Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer in Yongming County, and to her family is just another mouth to feed until she can be married off. But, when she is six years old she is brought before the ambitious local matchmaker who delivers some startling news: Lily is no ordinary girl. If they are bound properly, her feet will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman'...(展开全部)

Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless.In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and size of her feet, this is extraordinary good luck. Lily now has the povcer to make a...(展开全部)

十九世纪的中国，女性被完全隔绝在闺房里，唯有依靠裹出形状美好的三寸金莲，来获得一生的幸福。在湖南省一个偏远地区，她们发展出只有女性才懂的文字：女书。一些女孩从小结为“老同”，如同精神上的婚配，情谊延续一生。她们在扇子及巾帕上绣写女书，唱和往来，互通心迹，从封闭的世界中暂时走出，分享彼此的希望、梦想以及成就。 “悉闻家有一女，性情温良，精通女学。你我有幸同年同日生。可否就此结为老同？”百合与雪花的关系，起始于一把扇子上的邀约。她们年仅七岁便结为老同。随着时光流转，历经饥荒与叛乱，她们一同省思婚姻、寂寞，以及为人母亲的欢喜和悲伤，在彼此身上找寻慰藉，延续成一种支持彼此生存的情感连结。然而一场误解的产生，让她们终生的友谊分崩离析…… 《雪花秘扇》这部优美而缠绵的小说，召唤出中国历史上一个令人好奇且伤感的年代。作者以打动心灵的文字，探索人际中极为奥妙的一种关...(展开全部)

作者： 凯特•梅斯纳（Kate Messner），美国童书作家。毕业于雪城大学，做过7年的电视新闻节目制片人和记者，还当过15年的英语老师，并通过了全美专业教学标准委员会的高级教师资格认证。2011年她开始从事儿童文学创作，已出版60多部作品，代表作有《菜园里，泥土中》《池塘上，池塘下》《雪地上，雪地下》《雨林里，枝叶间》《如何读一本故事书》《如何写作一个故事》《深海璀璨》等。作品荣获金风筝奖、E.B.怀特朗读奖、NYT绘本奖、银行街教育学院图书奖等多项殊荣。2022年，凯特荣获由纽约图书馆协会颁发的帝国奖，表彰她在青少年文学做出的重大贡献。 绘者： 克里斯托弗•赛拉斯•尼尔（Christopher Silas Neal），艺术家、插画家，长期为NYT供稿，作品在一系列杂志中发表，获奖颇丰，并多次参展。曾在科罗拉多大学主修音乐，后转而学习大众传播及平...(展开全部)

Katy, a brave and untiring tractor, who pushes a bulldozer in the summer and a snowplow in the winter, makes it possible for the townspeople to do their jobs.In 2009, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Virginia Lee Burton's birth. As part of this celebration a glitter-cover edition of "Katy and the Big Snow, "complete with snowy stickers, has been created. In this endu...(展开全部)

The ancient Taoist text that forms the central part of this book was discovered by Wilhelm, who recognized it as essentially a practical guide to the integration of personality. Foreword and Appendix by Carl Jung; illustrations. Translated by Cary F. Baynes.A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

From Star Trek to Harry Potter, the essays in this volume explore the world of fan fiction -- its purposes, how it is created, how the fan experiences it. Grouped by subject matter, twelve essays cover topics such as genre intersection, sexual relationships between characters, character construction through narrative and the role of the beta reader in online communities. The wo...(展开全部)

From Star Trek to Harry Potter, the essays in this volume explore the world of fan fiction -- its purposes, how it is created, how the fan experiences it. Grouped by subject matter, twelve essays cover topics such as genre intersection, sexual relationships between characters, character construction through narrative and the role of the beta reader in online communities. The wo...(展开全部)

In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his father's permission to wed his true philosophy -- a plain, simple child named Sophie. The attachment shocks his family and friends. This brilliant young man, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard How can it be? A literary sensation and a bestselle...(展开全部)

This book has a universal theme, the positive powers and disruptive effects of sexuality and desire. Despite the moral debate, Galsworthy's novel has enormous narrative strength which sweeps the listener along from start to finish.