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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Why is life the way it is? Bacteria evolved into complex life just once in four billion years of life on earth - and all complex life s hares many strange properties, from sex to ageing and death. If life evolved on other planets, would it be the same or completely different? In The Vital Question, Nick Lane radically reframes evolutionary history, putting forward a cogent solu...(展开全部)

This is a previously-published edition - ISBN13: 9780062439604 Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 2) A person’s undoing 3) Joshua Templeman Lucy Hutton has always been certain that the nice girl can get the corner office. She’s charming and accommodating and prides herself on being loved by everyone at Bexley & Gamin. Everyone except for...(展开全部)