Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her uncle Julian. Not long ago there were seven Blackwoods - until a fatal dose of arsenic found its way into the sugar bowl one terrible night. Acquitted of the murders, Constance has returned home, where Merricat protects her from the curiosity and hostility of the villagers. Their days pass in happy ...(展开全部)

Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.

Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.

With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this fond conviction, Bruno Latour asks, what would the world look like? His book, an anthropology of science, shows us how much of modernity is actually a matter of faith. What does it mean to be modern? What d...(展开全部)

The winner of the 2014 Association of Illustrators' Award for Children's Books, Shh! is the covetable new picture book from Chris Haughton, one of the most exciting new voices in children's literature. From Chris Haughton, the multi award-winning author-illustrator of A Bit Lost and Oh No, George!, comes a picture book about a beautiful bird, four friends and plans gone wrong.....(展开全部)

Four friends creep through the woods, and what do they spot? An exquisite bird high in a tree! "Hello birdie," waves one. "Shh! We have a plan," hush the others. They stealthily make their advance, nets in the air. Ready one, ready two, ready three, and go! But as one comically foiled plan follows another, it soon becomes clear that their quiet, observant companion, hand outstr...(展开全部)

With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this fond conviction, Bruno Latour asks, what would the world look like? His book, an anthropology of science, shows us how much of modernity is actually a matter of faith. What does it mean to be modern? What d...(展开全部)

乔治·阿克洛夫：2001年诺贝尔经济学奖获得者，国际货币基金组织客座学者，加州大学伯克利分校杰出荣誉教授。著有《现实主义经济学之路》等。 约瑟夫·斯蒂格利茨：2001年诺贝尔经济学奖获得者，哥伦比亚大学教授。著有《让全球化造福全球》、《国际间的权衡交易——贸易如何促进发展》、《东亚奇迹的反思》、《经济学（第四版）》、《公共部门经济学（第三版）》等。

The biosphere -- the Earth's thin layer of life -- dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has transformed the Earth in so many ways and on such a scale as Homo sapiens. In Harvesting the Biosphere, Vaclav Smil offers an interdiscipli...(展开全部)

乔治·阿克洛夫：2001年诺贝尔经济学奖获得者，国际货币基金组织客座学者，加州大学伯克利分校杰出荣誉教授。著有《现实主义经济学之路》等。 约瑟夫·斯蒂格利茨：2001年诺贝尔经济学奖获得者，哥伦比亚大学教授。著有《让全球化造福全球》、《国际间的权衡交易——贸易如何促进发展》、《东亚奇迹的反思》、《经济学（第四版）》、《公共部门经济学（第三版）》等。