This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat

In a world where most people are plugged into brain-drain entertainment systems epileptic teenager Spaz is a rare human being who can see life for what it really is. When he meets an old man called Ryter, he begins to learn about earth and its past. With Ryter as his companion, Spaz sets off on an unlikely quest to save his dying sister and in the process, perhaps the world....(展开全部)

From the author of the highly praised The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things comes another captivating history of the seemingly mundane: the book and its storage. Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't.As a result, readers are guided along the astoni...(展开全部)

In The Earthly Community: Reflections on the Last Utopia Achille Mbembe explores what remains of the human subject in an age when the instrumentality of reason is carried out by and through information machines and technologies of calculation. Mbembe discusses who will define the threshold or set the boundary that distinguishes between the calculable and the incalculable, betw...(展开全部)

One of the most successful animal photographers in the world today, Rachael McKenna (nee Hale) turns her lens toward France--her newly adopted home--and the charismatic cats that inhabit this picturesque backdrop. The result is "The French Cat," a stunning exploration of the country and its felines. Remarkable French landscapes, both urban and rural, are populated with cats bri...(展开全部)

Color rebus artwork, a simple vocabulary, and cut-out flash cards combine in an easy-to-read tale about a cat who becomes upset when a slobbery dog moves in and takes over everything, from his water dish to his favorite chair.

In Tokyo—one of the world's largest megacities—a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways. But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers—from a homeless man sq...(展开全部)

墨比斯 本名让•吉罗（Jean Giraud），享誉全球的法国漫画大师、国宝级艺术家。1938年5月8日出生于法国，2012年因病去世。1963年，他和比利时剧作家让•米歇尔•沙利耶一起创造了令他们声名大振的西部漫画角色“蓝莓上尉”。期间他开始用笔名墨比斯发表一系列黑色幽默作品。 1974年，他和其他三位志同道合的作家一起创办了《金属狂啸》漫画杂志，在该杂志上创作了在画风和故事上都极具突破性的科幻和幻想作品，例如《阿扎克》《封闭式车库》。这些到现在读起来都令人惊异万分的漫画作品，在后来的漫画、动画、电影等领域都产生了深远的影响。 亚历桑德罗•佐杜洛夫斯基 智利、法国双国籍剧作家、电影导演、演员、作曲、制片人。经典代表作有电影《鼹鼠》《圣山》和漫画《印卡石》《合金男爵》等。他以奇诡的想象力和宏大、华丽的世界观而知名，作品拥有无数铁杆拥趸。

◾️【内容简介】 《The Book》是日本推理作家乙一根据漫画家荒木飞吕彦的漫画《JOJO的奇妙冒险》创作的一部全新长篇推理小说，故事由杜王町一只浑身沾满血的猫展开，四个不同角度的故事线逐渐汇集，构建起一个热烈而又悲戚的短暂人生。少年莲见琢马为给母亲飞来明里复仇而在杜王町展开了一系列行动，琢马拥有“替身使者”的奇特能力，使用这个能力的工具就是书中出现的“The Book”，他因为对妈妈遭受的屈辱痛苦感同身受，于是决定运用自己的能力为母亲复仇。少年广濑康一奔走调查，漫画家岸边露伴目睹着一切，少女双叶千帆用爱和善意陪伴着琢马，真相逐渐浮现，一出复仇悲剧铺展。 乙一用冷静的笔触呈现了双线并行的故事，带领读者进入他构建的异世界，随着真相的一点点揭秘，感受到故事中人物的辛酸悲苦和孤独无助。如同人类的善恶在一念之间，“The Book”的存在，可以仅仅是记忆的...(展开全部)