During the last half of the twentieth century in France, Maurice Blanchot was a key figure in exploring the relation between literature and philosophy. He developed early on a distinctive, limpid form of essay writing, and his essays, in form and substance, left their unmistakable imprint on the work of the most distinguished French theorists. The writings of Barthes, Foucault,...(展开全部)

During the last half of the twentieth century in France, Maurice Blanchot was a key figure in exploring the relation between literature and philosophy. He developed early on a distinctive, limpid form of essay writing, and his essays, in form and substance, left their unmistakable imprint on the work of the most distinguished French theorists. The writings of Barthes, Foucault,...(展开全部)

These ten stories ring with voices belonging to--among others--English Arctic explorers in one of history's most nightmarish expeditions, a young contemporary American negotiating the shockingly underreported hazards of our crude-oil trains, eighteenth-century French balloonists inventing manned flight, and two mid-nineteenth-century housewives trying to forge a connection desp...(展开全部)

The Bee Book shows you step-by-step how to create a bee-friendly garden, get started in beekeeping, and harness the power of honey for well-being. Fully illustrated with full-color photographs throughout, this beautiful guide covers everything you need to know to start your own backyard hive, from setup to harvest. Practical beekeeping techniques are explained with clear step-b...(展开全部)

德里克·史密斯（1927-2003），本名德里克·豪·史密斯，英国侦探小说作家、密室研究家。史密斯深受约翰·狄克森·卡尔的影响，创作了挑战不可能犯罪的长篇处女作《召唤恶魔》（1953），在许多密室书单上都可以见到其身影。但是，之后创作的长篇小说《致命舞台》和《雕塑家之死》一直未能在欧美正式出版，只有前者于1997年在日本私人出版，因数量稀少成为价格不菲的珍本书。直到2014年，史密斯三部作品英文版才在美国推出，同时中文版也与中国读者见面。

The Washington Post calls Come to Paddington Fair “a masterpiece.” The death scene of a West End play goes horribly wrong in front of a matinee audience to which someone has invited a Scotland Yard inspector and his detective friend. But was the heroine shot by the stage gun fired by her jealous lover, or by the mystery man alone in a stage-side box? Apparently neither could ha...(展开全部)

德里克·史密斯（1927-2003），本名德里克·豪·史密斯，英国侦探小说作家、密室研究家。史密斯深受约翰·狄克森·卡尔的影响，创作了挑战不可能犯罪的长篇处女作《召唤恶魔》（1953），在许多密室书单上都可以见到其身影。但是，之后创作的长篇小说《致命舞台》和《雕塑家之死》一直未能在欧美正式出版，只有前者于1997年在日本私人出版，因数量稀少成为价格不菲的珍本书。直到2014年，史密斯三部作品英文版才在美国推出，同时中文版也与中国读者见面。

Here is the essential companion to Welcome to the Universe, a New York Times bestseller that was inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course for non science majors that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton. This problem book features more than one hundred problems and exercises used in the original course...(展开全部)

In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth’s population—killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant—the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization. All that remains is power—and the strong who possess it. A few women like her s...(展开全部)

Throughout human history, the world's knowledge and fruits of the creative imagination have been produced, circulated and received through the medium of the material text. This Companion provides a wide-ranging account of the history of the book and its ways of thinking about works from ancient inscription to contemporary e-books, discussing thematic, chronological and methodol...(展开全部)