Editorial Reviews Amazon.com If you loved "The Rules for Being Human" attributed to "Anonymous" in the bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul, you're in luck. The author--corporate trainer Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D.--has stepped forward and written a follow-up book: If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules. This book, "a basic spiritual primer for what it means to be a human," ...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews Amazon.com If you loved "The Rules for Being Human" attributed to "Anonymous" in the bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul, you're in luck. The author--corporate trainer Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D.--has stepped forward and written a follow-up book: If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules. This book, "a basic spiritual primer for what it means to be a human," ...(展开全部)

Battle-tested project leader at a PR firm and slippery bachelor, Sakuma sees himself as a player. His smug self-regard doesn't seem entirely unfounded, both in love and at work. When is idea for a mini-theme park is dismissed as too costly and vacuous at the last minute by a major client he seems to have met his match. Katsuragi, an heir and executive at the global car maker, N...(展开全部)

Battle-tested project leader at a PR firm and slippery bachelor, Sakuma sees himself as a player. His smug self-regard doesn't seem entirely unfounded, both in love and at work. When is idea for a mini-theme park is dismissed as too costly and vacuous at the last minute by a major client he seems to have met his match. Katsuragi, an heir and executive at the global car maker, N...(展开全部)

凯文是一个少年跑步天才，在一次远征校外比赛后，父母开车来接他回家；但就在那个漆黑的夜里，满载同学、队友、女朋友和教练的校车，却在桥上打滑翻覆。 原来的同学几乎全部死于车祸，连课都上不成了。凯文只能转学，他同样加入了田径队，却仿佛脱胎换骨了一般，他赢得每一场比赛、打破一个又一个纪录，只是，对于昔日过往、对于喜爱的女生、对于那个夏天里的一切，凯文再也想不起来了。 在一个被创伤隔绝的真空世界里，他冷漠、空洞、茫然。当他用力自我紧绷、急速飞驰的时候，有没有人手持火炬，为他照亮脚下的路呢？有没有人默默支持，以免他脱缰失控呢？讲着一口古怪英文的印度教练在每一次比赛结束后，都直视他的双眼，问：“你何时才为自己而跑呢？”最后，凯文亲手断送了运动生涯的美好前程，但那一刻，在全场的哗然中，动人的世界才终于冲破密云遮蔽的天空。凯文的奔跑不再为了别人，生命终于呈现出真实的速...(展开全部)

The Game Design Reader is a one-of-a-kind collection on game design and criticism, from classic scholarly essays to cutting-edge case studies. A companion work to Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman's textbook Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, The Game Design Reader is a classroom sourcebook, a reference for working game developers, and a great read for game fans and players....(展开全部)

The Game Design Reader is a one-of-a-kind collection on game design and criticism, from classic scholarly essays to cutting-edge case studies. A companion work to Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman's textbook Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, The Game Design Reader is a classroom sourcebook, a reference for working game developers, and a great read for game fans and players....(展开全部)

这部激动人心的处女作以美国淘金热的暮色为背景，讲述了一对兄妹在荒凉的土地上逃亡的故事，他们不仅要生存，还要寻找家园。 爸爸在夜里死去；妈妈早已离去。露西和萨姆是移民家庭的孤儿，他们突然孤身一人，置身于这片拒绝他们存在的土地上。为了逃离西部矿业小镇的威胁，他们出发去埋葬他们的父亲，这是仅有的能让他们摆脱过去的方式。 一路上，他们发现了巨大的野牛骨骼、老虎的爪印、一片荒芜景象的幽灵，以及家族秘密、兄弟姐妹之间的竞争，以及对另一种未来的一瞥。 《金山的成色》既史诗般恢弘，又充满私密感，将中国象征主义、重塑历史与极具原创性的语言和叙事手法融为一体。它既是一个令人难忘的冒险故事，也是一个令人难忘的兄妹故事，也标志着文学界一个令人震撼的新声音的诞生。从广义上讲，它探讨了一个不断扩张的国家中的种族问题，以及移民被允许归属何处的问题。 但一页一页地讲述着那些维系家庭...(展开全部)

An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape--trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining tow...(展开全部)

An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape--trying not just to survive but to find a home. Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly alone in a land that refutes their existence. Fleeing the threats of their western mining tow...(展开全部)