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克莉斯蒂娜•斯台德（Christina Stead） 澳大利亚著名作家，1902年出生于澳洲，大部分时间旅居欧洲。作品的背景多设定在英、美等欧洲各国。1983年过世。她被推崇为二十世纪最重要的小说家之一，公认为澳大利亚最伟大的作家，著有十五本小说和大量短篇小说。曾获得帕特里克•怀特文学奖，并多次获诺贝尔奖提名。 《爱孩子的男人》是克莉斯蒂娜•斯台德最重要的代表作，本书带有自传色彩，某种程度上影射了现实生活中她与父亲紧绷的关系。淋漓尽致的描绘了一个有史以来最不堪入目的一个家庭，家庭成员之间的困难、挣扎，以及亲密和矛盾。

"There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way." And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations. Paul Goble tells how she eventually becom...(展开全部)

A tale of an Indian girl who feels a strong kinship with wild horses. She eventually becomes one of them. Ages 5-8 years.

"There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way." And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations. Paul Goble tells how she eventually becom...(展开全部)

The diary of a young Victorian boy born with clairvoyance.

威廉•坎宽巴 1987年8月5日出生于非洲马拉维的多瓦小镇。他14岁辍学，开始自学物理，摸索风车发电机的发明的制作方法，三年后试验成功，随后不断改进，19岁时被美国教授发现，他发明风车的事迹广为人知，得到重回校园的机会。20岁时，他受邀参加世界顶级精英汇聚的TED（科技、娱乐与设计）论坛，21岁时，在世界经济论坛非洲会议上发表演讲。如今他就读于美国新罕布什尔州的达特茅斯学院。 布赖恩•米勒 自由撰稿人，另著有《为生存而斗争：刚果的战争和救援故事》等。曾做过新闻记者，在《哈泼斯》和《君子》等知名杂志任职。

Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, of the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives, The Man Who Lo...(展开全部)