"Here is the key to the house." Inside the house are nighttime things both comforting and intriguing—a bed, many books—and outside, too, there are sources of light and joy—the moon, the sky—that reveal a reassuring order in the universe. This timeless bedtime tale takes readers through the house in the night, up into the sky, and back home again, all the while reminding us of t...(展开全部)

A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this Caldecott Medal-winning bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers—a key, a bed, the moon—this timeless book illuminates a reassuring order to the universe.

"Here is the key to the house." Inside the house are nighttime things both comforting and intriguing—a bed, many books—and outside, too, there are sources of light and joy—the moon, the sky—that reveal a reassuring order in the universe. This timeless bedtime tale takes readers through the house in the night, up into the sky, and back home again, all the while reminding us of t...(展开全部)

In 1946, genius linguist and codebreaker Meredith Gardner discovered that the KGB was running an extensive network of strategically placed spies inside the United States. Over the course of the next d

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing experience with a charismatic but volatile woman, this is a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Each chapter views the relationship through a different lens, as Machado holds even...(展开全部)

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The Ho...(展开全部)

With black-and-white illustrations throughout World-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ng˜ug˜ý wa Thiong’o gives us the second volume of his memoirs in the wake of his critically acclaimed Dreams in a Time of War. In the House of the Interpreter richly and poignantly evokes the author’s life and times at boarding school—the first secondary ed...(展开全部)

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The Ho...(展开全部)

阿瑟•柯南•道尔爵士 世界著名小说家，堪称侦探悬疑类型小说的鼻祖。因成功地塑造了侦探人物——歇洛克•福尔摩斯和冒险家兼学究——乔治•爱德华•查林杰而成为通俗小说史上最重要的小说家之一。他从事创作的文学类型形形色色、林林总总：历史小说、爱情小说、戏剧、诗歌等也都是他的拿手好戏。 中文名：阿瑟•柯南•道尔 外文名：Arthur Conan Doyle 国籍：英国 民族：日耳曼分支的盎格鲁—撒克逊人 出生地：苏格兰爱丁堡 出生日期：1859年5月22日 逝世日期：1930年7月7日 职业：小说家 毕业院校：爱丁堡大学 林南山，本名许舒。做过科幻刊物与科幻网站，热爱科幻文学，且对柯南•道尔创作的侦探小说有独到见解。译有乔治•马丁的《风港》等。 成追忆，本名成全。资深图书策划、业余作家。从小喜欢科幻，好读书，对柯南•道尔创作的早期科幻冒险小说较有研究。

阿瑟•柯南•道尔爵士 世界著名小说家，堪称侦探悬疑类型小说的鼻祖。因成功地塑造了侦探人物——歇洛克•福尔摩斯和冒险家兼学究——乔治•爱德华•查林杰而成为通俗小说史上最重要的小说家之一。他从事创作的文学类型形形色色、林林总总：历史小说、爱情小说、戏剧、诗歌等也都是他的拿手好戏。 中文名：阿瑟•柯南•道尔 外文名：Arthur Conan Doyle 国籍：英国 民族：日耳曼分支的盎格鲁—撒克逊人 出生地：苏格兰爱丁堡 出生日期：1859年5月22日 逝世日期：1930年7月7日 职业：小说家 毕业院校：爱丁堡大学 林南山，本名许舒。做过科幻刊物与科幻网站，热爱科幻文学，且对柯南•道尔创作的侦探小说有独到见解。译有乔治•马丁的《风港》等。 成追忆，本名成全。资深图书策划、业余作家。从小喜欢科幻，好读书，对柯南•道尔创作的早期科幻冒险小说较有研究。