The latest short story collection from multi-award winning author Ursula K. Le Guin is an interstellar tour across the universe courtesy of a woman-waiting in an airport after having missed a flight-with the ability to visit bizarre societies and cultures not so unlike our own...

The latest short story collection from multi-award winning author Ursula K. Le Guin is an interstellar tour across the universe courtesy of a woman-waiting in an airport after having missed a flight-with the ability to visit bizarre societies and cultures not so unlike our own...

"Then came a child trotting to school with his little backpack. He trotted on all fours, neatly, his hands in leather mitts or boots that protected them from the pavement; he was pale, with small eyes, and a snout, but he was adorable." --from Changing Planes The misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other pla...(展开全部)

"Then came a child trotting to school with his little backpack. He trotted on all fours, neatly, his hands in leather mitts or boots that protected them from the pavement; he was pale, with small eyes, and a snout, but he was adorable." --from Changing Planes The misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other pla...(展开全部)

The first of the hilarious novels in the campus trilogy, Changing Places is a funny and wise tale of academic ill-manners - David Lodge at his comic best. When Philip Swallow and Professor Morris Zapp participate in their universities' Anglo-American exchange scheme, the Fates play a hand, and each academic finds himself enmeshed in the life of his counterpart on the opposite s...(展开全部)

沃尔克 沃尔克被称为“史上最伟大的联储主席”。他主导了世界经济体系从“美元-黄金本位“到浮动汇率制的切换，以惊人的勇气和远见成功治理美元通胀，缓和拉美债务危机的冲击。这些卓越贡献在奠定美元、美联储乃至美国地位方面的作用，堪与赢得二战和冷战相提并论。 中国1993年到2000年期间的通胀治理、央行改革和国企债务危机的应对成功，也大量借鉴了沃尔克的智慧，期间朱镕基行长和总理曾多次邀请访华。 行天丰雄 服务于日本大藏省长达30余年，参与了包括“广场协议”在内的几乎整个日元国际化过程，被称为“日元大师”。根据对日本教训的深刻洞悉，他认为人民币未来的挑战不在于汇率，而在于政府与民间的共识和远见、相关重大改革的措施，能否与国力的提升同步。 译者简介 于杰，金融专业出身并从事银行、投资业务多年，始终对地摊级读物的污染深以为耻。联系到版权和作者后，耗费近一年心血，购...(展开全部)

斯蒂芬•福里斯特（Steven Forrest），生于1949年，进化占星学的创始人之一，当今世界最有影响力的占星大师之一。1971年毕业于美国北卡罗莱纳大学宗教学专业。1984—1988年间，出版了《内在的天空》、《变幻的天空》和《昨日的天空》三本占星经典著作，奠定了他早期在占星学界的地位。迄今为止，斯蒂芬出版了12部占星著作，在世界占星学界享有很高的声誉。他是屡获国际占星大奖的世界顶尖占星师，充满智慧与人文情怀。

From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth's surface. With Earth's population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion people by 2050 and the additional stress of climate change, it is more important than ever to understand how and where these changes are happening. Innovation in the geographical sciences has the p...(展开全部)

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From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth's surface. With Earth's population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion people by 2050 and the additional stress of climate change, it is more important than ever to understand how and where these changes are happening. Innovation in the geographical sciences has the p...(展开全部)