Something is coming after Tiffany ... Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her. This time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the worl...(展开全部)

Something is coming after Tiffany ... Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her. This time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the worl...(展开全部)

特里•普拉切特Terry Pratchett （1948—2015 ） 获得“卡内基大奖”“世界奇幻终身成就奖”“轨迹奖”“普罗米修斯奖”“星云奖” 作品全球销量过8500万册，被翻译成37种语言出版 经典奇幻《碟形世界》系列是他的代表作 因文学成就两次获得大英帝国爵士称号 大师级奇幻作家、儿童文学作家，1948年出生于英国白金汉郡。他被称为“我们时代的托尔金”。 普拉切特认为奇幻小说的重点不是魔法，而是以另一种角度看世界。他的作品不同于以托尔金为代表的“严肃奇幻”，常打破常规，从经典文学、民间故事或童话中汲取灵感，并进行荒诞的、幽默且具有现实意义的再创作。他的代表作《碟形世界》被认为是这类幽默奇幻的代名词。《卫报》评价他的作品“不是在创造另一个世界，而是在重新想象我们的世界”，并盛赞其“发现了高于文学的事物”。 普拉切特也是当代成功的畅销书作家，作...(展开全部)

特里•普拉切特Terry Pratchett （1948—2015 ） 获得“卡内基大奖”“世界奇幻终身成就奖”“轨迹奖”“普罗米修斯奖”“星云奖” 作品全球销量过8500万册，被翻译成37种语言出版 经典奇幻《碟形世界》系列是他的代表作 因文学成就两次获得大英帝国爵士称号 大师级奇幻作家、儿童文学作家，1948年出生于英国白金汉郡。他被称为“我们时代的托尔金”。 普拉切特认为奇幻小说的重点不是魔法，而是以另一种角度看世界。他的作品不同于以托尔金为代表的“严肃奇幻”，常打破常规，从经典文学、民间故事或童话中汲取灵感，并进行荒诞的、幽默且具有现实意义的再创作。他的代表作《碟形世界》被认为是这类幽默奇幻的代名词。《卫报》评价他的作品“不是在创造另一个世界，而是在重新想象我们的世界”，并盛赞其“发现了高于文学的事物”。 普拉切特也是当代成功的畅销书作家，作...(展开全部)

The autobiography of mathematician Stanislaw Ulam, one of the great scientific minds of the twentieth century, tells a story rich with amazingly prophetic speculations and peppered with lively anecdotes. As a member of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1944 on, Ulam helped to precipitate some of the most dramatic changes of the postwar world. He was among the first to...(展开全部)

The autobiography of mathematician Stanislaw Ulam, one of the great scientific minds of the twentieth century, tells a story rich with amazingly prophetic speculations and peppered with lively anecdotes. As a member of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1944 on, Ulam helped to precipitate some of the most dramatic changes of the postwar world. He was among the first to...(展开全部)

Lianyungang, a booming port city, has Chinas most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers dont seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have twenty-four million more men than women. The prognosis for Chinas neigh...(展开全部)

Lianyungang, a booming port city, has Chinas most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers dont seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have twenty-four million more men than women. The prognosis for Chinas neigh...(展开全部)