罗伯特·索耶是加拿大最有影响力的科幻作家。1960年出生于渥太华。曾获雨果奖、星云奖、曙光奖等诸多奖项。本书是其第6部小说，获得1995年星云奖。 至今已出版17部长篇科幻小说，屡获雨果奖、星云奖等多种科幻奖项，被誉为加拿大科幻教长。索耶的科幻小说涉及多种主题，从电脑狂魔、恐龙复活、时间旅行，到平行时空、太空侦探，想像奇伟，异彩纷呈。索耶的代表作除本书外，还包括《计算中的上帝》、《终极实验》、《星丛》、《原始人类》和《混血》等。

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)

opia del expediente de la policía metropolitana de Tokio: El viernes 1 de abril aparece el cuerpo sin vida de un varón de alrededor de 25 años de edad en los servicios de la estación de Ueno (Tokio). Causa de la muerte: Homicidio con arma blanca. Hora aproximada del fallecimiento: entre las nueve y las 10 p.m. Los sospechosos son cuatro hombres y dos mujeres que viajan en el fe...(展开全部)

opia del expediente de la policía metropolitana de Tokio: El viernes 1 de abril aparece el cuerpo sin vida de un varón de alrededor de 25 años de edad en los servicios de la estación de Ueno (Tokio). Causa de la muerte: Homicidio con arma blanca. Hora aproximada del fallecimiento: entre las nueve y las 10 p.m. Los sospechosos son cuatro hombres y dos mujeres que viajan en el fe...(展开全部)

New York Times bestselling author China Miéville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, an existential thriller set in a city unlike any other-real or imagined. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he investigates, the evidence points ...(展开全部)

With the publication of The Image of the City in 1959, Kevin Lynch embarked upon the process of exploring city form. Good City Form is both a summation and an extension of his vision, a high point from which he views cities past and possible.First published in hardcover under the title A Theory of Good City Form

一座看似平凡的城市，卻住了各式各樣充滿不同特色的人們。生性愛賭卻賭到連房租都付不出來而被房東追殺的南雲美鳥，在一次偶然機會下來到真壁西餐廳打工。沒想到店長是個會把做好的料理倒進客人包包裡的冒失鬼。找南雲來打工的店長兒子，居然聽到本周幸運小物是迷你裙，居然就真的穿上到處跑？原本以為自己已經逃離收租狂魔的南雲，才發現房東居然是店長的丈母娘！更多的爆笑故事，歡迎大家一起來挖掘！

In July 2008, illustrator and designer Christopher Niemann began Abstract City, a visual blog for the New York Times. His posts were inspired by the desire to recreate for his readers simple and relatable observations and stories from his own life. In Niemann's hands everyday experiences such as trying to get a good night's sleep, or dealing with appliance cables were transform...(展开全部)

Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. Making downtown into a walkable, viable community is the essential fix for the typical American city; it is eminently achievable and its benefits are manifold. Walkable City—bursting with sharp observations and key insights into how urban change...(展开全部)

马克斯・韦伯，德国学者，与马克思、涂尔干齐名，并列为现代社会学的奠基者。历任柏林、费莱堡及海德堡等大学教授。一生著述甚多，以《宗教社会学论文集》及《经济与社会》等最重要，以《新教伦理与资本主义精神》等最为国内读者所知晓。