J.G.巴拉德 J.G. Ballard（1930—2009） 英国著名作家。出生于上海租界，珍珠港事变后，被日军羁押在龙华集中营；1946年，他和父母返回英国。巴拉德在剑桥修读医学两年，做过广告文员、搬运工和百科全书推销员，后参加英国皇家空军。 巴拉德二十世纪五十年代参与科学杂志编辑，开始发表短篇小说，成为英国六十年代科幻小说新浪潮运动的代表作家，有“科幻小说之王”的美誉，被奉为“赛博朋克”文学导师。他一生出版长篇小说二十余部，作品被苏珊·桑塔格誉为“当代小说中最具智慧的声音”。 代表作有《撞车》《摩天楼》《太阳帝国》等。自传体小说《太阳帝国》曾入围布克奖，获卫报小说奖和詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克纪念奖，由著名导演斯蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格于1987年搬上银幕；《撞车》由加拿大导演大卫·柯南伯格改编成电影，斩获1996年戛纳国际电影节评审团特别大奖；电影《摩天楼...(展开全部)

J.G.巴拉德 J.G. Ballard（1930—2009） 英国著名作家。出生于上海租界，珍珠港事变后，被日军羁押在龙华集中营；1946年，他和父母返回英国。巴拉德在剑桥修读医学两年，做过广告文员、搬运工和百科全书推销员，后参加英国皇家空军。 巴拉德二十世纪五十年代参与科学杂志编辑，开始发表短篇小说，成为英国六十年代科幻小说新浪潮运动的代表作家，有“科幻小说之王”的美誉，被奉为“赛博朋克”文学导师。他一生出版长篇小说二十余部，作品被苏珊·桑塔格誉为“当代小说中最具智慧的声音”。 代表作有《撞车》《摩天楼》《太阳帝国》等。自传体小说《太阳帝国》曾入围布克奖，获卫报小说奖和詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克纪念奖，由著名导演斯蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格于1987年搬上银幕；《撞车》由加拿大导演大卫·柯南伯格改编成电影，斩获1996年戛纳国际电影节评审团特别大奖；电影《摩天楼...(展开全部)

A chilling novel about our modern world, from the author of 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Crash'. Robert Maitland, a 35 year-old architect, is driving home from his London offices when a blow-out sends his speeding Jaguar hurtling out of control. Smashing through a temporary barrier he finds himself, dazed and disorientated, on a traffic island below three converging motorways. But...(展开全部)

Summer, 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped patient, a murderess named Rachel Solando, as a hurricane bears down upon them. But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. And neither is Teddy Daniels. Is he there to find a ...(展开全部)

From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, Allende's latest novel introduces yet another unforgettable woman--a slave and concubine determined to claim her own destiny against impossible odds.

You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)

Almost three tons of concrete are produced each year for every person on the planet; only water is consumed more per head of population. Now used almost universally in modern construction, concrete polarizes opinion: provoking intense loathing and even nausea in some, it is regarded by others with a messianic passion. Concrete and Culture breaks new ground by studying concrete'...(展开全部)