A New York Review Books Original Deception—the lies we tell ourselves and the lies we tell others—is the subject of this, Tove Jansson’s most unnerving and unpredictable novel. Here Jansson takes a darker look at the subjects that animate the best of her work, from her sensitive tale of island life, The Summer Book , to her famous Moomin stories: solitude and community, art a...(展开全部)

托芙·扬松（Tove Jansson，1914—2001） 芬兰著名作家与画家，世界儿童文学大师，出生于赫尔辛基的一个说瑞典语的艺术家家庭，以其杰出的文学与艺术成就在国际上享有盛誉。扬松最广为人知的作品是“姆明”系列故事，以幽默和温情的笔触创造了一个美丽的幻想世界，深受全世界读者的喜爱。此外，她还创作了大量面向成人读者的短篇与长篇小说，通过轻快、明澈的文字传达了关于自由的人生哲学，代表作有《真诚的骗子》《夏日书》《公平竞争》等。扬松一生获奖无数，包括世界儿童文学最高荣誉国际安徒生奖、瑞典学院奖、芬兰国家勋章等。 【译者简介】 王梦达 北京外国语大学欧洲语言文学硕士，曾任上海外国语大学瑞典语讲师，现为自由译者。译有《平安小猪》《长袜子皮皮》《唯余细节》等作品。

The diary of a young Victorian boy born with clairvoyance.

This delightful tale of one of the world’s favorite foods draws on botany, archaeology, and culinary history to present a complete and accurate history of chocolate. It begins some 4,000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the chocolate tree, Theobroma Cacao, and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into what is now known as choc...(展开全部)

This delightful and best-selling tale of one of the world's favorite foods draws upon botany, archaeology, and culinary history to present a complete and accurate history of chocolate. The story begins some 3,000 years ago in the jungles of Mexico and Central America with the chocolate tree, Theobroma Cacao, and the complex processes necessary to transform its bitter seeds into...(展开全部)

索菲·D. 科（Sophie D. Coe），美国人类学家、食物历史学家。 她的书《美国第一美食》1994 年出版，受到普遍好评。 麦克·D. 科（Michael D. Coe），美国耶鲁大学人类学名誉教授。主要著作有《玛雅》《墨西哥》《打破玛雅守则》《吴哥和高棉文明》《解读玛雅铭文》等。

This is the remarkable story of tea and its uses from ancient times to the present. The narrative takes the reader from the jungles of Southeast Asia to the splendor of the Tang and Song Dynasties in China, from the tea ceremony aesthetics of medieval Japan to the fabled tea and horse trade of Central Asia, from the advent of Britain's love affair with tea to the tea party that...(展开全部)

The uplifting true tale of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey of salvation across the windswept South West coastline. Now a Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller 'The landscape is magical: shape-shifting seas and smugglers' coves; myriads of sea birds and mauve skies. Raynor writes exquisitely . . . It's a tale of triumph: of hope over despair; of love over ever...(展开全部)