“六月里摸彩，庄家长得快” 六月晴朗的一天，在某个田园牧歌一般的村庄里，村民们聚集到一起，举行一年一度的摸彩活动。 孩子们四处寻找光滑圆润的石头，装进口袋里……

编辑推荐 Daniel J. Boorstin, one of America's great historians, focuses on American ingenuity and emergent nationalism in this middle book of the Americans trilogy, dealing with a period extending roughly from the Revolution to the Civil War. Like its two companion volumes, The National Experience is a sometimes quirky look at how certain patterns of living helped shape the charact...(展开全部)

雪莉•杰克逊（1916-1965），美国小说家。在其所处的年代，她被认为是一个流行文学作家。近年来，她受到批评界越来越多的关注，作品被归入美国经典文学之列。她影响了尼尔•盖曼、斯蒂芬•金等后辈作家。作品《邪屋》（The Haunting of Hill House）是兰登书屋“现代文库”读者票选20世纪百大英文长篇小说之一。她还创作了童书多部。雪莉•杰克逊文字清新优美，美国中学课本中，至今仍有她的文章。 2007年，“雪莉•杰克逊奖”成立，奖掖心理悬疑、恐怖和黑色幻想类小说。 2010年，由乔伊斯•卡罗尔•欧茨编选的《雪莉•杰克逊长篇小说和故事选》由美国文库出版。

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect desc...(展开全部)

This is another beautifully illustrated and highly original story from the author of the "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "The Bad-Tempered Ladybird". The artist begins by drawing a star, then the star asks him to draw a sun, and the sun asks him to draw a tree and soon the artist has drawn a whole world. As children follow Eric Carle's words and pictures, they will learn to u...(展开全部)

In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health―and in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society. In The Genetic Lottery, Harden introduces readers to the latest genetic science, dismantling dangerous ideas about racial superiority and challenging us to grappl...(展开全部)

In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health—and in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society. In The Genetic Lottery, Harden introduces readers to the latest genetic science, dismantling dangerous ideas about racial superiority and challenging us to grappl...(展开全部)

Weixing, or “surname guessing,” was a highly organized lottery practice in China wherein money was bet on the surnames of which candidates would pass the civil and military examinations. For centuries, up until 1905, the examination system was the primary means by which the Chinese state selected new officials from all over the empire and a way for commoners to climb the social...(展开全部)

This collection of essays celebrates those park lands of the American West that John Muir knew and loved. Muir captures the vital essence of Yosemite, Yellowstone, Sequoia, and other areas, detailing their natural attractions -- the breathtaking forests, lush alpine meadows, massive granite domes, towering sequoias, bursting geysers, thundering waterfalls, and crystalline glac...(展开全部)

约翰•缪尔（John Muir，1838—1914）世界环保运动的先驱。缪尔对自然风光浓墨重彩、光芒四射的描写吸引着欧美几代爱好文学的读者，而每个出门旅行的人也会从中得到更多的共鸣。对于生活在喧闹都市的芸芸众生，可从缪尔的书中去除浮躁之气，汲取心灵的清泉。