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)

Hart Crane's long poem The Bridge has steadily grown in stature since it was published in 1930. At first branded a noble failure by a few influential critics- a charge that became conventional wisdom-this panoramic work is now widely regarded as one of the finest achievements of twentieth-century American poetry. It unites mythology and modernity as a means of coming to terms w...(展开全部)

Hart Crane's long poem The Bridge has steadily grown in stature since it was published in 1930. At first branded a noble failure by a few influential critics- a charge that became conventional wisdom-this panoramic work is now widely regarded as one of the finest achievements of twentieth-century American poetry. It unites mythology and modernity as a means of coming to terms w...(展开全部)

乔治·威廉·阿其博（George William Archibald ，生于1946 年）是国际鹤类基金会的联合创始人，也是2006 年印第安纳波利斯奖的首届获奖者。1973 年，鹤的处境十分危险，15 个物种中的许多都处于灭绝的边缘。阿其博与罗恩·索伊在威斯康星州巴拉布共同创立了国际鹤基金会。他于 1973 年至 2000 年间担任主任。目前，他领导着世界自然保护联盟鹤类生存委员会。 阿奇博尔德开创了几种圈养鹤类的技术。阿其博花了三年时间与一只名叫德克丝的高度濒临灭绝的鸣鹤相处，扮演一只雄性鹤——行走、叫声、跳舞——将她转变为繁殖状态。通过他的奉献和人工授精的使用，德克丝最终产下了一个受精卵。1982 年，当阿其博在《今夜秀》中讲述这个故事时，他以悲伤的结局震惊了观众和主持人约翰尼·卡森——德克丝在她唯一的一只小鸟孵化后不久就去世了。他的作品启发了...(展开全部)

乔治·威廉·阿其博（George William Archibald ，生于1946 年）是国际鹤类基金会的联合创始人，也是2006 年印第安纳波利斯奖的首届获奖者。1973 年，鹤的处境十分危险，15 个物种中的许多都处于灭绝的边缘。阿其博与罗恩·索伊在威斯康星州巴拉布共同创立了国际鹤基金会。他于 1973 年至 2000 年间担任主任。目前，他领导着世界自然保护联盟鹤类生存委员会。 阿奇博尔德开创了几种圈养鹤类的技术。阿其博花了三年时间与一只名叫德克丝的高度濒临灭绝的鸣鹤相处，扮演一只雄性鹤——行走、叫声、跳舞——将她转变为繁殖状态。通过他的奉献和人工授精的使用，德克丝最终产下了一个受精卵。1982 年，当阿其博在《今夜秀》中讲述这个故事时，他以悲伤的结局震惊了观众和主持人约翰尼·卡森——德克丝在她唯一的一只小鸟孵化后不久就去世了。他的作品启发了...(展开全部)

How did a shaky startup defy expectations and become the world’s leading spaceflight company? Get the untold story of the team of game-changers, led by a well-known billionaire, who are sending NASA astronauts to space—and just might carry the human race to Mars. One company dominates the modern space industry: SpaceX, founded by controversial entrepreneur Elon Musk in 2002, no...(展开全部)

How did a shaky startup defy expectations and become the world’s leading spaceflight company? Get the untold story of the team of game-changers, led by a well-known billionaire, who are sending NASA astronauts to space—and just might carry the human race to Mars. One company dominates the modern space industry: SpaceX, founded by controversial entrepreneur Elon Musk in 2002, no...(展开全部)