乔治·威廉·阿其博（George William Archibald ，生于1946 年）是国际鹤类基金会的联合创始人，也是2006 年印第安纳波利斯奖的首届获奖者。1973 年，鹤的处境十分危险，15 个物种中的许多都处于灭绝的边缘。阿其博与罗恩·索伊在威斯康星州巴拉布共同创立了国际鹤基金会。他于 1973 年至 2000 年间担任主任。目前，他领导着世界自然保护联盟鹤类生存委员会。 阿奇博尔德开创了几种圈养鹤类的技术。阿其博花了三年时间与一只名叫德克丝的高度濒临灭绝的鸣鹤相处，扮演一只雄性鹤——行走、叫声、跳舞——将她转变为繁殖状态。通过他的奉献和人工授精的使用，德克丝最终产下了一个受精卵。1982 年，当阿其博在《今夜秀》中讲述这个故事时，他以悲伤的结局震惊了观众和主持人约翰尼·卡森——德克丝在她唯一的一只小鸟孵化后不久就去世了。他的作品启发了...(展开全部)

Stories Old and New is the first complete translation of Feng Menglong's Gujin xiaoshuo (also known as Yushi mingyan, Illustrious Words to Instruct the World), a collection of 40 short stories first published in 1620 in China. This is considered the best of Feng's three such collections and was a pivotal work in the development of vernacular fiction. The stories are valuable as...(展开全部)

《世界科幻杰作选》是由科幻世界副总编姚海军和著名科幻作家、科幻杂志编辑迈克·雷斯尼克合作主编的一套短篇小说合辑。《杰作选》精选世界范围内的优秀科幻小说，涉猎主题广泛、作品风格多样，既有成名大师的经典之作，也有科幻新星的异军突起，带给读者丰富的阅读体验。

Spectacularly eerie pictures chock full of hidden objects. A must for any Halloween collection.

Citizens of No Place is a collection of short stories on architecture and urbanism, graphically represented using manga-style storyboards. Fiction is used as a strategy to unpack thoughts about architecture. Modeled as a proto-manifesto, it is a candid chronicle of a highly critical thought process in the tradition of paper architecture (especially that of architect John Hejduk...(展开全部)

The last of Italo Calvino's works to appear during the author's lifetime, Collection of Sand is a group of essays never before published in English, discussing subjects ranging from cuneiform and antique maps to Mexican temples and Japanese gardens. Italo Calvino’s unbounded curiosity and masterly imagination are displayed in peak form in Collection of Sand, the last of his wor...(展开全部)

Together in one volume for the first time: The harrowing #1 New York Times bestseller with a new introduction, and its triumphant sequel. This volume includes two memoirs by Christina Crawford, reco

I BLAST (Nana O., Yasu, Shin e Nobu) sono impegnati a scrivere nuove canzoni, mentre i Trapnest (Ren, Takumi, Reira e Naoki) sono volati a Londra per registrare il nuovo album. Oltre a quelle di Hachi & Takumi e Ren & Nana O., le storie d’amore maggiormente sotto i riflettori sono quelle degli altri tre BLAST. Di Ai Yazawa.

The last of Italo Calvino's works to appear during the author's lifetime, Collection of Sand is a group of essays never before published in English, discussing subjects ranging from cuneiform and antique maps to Mexican temples and Japanese gardens. Italo Calvino’s unbounded curiosity and masterly imagination are displayed in peak form in Collection of Sand, the last of his wor...(展开全部)

Attualmente, i Blast si sono sciolti e ciascuno di loro ha preso nuove strade. Hachi ha già una figlia grandicella, e Nana O. è misteriosamente scomparsa al punto che i ragazzi l’hanno creduta morta. Poi, in una busta anonima infilata nella sua buchetta delle lettere, Nana Komatsu ha trovato una musicassetta e delle foto dell’amica che, con lunghi capelli biondi, si esibiva in ...(展开全部)