"Last Days of Summer" is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third baseman for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an o...(展开全部)

史蒂夫·克卢格，美国剧作家、小说家，生于1952 年，属二战后的“婴儿潮世代”，在披头士音乐的孕育中长大。克卢格的作品多以棒球、历史（尤其是二战）题材而著称，曾为《今日美国》等报纸撰写社论；除了写作，他长年投身民权运动，并致力于辅导青少年各类成长问题。写作、棒球和他的九个侄子侄女是他的至爱。

Moments of humour, surreal fantasy, and the sometimes devastating ways we interact with the people we love the most, are presented in Shaun Tan’s typical thought-provoking style. RULES OF SUMMER, is a deceptively simple story about two boys, one older and one younger, and the kind of ‘rules’ that might govern any relationship between close friends or siblings. Rules that are of...(展开全部)

陈志勇（Shaun Tan）,1974年生于西澳大利亚的首府珀斯，在郊区长大。父亲是马来西亚华侨，母亲是澳大利亚人。从小，班里个子最小的他就是全校知名的画画高手，十几岁时即开始为科幻小说和恐怖故事绘制插图。1995年从西澳大利亚大学毕业，获得美术与英语语言文学双学位。后成为自由插画师，并在电影《霍顿与无名氏》和《机器人瓦力》中出任过造型设计。曾两次获得世界科幻协会颁发的“雨果奖最佳美术奖”，四度获得“世界奇幻奖最佳艺术家”称号。2011年，荣获由瑞典政府颁发的林格伦儿童文学奖。同年3月，改编自他的同名绘本并由他导演的动画《失物招领》也获得第83届奥斯卡最佳动画短片奖。绘本作品有《抵岸》（获2007年博洛尼亚书展特别评审奖）《绯红树》《别的国家都没有》《夏天守则》《蝉》等十几部。现居墨尔本。

Moments of humour, surreal fantasy, and the sometimes devastating ways we interact with the people we love the most, are presented in Shaun Tan’s typical thought-provoking style. RULES OF SUMMER, is a deceptively simple story about two boys, one older and one younger, and the kind of ‘rules’ that might govern any relationship between close friends or siblings. Rules that are of...(展开全部)

It's the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds that a lifetime of changes will never erase. But then a dark cloud threatens the bright promise of summer vacation: on the last day of school, their classmate Tubby Cooke vanishes. Soon, the group discovers stories of other children who once disappeared from Elm Haven. And there are ...(展开全部)

丹·西蒙斯（Dan Simmons） 才华横溢的美国小说家，写遍奇幻、科幻、恐怖、推理、惊悚、历史、主流文学。只要他出手，任何类型的小说，必定叫好又叫座，捧回无数大奖，是名副其实的“跨界大师”。 科幻小说《海伯利安》囊括世界所有科幻重要奖项，与《银河帝国》并称为科幻文学史不可逾越的两座丰碑！ 奇幻小说《迦梨之歌》获得奇幻小说的至高奖项——世界奇幻文学奖，开创了出道作即拿下世界奇幻文学奖的先河。 《诡异之夏》是西蒙斯惊悚恐怖小说的代表作，荣获轨迹奖年度恐怖小说，并获得斯托克奖、德雷斯奖提名。小说以复古怀旧的笔调，描写了一个发生在夏天小镇上的诡异故事，在炎炎夏日依旧让人冷汗涔涔。

It's the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds that a lifetime of changes will never erase. But then a dark cloud threatens the bright promise of summer vacation: on the last day of school, their classmate Tubby Cooke vanishes. Soon, the group discovers stories of other children who once disappeared from Elm Haven. And there are ...(展开全部)

Sara’s life has always flowed smoothly, like the gliding swans on the lake, until her little brother Charlie disappears. Then Sara is forced to see her life in a whole new way.

From the senior White House correspondent for The New York Times comes the definitive history of the Bush and Cheney White House—a tour de force narrative of those dramatic and controversial eight years. Taking readers into the offices of the West Wing and the cabins of Air Force One, Peter Baker tells the gripping inside story of the Bush and Cheney era. Theirs was th...(展开全部)