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)

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.

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)

赫尔曼·黑塞(Hesse Hermann，1877-1962)，德国文学家、诗人、评论家。出生于南德的小镇卡尔夫，曾就读墨尔布隆神学校，因神经衰弱而辍学，复学后又在高中读书一年便退学，结束他在学校的正规教育。日后以《彷徨少年时》《乡愁》《荒原狼》《流浪者之歌》《玻璃珠游戏》等作品饮誉文坛。1946年获歌德奖，同年又荣获诺贝尔文学奖，使他的世界声誉达于高峰。1962年病逝，享年85岁。黑塞的作品以真诚剖析探索内心世界和人生的真谛而广受读者喜爱。 一生追求和平与真理的黑塞，在纳粹独裁暴政时代，也是德国知识分子道德良心的象征。