汤米·温格尔Tomi Ungerer 法国绘本作家、插画家、玩具收藏家，童书界的顽童与国王。1998年，儿童读物联盟（IBBY）将“安徒生大奖”这个代表童书界终身成就的奖项颁发给他，以表彰他对儿童文学做出的伟大贡献。 汤米·温格尔于1931年出生于法德交界的阿尔萨斯地区，在战争中度过了童年。青年时期，他曾在欧洲四处游历，靠设计橱窗和平面广告为生。来到美国纽约后，他凭借惊人的天赋很快在绘本界获得了成功，并成为传奇。 汤米·温格尔在美国和欧洲都拥有广泛的影响力，他是1992年美国名人传记协会选出的“500名影响力领袖”之一，也是欧洲委员会儿童文化与教育大使，还参与起草了《儿童权利宣言》。为他建造的博物馆是欧洲十大博物馆之一。 他的创作生涯从1960年代持续到现在，至今已出版140多本书，作品被翻译成近30种语言，他使用英语、法语、德语三种语言进行创作。“...(展开全部)

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)

2014 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Scholar, theologian and philosopher, Martin Buber is one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers. He believed that the deepest reality of human life lies in the relationship between one being and another. "Between Man and Man" is the classic work ...(展开全部)

John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Si...(展开全部)

Small, mild-mannered Dr. Uzuki encounters a delirious gang-member with a gun-shot wound on his way home from his job at the University. The gentle doctor rises to the occasion and saves the man's life with command and vigor. The problem is that yakuza gang-member Nonami has sworn to make his savior his bride! Uzuki is terrified! What if Nonami were to discover that the 'saving ...(展开全部)

Mild-mannered Dr Uzuki takes his Hippocratic oath quite seriously, so when he comes across a wounded yakuza named Nonami in an alley one night after work, he provides assistance. But when the yakuza shows up at Uzuki's hospital looking for the person who saved him, Uzuki is afraid for his life. Thank goodness he thinks he's looking for a woman named Suzuki. But, when Nonami can...(展开全部)

戴维·鲍尔达奇：美国《纽约时报》《出版人周刊》等权威媒体公认的畅销书作家，也是世界上最受欢迎的畅销书作家之一。 1996年以小说《绝对权力》在文学界名声大振。随后，作品被改编为电影，由伊斯特·伍德担任导演和主演。主要作品包括《黑日堡垒》《遗忘角》《记忆怪才》《职业杀手》《越狱者》等。戴维总共出版了30余部小说，均以不俗的口碑和优异的销量跻身国内外各大畅销书排行榜。他的小说被译为超过45种语言之多，在全球80多个国家和地区发行，全球销量1.1亿册销量。

A milestone in American literature--a book that has continued to engage readers since its appearance in 1952. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. A first novel by an unknown writer, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers o...(展开全部)

An excellent, comprehensive overview of the life and work of the groundbreaking artist who broke down the boundaries between photography and graphic design with his innovative techniques.