D.A. Doug Selby was in trouble again. An enticing redhead had been murdered; the county newspaper, The Blade, was after his neck; he had an unsolved jewellery theft on his hands and that sly, unscrupulous attorney A.B. Carr was running circles around him.Selby knew that somehow or other all four of his troubles were tied up in one explosive bundle. But how could he open the bun...(展开全部)

Illus. in full color. While taking a walk, three frogs discover what they believe to be a chicken egg and eagerly wait for it to hatch. When a scaly, four-legged creature with a long snoutful of teeth emerges a few days later, the frogs are still convinced it's a chicken and are thrilled to have a new friend. Soon the frogs and "chicken" are inseparable, at least until the day ...(展开全部)

[美] 李欧•李奥尼 1910年5月出生于荷兰阿姆斯特丹，父亲是比利时犹太商人，母亲是女高音歌唱家。因家在美术馆附近，舅舅们又是建筑师、画家和艺术品收藏家，所以他从小就得以浸润在浓郁的艺术氛围之中。13岁起，他随家人辗转美国、意大利。1935年获得经济学博士学位。1945年，欧洲掀起反犹太浪潮，他们被迫举家走避美国。 李奥尼是一个才华横溢、不受拘束的艺术天才，绘画、雕刻、平面设计、印刷、陶艺、摄影......样样精通，曾任美国《财富》杂志设计主管长达10年。其间，他多次在欧洲和美国举办个人画展、设计展，并曾担任美国平面造型艺术学会主席、1953年度国际设计大会主席。1955年获美国平面造型艺术协会最佳广告制作美术指导奖、1956年获建筑联盟金牌奖。1984年获颁美国平面造型艺术学会奖时，他受到这样的评价 ：他通过自己的艺术创作、设计创作，对设计领域的...(展开全部)

Here is four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni's funniest book ever--a colorful animal fable featuring three frogs and an alligator in a hilarious case of mistaken identity. Children will delight in the silly humor and vivid cut-paper artwork. Full color.

在线阅读本书 WHICH CAME FIRST? The chicken or the egg? Simple die-cuts magically present transformation-- from seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to butterfly. The acclaimed author of Black? White! Day? Night! and Lemons Are Not Red gives an entirely fresh and memorable presentation to the concepts of transformation and creatiity. Seed becomes flower, paint becomes ...(展开全部)

Mum and Dad decide it's time to tell their children the facts of life. But do they dare - and do they even really know them?

Mum and Dad decide it's time to tell their children the facts of life. But do they dare - and do they even really know them?

In a gloomy flat off Islington High Street, Chief Inspector Brett Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes find an old woman dead. The Princess Olga Karukhin, who fled from Russia at the time of the Revolution, has lived in terror of being discovered ever since. Olga's grandson, Ivan, appears to have run from the scene, but is later seen returning to the flat as though oblivious to the...(展开全部)

杜布拉夫卡·乌格雷西奇（Dubravka Ugrešić，1949—2023），克罗地亚裔荷兰籍作家，出生于前南斯拉夫，在萨格勒布大学就读期间，主修俄语文学及比较文学，并开始文学创作，毕业后留校从事文学理论研究工作，于1981年开始发表文学作品。1991年，南斯拉夫内战爆发，杜布拉夫卡因公开反对战争及民族主义，遭到国内舆论的猛烈攻击，于1993年被迫离开克罗地亚。此后，杜布拉夫卡先后在哈佛大学、哥伦比亚大学和柏林自由大学等多所大学任教。1996年定居荷兰阿姆斯特丹，从事小说创作、文化评论、翻译、文学研究及编辑出版等工作，致力于推动母语的开放性，维护文化的连续性。 著有《渡过意识之流》《谎言文化》《无条件投降博物馆》《多谢不阅》《疼痛部》《芭芭雅嘎下了一个蛋》《狐狸》等作品，已被翻译为三十多种语言，获南斯拉夫NIN奖、奥地利国家欧洲文学奖、纽斯塔特国际...(展开全部)