Discover the world of plastic. That inexpensive, flexible, resilient, and soft-ignored material enters the limelight in this book of plastic furniture, lighting, architecture, and everyday objects. This book showcases the work of dozens of international designers who take plastic seriously. No longer just used for objects of practicality, each of the varied projects include...(展开全部)

Plastic is ubiquitous. It is in the Arctic, the depths of the Mariana Trench, and in the high mountaintops of the Pyrenees. It is in the air we breathe and the water we drink. Nanoplastics penetrate our cell walls. Plastic is not just any material—it is emblematic of life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In Plastic Matter Heather Davis traces plastic’s relations to ...(展开全部)

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death at once terrifying and impossible. Called in to investigate this mystery is Ana Dol...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Carol Kendall's witty, epic tales about the race of people called the Minnipins are now available as Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classics. Now a new generation of readers can thrill to the adventures of the tiny folk who become mighty heroes. The original interior illustrations by Erik Blegvad and Imero Gobbato have been retained, but vibrant new cover art by beloved illustr...(展开全部)

From the celebrated British author and historian: a brilliant new book combining historical inquiry and storytelling élan to paint an unprecedentedly vivid portrait of Socrates and the Golden Age of classical Athens. We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did; in his unwavering commitment to truth and in the example of his own life, he set the standard f...(展开全部)

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death at once terrifying and impossible. Called in to investigate this mystery is Ana Dol...(展开全部)

作者Michelle Bates 被称作Holga女皇。她从1991年开始使用Holga这种简易的塑料相机拍照，在世界各地举办展览和培训班。去年10月，她出版了一本专门讲述如何创造性使用Holga等各种玩具相机拍照的摄影书《塑料相机：充满创造力的游戏》（Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity）。 这是一本特别可爱的书，其中不仅仅集纳了34位摄影师的精彩作品，同时还讲述了他们在使用塑料相机时的创作技巧。从前期对相机的使用，一直到后期如何冲印照片的技巧，非常全面。有的摄影师喜欢在拍摄的时候晃动相机，有的则使用专业闪光灯，然后过片的时候让照片只卷过去一部分再拍摄，造成一种重叠效果，拍摄出的照片分外时尚。 对于LOMO一族来说，此书无疑可以成为宝典。 *The first toy camera guide writte...(展开全部)

《三个A Cup的女人(修订本)》是小说是一九九五年在《明报》连载的 ，一九九六年出版，现在看来，书里还有许多粗糙的寺方，那时我是个新手，技巧很拙劣。可是，今天要重写一遍，也是不可能的。当时的感情是真势的，那时候，我所信仰的爱情，也的确如此。六年了，谁会没有一点儿改变？