Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as “one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years” (Baltimore Sun ), with “prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes” ( The Boston Globe ); The Washington Post called her “the twenty-first-century daughter of Chinua A...(展开全部)

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Orange Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, come twelve dazzling stories in which she turns her penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West. In 'A Private Experience,' a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity and faith force her to confront ...(展开全部)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as “one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years” (Baltimore Sun ), with “prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes” ( The Boston Globe ); The Washington Post called her “the twenty-first-century daughter of Chinua A...(展开全部)

From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Orange Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, come twelve dazzling stories in which she turns her penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West. In 'A Private Experience,' a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity and faith force her to confront ...(展开全部)

This is a comprehensive guide to the skills, qualities, and strategies you need to make a difference on any issue. Active citizenship and personal growth are linked. The information in this book can change your world and it can change your life.

In this latest locked room mystery from the author of Cabaret Macabre, amateur sleuth Joseph Spector pits his knowledge of stage magic against the seemingly supernatural when a seance at an isolated old hospital turns deadly. An apparent suicide in a London townhouse uncannily mirrors a similar incident from twenty-five years ago, prompting Scotland Yard's George Flint to delve...(展开全部)

The Funny Thing is Wanda Gág's follow-up to her well-loved classic,Millions of Cats.It tells the story of a curious dragonlike"aminal"that eats children's dolls.A kindly man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow this to happen.He entices it to eat the concoction"jum-jills".

The Funny Thing is Wanda Gág's follow-up to her well-loved classic,Millions of Cats.It tells the story of a curious dragonlike"aminal"that eats children's dolls.A kindly man named Bobo cannot stand by and allow this to happen.He entices it to eat the concoction"jum-jills".

This book provides a revealing new look at the astrological signs, from Aries to Pisces. Gain a deeper understanding of how each sign motivates you to grow and evolve in consciousness. Not your typical Sun sign guide, this book is divided into three parts. Part 1 defines the signs, part 2 analyses the expression of sixty-six pairs of signs, and part 3 designates the expressio...(展开全部)

蕾切尔·卡森(Rachel L.Carson，1907—1964)　美国著名自然文学作家，环境保护运动的先驱，被誉为“生态环保之母”。1929年毕业于宾夕法尼亚女子学院，1932年在霍普金斯大学获动物学硕士学位，1936年成为美国渔业管理局聘用的水生生物学家。1951年出版的《海洋传》(The Sea Around Us)39周蝉联《纽约时报》畅销排行第一。1962年出版的《寂静的春天》(Silent Spring)在社会上引起极大反响，推动了环境保护事业迅速发展。她的著作还有《在海风下》(Under the Sea-Wind)、《海洋的边缘》(The Edge of the Sea)等。