The Washington Post calls Whistle Up the Devil “dazzling” and “a masterpiece.” Publisher’s Weekly’s starred review calls it “one of the most intelligent and crafty impossible murder novels of all time.” Roger Querrin died alone in a locked and guarded room, beyond the reach of human hands. Algy Lawrence ...could not explain the mystery of this "miracle" murder. And then, faced ...(展开全部)

In 2000, Ryan McGinley, then a student, staged his first exhibition of photographs in an abandoned SoHo gallery. To coincide with the show, the artist created several handmade books featuring a sampling of his work entitled The Kids Are Alright . A copy eventually found its way into the hands of Sylvia Wolf, then a curator of photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art. ...(展开全部)

In 2000, Ryan McGinley, then a student, staged his first exhibition of photographs in an abandoned SoHo gallery. To coincide with the show, the artist created several handmade books featuring a sampling of his work entitled The Kids Are Alright . A copy eventually found its way into the hands of Sylvia Wolf, then a curator of photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art. ...(展开全部)

ROGER GUERRIN died alone in a locked and guarded room, beyong the reach of human hands. Algy Lawrence, with sleepy eyes and a lazy grin, refused to believe in ghosts. Yet with all his detailed knowledge of sealed room trickery, he could not explain the mystery of this "miracle" murder. And then faced with a second crime which could not possibley have been committed, he began to...(展开全部)

ROGER GUERRIN died alone in a locked and guarded room, beyong the reach of human hands. Algy Lawrence, with sleepy eyes and a lazy grin, refused to believe in ghosts. Yet with all his detailed knowledge of sealed room trickery, he could not explain the mystery of this "miracle" murder. And then faced with a second crime which could not possibley have been committed, he began to...(展开全部)

赫伯特•乔治•威尔斯，（Herbert George Wells）英国科幻作家、政治家、历史学家。与凡尔纳并称科幻小说之父，被誉为科幻界的莎士比亚。 威尔斯开创了时间旅行、外星人入侵、太空歌剧、反乌托邦等等大部分现代科幻小说的主流话题。其作品的高度真实性曾在美国引起巨大恐慌，导致120万人离家出逃。 威尔斯以科幻小说闻名，影响力却远超科幻界，列宁、斯大林、罗斯福都曾与他会面长谈，丘吉尔更受其影响，调整执政思想。 威尔斯从最新的科学技术入手，不但展示了未来科技的神奇，更反思了技术给人类带来的负面效应。 其后继者阿道司•赫胥黎、扎米亚京、乔治•奥威尔、分别创作了《美丽新世界》《我们》《一九八四》等不朽之作。

From the author of THE TIME MACHINE comes a different kind of futuristic adventure. Near the end of the nineteenth century, Graham falls into an ageless trance. He awakens at the dawn of the twenty-second century. A Council rules the world. They began simply as trustees of a large financial estate, but their snowballing wealth and power, over the course of two centuries, render...(展开全部)

Where does the wind go when it stops? When a little boy asks this question at the end of a happy day, his mother explains that the wind does not stop-it blows away to make the trees dance somewhere else. Reassuringly, she tells him that nothing ever ends, it simply begins in another place or in another way. Rain goes back into the clouds to create new storms, waves fold back...(展开全部)

At the end of a happy day, a little boy asks, Why does the day have to end? His mother points to the pale sliver of moon high in the darkening sky and tells him that the day must end so the night can begin. But where does the sun go when the day ends? the little boy asks. The day doesn't end, explains his mother, it begins somewhere else.

【作家简介】 夏洛特·左罗托夫（Charlotte Zolotow），于1915年生于美国维吉尼亚州。自威斯康辛大学毕业后，即在美国的Harper出版社工作。她虽曾因为育儿而中断过工作，但复职以后，即返回出版社，并于1981年担任这家出版社的副社长。其为儿童主编童书前后达三十年之久，是一名杰出的童书编辑兼绘本作家。 夏洛特·左罗托夫的作品数量相当惊人，由她写成的绘本，超过九十本；而与她合作过的画家，则有三十余人，其中，有很多都是美国当代最具代表性的绘本画家。她的成就，也为她赢得无数荣誉。因“对儿童文学有杰出贡献”、“对儿童文学影响深远”，夏洛特·左罗托夫分别于1986年获得明尼苏达大学艾威．可蓝大奖（Irwin Kerlan Award）、1990年南密西西比大学银牌奖及1991年美国图书馆协会图书馆从业人员的一致推崇。此外，以她为名的The Cha...(展开全部)