Traditionally a building material of hot climate zones in Asia and Latin America, bamboo is increasingly discovered by architects of the Northern hemisphere as well. It is lightweight, highly elastic and ductile, and in addition offers qualities especially in demand in an era of limited resources, renewability and abundant availability. Architects and engineers have significant...(展开全部)

Turtle is in a big hurry. And that’s hard for turtles to do. But he’s off to see something red and he can’t be late. But is it red like Rabbit’s roses? Or Goat’s socks? Or Fox’s roof? All the neighbors want to know, so off they go in a long parade to follow Turtle. But when he finally stops, there’s nothing red in sight. Until all at once they see red, red, red. Yet another tr...(展开全部)

This book is the result of discoveries made by Nivison beginning in 1979, It uses critically (without superseding) his monographs from 1983 through 2002, combined with his discoveries through 2008. Its main thrust is to show that the methods and results of the PRC “Three Dynasties Project” are invalid, and that recovering chronology before 841 BCE can be solved only by using th...(展开全部)

After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him, Locke and his trusted sidekick, Jean, fled the island city of their birth and landed on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But even at this westernmost edge of civilization, they can't rest for long — and are soon back to what they do best: stealing from the undeserving rich and pocketing th...(展开全部)

In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora , Scott Lynch took us on an adrenaline-fueled adventure with a band of daring thieves led by con artist extraordinaire Locke Lamora. Now Lynch brings back his outrageous hero for a caper so death-defying, nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him,...(展开全部)

菲利帕·格里高利是一位全职作者及电台、电视台主持人，拥有爱丁堡大学十八世纪文学研究博士学位，尤其偏爱创作以都铎王朝及16世纪英国为背景的小说，被称作“历史小说女王”。作品《另一个波琳家的女孩》发行全球26个国家，仅在英国就发行量破百万。后被好莱坞搬上银幕。《玫瑰战争》系列也将由BBC改编为电视剧，预计在2013年8月上映。菲利帕·格里高利的历史小说系列仍在不断更新中，每有新作面世便长期占据美英各大畅销书榜单前位，受到读者广泛好评。

After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him, Locke and his trusted sidekick, Jean, fled the island city of their birth and landed on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But even at this westernmost edge of civilization, they can't rest for long — and are soon back to what they do best: stealing from the undeserving rich and pocketing th...(展开全部)

In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora , Scott Lynch took us on an adrenaline-fueled adventure with a band of daring thieves led by con artist extraordinaire Locke Lamora. Now Lynch brings back his outrageous hero for a caper so death-defying, nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him,...(展开全部)