Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)

The world’s leading expert on habit formation shows how you can have a happier, healthier life: by starting small. Myth: Change is hard. Reality: Change can be easy if you know the simple steps of Behavior Design. Myth: It’s all about willpower. Reality: Willpower is fickle and finite, and exactly the wrong way to create habits. Myth: You have to make a plan and stick to it....(展开全部)

西布莉·杨（Cybèle Young） /著·绘 国际著名艺术家西布莉·杨创作过一系列童书作品。她的作品曾荣获加拿大总督奖等多个奖项，并获得过《纽约时报》《科克斯书评》《学校图书馆杂志》等著名报刊杂志的极高评价。《女王的影子》是西布莉在科普题材方面的首次尝试，这部作品再次展现出她卓越的洞察力与敏锐的好奇心。 她和丈夫及两个孩子一起居住在加拿大安大略省的多伦多市。

作者 加埃尔·法伊，作家、歌手兼词曲作者。一九八二年生于布隆迪，父亲是法国人，母亲是卢旺达人。一九九五年因卢旺达内战移居法国。曾在金融业工作，后辞职全身心投入写作和音乐。《小小国》是他的小说处女作，一经推出便广受好评，并获得多个文学奖项。 译者 张怡，北京大学法语系博士研究生，从事法国文学研究及翻译工作，译作有《他者的智慧》《拉比的猫》等。

The author of dozens of acclaimed novels including those in the Scudder and Keller series, Lawrence Block has long been recognized as one of the premier crime writers of our time. Now, the breathtaking skill, power, and versatility of this Grand Master are brilliantly displayed once again in a mesmerizing new thriller set on the streets of the city he knows and loves so well...(展开全部)

Will Lightman is a Peter Pan for the 1990s. At 36, the terminally hip North Londoner is unmarried, hyper-concerned with his coolness quotient and blithely living off his father's novelty song royalties. Will sees himself as entirely lacking in hidden depths--and he's proud of it! The only trouble is, his friends are succumbing to responsibilities and children and he's increasin...(展开全部)