It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King's Cross station. It is a grisly coincidence that eerily echoes the murder of two other women, stabbed to death months before o...(展开全部)

It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King's Cross station. It is a grisly coincidence that eerily echoes the murder of two other women, stabbed to death months before o...(展开全部)

It is almost unthinkable that a single maniac would murder two women miles apart on the same day. Yet someone followed Carol Garner home from the train station and strangled her to death in front of her three-year-old son. And, afterwards, Ruth Murray died in a similar manner. The evidence is leading Detective Inspector Tom Thorne to a stunning conclusion: there isn't only one ...(展开全部)

Mark Billingham's Sleepyhead was called "an exceptional debut" by George Pelecanos, lauded for its "strong ... display of macabre creativity" by the New York Times, and singled out by USA Today as featuring "some of the creepiest serial killers to be found between the pages of a book." Now Billingham returns with Scaredy Cat.</p> It was a calculated, vicious murder. The kill...(展开全部)

When mother cat allows her two youngest kittens to go on an errand all by themselves, they are delighted. But as they get further from home, their imagination takes control. Will they make it to town safely, or will they really be scaredy cats and give up?

Scaredy Squirrel never leaves his nut tree. It's way too dangerous out there. He could encounter tarantulas, green Martians or killer bees. But in his tree, every day is the same and if danger comes along, he's well-prepared. Scaredy Squirrel's emergency kit includes antibacterial soap, Band-Aids and a parachute.Day after day he watches and waits, and waits and watches, until o...(展开全部)

艾米·克罗丝·罗森塔尔：美国畅销书作家，电影制作人，电台主持人。她是一位多产作家成人书和童书作品都曾登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，2005年至2011年，她共出版了16部童书作品，2012年又有超过5部作品问世。她是唯一一个在同一年有三本童书入选美国家庭佳童书书单的作家，目前居住在芝加哥。 汤姆·利希滕赫德：美国童书作家、画家，他热心为爱笑的孩子，以及爱和孩子一起笑的人创作童书。他的代表作品有《纽约时报》畅销童书《鸭子？兔子？》，他和艾米共同创作了这本书，他们有过多次默契的合作。

艾米·克罗丝·罗森塔尔：美国畅销书作家，电影制作人，电台主持人。她是一位多产作家成人书和童书作品都曾登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，2005年至2011年，她共出版了16部童书作品，2012年又有超过5部作品问世。她是唯一一个在同一年有三本童书入选美国家庭佳童书书单的作家，目前居住在芝加哥。 汤姆·利希滕赫德：美国童书作家、画家，他热心为爱笑的孩子，以及爱和孩子一起笑的人创作童书。他的代表作品有《纽约时报》畅销童书《鸭子？兔子？》，他和艾米共同创作了这本书，他们有过多次默契的合作。

A 2018 Caldecott Honor book There was a cat who lived alone. Until the day a new cat came . . . And so a story of friendship begins, following the two cats through their days, months, and years until one day, the older cat has to go. And he doesn’t come back. This is a poignant story, told in measured text and bold black-and-white illustrations about the act of moving on.

Cat traces the relationship between humans and the cat from its original domestication in ancient Egypt c. 2000 BC, through the centuries as a utilitarian rodent catcher, its gradual acceptance as a charming and amiable pet, and its present status as a companion on a par with the dog. Long before people valued cats, however, they recognized something special about them. Their g...(展开全部)