TALES FROM THE INNER CITY is a collection of incredibly original stories, rich with feeling, strangely moving, almost numinous. And when the reader comes to the artwork, it's like walking into an amazing room, and then throwing open a curtain to see a brilliant scene that makes you understand and appreciate everything you've encountered in a deeper way.

Now in development to be an Amazon Studios series! Simon Stålenhag’s Tales from the Loop is a wildly successful crowd-funded project that takes viewers on a surprising sci-fi journey through various country and city landscapes―from small towns in Sweden and the deserts of Nevada to the bitter chill of Siberia―where children explore and engage with abandoned robots, vehicles, an...(展开全部)

作者简介： 素德•文卡特斯（SudhirVenkatesh，1966—），美国社会学家，哥伦比亚大学教授。他的主要研究领域为城市犯罪组织、毒品交易及卖淫等地下经济现象，有很多关于美国贫困问题的著述，同时还参与了法国和美国郊区贫困的比较研究项目。他自称“有着发育过度的好奇心和发育不良的恐惧感”，常常不顾环境险恶，深入一线进行田野调查，贡献了精彩绝伦的调查笔记。 文卡特斯的代表性著作是《纽约时报》上榜畅销好书《城中城：社会学家的街头发现》（又译《黑帮老大的一天》）。该书还曾获得《经济学人》杂志颁发的年度最佳图书奖。他的作品经常被《纽约时报》《芝加哥论坛报》《华盛顿邮报》等刊载。 译者简介： 李斌，毕业于南京大学，获社会学硕士学位。2004年起创办网站“社会学吧”。该网站坚持以促进中国社会学发展为宗旨，服务于广大社会学师生和爱好者，目前已经发展为国内较大的...(展开全部)

Facebook is now used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world, many of whom spend several hours a day on this site. Once the preserve of youth, the largest increase in usage today is amongst the older sections of the population. Yet until now there has been no major study of the impact of these social networking sites upon the lives of their users. This book demonstrat...(展开全部)

Facebook is now used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world, many of whom spend several hours a day on this site. Once the preserve of youth, the largest increase in usage today is amongst the older sections of the population. Yet until now there has been no major study of the impact of these social networking sites upon the lives of their users. This book demonstrat...(展开全部)

"In this stellar collection...Ursula K. Le Guin makes a triumphant return to the magic-drenched world of Earthsea."* Featuring a new Earthsea novella, two original stories and two classic tales, plus new maps and a special essay on Earthsea's history, languages, literature and magic, this is "a major event in fantasy literature" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). "A writer...(展开全部)

厄休拉•勒古恩 (Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929— ) 美国重要奇幻科幻大师、女性主义文学家。与J.R.R.托尔金与C.S.刘易斯并称为“奇幻小说三大家”。她著有长篇小说20余部、短篇小说集10本、诗集7本、评论集4本、童书10余本；并编纂文选，从事翻译，曾用了近50年时间研究老子《道德经》并将其翻译成英文。她的作品深受中国道家思想的影响，在优美恬淡的叙事风格中，充满哲思。西洋文学评论家、《西方正典》作者哈罗德•布鲁姆将她列为美国经典作家之一，日本作家村上春树更对她推崇备至。 她是历史上第一位两度获得雨果星云双奖最佳长篇小说的作者，是目前获得轨迹奖次数最多的作者（21次）。她共获得4次星云奖，2次雨果奖，还曾获美国国家书卷奖、号角书奖、纽伯瑞奖、世界奇幻奖、小詹姆斯•提普翠奖、卡夫卡奖、普须卡奖等多项重量级奖项，更获得“美国科幻奇幻作...(展开全部)

Charles and Mary Lamb have delighted generations of adults as well as children with their famed prose renderings of Shakespeare's originals. Bringing the plays to life in a form that encourages readers to enjoy and explore, Tales from Shakespeare provides an entertaining and informative introduction to the great works while retaining much of Shakespeare's lyricism, phrasing, an...(展开全部)

"SUM" is a dazzling exploration of funny and unexpected afterlives that have never been considered-each presented as a vignette that offers us a stunning lens through which to see ourselves here and now. In one afterlife you may find that God is the size of a microbe and is unaware of your existence. In another, your creators are a species of dim-witted creatures who built us t...(展开全部)

At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people’s dreams. ...(展开全部)