A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history:  the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.  On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants.  To this strange and provocative planet comes ...(展开全部)

A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history:  the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.  On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants.  To this strange and provocative planet comes ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Flamboyant, theatrical and ambitious, Margaret Cavendish was one of the seventeenth century's most striking figures: a woman who ventured into the male spheres of politics, science, philosophy and literature. The Blazing World is a highly original work: part Utopian fiction, part feminist text, it tells of a lady shipwrecked on the Blazing World where she is made Empr...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly： Financial journalist Tett asks why the economic engine that achieved phenomenal growth for Japan between 1953 and 1970 has been stalled since 1990, with 2003 marking the fifth consecutive year of deflation. Puzzled by the persistent stagnation and dissatisfied with prevailing macroeconomic explanations, Tett has taken an intriguing alte...(展开全部)

A mysterious orange egg has fallen into the woods. "It's a sun egg!" declares the elf who finds it nestled on the forest floor. Soon she and her friends find out what it really is, but not before the little elf goes off on one of the best adventures she has ever had.

This is a mini gift edition of Elsa Beskow's classic story. A mysterious orange egg has fallen into the woods. "It's a sun egg!" declares the elf who finds it nestled on the forest floor. Soon she and her friends find out what it really is, but not before the little elf has one of the best adventures she has ever had.

《黑太阳》的故事始于最后一艘“太空播种计划”飞船即将离开地球之际。这艘量子飞船将带着最后一群冒险家以波态的方式跨越广漠的宇宙星空，直到遇到足够大的引力使它恢复为正常的物态。人们原本想通过“太空播种计划”将文明的火种洒遍星宇，可是这一伟大计划的倡导者――太空播种组织，却已经被妄自尊大的赫尔曼・斯特克和他庸俗的助手欣奇弄得一塌糊涂。发射场外，一群极端环境保护主义者想方设法阻止飞船升空。他们卖通飞船的安检主管吉那斯・罗克，在飞船上安装了一枚炸弹。 然而，并不是所有人都想终止“太空播种计划”。卡洛斯・蒙德拉贡，一个年轻的墨西哥非法移民，计算机高手，怀着他的星际旅行之梦潜入飞船，成了一名偷渡者。斯特克和欣奇在飞船起飞的最后几分钟接管了飞船。飞船发射升空，罗克的炸弹也被拆除。不知过了多少时间，量子飞船在一个已经死亡的恒星附近恢复成常态。醒来的人们发现，这颗恒星只...(展开全部)

This powerful and tragic novel vividly paints life in a nation in social and moral crisis. Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozumu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948. But the influence of his book has made "people of the setting sun" a permanent part of the Japanese language, and...(展开全部)