西蒙·詹姆斯（Simon James ），英国知名图画书作家。大学主修平面设计，做过14 份不同的工作，包括警察、农夫，以及美术老师等。詹姆斯的插画，线条自由轻巧，用色朴拙淡雅。明朗的水彩搭配余味十足的故事，散发出柔美耀眼的光芒。善于将人与人之间或是人与自然环境的互动关系融入儿童故事中。代表作包括《赏鸟人》、 dear greenpeace，以及 leon and bob。而这本《小步走路》内容虽然平实，但意涵丰厚，相信可以激发孩子的自信心与勇气。

Thirty years after the publication of The Female Eunuch , Germaine Greer is back with the sequel she vowed never to write. "A marvelous performance--. No feminist writer can match her for eloquence or energy; none makes [us] laugh the way she does."-- The Washington Post In this thoroughly engaging new book, the fervent, rollicking, straight-shooting Greer, is, as ever, "th...(展开全部)

Let's face it--all birds are fascinating, wonderful, idiotic jerks--no matter where in the world they reside. Following in the footsteps of the bestselling book The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America, this hilarious sequel ventures beyond to identify the stupidest birds around the world. Featuring birds from North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, au...(展开全部)

The story of punk, the world's most shocking rock genre, charting its birth in the mid '70s, its '78-79 heyday, the '80s punk new wave, and its continuing popularity today. Includes interviews and photographs originally published in Mojo magazine, together with new specially photographed spreads on memorabilia. Produced in Association with MOJO magazine. Features three decade...(展开全部)

If you've ever found yourself transfixed by a Renaissance painting, fascinated by an Inca textile, or filled with wonder by an exquisite piece of Ming porcelain, this is the book for you. Venture inside its pages and discover exactly what the great artistic periods and movements of the world were all about. Written by an experienced international team of artists, art historians...(展开全部)

The second volume in Prestel's Whole story series is a lavish, nicely priced, and authoritative book tracing the complete evolution of fashion, from togas to Tory Burch.This enthralling book takes readers through every major era of fashion history: classical Greece and Rome; the court dress of the Tang Dynasty; the emergence of the Japanese kimono; early Native American and Pre...(展开全部)

玛尼·弗格（Marnie Fogg），时尚专家、时尚媒体顾问，纺织业资深讲师，艺术设计理论与实践硕士。玛尼·弗格生于英国诺丁汉郡的伊斯特伍德。由于早年对服装有着极大的热情，16岁时，她进入诺丁汉艺术大学学习时尚。继为针织品奢侈品牌John Ashpool和印染工作室Sue Kemp工作后，她为不同等级的服装市场做了多年的设计。全方位的时尚与纺织行业工作经验让弗格成为高级讲师，她在威尔士设立了最高水平的时尚课程。移居德比郡后，玛尼成为诺丁汉和德比多所大学的客座讲师，同时攻读美术理论与实践硕士学位，还在德比、德国比勒费尔德和希腊雅典举行了作品展。从2003年开始，她成为时尚畅销书作家，出版了一系列有影响的时尚类著作，包括《时装店：20世纪60年代的文化现象》（2003）、《时装印花设计》（2006）、《时装店内部设计》（2007）、《古着针织衫》（201...(展开全部)

These remarkable novellas by one of the outstanding French writers of the present time are now translated into English for the first time. They are all about human relationships and human decisions—about power, money, nostalgia and regret for missed opportunities; the author shows how our lives are shaped by the associations the mind puts together and the memories behind those ...(展开全部)