This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. In A Long Way Gone , Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty. "My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life. 'Why did you leave Sierra Leone?' 'Because there is a war.' 'You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?' 'Yes, all the time.' 'Cool.' I smile a little. 'You should tell us about it sometime.' 'Yes, sometime.'"

Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, "Persepolis: The Story of Childhood" tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. "Persepolis" paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Amidst the tragedy, Marjane's child's eye view adds immediacy and humour, and her story of a childhood at once outrageous and ordinary, beset by the unthinkable and yet buffered by an extraordinary and loving family, is immensely moving. It is also very beautiful; Satrapi's drawings have the power of the very best woodcuts. "Persepolis" ends on a cliffhanger in 1984, just as fourteen-year-old Marjane is leaving behind her home in Tehran, escaping fundamentalism and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in the West. In "Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return" we follow our young, intrepid heroine through the next eight years of her life: an eye-opening and sometimes lonely four years of high school in Vienna, followed by a supremely educational and heartwrenching four years back home in Iran. Just as funny and heartbreaking as its predecessor - with perhaps an even greater sense of the ridiculous inspired by life in a fundamentalist state - "Persepolis 2" is also as clear-eyed and searing in its condemnation of fundamentalism and its cost to the human spirit. In its depiction of the universal trials of adolescent life and growing into adulthood - here compounded by being an outsider both abroad and at home, and by living in a state where you have no right to show your hair, wear make-up, run in public, date, or question authority - it's raw, honest, and incredibly illuminating.

A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself. Long before George Takei braved new frontiers in Star Trek , he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centers," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.

A searing poetic memoir and call to action from the bestselling and award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson! Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Searing and soul-searching, this important memoir is a denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #metoo and #timesup, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts. Shout speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice-- and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore.

Even in the darkest of times— especially in the darkest of times—there is room for strength and bravery. A remarkable memoir from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler’s list. Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, a man named Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson’s life, and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings, by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory—a list that became world renowned: Schindler’s List. This, the only memoir published by a former Schindler’s List child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Most notable is the lack of rancor, the lack of venom, and the abundance of dignity in Mr. Leyson’s telling. The Boy on the Wooden Box is a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you’ve ever read.

Night -- A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family...the death of his innocence...and the death of his God. Penetrating and powerful, as personal as The Diary Of Anne Frank, Night awakens the shocking memory of evil at its absolute and carries with it the unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again.

Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson’s eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become.

This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables, an old-fashioned farm outside a town called Avonlea. Anne Shirley, an eleven-year-old orphan, has arrived in this verdant corner of Prince Edward Island only to discover that the Cuthberts—elderly Matthew and his stern sister, Marilla—want to adopt a boy, not a feisty redheaded girl. But before they can send her back, Anne—who simply must have more scope for her imagination and a real home—wins them over completely. A much-loved classic that explores all the vulnerability, expectations, and dreams of a child growing up, Anne of Green Gables is also a wonderful portrait of a time, a place, a family… and, most of all, love. WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JENNIFER LEE CARELL

Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer. Isolated by the storm and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer amongst a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again...

【“任何人遇到挫折的时候，都能够从这里得到新的勇气。”】 【内容简介】 《鹿苑长春》由美国作家玛·金·罗琳斯创作于1938年，根据佛罗里达林区一位老人的童年回忆创作改编，发行后登上美国畅销书榜首并持续140周，于次年获得普利策文学奖。至今，在美国累计阅读量达到5.5亿。至今，该小说被翻译成20种语言，在133个国家出版，受到不同地域和文化人们的喜爱。在1946年被米高梅公司拍摄成电影，获得奥斯卡最佳艺术指导奖和最佳摄影奖。 故事讲述美国南北战争后佛罗里达垦荒区普通人的劳动、斗争和悲欢离合。主人公巴克斯特一家生活在佛罗里达岛地过着自给自足的农耕狩猎生活，所处的自然美景中是一幅生动绚丽的丛林画卷，该作品后被誉为描绘少年时代的经典童年诗歌。然而，它却是一本全年龄段读本，书中透出的森林清新气息和舒缓节奏，与当代都市生活迥然不同。其中有惊险的狩猎、奇妙的自然景观、悠然的乡村美景，还有风趣幽默的人物对话，以及充满泥土气息的方言。书中人们为了生存这一简单目的，持有着最质朴的勇气和信念。 孩子们可以从书中读到激动人心的狩猎，看见原野林莽、飞鸟起落、狼踪熊迹、暴雨狂风，进入乔迪的世界，与他共度被爸爸精心呵护、无忧无虑的童年。成年人，尤其是经历过离合悲欢、人世艰难的人，都能从书中读出欢笑、甜蜜、惆怅和感伤。 【编辑推荐】 《鹿苑长春》是一部经典的动物文学与环境文学著作。 故事发生在美国南北战争结束后的垦荒时代，讲述与父母生活在佛罗里达岛地的男孩乔迪与一岁小鹿间的故事。 爸爸在牧师家庭长大，正直善良，从不说谎，因经历战争后，厌倦了与人相处的世俗，带着妻子奥拉远离城镇，选择佛罗里达的巴克斯特岛地，过着狩猎农耕的生活。家中的生计依赖于自然选择，时常受到岛地周围野兽的威胁，尤其是经常出没偷食家畜的棕熊“大笨脚”。 因为自然环境的严酷，夫妻两人连续夭折了3个孩子，以至于乔迪诞生后，妈妈奥拉因为遭遇太多次失去，对儿子不抱有太多疼爱，也许是向现实的冷酷低头，看待事物抱有异常冷漠的清醒。爸爸彭尼从小在家中担起大梁，了解天真无邪的珍贵，反而给乔迪加倍的疼爱，试图延长乔迪无忧无虑的童年。在丛林里，有变幻的迷人风光，也有让人惊叹的动物奇观。乔迪一直喜欢听猎人讲在狩猎途中的奇遇，期待着自己与动物的亲近。 他跟着爸爸狩猎，追踪“大笨脚”，爬在树上看鹿妈妈带着小鹿啃食树叶，与爸爸抓到罕见的白色浣熊、在克拉克莎草丛中钓鱼，遇到高鸣鹤跳沙龙舞；他跟着巴克.福利斯特在月光下的玉米地里猎狐，去松树干掏蜂蜜；与好友“草翅膀”喂养小浣熊、欧洲灰雀，一起看西班牙人后裔穿过古栈道，一起数天上米诺鱼般的星星……生活就像他给自己在灰岩坑水塘边造的小水车，随着时间的流水，悠然转动，奏出欢快的乐章，似乎没有停下来的理由。 然而乔迪作为独子，在偏远岛地，一直是孤寂的。他希望能像爸爸彭尼一样拥有只对自己忠诚的宠物。因为口粮不足，妈妈却一直拒绝驯养动物。直到有一天，在乔迪跟随爸爸追踪走失家猪的途中，遭遇危机，也遇到了那头刚出生不久的小鹿…… 故事讲失去，也讲成长；讲孤独，也讲爱与宽容。每个人也许会从中找到真挚的共鸣，遗憾和怅惘，但更多的是，是勇气。 【名人推荐】 “谈到近人的作品，说「不朽」总彷佛还太早，然而《鹿苑长春》在近代文学上的地位已经奠定了。《鹿苑长春》里面出现的动物比人多──鹿、响尾蛇、八字脚的老熊、牛、马、猪──像一个动物园，但是里面的人物，尤其是那男孩子乔迪，是使人永远不能忘记的。 那孩子失去了他最心爱的东西，使他受到很深的刺激，然而他从此就坚强起来，长大成人了。我们仔细回味，就可以觉得这不止于是一个孩子的故事，任何人遇到挫折的时候，都能够从这里得到新的勇气。 这故事具有真正的悲剧的因素──无法避免，也不可挽回。书中对于儿童心理有非常深入的描写，可以帮助做父母的人了解自己的子女。写父爱也发掘到人性的深处。 它是健康的，向上的，但也许它最动人的地方是与东方的心情特别接近的一种淡淡的哀愁。最后的两段更是充满了一种难堪的怅惘，我译到这里的时候，甚至于译完之后重抄一遍，抄到这里的时候，也都是像第一次读到一样地觉得非常感动，眼睛湿润起来。我相信许多读者一定也有同感。” ——张爱玲 【媒体推荐】 在罗琳斯女士之前，还没有谁创造出如此栩栩如生且亲近读者的一系列形象，其亲密的感情感染人，不禁令人产生共鸣。 ——纽约时报 “Never before has Mrs. Rawlings created a set of characters who are so close and real to the reader, whose intimate life one can share without the taint of unconscious patronage." (The New York Times) 惊心动魄的探险和令人怅惘的人性元素……这是一部不愧于普利策奖桂冠的经典作品，故事质朴的语言和四季变化下的生态智慧，都给予这本书一种独特而难忘的气质。而画家N.C.韦思也以温暖、柔和的插图，恰到好处地捕捉到那个垦荒时代的粗莽和淳美。 ——亚马逊网站 “Heart-stopping adventure and heart-wrenching human element…. This is a classic well worth its Pulitzer Prize. Earthy dialect and homespun wisdom season the story, giving it a unique and unforgettable flavor, and N.C. Wyeth's warm, soft illustrations capture an era of rough subsistence and sweet survival.” (Amazon.com)

兔子兄弟榛子和小多子出生在桑德福德领地。小多子天赋异禀，能预知将来，它预感到一场来自人类的毁灭性灾难已迫在眉睫。榛子和小多子建议兔子首领山梨带领兔群搬迁，然而，他们不但遭到了拒绝，还被指控煽动叛乱。于是榛子兄弟只好带领其他几只公兔子匆匆逃离领地，踏上艰辛的冒险旅程。 在经历了和人类以及其他天敌几番生死攸关的周旋后，兔子们终于到达了小多子预感中指出的新领地——瓦特希普荒原。而老领地这时已经变成了人类的建设用地，所有的兔子都被毒气杀死了！一路上榛子表现出的果敢、坚毅、体贴和智慧，也使它渐渐成为新的首领。 虽然瓦特希普荒原是安全的栖身之地，榛子意识到，没有足够的雌兔保证种族的繁衍，他们无法在这里长久地安居乐业。听了海鸥克哈尔的指示，他们去远方一个很大的兔子领地艾弗拉法求亲，但艾弗拉法是一个被暴君领导的专制国家，经过一番生死较量，榛子他们成功地带领大批母兔子回到瓦特希普。然而，战争还没有结束，一场报复开始了……

这是一本关于生存的书，讲述阅读如何让卑微的生命变得高贵，讲述知识如何改变人的修为与命运，讲述家庭的力量如何支撑孩子实现自己的梦想。 二十世纪初的纽约布鲁克林，是一片宁静的乐土，而在这里，一颗本应无忧无虑的幼小心灵却要被迫去面对艰辛的生活，体味成长过程中的无奈百味：母亲偏爱她的弟弟，父亲深爱她却英年早逝，家境清贫，在学校饱受轻鄙……面对如此坎坷人生，她也曾苦闷、忧愁，却始终保持着那份尊严和知识改变命运的信念。人生的另一扇大门终于为她打开。 我想，在我成长过程中让我最受感动的一本书就是《布鲁克林有棵树》了。 ——奥普拉·温弗瑞 如果错过了《布鲁克林有棵树》，你将失去一次重要的人生体验……这是一个深刻理解童年与家庭关系的动人故事。 ——《纽约时报》 《布鲁克林有棵树》是一本让人洞悉个体如何能变得更坚强、坚定、睿智的书。最重要的，它谈及人要生存所需的人格力量，也就成了一篇关于爱、信任与磨难的文章。正是在读完这本书后，我平生第一次认识到，尽管磨难是一次艰难的考验，但它确实是个人所能体验的最积极的人生影响因素之一。 ——美国读者

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort. Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).

Sumptuous slipcased edition of Tolkien’s classic epic tale of adventure, fully illustrated in colour for the first time by the author himself. Limited to a worldwide first printing of just 5,000 copies, this deluxe volume is quarterbound in leather and includes many special features unique to this edition. Since it was first published in 1954, has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Over 100 million copies of its many editions have been sold around the world, and occasional collectors’ editions become prized and valuable items of publishing. This one-volume deluxe slipcased edition contains the complete text, fully corrected and reset, which is printed in red and black and features, for the very first time, thirty colour illustrations, maps and sketches drawn by Tolkien himself as he composed this epic work. These include the pages from the Book of Mazarbul, marvellous facsimiles created by Tolkien to accompany the famous ‘Bridge of Khazad-dum’ chapter. Also appearing are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Middle-earth. This very special deluxe edition is quarterbound in cloth and red leather, with raised ribs on the spine and stamped in two foils. The pages are edged in gold and contained within are special features unique to this edition. It is limited to a worldwide first printing of just 5,000 copies.

Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil—what more could any reader ask for in one book? The book that has it all is , written in 1949 by Clive Staples Lewis. But Lewis did not stop there. Six more books followed, and together they became known as For the past fifty years, have transcended the fantasy genre to become part of the canon of classic literature. Each of the seven books is a masterpiece, drawing the reader into a land where magic meets reality, and the result is a fictional world whose scope has fascinated generations. This edition presents all seven books—unabridged—in one impressive volume. The books are presented here in chronlogical order, each chapter graced with an illustration by the original artist, Pauline Baynes. Deceptively simple and direct, continue to captivate fans with adventures, characters, and truths that speak to readers of all ages, even fifty years after they were first published.

'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.

Since its immediate success in 1813, has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.

The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. is still the great modern classic of "negative utopia"—a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny the novel's hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.

When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the “monster” is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a shadowy, mystical, preternaturally imposing man who calls himself Captain Nemo. Thus begins a journey of 20,000 leagues—nearly 50,000 miles—that will take Captain Nemo, his crew, and these three adventurers on a journey of discovery through undersea forests, coral graveyards, miles-deep trenches, and even the sunken ruins of Atlantis. Jules Verne’s novel of undersea exploration has been captivating readers ever since its first publication in 1870, and Frederick Paul Walter’s reader-friendly, scientifically meticulous translation of this visionary science fiction classic is complete and unabridged down to the smallest substantive detail.