“This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me.” With these words, Elena Ferrante, the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, bid farewell to her year-long collaboration with the Guardian. For a full year she penned short pieces, the subjects of which were suggested by editors at the Guardian, turning the writing process into a kind of prolonged inter...(展开全部)

Do you have some crazy inventions up your sleeve?! This book is jam-packed with Andrew Rae's amazing drawings showing all sorts of real inventions that seem too weird to work. How about a dog umbrella? A submarine that looks like a plane... or even a shark. A swimming machine where you don't get wet? A car wash for people? Someone has even made a device to charge your phone usi...(展开全部)

This text questions whether deconstruction's devotees, whose traffic in the terms of "difference" signals privileged access to the most radically chic of intellectual circles, really know their Derrida. A deconstruction of the criticism that goes by deconstruction's name, this book reveals the true philosophical nature of Derrida's thought, its debt to the tradition it engages,...(展开全部)

Deranged devices and comic contraptions from the highly inventive genius behind the hilarious Book of Bunny Suicides Much like his hero, Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci, bestselling author Andy Riley is not just an artist (or a liar)—he’s an inventor. Imagine, if you will: · The easily assembled Pole-Dancing-Club-in-a- Briefcase for stranded businessmen · Christmas ...(展开全部)

• Provides the reader a nuanced understanding of rural France that goes beyond the static, picture postcard vision of the French countryside. • Brings together memoirs, television, magazines, film, and photographic sources. • Features insert of color photography of the French countryside. At the close of the twentieth century, even as globalization spurred the growth of megacit...(展开全部)

幽默的生活经济学大师蒂姆·哈福德（Tim Harford），深受读者追捧的卧底经济学家，被誉为“当前幽默的生活经济学大师”。他主笔的“亲爱的经济学家”专栏已成为《金融时报》关注度极高的专栏之一，在专栏中，他用前沿的经济学理论为读者五花八门的疑问和牢骚提供轻松诙谐的经济学解读。 著有《卧底经济学》，这本书已经被翻译为30 种语言，在世界多国发行。他还曾在世界银行工作，担任牛津大学的经济学教授，为国际知名金融公司担任经济学家。目前他与妻子及两个孩子一起住在伦敦。

尼古拉•特斯拉（Nikola Tesla） 著名的发明家、物理学家、机械工程师和电机工程师，电力应用的最重要贡献者之一，在电磁学领域做出了革命性贡献，磁感应强度单位即以他的名字命名。 特斯拉于1856年7月9日出生于克罗地亚（当时属于奥匈帝国），1943年1月7日去世。特斯拉在格拉茨理工大学开始从事物理学和数学研究，然后又在布拉格大学进修哲学。他曾作为电机工程师在匈牙利首都布达佩斯工作，后来又去了法国和德国。1888年，特斯拉发现，如果两个呈直角的线圈通以相位差为90°的交流电，磁场就会发生旋转。这一发现使交流电发电机的出现成为可能。在当时，很多人认为这是不可能实现的。 1884年，特斯拉移居美国，为托马斯•爱迪生工作，并很快成为他的竞争对手，1912年由于特斯拉和爱迪生在电力方面的贡献，两人被同时授予诺贝尔物理学奖，但是两人都拒绝领奖，理由是无法忍...(展开全部)

Where does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly reconstructs evolution's history by describing its ten greatest inventions-from sex and warmth to death-resulting in a stunning account of nature's ingenuity.