぼくと山下、河辺の3人は、人が死ぬ瞬間を見てみたいという好奇心から、町外れに住むおじいさんを見張ることにする。一方、観察されていると気づいたおじいさんは、憤慨しつつもやがて少年たちの来訪を楽しみに待つようになる。ぎこちなく触れあいながら、少年達の悩みとおじいさんの寂しさは解けあい、忘れられないひと夏の友情が生まれる。 少年...(展开全部)

ひとり暮らしの老人と子どもたちとの奇妙な交流を描いた中編小説。世界各国でも翻訳出版され、映画や舞台にもなった児童文学の名作である。アパートの大家のおばあさんと少女のふれあいをつづった『ポプラの秋』や、「てこじい」という異形の老人が印象的な『西日の町』など、死に直面した老人と子どもというモチーフは、著者が一貫して描きつづけているテーマである。子どもだけではなく、幅広い年齢層に支持されている本書は、その原点となる作品だ。 小学6年の夏、ぼくと山下、河辺の3人は、人が死ぬ瞬間を見てみたいという好奇心から、町外れに住むおじいさんを見張ることにする。一方、観察されていると気づいたおじいさんは、憤慨しつつもやがて少年たちの来訪を楽しみに待つようになる。ぎこちなく触れあいながら、少年達の悩みとおじいさんの寂しさは解けあい、忘れられないひと夏の友情が生まれる。 少年...(展开全部)

At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were." Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone , is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people, and the love of tales well told.Beg...(展开全部)