洛伊斯·比约德，1949年生于美国俄亥俄州，是迄今为止获奖最多的女性科幻作家。 比约德九岁起开始阅读科幻小说，浓厚的兴趣一直延续到她的大学时代。成为小说家之前，比约德曾沉迷于生物学，在1985年发表处女作《以物易物》后。很快就凭借中篇小说《悲悼的群山》荣获1989年的星云奖。 比约德的小说文笔流畅，心理活动描写细腻。以不同寻常的人物设置、紧张刺激的情节著称；其代表作“迈尔斯系列”目前已出版到第十四部。 比约德共夺取了五次雨果奖、两次星云奖，其中仅“迈尔斯系列”就获得了四次雨果奖。

Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good t...(展开全部)

Dying is easy. Coming back to life is hard. At least that's what Miles Vorkosigan thinks and he should know, having done both once already. That was when he last visited the planet of Jackson's Whole, while rescuing his brother. Thanks to quick thinking on the part of his staff, and incredible artistry on the part of the specialist who revived him, his first death won't be his ...(展开全部)

In 1987, Jerry Kaplan embarked on every aspiring entrepreneur's dream--he formed his own company. Startup is Kaplan's riveting and insightful story about what it takes to create and maintain a company in he computer industry--and how to handle its remains when the world is not ready to accept what it proposes. This is both an inspiring personal account and a thrilling adventure...(展开全部)

What goes on inside the mind of a rock-star mathematician? Where does inspiration come from? With a storyteller’s gift, Cédric Villani takes us on a mesmerising journey as he wrestles with a new theorem that will win him the most coveted prize in mathematics. Along the way he encounters obstacles and setbacks, losses of faith and even brushes with madness. His story is one of c...(展开全部)

塞德里克·维拉尼（Cédric Villani） 法国数学家，现任法国庞加莱研究所所长，法兰西科学院院士，在数理物理学（朗道阻尼和玻尔兹曼方程）、最优输运理论和黎曼几何领域做出了重大贡献。2009年获得费马奖，2010年获得菲尔茨奖章。

Perfect for book lovers, a delightful history of the wonders to be found in the humble book index Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butchers, to be avoided, or Cows that ...(展开全部)

文/图：安娜·沃克 澳大利亚重量级画家，从事了12年的插画艺术工作，作品在世界范围具有极高人气，深受孩子和年轻父母们的喜爱。其作品获得多项大奖，包括年度CBC大奖、澳大利亚总督文学奖、澳大利亚书业奖、昆士兰文学奖 、家庭奖童书等。其作品主题涉及启蒙、友谊、幽默、习惯、校园生活规范等多方面。画风多为温和、粉嫩的色泽，一眼望去明媚温柔、清新细腻的色调和氛围让人仿佛生活在彩虹般的糖果世界里。文字风格简单而充满韵律，适合幼儿园和小学初级的孩子大声朗读。

"Toad," the famous character in Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows, is in a very depressed state. "Now look here Toad, this can go on no longer,' he [Badger] said sternly. "There is only one thing left. You must have Counselling!" Robert de Board's engaging account of Toad's experience in counseling will capture the imagination of the growing readership of those interest...(展开全部)

大卫·艾奇逊（David Acheson） 英国应用数学家，科普作家，2010—2011 年度数学协会主席，他退休前任职于牛津大学，。他的数学科普书1089 and All That: A Journey into Mathematics（牛津大学出版社，2010）已被翻译成11 种语言，其中中文版书名为《牛津教授的16堂趣味数学课》。