Included in this book are 124 stories (parables) from a variety of traditions, both ancient and modern. Each story is a life lesson that teaches truths about ourselves and our world.

Included in this book are 124 stories (parables) from a variety of traditions, both ancient and modern. Each story is a life lesson that teaches truths about ourselves and our world.

*Starred Review* Abolitionist John Brown calls her “Little Onion,” but her real name is Henry. A slave in Kansas mistaken for a girl due to the sackcloth smock he was wearing when Brown shot his master, the light-skinned, curly-haired 12-year-old ends up living as a young woman, most often encamped with Brown’s renegade band of freedom warriors as they traverse the country, rai...(展开全部)

"Come hear a song about a baby, a very special baby.Come hear a song about you."This affectionate tribute to the all-encompassing love of a child will touch parents' and grandparents' hearts at the same time that it satisfies children's requests to tell them about when they were little. Best-selling author Marion Dane Bauer's lyrical text and award-winning illustrator Dan Andre...(展开全部)

The city is often depicted as a sort of self-organizing chaos. This collection of essays, edited by Pier Vittorio Aureli, makes the case for the opposite hypothesis: The city is always the result of political intention, often in the form of specific architectural projects. Cities are shaped not only by material forces, but also by cultural and didactic visions. This thesis is s...(展开全部)

The city is often depicted as a sort of self-organizing chaos. This collection of essays, edited by Pier Vittorio Aureli, makes the case for the opposite hypothesis: The city is always the result of political intention, often in the form of specific architectural projects. Cities are shaped not only by material forces, but also by cultural and didactic visions. This thesis is s...(展开全部)

Greece in the age of Heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is nobody, just another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. Achilles, 'best of all the Greeks', is everything Patroclus is not - strong, beautiful, the child of a goddess - and by all rights their paths should never cross....(展开全部)

乔什·玛勒曼 （Josh Malerman） 小说家、摇滚乐队“The High Strung”唱作歌手。 乔什·玛勒曼来自美国著名的音乐之乡底特律，1998年以歌手身份出道，至今发表了二十多张专辑，每年公演多达250场，是绝对酷炫的全职摇滚歌手。 音乐不是他唯一的创作方式，玛勒曼很早就在表演间隙、巡演路上创作短篇小说。2014年，首部长篇小说《鸟盒》出版后由Netflix投资翻拍成电影《蒙上你的眼》，桑德拉·布洛克、莎拉·保罗森主演，2018年上映之后成为当年播放量冠军的恐怖电影。

A Song for a New Day is a science fiction novel by American writer Sarah Pinsker, first published in trade paperback and ebook by Berkley Books in September 2019. The first British edition was issued in hardcover and ebook by Ad Astra/Head of Zeus in August 2020. In this captivating science fiction novel from an award-winning author, public gatherings are illegal making concert...(展开全部)

A Song for a New Day is a science fiction novel by American writer Sarah Pinsker, first published in trade paperback and ebook by Berkley Books in September 2019. The first British edition was issued in hardcover and ebook by Ad Astra/Head of Zeus in August 2020. In this captivating science fiction novel from an award-winning author, public gatherings are illegal making concert...(展开全部)