Once there was a boy, and that boy loved stars very much. So much so that he decided to catch one of his very own. But how? Waiting for them to grow tired from being up in the sky all night doesn't work. Climbing to the top of the tallest tree? No, not tall enough. The boy has a rocket ship . . . but it is made of paper and doesn't fly well at all. Finally, just when the boy is...(展开全部)

There once was a boy! and the boy loved stars very much! There once was a boy who loved stars so much that he wished he had one of his very own. Every night he watched the stars in the sky from his bedroom window and dreamed of how he could be their friend and how they could play hide-and-go-seek together. So, one day, he decided to set about catching a star of his very own!

An inspirational story of a boy who loved the stars so much, he decided to catch one of his very own. The beautifully illustrated, original debut picture book from shining talent, Oliver Jeffers. There once was a boy who loved stars so much that he wished he had one of his very own. Every night he watched the stars in the sky from his bedroom window and dreamed of how he could...(展开全部)

Once there was a boy, and that boy loved stars very much. So much so that he decided to catch one of his very own. But how? Waiting for them to grow tired from being up in the sky all night doesn't work. Climbing to the top of the tallest tree? No, not tall enough. The boy has a rocket ship . . . but it is made of paper and doesn't fly well at all. Finally, just when the boy is...(展开全部)

Alexsi Ivanovich Smirnov, an orphan and a thief, has been living by his wits and surviving below the ever-watchful eye of the Soviet system until his luck finally runs out. In 1936, at the age of 16, Alexsi is caught by the NKVD and transported to Moscow. There, in the notorious headquarters of the secret police, he is given a choice: be trained and inserted as a spy into Nazi ...(展开全部)

第二次世界大战（WWII）期间，一名年轻的苏联间谍面对两难的忠义选择，决定秘密潜入纳粹德国，揭开了一宗足以改变人类历史进程的暗杀阴谋。 独行间谍——在适当的时间、地点——甚至会改变人类的历史。 亚历克西斯·伊凡诺维奇·斯米尔诺夫（Alexsi Ivanovich Smirnov）从小就自己相依为命靠偷盗为生，为了生存的他不得不斗智斗勇，始终保持高度的警惕性才勉强能够在苏维埃体制下混口饭吃，可是有一天他的好运气终于用完了。1936年，16岁的亚历克西斯被内务人民委员部（NKVD）的警察抓了起来并被运往了莫斯科（Moscow）。在神秘警察那个臭名昭著的总部里，他除了下半辈子都在卢比扬卡（Lubyanka）监狱受尽折磨而死之外，还获得了一个机会：接受特训并被安插到纳粹德军中成为一名苏联间谍。受训结束后，他会有一个新的身份来顶替他最好的朋友——一位纳粹党高级...(展开全部)

In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari. HER ONLY CRIME WAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city. As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences; as a courtesan, she b...(展开全部)

At once a highly original memoir and an ode to the mole, this unexpected—and delightfully strange—book reveals, at its core, a rare vision of the natural world. Kneeling in a muddy field, clutching something soft and blue-black, Marc Hamer vows he will stop trapping moles—forever. In this earnest, understated, and sublime work of nonfiction literature, the molecatcher shares wh...(展开全部)

A life-affirming book about the British countryside, the cycle of nature, solitude and contentment, through the prism of a brilliant new nature writer’s experience working as a traditional mole-catcher, and why he gave it up. I have been catching moles in gardens and farms for years and I have decided that I am not going to do it any more. Molecatching is a traditional skill th...(展开全部)