If food dropped like rain from the sky, wouldn't it be marvelous! Or would it? It could, after all, be messy. And you'd have no choice. What if you didn't like what fell? Or what if too much came? Have you ever thought of what it might be like to be squashed flat by a pancake?

If food dropped like rain from the sky, wouldn't it be marvelous! Or would it? It could, after all, be messy. And you'd have no choice. What if you didn't like what fell? Or what if too much came? Have you ever thought of what it might be like to be squashed flat by a pancake?

How do snow crystals form? What shapes can they take? Why do star-shaped snow crystals usually have six arms? Are no two snow crystals alike? These questions and more are answered inside this exploration of the science of snow, featuring photos of real snow crystals in all their beautiful diversity. Perfect for reading on winter days, this book by a nature photographer and a sn...(展开全部)

保罗•奥斯特（Paul Auster，1947— ），生于新泽西州的纽渥克市。在哥伦比亚大学念英文暨比较文学系，并获同校硕士学位。 奥斯特于1990年获美国文学与艺术学院颁发“莫顿•道文•萨伯奖”，1991年以《偶然的音乐》获国际笔会“福克纳文学奖”提名，1993年以《巨兽》获法国麦迪西文学大奖，2006年10月获颁阿斯图里亚斯王子文学奖。作品除了小说《月宫》、《纽约三部曲》、《幻影书》、《神谕之夜》、《密室中的旅行》等，还包括回忆录《孤独及其所创造的》、评论集《饥渴的艺术》及诗集《烟灭》。作品已被译成三十多种语言。 在文学创作之外，奥斯特也热衷于电影剧本写作并曾独立执导电影。目前与妻儿定居于纽约布鲁克林区。

《冰与火之歌》英国版 Split into two books for the paperback, the third volume in George R.R. Martin's superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire continues the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since The Lord of the Rings. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. Beyond the Northern borders, wildlings ...(展开全部)

《冰与火之歌》英国版 Split into two books for the paperback, the third volume in George R.R. Martin's superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire continues the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since The Lord of the Rings. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. Beyond the Northern borders, wildlings ...(展开全部)

特蕾西•里斯（Tracy Rees） 从剑桥大学毕业后，一直住在威尔士。特蕾西在非虚构类小说出版领域有过八年的职业生涯，之后她决定做一名全职作家。 在理查德•梅德利和朱迪•芬尼根举办的首届面向全国作者的“寻找畅销书”竞赛中，43岁的特蕾西•里斯凭借首部作品《雪中的印记》击败了成千上万个雄心勃勃的挑战者。赢得了50000英镑的图书出版协议。 “理查德&朱迪”这档下午脱口秀节目的火暴程度甚至超出了出版界，而成为街谈巷议的“理查德&朱迪现象”。 布鲁斯伯瑞出版社的资深出版人凯蒂•邦德对理查德和朱迪推荐的书目的含金量毫不怀疑。她说：“除了布克奖之外，他们的风头已经盖过了所有的文学奖。” 所以作为首届“寻找畅销书”大赛的桂冠作品，《雪中的印记》的含金量自然是不言而喻的。

In this important new study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as his best selling Emergence of Probability. Professor Hacking shows how by the late nineteenth century it became possible to think of statistical patterns as explanatory in themselves, and to r...(展开全部)

In this important new study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as the best-selling The Emergence of Probability. Professor Hacking shows how by the late nineteenth century it became possible to think of statistical patterns as explanatory in themselves, and ...(展开全部)

In this important new study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as his best selling Emergence of Probability. Professor Hacking shows how by the late nineteenth century it became possible to think of statistical patterns as explanatory in themselves, and to r...(展开全部)