A young stagehand must complete a host of tasks before the moon can take center stage in the theater of night.

Review "Fascinating, eye-opening and consistently entertaining, The Hot Hand asks a big question: how do we determine when one success will likely follow another? The answer is not only surprising, but instructive.” (Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better) “I’ve been on both sides of the ‘hot hand.’ I’ve had it, and I’v...(展开全部)

At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka’s best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventuall...(展开全部)

At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka’s best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventuall...(展开全部)

Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and as confounding and exciting today as when nineteenth-century scientists first attempted to unravel them. Why do we dream? Do dreams hold psychological meaning or are they merely the reflection of random brain activity? What purpose do dreams serve? When Brains Dream addresses these core questions about ...(展开全部)

简介：至公元2150年，地球能源枯竭，人类从一个虫洞里穿梭到了一片新的星系，找到了一颗资源丰富的星球。但环境不适合人类生存。因为异食兽阻挠，人类只取到了够用几百年的资源。至公元2999年，地球能源再次枯竭，而那个虫洞已经关闭。炎黄指挥部开启“新家园”计划寻找新的家园。

简介：至公元2150年，地球能源枯竭，人类从一个虫洞里穿梭到了一片新的星系，找到了一颗资源丰富的星球。但环境不适合人类生存。因为异食兽阻挠，人类只取到了够用几百年的资源。至公元2999年，地球能源再次枯竭，而那个虫洞已经关闭。炎黄指挥部开启“新家园”计划寻找新的家园。

Dunkum And His Friends Are In For The Surprise Of Their Lives!Dunkum loves mysteries. And when he digs for buried treasure, he uncovers one--in a mudhole! A locked box, covered in squishy mud. The dis

Dunkum And His Friends Are In For The Surprise Of Their Lives!Dunkum loves mysteries. And when he digs for buried treasure, he uncovers one--in a mudhole! A locked box, covered in squishy mud. The dis

In this ground-breaking work, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics turns to the major figure in English literature, William Shakespeare, and proposes a dramatic new reading of nearly all his plays and poems. The key to A Theater of Envy is Girard's novel reinterpretation of "mimesis." For Girard, people desire objects not for their intrinsic value, but because they...(展开全部)