The latest short story collection from multi-award winning author Ursula K. Le Guin is an interstellar tour across the universe courtesy of a woman-waiting in an airport after having missed a flight-with the ability to visit bizarre societies and cultures not so unlike our own...

The latest short story collection from multi-award winning author Ursula K. Le Guin is an interstellar tour across the universe courtesy of a woman-waiting in an airport after having missed a flight-with the ability to visit bizarre societies and cultures not so unlike our own...

"Then came a child trotting to school with his little backpack. He trotted on all fours, neatly, his hands in leather mitts or boots that protected them from the pavement; he was pale, with small eyes, and a snout, but he was adorable." --from Changing Planes The misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other pla...(展开全部)

"Then came a child trotting to school with his little backpack. He trotted on all fours, neatly, his hands in leather mitts or boots that protected them from the pavement; he was pale, with small eyes, and a snout, but he was adorable." --from Changing Planes The misery of waiting for a connecting flight at an airport leads to the accidental discovery of alighting on other pla...(展开全部)

TOILETPAPER Maurizio Cattelan's newest body of work comprises startling photographs done in collaboration with commercial photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari and published in Cattelan's limited edition magazine Toilet Paper. Colliding commercial photography with twisted narrative tableaux and surrealistic imagery these images mark a new phase in Cattelan's art production. This impor...(展开全部)

TOILETPAPER Maurizio Cattelan's newest body of work comprises startling photographs done in collaboration with commercial photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari and published in Cattelan's limited edition magazine Toilet Paper. Colliding commercial photography with twisted narrative tableaux and surrealistic imagery these images mark a new phase in Cattelan's art production. This impor...(展开全部)

The animals’ homes are disappearing. Tree by tree, the forest is being cut down. Clues! There must be clues. For instance, look—there is a mysterious bear carrying an ax! But what would a bear want with so many trees? Perhaps the discarded paper airplanes littering the forest floor have a story to tell? Oliver Jeffers’ quirky, childlike humor and lovable illustrations are in f...(展开全部)

The animals’ homes are disappearing. Tree by tree, the forest is being cut down. Clues! There must be clues. For instance, look—there is a mysterious bear carrying an ax! But what would a bear want with so many trees? Perhaps the discarded paper airplanes littering the forest floor have a story to tell? Oliver Jeffers’ quirky, childlike humor and lovable illustrations are in f...(展开全部)

What do reading a book, smoking a cigarette, throwing confetti and voting in an election have in common? The answer, of course, is paper. Paper serves nearly every function of our lives. It is the technology with which we have made sense of the world. Yet the age of paper is ending. Ebooks now outsell their physical counterparts. Still, there are some uses of paper that seem un...(展开全部)