Colleague and confidant of Einstein and Bohr, and pioneer of nuclear fission, John A. Wheeler is one of our most original and profound thinkers. In 1939 he published, with Niels Bohr, the first paper to successfully describe nuclear fission in terms of quantum physics - research that led to his involvement in the Los Alamos project. This volume presents essays by John Archibald...(展开全部)

This title is now presented in paperback. Ours is an era of uprootedness, with fewer and fewer people living out their lives where they are born. At such a time, in such a world, what does it mean to be 'at home?'. Perhaps among a nomadic people, for whom dwelling is not synonymous with being housed and settled, the search for an answer to this question might lead to a new way ...(展开全部)

This title is now presented in paperback. Ours is an era of uprootedness, with fewer and fewer people living out their lives where they are born. At such a time, in such a world, what does it mean to be 'at home?'. Perhaps among a nomadic people, for whom dwelling is not synonymous with being housed and settled, the search for an answer to this question might lead to a new way ...(展开全部)

Colleague and confidant of Einstein and Bohr, and pioneer of nuclear fission, John A. Wheeler is one of our most original and profound thinkers. In 1939 he published, with Niels Bohr, the first paper to successfully describe nuclear fission in terms of quantum physics - research that led to his involvement in the Los Alamos project. This volume presents essays by John Archibald...(展开全部)

In Lori Lansens' astonishing second novel, readers come to know and love two of the most remarkable characters in Canadian fiction. Rose and Ruby are twenty-nine-year-old conjoined twins. Born during a tornado to a shocked teenaged mother in the hospital at Leaford, Ontario, they are raised by the nurse who helped usher them into the world. Aunt Lovey and her husband, Uncle Sta...(展开全部)

Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as "the girls." They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. But the Darlens are special. Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by as pot...(展开全部)

This is the classic collection of Chinua Achebe's short fiction, written over twenty years and drawn from literary journals and magazines, to be made available to the wider public. The earliest, "Marriage is a Private Affair" (1952), dates back to his student days at Ibadan, Nigeria, while the latest, "Vengeful Creditor" and "Civil Peace" (1971), are stories of the Nigerian civ...(展开全部)

布兰登·桑德森，美国奇幻作家，其续写的罗伯特·乔丹的《时光之轮》系列，打败丹·布朗的新书《失落的密符》，空降《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜并成为头号畅销书。其处女作《诸神之城：伊岚翠》出版当年便获得Romantic Times奇幻史诗大奖，并连续入选2006、2007年美国科幻/奇幻界地位最高的新人奖项。布兰登才思敏捷，风格多样， 其代表作《迷雾之子》系列全球销量数百万，确立了他在新生代奇幻作家中的领军地位。

布兰登·桑德森，美国奇幻作家，其续写的罗伯特·乔丹的《时光之轮》系列，打败丹·布朗的新书《失落的密符》，空降《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜并成为头号畅销书。其处女作《诸神之城：伊岚翠》出版当年便获得Romantic Times奇幻史诗大奖，并连续入选2006、2007年美国科幻/奇幻界地位最高的新人奖项。布兰登才思敏捷，风格多样， 其代表作《迷雾之子》系列全球销量数百万，确立了他在新生代奇幻作家中的领军地位。