Review "Bogost creates and writes about serious games, seemingly simple diversions that deliver educational political and advertising content alongside entertainment. In Persuasive Games, he offers an academic but accessible introduction to their potential, and it is very meaty reading for anybody interested in where the interactive arts meet real-world topics." -- Scott Colbou...(展开全部)

Review "Bogost creates and writes about serious games, seemingly simple diversions that deliver educational political and advertising content alongside entertainment. In Persuasive Games, he offers an academic but accessible introduction to their potential, and it is very meaty reading for anybody interested in where the interactive arts meet real-world topics." -- Scott Colbou...(展开全部)

In the northwestern corner of the great peninsula of the Peloponnese, close to the meeting point of the Cladeus and Alpheus rivers, lies a peaceful river valley overlooked by the steep-sided Hill of Cronus. Here, between the eighth century BCE and the fourth century CE, rival athletes competed for glory in the ancient Olympic Games. Every four years, and from every corner of th...(展开全部)

"It's all dry sand running through the fingers." When Bill Mor falls in love with Rain Carter he discovers a new way of being and a new joy in the world and his surroundings. To be with Rain he must abandon his prosaic life as a schoolmaster, his domineering wife Nan and his troubled teenaged children. He must draw on the powers of selfishness, hatred and anger in order to make...(展开全部)

苏珊·柯林斯（Suzanne•Collins）： 1991年就开始儿童电视剧创作。她为尼科罗登儿童台创作的《克拉丽莎都知道》《谢尔比·吴的神秘档案》系列剧，获得了艾美奖。畅销系列小说“地底纪事”（Underl and Chronicles）初试啼声即备受赞誉。“饥饿游戏”系列更成为其突破性的作品，第一部自2008年9月在美国出版以来，畅销不衰，佳评如潮，屡获大奖。 . 译者： 耿芳：邯郸人，现任中国传媒大学外国语学院副教授，长期从事英语语言教学，研究兴趣为英语语言文学，曾发表《简·爱与女性社会价值》《英汉诗歌中修辞的运用》等多篇论文，译著有《战争与和平——俄罗斯帝国》《饥饿游戏》。

苏珊·柯林斯（Suzanne•Collins）： 1991年就开始儿童电视剧创作。她为尼科罗登儿童台创作的《克拉丽莎都知道》《谢尔比·吴的神秘档案》系列剧，获得了艾美奖。畅销系列小说“地底纪事”（Underl and Chronicles）初试啼声即备受赞誉。“饥饿游戏”系列更成为其突破性的作品，第一部自2008年9月在美国出版以来，畅销不衰，佳评如潮，屡获大奖。 . 译者： 耿芳：邯郸人，现任中国传媒大学外国语学院副教授，长期从事英语语言教学，研究兴趣为英语语言文学，曾发表《简·爱与女性社会价值》《英汉诗歌中修辞的运用》等多篇论文，译著有《战争与和平——俄罗斯帝国》《饥饿游戏》。

"This is real life, Jake," she said. "You'd better wake up." Jake is clever, lazy and scraping by in London as a hack translator. Jake loves Anna. Anna is an elusive and lovely singer. Anna loves Hugo. Hugo is a fireworks manufacturer turned movie producer and majestic philosopher. Hugo loves Sadie. Sadie is a glossy and dazzling film starlet. Of course, Sadie loves Jake. Then ...(展开全部)

In The Power the world is a recognisable place: there's a rich Nigerian kid who larks around the family pool; a foster girl whose religious parents hide their true nature; a local American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. But something vital has changed, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power -...(展开全部)

"The Power is our era's The Handmaid's Tale." --Ron Charles, Washington Post "Novels based on premises like the one at the core of The Power can quickly become little more than thought experiments, but Alderman dodges this trap deftly -- her writing is beautiful, and her intelligence seems almost limitless. She also has a pitch-dark sense of humor that she wields perfectly." --...(展开全部)

The Secret revealed the law of attraction. Now Rhonda Byrne reveals the greatest power in the universe -- The Power to have anything you want. In this book you will come to understand that all it takes is just one thing to change your relationships, money, health, happiness, career, and your entire life. Every discovery, invention, and human creation comes from The Po...(展开全部)