Unknown Fields is a nomadic design studio that ventures out on expeditions into the shadows cast by the contemporary city, to uncover the industrial ecologies and precarious wilderness its technology and culture set in motion. Tales from the Dark Side of the City is a book series that forms an atlas to the territories and stories of a city that stretches across the entire plane...(展开全部)

“犬马难描，鬼魅易画。”在作者看来，存在着两个日本：一个日本经济发达、民生富裕，为人们所熟知；另一个日本却有着僵化腐败的官僚体制，岌岌可危的命令型金融系统，以及被泛滥的基本建设破坏殆尽的自然环境。更可怕的是，后者才是真实的日本。作者旅居日本多年，对日本爱之也深，责之也切。如此锋芒锐利的书，自2001年以来已在日本重版八次并受到欢迎，这本身就从一个侧面说明了日本所面临的困境之深，对改革要求之迫切。 几乎在所有方面，中国都存在与日本类似的问题。惟一值得庆幸的，如本书中文版序言所说，是中国可能具有更强的变革能力。惟有推进改革，中国才能避免重蹈日本的覆辙。

Journeying through a dark, dark house, a black cat surprises the only inhabitant of the abandoned residence

Journeying through a dark, dark house, a black cat surprises the only inhabitant of the abandoned residence

[英]露丝·韦尔 Ruth Ware 在苏塞克斯郡的路易斯长大，从曼彻斯特大学毕业后搬到了巴黎，之后在伦敦北部定居。她曾经做过女服务员、书商、英语老师和发稿文宣，已婚并育有两个小孩。 《暗无边际》是露丝·韦尔的首部悬疑推理小说，一经出版即引发广大读者一致追捧，被媒体称赞为“完美承继侦探小说女王阿加莎·克里斯蒂作品风格”。 新作《十号舱的女人》（THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10）即将出版，敬请期待

The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lo...(展开全部)

Bannermen Tales is the first book in English to offer a comprehensive study of zidishu (bannermen tales)―a popular storytelling genre created by the Manchus in early eighteenth-century Beijing. Contextualizing zidishu in Qing dynasty Beijing, this book examines both bilingual (Manchu-Chinese) and pure Chinese texts, recalls performance venues and features, and discusses their c...(展开全部)

玛格丽特·尤瑟纳尔(Marguerite Yourcenar，1903－1987)，出生于比利时布鲁塞尔，成长时期在法国度过，同时游历欧洲各国。1939年起定居美国东北海岸，1987年在缅因州荒山岛辞世。1980年尤瑟纳尔入选法兰西学院院士，成为该机构350年历史上的第一位女性“不朽者”。 尤瑟纳尔是一位典型的学者型作家，深受自古希腊罗马以来的欧洲人文主义传统浸润；同时，她很早就意识到欧洲中心主义的局限，一直对东方哲学和文学抱有浓厚兴趣。她的作品以渊博的学识、广阔的视野和深邃的哲思见长，包括诗歌、戏剧、随笔等，尤以小说创作著称。主要作品有小说《哈德良回忆录》《苦炼》《默默无闻的人》等，回忆录《世界迷宫》三部曲也享有盛誉。 尤瑟纳尔的语言优美典雅，纯净洗练，一向为人称道。 乔治·勒穆瓦纳，出生于法国鲁昂，已为六十余部图画书绘制了精美的插图，并获得诸多相...(展开全部)

Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1st, 1819, the third of eight children.At the age of 7 Melville contracted scarlet fever which was to permanently diminish his eyesight.At this time

It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. Shalamov himself spent seventeen years there, and in these stories he vividly captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, whose hopes and plans extended to further than a few hours. This new enlarged edition combine...(展开全部)