伊恩·M.班克斯Iain M.Banks （1954—2013） 英国著名作家，威士忌爱好者，生于苏格兰，曾就读于斯特林大学，主修英语文学、哲学和心理学。他以伊恩·班克斯为笔名创作纯文学作品，以伊恩·M.班克斯为笔名创作科幻小说。 一九八四年，班克斯以处女作《捕蜂器》一举成名。一九八七年起，他涉足科幻小说领域，创作了一系列以“文明”为背景的太空乌托邦作品，好评如潮，一度揽获两届英国科幻小说协会奖，获得包括轨迹奖在内的近二十项科幻大奖提名。《卫报》称其作品为“科幻小说评判的标杆”；赛博朋克大师威廉·吉布森盛赞他为科幻小说界的“不可多得的奇才”；《时代》周刊更是称其为“英国同时代作家中最有想像力的小说家”。 二〇〇八年，《泰晤士报》将班克斯评为一九四五年后英国最优秀的五十位作家之一。 二〇一三年六月，班克斯罹患癌症不幸去世，享年五十九岁。

The Twin Novae battle had been one of the last of the Idiran war, and one of the most horrific: desperate to avert their inevitable defeat, the Idirans had induced not one but two suns to explode, snuffing out worlds and biospheres teeming with sentient life. They were attacks of incredible proportion -- gigadeathcrimes. But the war ended, and life went on. Now, eight hundred...(展开全部)

伊恩·M.班克斯Iain M.Banks （1954—2013） 英国著名作家，威士忌爱好者，生于苏格兰，曾就读于斯特林大学，主修英语文学、哲学和心理学。他以伊恩·班克斯为笔名创作纯文学作品，以伊恩·M.班克斯为笔名创作科幻小说。 一九八四年，班克斯以处女作《捕蜂器》一举成名。一九八七年起，他涉足科幻小说领域，创作了一系列以“文明”为背景的太空乌托邦作品，好评如潮，一度揽获两届英国科幻小说协会奖，获得包括轨迹奖在内的近二十项科幻大奖提名。《卫报》称其作品为“科幻小说评判的标杆”；赛博朋克大师威廉·吉布森盛赞他为科幻小说界的“不可多得的奇才”；《时代》周刊更是称其为“英国同时代作家中最有想像力的小说家”。 二〇〇八年，《泰晤士报》将班克斯评为一九四五年后英国最优秀的五十位作家之一。 二〇一三年六月，班克斯罹患癌症不幸去世，享年五十九岁。

Rarely has anyone photographed reality in such an unprettified way as Boris Mikhailov. He captures the unadorned and the natural; in pictures devoid of aesthetic exhaltation, he concentrates on people and their living conditions. On his journeys through Russia, Germany, and his Ukrainian homeland, Mikhailov has equally observed the poor, the well-to-do, the outcasts, and the ho...(展开全部)

John Berger broke new ground with his penetrating writings on life, art and how we see the world around us. Here he explores how the ancient relationship between man and nature has been broken in the modern consumer age, with the animals that used to be at the centre of our existence now marginalized and reduced to spectacle. Throughout history, some books have changed the worl...(展开全部)

What happens when we look at a painting? What do we think about? What do we imagine? How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we see or think we see? And how can art historians interpret with any seriousness what they observe? In six engaging, short narrative "fictions," each richly illustrated in color, Daniel Arasse, one of the most brilliant art historians of our time, cl...(展开全部)

Just as film, art, music, and literature have the power to move people, Stefan Sagmeister's innovative work shows that graphic design can also cut to the emotional core. Stefan's desire is to transform stale thinking and "Sagmeister: Made You Look" will do just that. Fully illustrated, with a red PVC slipcase, this monograph covers twenty years of his graphic design and feature...(展开全部)

Simple text and flaps to open offer an introduction to science and such scientific topics as materials, magnetism, plants and trees, the human body, light, sound, physical forces, the Earth, and space. On board pages.