This is the tale of a tiny snail and a great big whale. The snail may be small, but she has huge dreams of seeing the world. So she hitches a ride on a friendly whale’s back to see amazing sights. Icebergs and volcanoes, storms and sharks—the two friends see it all together. And when the whale runs into trouble, the snail proves that even the tiniest creature can help a friend ...(展开全部)

The whale is the largest, loudest, oldest animal ever to have existed. It is improbable, amazing, and-as anyone who has seen an underwater documentary or visited the display at the American Museum of Natural Historycan attest-a powerful source of wonder and delight to millions. The Whale is an extraordinary journey into the world of this fascinating and mysterious animal.Acclai...(展开全部)

A young boy's first glimpse of a whale in captivity matures into a writer's paean to the giants of the deep in this poetic blend of nautical history, literary allusion, personal experience, and natural science by British biographer Hoare (Noël Coward). With Melville as his mentor and Ishmael as his muse, the author haunts one-time whaling town New Bedford, Mass., America's rich...(展开全部)

Included in this book are 124 stories (parables) from a variety of traditions, both ancient and modern. Each story is a life lesson that teaches truths about ourselves and our world.

Included in this book are 124 stories (parables) from a variety of traditions, both ancient and modern. Each story is a life lesson that teaches truths about ourselves and our world.

Jane had always lived in somebody's shadow. Escaping a childhood of abuse by marrying oceanographer Oliver Jones, she finds herself taking second place to his increasingly successful career. However, when her daughter Rebecca is similarly treated, Jane's dramatic stand takes them all by surprise. Jane and Rebecca set out to drive across America to the sanctuary of the New Engla...(展开全部)

The Song of Hiawatha is based on the legends and stories of many North American Indian tribes but especially those of the Ojibway Indians of northern Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota.

In the summer of 1854, Longfellow wrote in his diary "I have at length hit upon a plan for a poem on the American Indians, which seems to me the right one and the only. It is to weave together their beautiful traditions as whole." What emerged the next year was "The Song of Hiawatha," a composite of legends, folklore, myth, and characters that presents, in short, lilting lines ...(展开全部)

米歇尔·拉巴利亚蒂 Michel Rabagliati 加拿大漫画家，1961年出生于蒙特利尔，1998年开始创作半自传体系列漫画，逐渐成为加拿大法语漫画界的重要人物。魁北克省文化与艺术委员会曾授予他魁北克艺术与文学勋章，以突显他对魁北克文化活力和影响力的杰出贡献。 2010年，《当尘埃落尽》获得安古兰漫画节蕞受公众欢迎奖。该系列漫画曾获得安古兰国际漫画节蕞佳系列作品奖、美国哈维奖、加拿大乔·舒斯特漫画奖和魁北克漫画大奖等奖项。

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