Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones.With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger...(展开全部)

Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones.With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are easier to see against the yellow grass, so they are eaten before they can get any larger...(展开全部)

作者：（法国）帕特里克•莫迪亚诺 绘图者：（法国）让-雅克•桑贝 译者：林小白 帕特里克•莫迪亚诺，2014年诺贝尔文学奖得主，法国评论界一致公认的当今法国最有才华的作家之一，同时也是第一位先后获得龚古尔文学奖和诺贝尔文学奖的法国作家。他的作品探索和研究当今人的存在及其与周围环境、现实的关系。代表作有《暗店街》、《八月的星期天》等。获奖纪录：2014诺贝尔文学奖；2010奇诺•德尔杜卡世界奖；1996法国国家文学大奖；1984彼埃尔•摩纳哥基金会奖；1978龚古尔文学奖；1972法兰西学院小说大奖；1969钻石笔尖奖；1968罗歇•尼米埃奖。 让-雅克•桑贝，法国国宝级漫画大师，世界级的插图画家和漫画家，1960年他为《小淘气尼古拉》画插图，声名大噪，从此开始了插图绘画生涯。几米把桑贝奉为偶像，桑贝迷遍布全世界。他的20多部作品被译成多种文字，在几十...(展开全部)

作者：（法国）帕特里克•莫迪亚诺 绘图者：（法国）让-雅克•桑贝 译者：林小白 帕特里克•莫迪亚诺，2014年诺贝尔文学奖得主，法国评论界一致公认的当今法国最有才华的作家之一，同时也是第一位先后获得龚古尔文学奖和诺贝尔文学奖的法国作家。他的作品探索和研究当今人的存在及其与周围环境、现实的关系。代表作有《暗店街》、《八月的星期天》等。获奖纪录：2014诺贝尔文学奖；2010奇诺•德尔杜卡世界奖；1996法国国家文学大奖；1984彼埃尔•摩纳哥基金会奖；1978龚古尔文学奖；1972法兰西学院小说大奖；1969钻石笔尖奖；1968罗歇•尼米埃奖。 让-雅克•桑贝，法国国宝级漫画大师，世界级的插图画家和漫画家，1960年他为《小淘气尼古拉》画插图，声名大噪，从此开始了插图绘画生涯。几米把桑贝奉为偶像，桑贝迷遍布全世界。他的20多部作品被译成多种文字，在几十...(展开全部)

When the magnificent volume first appeared in 1966, it was celebrated for its extraordinary beauty. Now, more than thirty years since its first publication, it is made available once again. Illustrating one of the great art treasures of the world, The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is a fiteenth century illuminated manuscript containing a series of some of the most beautiful illu...(展开全部)

Set against a backdrop of life on a medieval manor, here is a young girl's account of her 14th year. Catherine feels trapped because her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man. By wit, trickery, and luck, she manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then comes a man from the north--the oldest, the ugliest, and the richest. Newbery Medal winner; ALA 1995 B...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Catherine, a spirited and inquisitive young woman of good family, narrates in diary form the story of her fourteenth year--the year 1290. A Newbery Honor Book.

Illuminating the dark side of the American century, "The Monster Show" uncovers the surprising links between horror entertainment and the great social crises of our time, as well as horror's function as a pop analogue to surrealism and other artistic movements. With penetrating analyses and revealing anecdotes, David J. Skal chronicles one of our most popular and pervasive mode...(展开全部)

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of. Reluctantly partnered with the brilliant but sociall...(展开全部)