Stories in the Travelman Short Stories series take the reader to places of mystery, fantasy, horror, romance, and corners of the universe yet unexplored. In turn, readers take them on the bus or subway, slip them into briefcases and lunchboxes, and send them from Jersey to Juneau.Each classic or original short story is printed on one sheet of paper and folded like a map. This m...(展开全部)

This remarkable true story recounts one of the great discoveries of the century: finding a 2000-year-old boat from the Sea of Galilee. Shelley Wachsmann, a respected nautical archaeologist, shares the joy and drama he felt in discovering and excavating the first ancient boat from this biblical location. Through his perceptive eyes, we experience the adventure of a lifetime as h...(展开全部)

The young elephants want to prove who is the fastest, so Elmer and Wilbur organise a race. Each decorated a different colour, the racers set off around the course and discover things about themselves – Blue may be first and Orange second, but White is kind, Pink and Violet are funny and Yellow is a cheat. Luckily Yellow also learns he is very good at saying sorry, so each young...(展开全部)

A little boy has a toy boat. He made it out of a can, a cork, a yellow pencil, and some white cloth. The boy and his boat are inseparable, until one day when the wind pushes the toy boat out into the wide lake. Alone now, the little boat must face fierce waves, a grumpy ferry, a sassy schooner, and a growling speed boat. How the little boat misses the boy! But if he is going to...(展开全部)

兰德尔·德·塞弗： 在兰德尔·德·塞弗的书桌上面有一艘玩具船。这是她和她的女儿波林娜用一个罐头瓶、一个软木塞、一根牙签和一些白色的布条做成的。有一天，当她沉浸在幻想中时，这艘玩具船告诉了她关于它的故事。 《玩具船去航行》是兰德尔的第一本书。几年之前，当她在布鲁克林高地的圣安娜学院担任一些小孩子们的老师的时候，她便开始为孩子写故事。现在，她的两个女儿波林娜和菲艾，经常给她带来写作的灵感。 兰德尔和她的丈夫，一位艺术家，还有两个女儿一起居住在布鲁克林。在夏天白勺时候，全家人会去康涅狄格州的一个湖度假，他们会在湖滨玩耍，还会看着一艘又一艘的大船经过。

“Long before I met him, I was a fan of his writing, and his merciless wit. He’s bigger than food.”—Anthony Bourdain NATIONAL BESTSELLER Eddie Huang is the thirty-year-old proprietor of Baohaus—the hot East Village hangout where foodies, stoners, and students come to stuff their faces with delicious Taiwanese street food late into the night—and one of the food world’s brigh...(展开全部)

This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors propose that the twentieth century was not only the American Century but also the Human Capital Century. That is, the American educational system is what made America the richest nation in the world...(展开全部)

This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors propose that the twentieth century was not only the American Century but also the Human Capital Century. That is, the American educational system is what made America the richest nation in the world...(展开全部)