Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal...(展开全部)

In the latest from international bestselling author Keigo Higashino, Tokyo Police Detective Kaga is faced with a very public murder that doesn't quite add up, a prime suspect unable to defend himself, and pressure from the highest levels for a quick solution. In the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo an unusual statue of a Japanese mythic beast - a kirin - stands guard over the distr...(展开全部)

This is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with many psi powers, including the ability to take control of the minds of others—and complete innocence regarding the mores of man.

In China, the weather has changed. Decades of reform have been shadowed by a changing meteorological normal: seasonal dust storms and spectacular episodes of air pollution have reworked physical and political relations between land and air in China and downwind. Continent in Dust offers an anthropology of strange weather, focusing on intersections among statecraft, landscape, a...(展开全部)

In China, the weather has changed. Decades of reform have been shadowed by a changing meteorological normal: seasonal dust storms and spectacular episodes of air pollution have reworked physical and political relations between land and air in China and downwind. Continent in Dust offers an anthropology of strange weather, focusing on intersections among statecraft, landscape, a...(展开全部)

從東京開始的都市建築冒險 建築物上有電車或道路穿梭、高速公路蜿蜒地跨在河川上空、車子可以開上直達大樓六樓屋頂的斜坡、住宅區中的高爾夫球練習場看起來就像個大籠子一樣……這些寡廉鮮恥的用途組合及空間構成，憑藉現代建築技術而出現在都市裡。可容許這種狀態存在的東京，到底是個什麼樣的城市？ 若以從事建築設計的價值觀為準，這個都市在人們眼前的映象只是充斥著該被唾棄的毫無價值的建築物。如果身邊淨是慘不忍睹的都市風景，那奉建築名作為圭臬只不過變成展示自己的興趣品味、擴張對漂亮照片的無謂憧憬而已。這樣下去連建築設計也立刻成為索然無味的無聊玩意兒罷了，讓人不禁悲觀地對未來失去信心。 但東京已經完全被上述所謂無價值的建築物所佔據了，也許我們不該逃避現實，而是思考如何將它們變成優點才對。若不能將己身周遭化為豐富的資源，就失去特地留在東京的意義了。作者意識到這種想法，開始思考...(展开全部)

‘A visual feast of a book …  profiles of the most daring, innovative and influential designers and labels at the core of Japan’s take on style and a pop culture retrospective that features a tasty blend of commentary from luminaries such as Marc Jacobs, John Galliano and Agnes B’ – Dazed & Confused ‘Style bible … inspirational’ – The Daily Telegraph The dizzying combination of ...(展开全部)

Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point from which to practice her other calling: she is a fake shrink. For years she has tended to her God-haunted mother and her recovering addict brother. They have both stabilized for the moment, but Lizzie has little chance to spend her new free time with husband and son...(展开全部)

Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point from which to practice her other calling: she is a fake shrink. For years she has tended to her God-haunted mother and her recovering addict brother. They have both stabilized for the moment, but Lizzie has little chance to spend her new free time with husband and son...(展开全部)