They are not elegant, nor are they always comfortable. But neither are they mass-produced: they are individual. In China, the objects used for sitting are as manifold as the occasions for sitting. Each chair and stool has its own character, is a companion, a bastard, or a venerable elder. Their occupants sit close to the floor, introspective, watching the world go by, without t...(展开全部)

"The irrepressible crew from Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed returns in this version of a traditional hand rhyme . . . the familiar chant tells of five foolish monkeys who are eaten when they tease a hungry crocodile . . . the intended audience (will) delight in the mischief-making--a humorous exaggeration of their own antics".--School Library Journal. Full-color illustr...(展开全部)

"The irrepressible crew from Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed returns in this version of a traditional hand rhyme . . . the familiar chant tells of five foolish monkeys who are eaten when they tease a hungry crocodile . . . the intended audience (will) delight in the mischief-making--a humorous exaggeration of their own antics".--School Library Journal. Full-color illustr...(展开全部)

The public image of judges has been stuck in a time warp; they are invariably depicted in the media - and derided in public bars up and down the country - as 'privately educated Oxbridge types', usually 'out-of-touch', and more often than not as 'old men'. These and other stereotypes - the judge as a pervert, the judge as a right-wing monster - have dogged the judiciary long si...(展开全部)

Father Walter Ciszek, S.J., author of the best-selling He Leadeth Me, tells here the gripping, astounding story of his twenty-three years in Russian prison camps in Siberia, how he was falsely imprisoned as an "American spy", the incredible rigors of daily life as a prisoner, and his extraordinary faith in God and commitment to his priestly vows and vocation. He said Mass under...(展开全部)

One of the most original, enjoyable, and informative publications about art in our time: the history of a portrait by a major artist as seen from the sitter’s point of view. Lucian Freud, perhaps the world's leading portrait painter, spent seven months painting a portrait of the art critic Martin Gayford. Gayford describes the process chronologically, from the day he arrived fo...(展开全部)

作者简介：吉尔·墨菲（Jill Murphy） 吉尔·墨菲被誉为英国当代最优秀的童书作家和画家之一。吉尔自小就展露出过人的写作和绘画天分，她创作畅销书《魔法小女巫》时，年仅18岁。1986年开始创作的“大象家族”系列绘本让吉尔屡获殊荣、家喻户晓。此外，吉尔还塑造了众多可爱的绘本角色，比如著名绘本《最后一个安抚奶嘴》中的小怪兽马龙，以及在绘本《大灾难》中闪耀登场的兔宝宝露比等。 译者简介：日诵辞画间 日诵辞画间是一个网络亲子共读社群，创建于2017年，下设三个版块：《日诵牛津阅读树》、《米福讲凯迪克绘本故事》、《每月共读一经典》。社群成员来自全国各地，孩子年龄跨度2岁-16岁。辞画间的玩法是：一日一读一打卡，四季阅读不间断；中英两语无缝接，悠游涵咏辞画间；父母孩子E空间，相得益彰乐无边。核心成员有姚晶晶、石瑛、林汐晓。

Little people use BIG machines to make a GIANT birthday cake! Imagine an industrialized Lilliput. Imagine today. Imagine an enormous construction site. Imagine a birthday cake like no other. What if the people you order your next birthday cake from are tiny, and what if they build cakes the way we build buildings? Tractor-trailers and giant cranes, catwalks, and helicopters. Hu...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past—a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. “At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a w...(展开全部)