WINNER OF THE THWAITES WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2015 What really goes on in the long grass? Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an English meadow’s life from January to December, together with
With his signature wit, charm, and seemingly limitless knowledge, Bill Bryson takes us on a room-by-room tour through his own house, using each room as a jumping off point into the vast history of the
What part of our selves do we hide away in order to have a stable, prosperous life? Pippa Lee has just such a life in place at age fifty, when her older husband, a retired publisher, decides that the
橫跨七十載，當代諜報小說大師勒卡雷書信集。青春歲月，美蘇冷戰，直至暮年，透過首次公開的私人信件，書迷們得以一窺如他筆下諜報故事般精采不凡的人生軌跡，並藉這名冷戰時期的年輕外交官，即日後傑出小說家的雙眼，見證那個風起雲湧的大時代。A collection of letters from John le Carre, one of the greatest British novelists of our time, and a fabulous letter writer, spanning decades from his childhood to the Cold War to his final yearsJohn le Carre was one of the greatest novelists of his generation but also had an extraordinary life, from his childhood with a con man father to his inimitable career as a writer. From his involvement in the Cold War, time in Berlin, travels to Vietnam and engagement with world leaders, his experiences were truly remarkable.This collection of letters reveals John le Carre - the man, the writer and his world - for the first time and most intimately. Including letters to Stephen Fry and about Mrs Thatcher, and correspondence with Alec Guinness and a ten-year-old aspiring spy, Selected Letters come together with crispness and clarity to illuminate the extraordinary writer.A magnificen
Drawn from the work of StoryCorps, the largest and most ambitious private oral history project in American history, comes this tapestry of the stories Americans have been sharing from their lives to l
★貓奴系繪本推薦★美國出版者周刊Publishers Weekly 2023暑假閱讀書單推薦無論貓咪Max走到哪，惡作劇肯定會隨之而來，牠喜歡作弄人、玩捉迷藏、在穀倉裡徘徊...而到了晚上，Max是隻非常獨立又聰明的貓....各位貓奴想更了解這隻神秘的Max嗎？那你們絕對不能錯過這本充滿細節以及獨特繪畫風格的貓咪系繪本。A new, never-before-published original work from renowned children's book duo Alice and Martin Provensen, which invites into the mystery that is Max the cat!In this picture book fromthe Provensens’ archives, the unforgettable Max, who appears in many of the Provensens' picture books, takes center stage.Wherever Max goes, mischief is sure to follow! He spends his days teasing, playing hide-and-seek, and prowling the barnyard. He’s also keenly intelligent and independent, with his own private life thatbegins at night. An affectionate portrait of a pet who’s both friend and hunter,from a luminary author-illustrator pair of American children’s literature.Taking inspiration from their own life at MapleHill Farm in Dutchess County, New York, great American illustrators Alice andMartin Provensen shared the changing seasons that give r
