WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A. S. BYATT Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to live with her husband in a a lay community encamped outside Imber Abbey, home to a mysterious enclosed order of nuns. Watched over by its devout director and the discreet authority of the wise old Abbess, Imber Court is a haven for lost souls seeking tranquility. But then the lost Abbey bell, legenda...(展开全部)

In this picture book starring the world’s most imaginative pig, Olivia embarks upon a quest for identity with very lofty goals—and being a princess is NOT one of them! Olivia is having an identity crisis! There are too many ruffly, sparkly princesses around these days, and Olivia has had quite enough. She needs to stand out! She has to be special! She wants to do more than jus...(展开全部)

伊恩福尔克纳（Ian Falconer）：他身兼舞台设计师和艺术家，虽然一开始并没有打算成为童书的作者，却有一个令人印象深刻的艺术背景。他相继在纽约大学、帕森设计学院和奥蒂斯艺术设计学院学习艺术与设计。他也曾经与知名的艺术家大卫霍克尼在纽约、洛杉矶、芝加哥和伦敦等地设计并展出系列的舞台作品和服装。此外，他还为《纽约客》(TheNew Yorker)画过无数的插图和封面。 然而，谁也没想到伊恩福尔克纳将自己的即兴随笔《奥莉薇》(Olivia)当做礼物送给小侄女，却成就了一系列受全球孩子追捧的图画书，并为他摘取了2001年美国凯迪克大奖以及系列的奖项和荣誉。在采访中，伊恩福尔克纳描述了当时仍是婴儿的侄女的眼睛(绝非偶然！侄女的名字就叫奥莉薇！)，他承认“我才刚为那双眼睛深深着迷，下一刻我就决定要做个礼物送给她，所以我开始着手绘制这本书。 柳漾，儿童文学工...(展开全部)

In this picture book starring the world’s most imaginative pig, Olivia embarks upon a quest for identity with very lofty goals—and being a princess is NOT one of them! Olivia is having an identity crisis! There are too many ruffly, sparkly princesses around these days, and Olivia has had quite enough. She needs to stand out! She has to be special! She wants to do more than jus...(展开全部)

伊恩福尔克纳（Ian Falconer）：他身兼舞台设计师和艺术家，虽然一开始并没有打算成为童书的作者，却有一个令人印象深刻的艺术背景。他相继在纽约大学、帕森设计学院和奥蒂斯艺术设计学院学习艺术与设计。他也曾经与知名的艺术家大卫霍克尼在纽约、洛杉矶、芝加哥和伦敦等地设计并展出系列的舞台作品和服装。此外，他还为《纽约客》(TheNew Yorker)画过无数的插图和封面。 然而，谁也没想到伊恩福尔克纳将自己的即兴随笔《奥莉薇》(Olivia)当做礼物送给小侄女，却成就了一系列受全球孩子追捧的图画书，并为他摘取了2001年美国凯迪克大奖以及系列的奖项和荣誉。在采访中，伊恩福尔克纳描述了当时仍是婴儿的侄女的眼睛(绝非偶然！侄女的名字就叫奥莉薇！)，他承认“我才刚为那双眼睛深深着迷，下一刻我就决定要做个礼物送给她，所以我开始着手绘制这本书。 柳漾，儿童文学工...(展开全部)

Pirate: The Buccaneer’s (Unofficial) Manual is a witty, informative, and highly entertaining guide to how to be a pirate, combining historical accuracy with an irreverent but revealing look at the eighteenth-century world of piracy and buccaneering. Included are chapters on the history of piracy, stretching back to ancient Greece and Rome; essentials of language and dress; nota...(展开全部)

Pirate: The Buccaneer’s (Unofficial) Manual is a witty, informative, and highly entertaining guide to how to be a pirate, combining historical accuracy with an irreverent but revealing look at the eighteenth-century world of piracy and buccaneering. Included are chapters on the history of piracy, stretching back to ancient Greece and Rome; essentials of language and dress; nota...(展开全部)

A vulnerable young girl wins a dream assignment on a big-time New York fashion magazine and finds herself plunged into a nightmare. An autobiographical account of Sylvia Plath's own mental breakdown and suicide attempt, The Bell Jar is more than a confessional novel, it is a comic but painful statement of what happens to a woman's aspirations in a society that refuses to...(展开全部)

A vulnerable young girl wins a dream assignment on a big-time New York fashion magazine and finds herself plunged into a nightmare. An autobiographical account of Sylvia Plath's own mental breakdown and suicide attempt, The Bell Jar is more than a confessional novel, it is a comic but painful statement of what happens to a woman's aspirations in a society that refuses to...(展开全部)

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther s breakdown with such intensity that Esther s insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the mov...(展开全部)