No, this isn't a book about joining some fringe cult. It's a book by LEGO(R) fans, for LEGO fans, and you and your kids will love it. In The Cult of LEGO, Wired's GeekDad blogger John Baichtal and BrickJournal founder Joe Meno take you on a magnificent, illustrated tour of the LEGO community, its people, and their creations. The Cult of LEGO introduces us to fans and builders...(展开全部)

The LEGO(r) Technic system opens a new realm of building possibilities. Using motors, gears, pneumatics, pulleys, linkages, and more, you can design LEGO models that really move. The Unofficial LEGO Technic Builder's Guide is filled with building tips for creating strong yet elegant machines and mechanisms with the Technic system. Author Pawel "Sairel" Kmiec will teach you the...(展开全部)

《樂高神話》述說一段令人驚奇的故事，是關於樂高這種令人驚奇的玩具，以及因樂高而改變一生的人們。如果你覺得，樂高不過是孩子們的玩意兒，看完本書將會讓你改觀。 簡而言之，《樂高神話》內容是關於一群成人樂高迷，以及他們所熱愛的樂高。這些玩家將玩玩具變成一種藝術〈甚至是貨真價實的藝術品〉，並喚起公眾的注意力。全世界有上萬個家庭，曾經參觀過樂高年會；不僅報紙會報導這些年會中的玩家作品，甚至還會出現在電視的晚間娛樂節目中。他們的作品，每年都表現出更高的野心和技術。 樂高的核心，當然是創造樂高的這間公司。他們是如何將小小的塑膠磚塊，變成全球市場上最知名、最受尊敬的品牌？本書的第1篇就從敘述樂高的歷史開始，回溯樂高集團如何從一個位於丹麥Billund的裝潢公司，因為從不放棄創辦人的理念，而成功地轉變為跨國企業。 在第2篇重回樂高懷抱單元中，我們提出本書最核心的問題：...(展开全部)

保罗· “Sariel”·克密科是生活在波兰华沙的一位乐高科技系列玩家。作为一名多产的博主和模型搭建师，Sariel的乐高作品曾刊登在很多杂志及世界闻名的乐高博客上，甚至乐高集团在开发一些新产品时也需要听取他的意见。Sariel是官方乐高科技系列网站的客座博主，同时他也是2012年波兰乐高大使。他的视频在YouTube乐高科技系列分类里点击率第1。

In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn’t until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, the impact on modern science and society was profound. Revealing the history behind this infinitesimal interval, A Tenth of a Second sheds new light on modernity and illuminat...(展开全部)

In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn't until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, their impact on modern science and society was profound. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Why is mystery so compelling? What draws us to the unknown? Jonah Lehrer sets out to answer these questions in a vividly entertaining and surprisingly profound journey through the science of suspense. He finds that nothing can capture a person’s attention as strongly as mystery, and that mystery is the key principle in how humans view and understand the world. Whenever patterns...(展开全部)

"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know," is how Reynolds Price ("The New York Times") described this classic that has been a favorite of readers, both here and in Europe, for almost forty years. Set in provincial France in the 1960s, it is the intensely carnal story--part shocking reality, part feverish dream --of a love affair between a footloose Yale dropout and a ...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.