Written and illustrated by one of the world's most acclaimed and award-winning children's authors, The Three Robbers is a timeless tale of mystery and suspense for 4-8 year olds, in which three ferocious thieves are defeated by the guileless logic of an innocent girl.

The robbers of London town plan a desperate crime one Christmas Eve - to steal all the toys they can lay their hands on! Fortunately, the robbers meet their match in brave Officer Pugh who leaps into action and arrests the villains - all except Grandma Swagg who manages to get away.

'There is no such thing as autobiography, there is only art and lies'. Set in a London of the near future, its three principal characters, Handel, Picasso and Sappho, seperately flee the city and find themselves on the same train, drawn to one another through the curious agency of a book. Stories within stories take us through the unlikely love-affairs of one Doll Sneerpiece, a...(展开全部)

This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole Soyinka. It is set in the Yoruba village of Ilunjinle. The main characters are Sidi (the Jewel), 'a true village belle' and Baroka (the Lion), the crafty and powerful Bale of the village, Lakunle, the young teacher, influenced by western ways, and Sadiku, the eldest of Baroka's wives. How the Lion hunts the J...(展开全部)

This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole Soyinka. It is set in the Yoruba village of Ilunjinle. The main characters are Sidi (the Jewel), 'a true village belle' and Baroka (the Lion), the crafty and powerful Bale of the village, Lakunle, the young teacher, influenced by western ways, and Sadiku, the eldest of Baroka's wives. How the Lion hunts the J...(展开全部)

'One day I shall repay you for your kindness.' With these words a rat makes a solemn promise to a lion who has allowed the tiny creature to escape from between his fearsome paws. But what can a little rat do to help a mighty lion, the King of the Jungle? The simple messages of this La Fontaine fable - that acts of kindness will always be returned and that even the strongest and...(展开全部)

In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different.This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. But if only she had found the means to create, urges Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immor...(展开全部)

This volume combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century. Together they form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. A Room of One's Own， first published in 1929， is a witty， urbane and persuasive argument against the intellectual subjection of women， particularly women writers. The sequel， Three Guineas， is a passionate po...(展开全部)

One day a rat walks by accident right in front of a big, fierce lion. The lion lets the rat escape. In return, the rat promises to repay him for his kindness. But what can the little rat do to help the mighty King of the Jungle?

南非天才编剧家，小说家，全球出版商和好莱坞电影公司眼中“还未长成的J•K罗琳”。 《从天而落》是她的首部小说，还未出版便以其奇特性与震撼力深深打动了全球出版界，版权售至全球21个国家，电影版权被好莱坞6大影视公司热抢。 本书故事的叙述采取仿纪实手法，讲述不可思议的坠机事件以及事件发生后更加不可思议的后续，与现实生活中地球上发生的空难事件有着惊人的相似，读来让人特别感同身受。紧张的情节和对人性深刻的拷问可谓是撼人心魄，对人类各种情感的刻画深沉细腻。 美国恐怖小说天王级人物斯蒂芬•金的盛赞，称她为“迈克尔•克莱顿和秀莉•杰克逊的完美融合”。而著名的科克斯书评评论《从天而落》“并非浅薄的毛骨悚然，而是全球政治、宗教、人性、社会结构的深思。 如今本书的续集正在写作中。