At the end of "Shadow of the Giant", Bean flees to the stars with three of his children - who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth's scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten. But the Delphikis are about to make a...(展开全部)

Bean flees to the stars with three of his children - the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth's scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten - a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth's hist...(展开全部)

奥森·斯科特·卡德（Orson Scott Card），美国科幻作家，是当今美国科幻界最受瞩目的人物之一。“雨果奖”“星云奖”“轨迹奖”，以及玛格丽特·爱德华兹青少年文学终身贡献奖得主，代表作《安德的游戏》等。

Nationalism and the prevalence of ethnic conflict are features of contemporary politics. Many commentators have viewed such conflicts as a return to some primitive impulse. Andreas Wimmer's book argues that nationalism is in fact characteristic of the modern world, deriving from the nature of the state. He argues that the nation-state rests on membership of a particular ethnic ...(展开全部)

Nationalism and the prevalence of ethnic conflict are features of contemporary politics. Many commentators have viewed such conflicts as a return to some primitive impulse. Andreas Wimmer's book argues that nationalism is in fact characteristic of the modern world, deriving from the nature of the state. He argues that the nation-state rests on membership of a particular ethnic ...(展开全部)

An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings. The book also includes descriptions of laquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure.

著者 卡韦赫·法鲁赫：于不列颠哥伦比亚大学取得博士学位，历史学者，对伊朗历史研究颇有造诣。他出身于伊朗的显赫家族，其家族对近现代伊朗历史具有一定影响。他的祖父马赫迪·法鲁赫曾任驻华大使，受到蒋介石的接见。 译者 高万博：1990出生，研究生毕业，现就职于某研究所。自幼喜爱历史，大学时因偶然的契机涉足翻译，自此将翻译作为个人兴趣。 李达：山东大学在读博士生，史学爱好者，主要方向为古代世界军事史与地中海政治史及制度史，参与翻译的作品逾百万字。

著者 卡韦赫·法鲁赫：于不列颠哥伦比亚大学取得博士学位，历史学者，对伊朗历史研究颇有造诣。他出身于伊朗的显赫家族，其家族对近现代伊朗历史具有一定影响。他的祖父马赫迪·法鲁赫曾任驻华大使，受到蒋介石的接见。 译者 高万博：1990出生，研究生毕业，现就职于某研究所。自幼喜爱历史，大学时因偶然的契机涉足翻译，自此将翻译作为个人兴趣。 李达：山东大学在读博士生，史学爱好者，主要方向为古代世界军事史与地中海政治史及制度史，参与翻译的作品逾百万字。

This bilingual edition of the contemporary master's fifth work, Ce qui fut sans lumi, re, will delight, engage, and stir all lovers of poetry. Included here is an extensive new interview with the poet in English translation. "Included here is a very helpful and touchingly personal interview with the poet. . . . For readers with no prior knowledge of Bonnefoy's work, this volu...(展开全部)

A reclusive writer of detective stories, Oe Shundei, has gone missing, leaving behind a suspicious trail of blackmailing letters to a former lover. Another detective novelist, his rival, is the only one who can find him.