【推荐1】To the book lovers, nothing beats walking through a bookshop and looking at all the covers, picking large heavy books up and turning them over, the smell of ink on paper, conversations with strangers about authors. With the coming of the online book buying and e-books, many have predicted(预测) that the bookstores will disappear. And we’re grateful that there are plenty of beautiful bookstores still out there.

Designed for Max Glucksmann, a pioneer of the music and film industries, this wonderful theater space was opened in 1919. The former theater now serves as a flagship store; more than 1 million people visit El Ateneo Grand Splendid every year.

The Book Barge is a 60-foot canal boat bookshop. Inspired by the Slow Food movement, the operator Sarah Henshaw says, “We hope to help develop a less hurried lifestyle of leisurely (慢悠悠的) pleasures, cups of tea, conversations, culture and something like these.”

For those who regard bookstores with great respect, welcome to Selexyz Dominicanen, which now offers many kinds of books. The big space was used to store bicycles not long ago. But then the building was given interior (内部的) decoration, and the result is really a great surprise.

Few things make as romantic a pairing as books and trains. At La Caverne aux Livres in Auvers-sur-Oise, northwestern of Paris, an old postal train station and several train cars have become home to used books for sale. Visitors often spend hours looking at them, surrounded by an atmosphere (氛围) of old letters and dreams of faraway places.

【推荐2】Guide to what's worth watching

Don't let the depressing name of the show mislead you. Based on the novel I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything, this new half-hour situation comedy finds humor in the endless small failings of its heroine—a working mom in her 40s who depends on her parents for child-care help when she escapes her chaotic family life to manage an all-male team of much younger video-game developers. Sarayu Blue stars. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 10 pm., NBC.

Among plenty of imported police crime dramas, Dead Lucky has one major edge: It has Rachel Griffiths as its lead. The Golden Globe-winning Australian actress plays a moody but gifted detective whose pursuit追捕）of a killer leads into comers of Sydney new to most American viewers. That, and co-star Brooke Satchwell, might be enough. Thursday, Sept 20, Sundance Now.

Do you suffer from dandruff-like（如同有头屑一样的）symptoms when faced with contemporary art? The series that's long been a cure for such head-scratching returns with new episodes that will focus on innovative创新的）artists in Johannesburg, Berlin, and the San Francisco Bay Area, and on how place shapes the artists* work Friday, Sept 21, at 9 pm., PBS.

Psychological dark comedies seem to be trending this fail. In this 10-part series, Emma Stoneand Jonah Hill co-star as unhappy strangers who develop a deep connection when they both volunteer for a drug trial. Saturday, Sept. 22, Netflix.

【推荐3】The Bristol International Balloon Festival is a world-class hot air ballooning festival and is recognized as one of the UK’s top five outdoor events. Founded in 1978, the Festival has become a symbol for Bristol, the same as Brunel’s famous Suspension Bridge.

Held in the rolling hills of Ashton Court on the edge of Bristol, the Festival is hugely popular and completely free, attracting around half a million people from across the country and beyond. This year, for the first time, visitors will get to see how a hot air balloon is made. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the world’s largest hot air balloon producer, Cameron Balloons, will take on the challenge of constructing a passenger-carrying balloon, on site, in about four days.

Other events to look forward to at the Bristol International Balloon Festival include daredevil stunts(冒险特技表演) from the Red Arrows, over 250 trade stalls, local and international food stalls, and a funfair(露天游艺集市). Here’s what’s on in detail:

Thursday 11th August:

12 pm Gates Open and Trade Village open

6 pm Special Shapes Ascent — a number of hot air balloons will take to the sky

9:30 pm Nightglow and Firework Finale — 30 or more balloons will glow in time to music

10:30 pm Gates Close

Friday 12th August:

6 am Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent

9 am Trade and Entertainment Village open

12 pm Arena(竞技) Entertainment and Tethered Balloons

6 pm Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent

8:30 pm Gates Close

Saturday 13th August:

6 am Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent

9 am Trade and Entertainment Village open

12 pm Arena Entertainment and Tethered Balloons

6 pm Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent

9:30 pm Nightglow and Firework Finale

10:30 pm Gates Close

Sunday 14th August:

6 am Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent

9 am Trade and Entertainment Village open

12 pm Arena Entertainment and Tethered Balloons

6 pm Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent

【推荐2】Calling all poets! Time for Kids has a challenge for you: Write a rhyming poem and enter it in the TFK Poetry Contest. It must be a poem that does not copy another poet's work.

How to enter: This contest begins at 12pm on May 14 and ends at 12 pm on July 15. To enter online, visit timeforkids. com/poetrycontest and follow instructions to submit the following:(a) an original and previously unpublished poem;(b)the entrant's first name only and e-mail address;(c)a parent’s e-mail address. Limit one entry per person or e-mail account.

Judging: All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt, based on the following criteria: creativity and originality(50%)，use of language and rhyme(25%)and appropriateness to the theme of the contest(25%).Winners will be notified bye-mail during the month of August and must respond within five days.

Eligibility(资格):Open to legal citizens of the United States who are elementary school students and are 8 to 13 years old at the time of entry

Prizes: Our judge will select four semi-finalists(半决赛选手), from which one winner and three finalists will be chosen. The winner will receive an online class taught by Kenn Nesbitt. All the finalists will receive a signed copy of Bigfoot Is Missing, which is worth about $275. The semi-finalists’ poems will be published at timeforkids. com.