Booker Prize Finalist "Wickedly funny." -- The New York Times Imagine an England where all the pubs are quaint,where the Windsors behave themselves (mostly), where the cliffs of Dover are actually white, and where Robin Hood and his merry men really are merry.This is precisely what visionary tycoon, Sir Jack Pitman, seeks to accomplish on the Isle of Wight, a "destination" w...(展开全部)

From a writer acclaimed by everyone from Graham Greene to John Fowles to John Irving, a new novel, short-listed for the Booker Prize, which The Sunday Times of London calls "both funny and serious, a double-act that English novels rarely manage . . . A commanding imaginative achievement." Picture an England where all the pubs are quaint, the Royals behave themselves (more or l...(展开全部)

As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of White. Grotesque, visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman takes the saying literally and does exactly that. He constructs on the island 'The Project', a vast heritage centre containing everything 'English', from Big Ben to Stonehenge, from Manchester United to the white Cliffs of Dover. The project is monstrous,...(展开全部)

The Official SAT Study Guide is the only book that features official SAT practice tests created by the test maker. It's packed with the information students need to get ready for the exam. They’ll gain valuable experience by taking eight practice tests and receiving estimated scores. With 900 pages and 21 chapters, the book helps students raise their confidence by reviewing co...(展开全部)

The Official SAT Study Guide is the only book that features official SAT practice tests created by the test maker. It's packed with the information students need to get ready for the exam. They’ll gain valuable experience by taking eight practice tests and receiving estimated scores. With 900 pages and 21 chapters, the book helps students raise their confidence by reviewing co...(展开全部)

The brilliant follow-up to the Caldecott Honor-winning and New York Times bestselling picture book They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel! A Stone Sat Still tells the story of a seemingly ordinary rock—but to the animals that use it, it is a resting place, a kitchen, a safe haven...even an entire world. This is a gorgeous exploration of perspective, perception, and the passage of...(展开全部)

'It was tempting to think, at times like this, that some bizarre hysteria had gripped the British people' Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and London, where frenzied riots give way to Olympic fever, Middle England follows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time of immense change. There a...(展开全部)

《啄木鸟教育•满分培训SAT丛书•出国考试满分培训:猴哥SAT词汇蓝宝书(修订版)》内容简介：英语词汇向来是中国人英语考试中的一大拦路虎。即使是把GRE和SAT词汇这两本书中的全部单词都背会了，很多人在考试中还是难以获得高分。如何才能轻松地牢记并应用英语单词呢？《啄木鸟教育•满分培训SAT丛书•出国考试满分培训:猴哥SAT词汇蓝宝书(修订版)》从上述两书中汇总了SAT考试中高频出现的单词8000个(它们均来自于真题，并且和每一次SAT考试的真题对照，几乎完全覆盖)，帮助考生高效记忆单词，并可以在应试过程中提高正确率，进而获取高分。

《SAT词汇终结者》是顶上教育“词汇终结者”系列图书的SAT分册，本书的开发初心是如何将SAT词汇学习所需背诵的单词量压缩到最低，同时达到SAT考试的标准。其开发方法延续了该系列的一贯流程：（1）收集所有SAT考试真题试卷；（2）借助拓词APP技术和算法搭建词汇数据库；（3）引入国际顶级的《科林斯大词典》对单词释义进行匹配；（4）由资深SAT词汇研究团队进行词汇删剪、校对和排序。