Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences ...Balancing ...(展开全部)

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If y...(展开全部)

Rediscover the groundbreaking magic of Blade Runner with this revised and updated edition of the classic guide to Ridley Scott’s transformative film—and published in anticipation of its sequel, Blade Runner 2049, premiering October 2017 and starring Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Robin Wright, and Harrison Ford. Ridley Scott’s 1992 "Director’s Cut" confirmed the international film c...(展开全部)

Welcome to Blackwood Academy: a boarding school located on the fringes of the afterlife. No one knows why they end up at Blackwood; but when they enter the school's arched gates the only way out is to be chosen for the Decennial – a series of magical trials held once a decade. The chosen pupil is offered a choice: graduate and join Blackwood’s magical elite, or venture into the...(展开全部)

理安·艾斯勒，美国著名文化人类学家，现代文艺复兴的代表人物。国际广义进化论研究小组成员，国际合作关系研究中心的创始人。现任教于加州大学和洛杉矶圣心学院。 艾斯勒是国际公认的具有高度创造性的思想家。她的创作是对我们的过去、现在和未来的真正整体化的研究，她的思想已对哲学和人文科学产生了深远的影响。 主要著作有：《解体》、《平等权手册》、《圣杯与剑》、《神圣的欢爱》。

A perfect mix between Chinese versions of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Silence of the Lambs. The chief of the Public Security Bureau himself shoots a hostage-taker, killing him, but the man's corpse goes missing without a trace. Is this a hoax, or part of a deeper conspiracy? When a popular actress mysteriously disappears, the indecent images sent by her kidnappers are f...(展开全部)

康豹（Paul Katz），1961年在美國洛杉磯出生，1984年耶魯大學歷史系學士，1990年美國普林斯頓大學東亞系博士。曾經在臺灣中正大學歷史研究所、“中央大學”歷史研究所擔任過副教授和教授。2002年獲聘為“中央研究院”近代史研究所副研究員，2005年獲聘為研究員。研究主要集中在近代中國宗教社會史，以跨學科的方法综合歷史文獻和田野調查，並參酌社會科學的理論。

“The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.” Homer Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught up in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian, leaving nothing behind but some bad songs, a few dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has no...(展开全部)

“The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.” Homer Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught up in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian, leaving nothing behind but some bad songs, a few dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has no...(展开全部)

Conrad Nomikos has a long, rich personal history that he'd rather not talk about and a job he'd rather not do. Escorting an alien grandee on a tour around a shattered post-nuclear war Earth is not something he relishes, especially when he becomes central to an intrigue determining Earth's future.