In 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika Crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus. Once unleashed, the Arctic plague will reshape life o...(展开全部)

Few revolutions in science have been more far-reaching -- but less understood -- than the quantum revolution in physics. Everyday experience cannot prepare us for the strange phenomena of the subatomic world, where quantum effects become all-important. Here, particles can look like waves, and vice versa; electrons seem to lose their identity and instead take on a shifting, unpr...(展开全部)

Few revolutions in science have been more far-reaching -- but less understood -- than the quantum revolution in physics. Everyday experience cannot prepare us for the strange phenomena of the subatomic world, where quantum effects become all-important. Here, particles can look like waves, and vice versa; electrons seem to lose their identity and instead take on a shifting, unpr...(展开全部)

Sequoia Nagamatsu is a Japanese-American writer and managing editor of Psychopomp Magazine, an online quarterly dedicated to innovative prose. Originally from Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay Area, he holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University and a BA in Anthropology from Grinnell College. His work has appeared in such publications as Conjunctions, The ...(展开全部)

From one of the founding executives of Fed Ex comes the first full inside story of how Fed Ex came to be one of the world's most successful, innovative, and admired companies. Frock reveals the details of how the company was conceived, launched, and kept afloat despite incredible obstacles.

The Austro-American psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut was one of the foremost leaders in his field and developed the school of self-psychology, which sets aside the Freudian explanations for behavior and looks instead at self/object relationships and empathy in order to shed light on human behavior. In "How Does Analysis Cure?" Kohut presents the theoretical framework for self-psycholo...(展开全部)

Sophie lives in the city, and her vegetables come from the supermarket. Then she goes to visit her grandparents in the countryside -- and soon discovers how much there is to learn about how things grow! Sophie helps her grandfather through the different seasons, finding out about mulching onions, eating flowers, weeding, bees, making salad, catching beetles, digging, earthing u...(展开全部)

作者：雷蒙·斯尼奇（本名丹尼尔·汉德勒） 是位编故事的高手。1970年，他出生于美国，1998年开始用雷蒙·斯尼奇这个笔名创作《波特莱尔大遇险》系列小说，并一举成名，盘踞《纽约时报》畅销榜长达600多周，受到《纽约时报》《美国新闻和世界报道》等一众主流媒体的高度评价。而由此系列小说改编的电影《雷蒙·斯尼奇的不幸历险》上映后，更是受到读者观众的追捧。从此，他便用小说里的这个人物的名字开始一系列的创作。他不仅会写故事，在音乐和电影方面也有很高的造诣。因此他的作品所呈现的画面感极强，阅读时经常会有身临其境的感觉。他了解孩子的内心世界，所以才能把儿童的心理活动及感受描写的那么透彻。 绘者：乔恩·克拉森 出生于1981年的加拿大新锐画家。他的第一本自写自画图画书《我要把我的帽子找回来》，一经面世，便受到了读者的喜爱。被《纽约时报书评》评为“2011年度10本最...(展开全部)

New York Times Best Illustrated 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year ALSC Notable Books for Children *"With his command of language, tone, and pacing, Snicket creates the perfect antidote to a universal fear. Klassen's spare gouache and digital illustrations in a quiet black, brown, and whit...(展开全部)