Now, for the first time in history, the majority of the world’s population lives in cities. But urbanization is accelerating in some places and slowing down in others. The sprawling megacities of Asia and Africa as well as many other smaller and medium-sized cities throughout the “Global South” are expected to continue growing. At the same time, older industrial cities in wealt...(展开全部)

Dystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed as a terrifying world of darkness, crisis, and catastrophe. Noir Urbanisms traces the history of the modern city through its critical representations in art, cinema, print journalism, literature, sociology, and architecture. It focuses on visual forms of dystopic re...(展开全部)

The thrillingly dark sequel to New York Times bestseller, DIVERGENT - a major motion picture in 2014. One choice can transform you - or it can destroy you. Tris Prior's initiation day should have been marked by victorious celebrations with her chosen faction; instead it ended with unspeakable horrors. Now unrest surges in the factions around her as conflict between their ideolo...(展开全部)

She turns to the future in a world that's falling apart. For sixteen-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs. Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to b...(展开全部)

The thrillingly dark sequel to New York Times bestseller, DIVERGENT - a major motion picture in 2014. One choice can transform you - or it can destroy you. Tris Prior's initiation day should have been marked by victorious celebrations with her chosen faction; instead it ended with unspeakable horrors. Now unrest surges in the factions around her as conflict between their ideolo...(展开全部)

维罗尼卡•罗斯，美国青春文学界涌现出的最亮的一颗新星。22岁时创作的首部作品《分歧者》让她一炮而红，那时她还是美国西北大学的学生。随后她创作了《分歧者》系列第二部《叛乱者》。这两部作品都入围《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜超过100周。凭借这两本书，维罗尼卡•罗斯成为美国青春文学界当仁不让的领军人物。2013年10月，数百万读者翘首以待的《分歧者》系列第三部《忠诚者》磅礴上市，迅速登上美国各大畅销书排行榜。

维罗尼卡•罗斯，美国青春文学界涌现出的最亮的一颗新星。22岁时创作的首部作品《分歧者》让她一炮而红，那时她还是美国西北大学的学生。随后她创作了《分歧者》系列第二部《叛乱者》。这两部作品都入围《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜超过100周。凭借这两本书，维罗尼卡•罗斯成为美国青春文学界当仁不让的领军人物。2013年10月，数百万读者翘首以待的《分歧者》系列第三部《忠诚者》磅礴上市，迅速登上美国各大畅销书排行榜。

She turns to the future in a world that's falling apart. For sixteen-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs. Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to b...(展开全部)

If humankind can be said to have a single greatest creation, it would be those places that represent the most eloquent expression of our species’s ingenuity, beliefs, and ideals: the city. In this authoritative and engagingly written account, the acclaimed urbanist and bestselling author examines the evolution of urban life over the millennia and, in doing so, attempts to answe...(展开全部)