By the world-renowned seismologist, a riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--they stem from the same forces that give our planet life. Earthquakes give us natural springs; volcanoes produce fertile soil. It is only when these forces exceed our abili...(展开全部)

By the world-renowned seismologist, a riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--they stem from the same forces that give our planet life. Earthquakes give us natural springs; volcanoes produce fertile soil. It is only when these forces exceed our abili...(展开全部)

Taking apart the ideology of the "middle class" Tidings of a shrinking middle class in one part of the world and its expansion in another absorb our attention, but seldom do we question the category itself. We Have Never Been Middle Class proposes that the middle class is an ideology. Tracing this ideology up to the age of financialization, it exposes the fallacy in the belief ...(展开全部)

Taking apart the ideology of the "middle class" Tidings of a shrinking middle class in one part of the world and its expansion in another absorb our attention, but seldom do we question the category itself. We Have Never Been Middle Class proposes that the middle class is an ideology. Tracing this ideology up to the age of financialization, it exposes the fallacy in the belief ...(展开全部)

作者简介： 詹姆斯·保罗·吉，美国著名语言学学者，从事心理语言学、话语分析、社会语言学、教育语言学和阅读素养研究。斯坦福大学语言学博士，亚利桑那州立大学阅读研究教授，也是威斯康星-麦迪逊大学“游戏、学习与社会”研究团队以及美国国家教育研究院的成员。近年来，他主要关注集中体现在电子游戏中以视觉符号、图像、多媒介素养为内涵的“新阅读素养”如何被习得的课题，文化学习中的“认同”理论是其学术贡献中的一大亮点。主要学术著作：《游戏改变学习：游戏素养、批判性思维与未来教育》、《数字化时代的语言和学习》、《社会性的大脑：语言、意识形态和社会实践》等。 ==================================== 译者简介： 孙静，南开大学与美国弗吉尼亚大学联合培养博士，游戏文化及功能游戏等学术专家，曾受邀担任全球电子游戏研究年会英文学术论文审稿人、组委...(展开全部)

Hemingway's Classic Novel About Smuggling, Intrigue, and Love To Have and Have Not is the dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the world of the wealthy and dissipated yachtsmen who throng the region, and invol...(展开全部)

Hemingway's Classic Novel About Smuggling, Intrigue, and Love To Have and Have Not is the dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the world of the wealthy and dissipated yachtsmen who throng the region, and invol...(展开全部)

社内外で女を食い散らかしている奔放な黒居。浮いた話のないクールな眼鏡美人・黒川。姓も服装も「黒」かぶりの二人は、社内でも有名な犬猿の仲。けれど、黒川の秘密――ゲイであることを知った夜、黒居は黒川を抱きたい衝動に駆られ…！？　ノンケvsタチ、男のプライドを懸けたラブ・バトル。 収録作：Black×Black／描き下ろし／ごあいさつ／地球会議

By integrating star studies and film industry studies, Hollywood Stardom reveals the inextricable bonds between culture and commerce in contemporary notions of film stardom. Integrates the traditions of star studies and industry studies to establish an original and innovative mode of analysis whereby the 'star image' is replaced with the 'star brand' Offers the first extensi...(展开全部)