Thirty-six stories by the Nobel Prize winner, including some of his most famous such as "Zlateh the Goat," "Mazel and Shlimazel," and "The Fools of Chelm and the Stupid Carp."

In a society that has seen epochal change over a few generations, what remains to hold people together and offer them a sense of continuity and meaning? In Songs for Dead Parents, Erik Mueggler shows how in contemporary China death and the practices surrounding it have become central to maintaining a connection with the world of ancestors, ghosts, and spirits that socialism exp...(展开全部)

In a society that has seen epochal change over a few generations, what remains to hold people together and offer them a sense of continu ity and meaning? In Songs for Dead Parents, Erik Mueggler shows how in contemporary China death and the practices surrounding it have become central to maintaining a connection with the world of ancestors, ghosts, and spirits that socialism ex...(展开全部)

In a society that has seen epochal change over a few generations, what remains to hold people together and offer them a sense of continu ity and meaning? In Songs for Dead Parents, Erik Mueggler shows how in contemporary China death and the practices surrounding it have become central to maintaining a connection with the world of ancestors, ghosts, and spirits that socialism ex...(展开全部)

In a society that has seen epochal change over a few generations, what remains to hold people together and offer them a sense of continuity and meaning? In Songs for Dead Parents, Erik Mueggler shows how in contemporary China death and the practices surrounding it have become central to maintaining a connection with the world of ancestors, ghosts, and spirits that socialism exp...(展开全部)

In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War. Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide...(展开全部)

In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War. Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide...(展开全部)

特德•休斯 Ted Hughes （1930-1998） 英国著名作家，20世纪最重要的诗人之一。他出生于英国一个偏远而荒凉的小镇迈瑟姆罗伊德，那里质朴、原始的高沼地风景，在他心中留下了抹不去的印迹。他一生出版了九十多部作品，荣获无数国际荣誉，包括哈珀出版奖、毛姆奖等。休斯为孩子创作的儿童文学作品，以悠远的意境和敏锐的洞察力，走进了孩子的内心世界，为孩子营造了一座充满天马行空想象力的城堡。 1957年，荣获哈珀出版奖。 1959年，荣获毛姆奖。 1977年，被授予帝国荣誉勋章。 1984年，被评为桂冠诗人。 1998年，被授予功绩勋章。

特德•休斯 Ted Hughes （1930-1998） 英国著名作家，20世纪最重要的诗人之一。他出生于英国一个偏远而荒凉的小镇迈瑟姆罗伊德，那里质朴、原始的高沼地风景，在他心中留下了抹不去的印迹。他一生出版了九十多部作品，荣获无数国际荣誉，包括哈珀出版奖、毛姆奖等。休斯为孩子创作的儿童文学作品，以悠远的意境和敏锐的洞察力，走进了孩子的内心世界，为孩子营造了一座充满天马行空想象力的城堡。 1957年，荣获哈珀出版奖。 1959年，荣获毛姆奖。 1977年，被授予帝国荣誉勋章。 1984年，被评为桂冠诗人。 1998年，被授予功绩勋章。

This collection brings together the more than 250 children's poems Ted Hughes wrote throughout his career. They are arranged by volume, beginning with those published for younger readers and progressing to more complex and sophisticated poems that he felt were written "within hearing" of children. Throughout, Hughes reveals his instinctive grasp of a child's insatiable wonderme...(展开全部)