Commissaire Maubritane is approached by an old acquaintance, Pierre Sertat, who has become terrified by strange noises coming from within his locked and bolted villa, and who fears that the lives of himself, his wife, and his daughter may be in danger. He believes that two smuggling gangs have perfected a technique for passing through walls and will kill him if he divulges any ...(展开全部)

全书由一篇简介开始，简介的内容其实就象是聊天，作者与读者之间的聊天。写这篇文章时候的小花絮，那篇文章的灵感来自哪里，另外一篇写完之后的感受，诸如此类的话题，对于阅读理解后面的文章有一定的帮助。

Jasper Morrison's name is not associated with spectacular consumer design products. Instead, he has chosen to align himself from the start with an approach that designers often return to after careers spent otherwise: simple and durable forms that remain functional and true to their materials, and retain an unmistakable and exciting modern formal language. His success in the Eu...(展开全部)

“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.” In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramović’s MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit across from her and communicate with her nonverbally in an unprecedented durational performance ...(展开全部)

Lucy hears sneaking, creeping,<br /> crumpling noises<br /> coming from inside<br /> the walls.</p> She is sure there are<br /> wolves living in <br /> the walls<br /> of her house.</p>

There are sneaking, creeping, crumpling noises coming from inside the walls. Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of their house--and, as everybody says, if the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over. Her family doesn't believe her. Then one day, the wolves come out. But it's not all over. Instead, Lucy's battle with the wolves is only just beginning.

STEP INTO THE CITY When a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead him to take a job in a remote library with mysteries of its own. When he finally makes it to the walled city, a shadowless place of horned beasts and willow trees, he finds his beloved working in a different libr...(展开全部)

罗伯特·海因莱因（1907-1988），美国最有影响力的科幻作家。他因高超的叙述技巧、精巧的科幻构思、极具时代感的激进思想，以及对美国历史与文化的独特科幻化阐释，赢得了无数读者的喜爱，被誉为“美国现代科幻小说之父”。他同时也是世界科幻“三巨头”之一，其作品被译成数十种语言，在世界范围内广泛流传，是最受中国、日本以及俄罗斯读者欢迎的美国科幻作家之一。 海因莱因一生著作颇丰，多次获得各种科幻大奖，是第一位被美国科幻与奇幻作家协会授予“科幻大师”殊荣的科幻作家，其代表作包括《傀儡主人》《双星》《星船伞兵》《异乡异客》《严厉的月亮》《时间足够你爱》等。

STEP INTO THE CITY When a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead him to take a job in a remote library with mysteries of its own. When he finally makes it to the walled city, a shadowless place of horned beasts and willow trees, he finds his beloved working in a different libr...(展开全部)

大卫·弗莱（David Frye） 考古与历史学家。任教于美国东康涅狄格州立大学，曾参与多次国际考古挖掘工作，接受国家地理频道、历史频道、BBC电台、《华盛顿邮报》《滚石杂志》《连线》与其他媒体专访。《墙：血与砖的文明史》自2018年出版后，已被翻译为多种语言，于意大利、西班牙、 波兰、韩国等国出版。 林盛 毕业于复旦大学英语系，译有《中世纪的城堡》《十二幅地图中的世界史》等。