The Washington Post calls Whistle Up the Devil “dazzling” and “a masterpiece.” Publisher’s Weekly’s starred review calls it “one of the most intelligent and crafty impossible murder novels of all time.” Roger Querrin died alone in a locked and guarded room, beyond the reach of human hands. Algy Lawrence ...could not explain the mystery of this "miracle" murder. And then, faced ...(展开全部)

黄皙暎，1942年出生于中国长春，1949年迁居南朝鲜汉城登浦区。念高中时以短篇小说《立石附近》获“思想界”新人文化奖，并开始步入文坛。1970年以《塔》获得《朝鲜日报》新春文艺奖，从此正式开始创作活动。他著有小说《客地》、《审判之家》、《歌客》，长篇小说《张吉山》、《武器的阴影》等。

The Old Capital is one of the three novels cited specifically by the Nobel Committee when they awarded Kawabata the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. With the ethereal tone and aesthetic styling characteristic of Kawabata's prose, The Old Capital tells the story of Chieko, the adopted daughter of a Kyoto kimono designer, Takichiro, and his wife, Shige. Set in the traditio...(展开全部)

The Old Capital is one of the three novels cited specifically by the Nobel Committee when they awarded Kawabata the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. With the ethereal tone and aesthetic styling characteristic of Kawabata's prose, The Old Capital tells the story of Chieko, the adopted daughter of a Kyoto kimono designer, Takichiro, and his wife, Shige. Set in the traditio...(展开全部)

黄皙暎，1942年出生于中国长春，1949年迁居南朝鲜汉城登浦区。念高中时以短篇小说《立石附近》获“思想界”新人文化奖，并开始步入文坛。1970年以《塔》获得《朝鲜日报》新春文艺奖，从此正式开始创作活动。他著有小说《客地》、《审判之家》、《歌客》，长篇小说《张吉山》、《武器的阴影》等。

In 2000, Ryan McGinley, then a student, staged his first exhibition of photographs in an abandoned SoHo gallery. To coincide with the show, the artist created several handmade books featuring a sampling of his work entitled The Kids Are Alright . A copy eventually found its way into the hands of Sylvia Wolf, then a curator of photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art. ...(展开全部)

"The Wily woman eludes the thief and then leads him into an eerie swamp where this curious adventure takes a surprising and laughable turn."--Publishers Weekly. A Caldecott Honor Book. An ALA Notable Children's Book. A Booklist Editors' Choice. Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Full color.

The Grey Lady loves strawberries. But so does the Strawberry Snatcher, and unfortunately for the Grey Lady he is not far away and getting closer all the time.Past flower shops and bakeries he stalks her, silently, steadily, biding his time. He pursues her by foot along haunting red-brick paths, and then by skateboard into the mysterious depths of a swamp both beautiful and terr...(展开全部)

ALL true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.汇聚授权电子版权。

Written when women—and workers generally—had few rights in England, Agnes Grey exposes the brutal inequities of the rigid class system in mid-nineteenth century Britain. Agnes comes from a respectable middle-class family, but their financial reverses have forced her to seek work as a governess. Pampered and protected at home, she is unprepared for the harsh reality of a governe...(展开全部)