One of the most successful animal photographers in the world today, Rachael McKenna (nee Hale) turns her lens toward France--her newly adopted home--and the charismatic cats that inhabit this picturesque backdrop. The result is "The French Cat," a stunning exploration of the country and its felines. Remarkable French landscapes, both urban and rural, are populated with cats bri...(展开全部)

When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730s held a series of mock trials and then hanged all the cats they could lay their hands on, why did they find it so hilariously funny that they choked with laughter when they reenacted it in pantomime some twenty times? Why in the eighteenth-century version of Little Red Riding Hood did the wolf eat the child at the end?...(展开全部)

Check out all the way-cool ocean creatures while Pete searches high and low for his favorite fish a seahorse!

Color rebus artwork, a simple vocabulary, and cut-out flash cards combine in an easy-to-read tale about a cat who becomes upset when a slobbery dog moves in and takes over everything, from his water dish to his favorite chair.

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查尔斯·蒂利（Charles Tilly，1929—2008），享誉学界的美国历史社会学家、政治学家，被誉为“2l 世纪社会学之父”“ 美国最多产、最有趣的社会学家”。曾任教于哈佛大学、多伦多大学、哥伦比亚大学等高校。主要研究社会运动、城市化进程和民族国家的形成，曾荣获法国棕榈叶教育骑士勋章、社会科学研究委员会阿尔伯特·赫希曼奖、美国社会学学会终身成就奖、国际政治学会卡尔·多伊奇奖等。一生著有50 余部著作，代表作有《社会运动，1768—2004》等。 汪珍珠，北京师范大学副教授，硕士生导师。主要研究兴趣为二语教学、文化史、翻译理论和实践。编著或参编二语教材若干，在国内外期刊发表二语教学和文化史方向论文若干，译有文化史著作《法国大革命中的政治、文化和阶级》。

The cat's reputation and place in society have been subject to twists and turns of fate that are all reflected in art. While cats were deified by the ancient Egyptians, they were vilified by the medieval Church, before the Renaissance and Baroque periods saw their gradual rehabilitation. By the eighteenth century cats had become popular household pets worldwide. Generations of ...(展开全部)

In Tokyo—one of the world's largest megacities—a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways. But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers—from a homeless man sq...(展开全部)

墨比斯 本名让•吉罗（Jean Giraud），享誉全球的法国漫画大师、国宝级艺术家。1938年5月8日出生于法国，2012年因病去世。1963年，他和比利时剧作家让•米歇尔•沙利耶一起创造了令他们声名大振的西部漫画角色“蓝莓上尉”。期间他开始用笔名墨比斯发表一系列黑色幽默作品。 1974年，他和其他三位志同道合的作家一起创办了《金属狂啸》漫画杂志，在该杂志上创作了在画风和故事上都极具突破性的科幻和幻想作品，例如《阿扎克》《封闭式车库》。这些到现在读起来都令人惊异万分的漫画作品，在后来的漫画、动画、电影等领域都产生了深远的影响。 亚历桑德罗•佐杜洛夫斯基 智利、法国双国籍剧作家、电影导演、演员、作曲、制片人。经典代表作有电影《鼹鼠》《圣山》和漫画《印卡石》《合金男爵》等。他以奇诡的想象力和宏大、华丽的世界观而知名，作品拥有无数铁杆拥趸。

Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries, and other big messes! But no matter what color his shoes are, Pete keeps movin' and groovin' and singing his song . . . because it's all good.