One cool day in late October, Georgia noticed something weird. Objects would move around the house and sometimes they even disappeared. Now, some people may have wondered (especially at this time of
逝者的靈魂該歸於何處？天堂和地獄是否真實存在？收錄258幅珍貴歷史圖畫，首次揭開死後世界的神秘面紗 本書將指引你探尋世界各地信仰文化的天堂、地獄和死後世界，藉由精緻華美且富有想像力的畫作和地圖，帶領你一同踏上未知的後世旅程，一窺裡頭那神祕的地理環境、神話傳說，以及超自然界的住民。古埃及的死後審判、希臘神話的冥界黑帝斯、阿茲特克文明的十三層天堂、中國道教的餓鬼、日本佛教神話的噴火公雞地獄、維京文化的諸神黃昏……《地獄地圖》收集了人類歷史上，對於死後世界的各種新奇想像和表現，包羅萬象且難得一見，包含罪人所受的虐刑手法、善人所享的夢幻樂園，以及古怪離奇的魔鬼、天使和死神，是一份精彩豐富的研究，亦是眾多幻想與恐懼的紀錄圖冊。🔱Amazon讀者★★★★★好評🔱🔱各界震撼推薦🔱《地獄地圖》趣味地匯集了數個時代和信仰流派的地獄和冥界，連同靈薄獄和滌罪所，以及天堂、樂園和烏托邦。這是本妙趣橫生的學術研究，裡面充斥著精彩的細節、豐富的知識和駭人的圖像。──《Strong Words》雜誌來自世界各地、歷經歲月的華麗藝術收藏，描繪了天堂和地獄的景象。──《Booktime》雜誌令人驚嘆，且完全著迷。──Podcast節目《No Such Thing As A Fish》主持人Dan Schreiber一場有關人類試圖探索死後世界、有趣而魔幻的旅程，包括天堂和地獄。如果你想知道是哪位作者在著作中探討了地獄中的妓院，或是哪裡可以找到長著惡魔頭顱的樹，又或是天使的房子聞起來像什麼，那麼這本書正適合你。──《Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses》作者Bess Lovejoy
This witty picture book explores the loving bond between cats and their humansPrincess has four ladies. Some cats say that’s too many, but there’s no such thing! Taking care of all these ladies can be
Embark on a thrilling fourth adventure in the bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series - Danger at Dead Man's Pass, from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, as Harrison Beck investigates an ancient family curse high in the German mountains.Illustrated in black-and-white throughout by Elisa Paganelli. A mysterious letter from an old friend asks Hal and Uncle Nat to help investigate a spooky supernatural mystery. Legend has it the Kratzensteins, a family of rich and powerful railway tycoons, are cursed, but there is no such thing as a curse, is there .. .?Hal and Nat take the night train to Berlin and go undercover. From a creaking spooky old house at the foot of the Harz mountains, they take the Kratzenstein family's funeral train to the peak of the Brocken Mountain.Can Hal uncover the secrets of the Brocken railway and the family curse before disaster strikes?Danger at Dead Man's Pass can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the Adventures on Trains series. Jo
Chaos and mayhem reign as Izzy and her friends take on another hilarious (mis)adventure. There’s no such thing as an ordinary day at school when they’re around… Izzy and her friends overhear their head teacher talking about “missing treasure” and “running out of time”. They know this means there’s TREASURE buried in the school somewhere and that Mr Graves wants it all for himself. So Jodi says they’ve got to find it first, and they should start by searching the staffroom. After seeing things they will never forget, they head to the basement. Gary Petrie’s dad is working down there and he’s seen something SHINY! So they send Zach’s cat down with a camera strapped to her head and study the footage carefully. What they see is SHOCKING and CHANGES EVERYTHING. It’s not treasure in the basement, it’s a BEAST with SHINING EYES and it’s coming to get them! RUN!!!The original, award-winning Felt Flap series – perfect for babies and toddlers!Each title in this stylish series has five spreads wit
Mo Willems’ Pigeon is BACK in a hilarious story perfect for those about to start school or nursery."There is no such thing as a bad Mo Willems book” The TimesThe Pigeon is about to get SCHOOLED. Do YO
Chaos and mayhem reign as Izzy and her friends take on another hilarious (mis)adventure. There’s no such thing as an ordinary day at school when they’re around… Izzy and her friends overhear their head teacher talking about “missing treasure” and “running out of time”. They know this means there’s TREASURE buried in the school somewhere and that Mr Graves wants it all for himself. So Jodi says they’ve got to find it first, and they should start by searching the staffroom. After seeing things they will never forget, they head to the basement. Gary Petrie’s dad is working down there and he’s seen something SHINY! So they send Zach’s cat down with a camera strapped to her head and study the footage carefully. What they see is SHOCKING and CHANGES EVERYTHING. It’s not treasure in the basement, it’s a BEAST with SHINING EYES and it’s coming to get them! RUN!!!
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A must-read debut! Meet Elizabeth Zott: a one-of-a-kind scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show in this novel that is “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel. It reminds you that change takes time and always requires heat” (The New York Times Book Review). “It's the world versus Elizabeth Zott, an extraordinary woman determined to live on her own terms, and I had no trouble choosing a side.... A page-turning and highly satisfying tale: zippy, zesty, and Zotty.” —Maggie Shipstead, best-selling author of Great CircleChemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; th
There is no such thing as a monster, and certainly no such thing as a monster under the bed. That's what Howard's mother tells him. There is no such thing as a boy, and certainly no such thing as a bo
There is no such thing as a monster, and certainly no such thing as a monster under the bed. That's what Howard's mother tells him. There is no such thing as a boy, and certainly no such thing as a bo
Bear can't sleep. Did you hear that? Did you feel that? What was it?It wasn't a hungry giant or a blood-sucking spider or a fire-breathing dragon because there is NO SUCH THING... Is there?
