For too long, the Puppeteers have controlled the fate of worlds. Now Sigmund is pulling the strings . . . Covert agent Sigmund Ausfaller is Earth's secret weapon, humanity's best defense against all conspiracies, real and potential - and imaginary - of foes both human and alien. Who better than a brilliant paranoid to expose the devious plots of others? He may finally have met ...(展开全部)

For too long, the Puppeteers have controlled the fate of worlds. Now Sigmund is pulling the strings... Covert agent Sigmund Ausfaller is Earth's secret weapon, humanity's best defense against all conspiracies, real and potential - and imaginary - of foes both human and alien. Who better than a brilliant paranoid to expose the devious plots of others? He may finally have met his...(展开全部)

Humanity has been faithfully serving the Citizens for years, and Kirsten Quinn-Kovacks is among the best and the brightest of the humans. She gratefully serves the race that rescued her ancestors from a dying starship, gave them a home world, and nurtures them still. If only the Citizens knew where Kirsten's people came from.A chain reaction of supernovae at the galaxy's core u...(展开全部)

拉里·尼文：原名劳伦斯·范·科特·尼文，1938年4月30日出生于美国加利福尼亚洛杉矶市，在比福利山中度过了童年时代。 作为一位杰出的科幻作家，迄今为止，尼文已经赢得五次世界科幻大奖——雨果奖，这些获奖小说包括：短篇《中子星》、《善变的月亮》、《黑洞人》、《太阳系的边疆》以及长篇小说《环形世界》，后者同时也为尼文赢得了一座星云奖奖杯。此外，拉里·尼文还曾获得普罗米修斯奖、海因莱因奖和日本的星云赏，并多次获得轨迹奖。 . 爱德华·M·勒内：勒内读着威尔斯、凡尔纳、海恩莱恩和黄金时代的科幻精华选长大，同时对历史和科学有着浓厚的兴趣。他的专业是物理学，硕士毕业后成为一个技术工程师，开始用业余时间写科幻小说。之后在NASA的工作让他接触了大量的空间技术，为之后的大量创作提供了丰富的素材。最近几年他转向专业写作，写出了不少长篇小说，包括与尼文合作的《已知世界前...(展开全部)

Humanity has been faithfully serving the Citizens for years, and Kirsten Quinn-Kovacks is among the best and the brightest of the humans. She gratefully serves the race that rescued her ancestors from a dying starship, gave them a home world, and nurtures them still. If only the Citizens knew where Kirsten's people came from.A chain reaction of supernovae at the galaxy's core u...(展开全部)

A renowned team of innovative psychoanalytic thinkers invigorates both theory and practice with an important philosophical shift to a post-Cartesian view of human experience. The intersubjective perspective regards all psychological processes as emanating from personal interrelatedness. First presented by Robert D. Stolorow in his classic work Faces in a Cloud (1978), it is ...(展开全部)

From Aztec accounts of hibernating hummingbirds to contemporary television spectaculars, human encounters with nature have long sparked wonder, curiosity and delight. Written by leading scholars, this richly illustrated volume offers a lively introduction to the history of natural history, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Covering an extraordinary range of topics,...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

From Aztec accounts of hibernating hummingbirds to contemporary television spectaculars, human encounters with nature have long sparked wonder, curiosity and delight. Written by leading scholars, this richly illustrated volume offers a lively introduction to the history of natural history, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Covering an extraordinary range of topics,...(展开全部)

This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds. Lewis argues that the philosophical utility of modal realism is a good reason for believing that it is true.After putting forward the type of modal realism he favors, ...(展开全部)