The beloved original text now offered in a beautiful paperback edition by esteemed illustrator Inga Moore. First published in 1911, The Secret Garden has entranced readers with the courage of two unhappy and withering children who become determined to make their lives, and the lives of others around them, more joyful. In this engaging unabridged edition, Inga Moore’s beautifu...(展开全部)

This gorgeously illustrated picture book opens to a detailed spread of a gray city. If you look closely, you can spot the tiny figure of a red-headed boy, Liam, walking down the street. THE CURIOUS GARDEN tells the story of how this young boy discovers a door that leads up to abandoned railroad tracks where he finds a forgotten garden. He cares for the plants and helps them flo...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

The first novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of Amsterdam . In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves.

The Perfumed Garden - for the Repose of the Mind is a classic work of Arab erotica offering a uniquely entertaining collection of tales, frank and sound advice on sexual relations, and a poetic style of great literary merit. This is a book which delights in the humorous possibilities of sexual expression, and treats these in an urbane style reminiscent of Chaucer and Boccaccio....(展开全部)

理查．波頓爵士（Sir Richard Burton，1821-1890） 英國探險家、人類學家、詩人與翻譯家。他是第一位發現非洲坦干伊喀湖(Lake Tanganyika)的歐洲人，考察過索馬利蘭的回教聖城哈勒爾(Harar)，穿過當時的禁地麥加和麥地那城。在語言和文學上造詣尤深，一生中學會25種語言，加上各地方言共達40種之多，是當時數一數二的語言學家。1886年，維多利亞女王為表彰其對大英帝國服務功績，賜予他聖米格爾及聖喬治二等爵士勛位。他長期收集亞非等地的情色典籍，並譯成近30卷作品，包括全套16卷的《天方夜譚》、《印度愛經》、《波斯愛經：芬芳花園》等。 編寫：菲利普．敦（Philip Dunn） 早期曾在西藏佛學院研習，離開寺院後便開始進修法律。他經常興之所至地到世界各地旅行，橫跨了印度全境與遠東區域，而遇到了克里希納穆提（Krishnam...(展开全部)

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon... The hanging of four French villagers in World War II... The hanging of an old man in a Scottish cemetery... Seemingly random facts linked to one man...Detective Inspector John Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork generated by his investigations into a suspected war criminal, and his immediate supervisors are more than happy to have him tuc...(展开全部)

克里斯吉娜·S·威廉姆斯，冰岛长大的艺术家，所涉足的艺术范围遍及插画、室内及时装设计。以其成长历程中的所见所闻为设计灵感，其作品深受赞扬，更成为设计界盛事“伦敦设计节”的展览常客。 英国皇家御用品牌Fortnum&Mason，收藏有200多件克里斯吉娜的艺术珍品。克里斯吉娜的作品还被2016年里约奥运会选中，做巨型投影背景。

弗朗西丝·霍奇森·伯内特（1849年-1924），一位影响了整个20世纪的英国女作家，是最早使用现代心理描写手法进行少儿文学创作的作家之一。出于曼彻斯特，你亲早逝，家境贫寒。16岁时，弗朗西丝随全家移民美国；18岁时，开始发表作品；28风时，出版了她的第一部畅销书《劳瑞家的闺女》；62岁时，他作了她最著名最成功的作品《秘密花园》，奠定了她在英国文学史上举足轻重的地位。此外还有代表作品《小公主》、《小少爷方特罗伊》等，广爱欧美国家青少年的喜爱，都是世界文学宝库中的经典著作。

From Colin Thompson, whose work has been described by The New York Times as "unusually provocative and rewarding," comes a lush journey into the soul of a young city boy who finds peace amidst the chaos around him. The noise of blaring radios, honking horns, fighting neighbors, crying babies, and his own shouting mother are driving Peter crazy. His salvation appears in the fo...(展开全部)