Medusa's Ankles

Medusa's AnklesBy: A. S. Byatt Series: Vintage International A ravishing, luminous selection of short stories from the prize winning imagination of A. S. Byatt, "a storyteller who could keep a sultan on the edge of his throne for a thousand and one nights" (The New York Times Book Review). With an introduction by David Mitchell, best selling author of Cloud Atlas Includes the story The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eyethe basis for the George Miller film Three Thousand

Yiyun Li confronts the two most essential questions of her identity: Why write

On the eve of the war in August 1914

His story will resonate with anyone who has a desire to be their true self

★最強凍齡小學生張君偉回來了！★人氣天后王淑芬X幽默天王賴馬，史上最長銷讀校園故事【君偉上小學】最新力作獻給曾經是、目前是、即將是小學生的每一個讀者！ 這次，張君偉要帶大家去認識千奇百怪的世界節日，究竟永晝日、世界大笑日、浴缸讀書日、國際標準日……到底在紀念什麼呢？現在就跟著張君偉、逗趣的同學們和面惡心善的暴龍老師，一起去發現22個好玩又有意義的世界各地節日吧！ 【君偉上小學】勾起大人們的兒時回憶，也給予孩子無限的未來展望。君偉的校園生活每天發生好多稀奇古怪、新奇有趣的事，編織成一段歡樂又難忘的童年回憶～這次，張君偉和同學、家人一起數算世界上千奇百怪的各種節日，發現有些節日人人知曉，像是植樹節、教師節和聖誕節，也有為了紀念而設立的節日，還有臺灣獨有的「颱風假」……等。 在開心慶祝節日之餘，你知道嗎？每個節日都有它存在的意義哩！ 本書精選12個月裡22個特殊節日，介紹與科學、社會、哲學、文化、數學、歷史等跨域的節日背景知識，有達爾文節、永晝日、國際無子日、我愛寫作日……其中還有強調不要紀念什麼、無所事事的「沒有節」存在？最新鮮刺激的校園、最酷炫的老師、最搞怪爆笑的同學，在汲汲營營的時代，有和沒有之間的意義是什麼？每一種節日背後思考又怎麼影響我們的日常呢？　　一起和張君偉與同學、家人逗趣的討論中認識這些節日，學習各種知識吧！

Elise returns to reunite with her daughter

Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time

he is forced to take on a new identity as the fearless outlaw Robin Hood

The Grimm family is caught in the midst of a war in the seventh installment of the beloved New York Times bestselling Sisters Grimm series

Liebermann struggles with his own demons

from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day

this travel-lover's delight takes readers on a breathtaking visual journey to the world's most historic wonderlands

sail along the River Thames and visit Trafalgar Square as you sticker your way through London's famous landmarks