This complete catalog of Monet's famous Water Lilies-âfeaturing 210 paintings from private and public collectionsâ - is an essential volume on a key contribution to impressionist art. Monet, the father of French impressionist painting, devoted twenty-five years to a series of paintings of the water lilies that floated in the pond of his lavish garden in Giverny.This volume is d...(展开全部)

"The Water Hole" is a fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and art book. Graeme Base takes the reader on a journey of discovery, from the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of the Australian outback. As one rhino gives way to two tigers, with three toucans waiting in the wings, the tale unfolds on many lev...(展开全部)

“Open Water is tender poetry, a love song to Black art and thought, an exploration of intimacy and vulnerability between two young artists learning to be soft with each other in a world that hardens against Black people.”―Yaa Gyasi, author of HOMEGOING In a crowded London pub, two young people meet. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they str...(展开全部)

First published in 1980 to high acclaim, Burning Water won a Governor General's Award for fiction that year. A rollicking chronicle of Captain Vancouver's search for the Northwest Passage, the book has over its career been mentioned in recommended lists of postmodern fiction, BC historical fiction, gay fiction and humour. This gives you some idea of the scope of what has been c...(展开全部)

Even among Fleur Jaeggy’s singular and intricate works, The Water Statues is a shiningly peculiar book. Concerned with loneliness and wealth’s odd emotional poverty, this early novel is in part structured as a play: the dramatis personae include the various relatives, friends, and servants of a man named Beeklam, a wealthy recluse who keeps statues in his villa’s flooded baseme...(展开全部)

This book explores the chemistry of water and the effect it has on coffee. We aim to equip you with the tools to allow you to predict - with a given water - how a coffee will taste.

Watch me. I am water. Home of the fish. Rain of the clouds. Drink for people. Bath for babies. So begins this exploration of water in its many forms. From steam for cooking to ice for cooling, children will marvel at the beauty and usefulness of water. With Judith Moffatt's colorful cut-paper illustrations and best-selling author Jean Marzollo's simple yet powerful text, childr...(展开全部)

葛瑞米·贝斯（Graeme Base），世界上最棒的儿童图画书作家之一。他早年创作的字母书《动物王国》（Animalia）于1986年一问世，就立刻受到了国际性的赞誉。此书300万册的全球销量，奠定了其经典名作的地位。 贝斯的作品广受欢迎，获奖连连，包括：《第十一个小时》（The Eleventh Hour）、《来喝水吧》（The Waterhole）、《阿吉的许愿鼓》（Jungle Drums）、《阿诺的花园》（Uno's Garden）、《魔法失窃之谜》（Enigma, a Magical Mystery）、《卡纳克神庙的宝石鱼》（The Jewel Fish of Kamak）、《小不点大象》（Little Elephants）、《吴哥窟的最后一个国王》（The Last King of Angkor Wat）等等。 贝斯现在和他的艺术家妻子萝...(展开全部)