Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. he will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother...(展开全部)

Centuries ago, the moon Anarres was settled by utopian anarchists who left the Earthlike planet Urras in search of a better world, a new beginning. Now a brilliant physicist, Shevek, determines to reunite the two civilizations that have been separated by hatred since long before he was born.</p> The Dispossessed is a penetrating examination of society and humanity -- and on...(展开全部)

本書獲得1974美國雨果獎（Hugo Awards）與星雲獎（Nebula Awards）兩大科幻獎之最佳長篇小說獎。本書於1974年出版，與《黑暗的左手》(1969年) 同屬一九七○年代科幻小說經典，也是娥蘇拉．勒瑰恩奠立科幻大師地位的兩部重要作品。 安納瑞斯是烏拉斯星的衛星，由於一群社會主義運動者脫離烏拉斯星上的政治社會體系，獨自到安納瑞斯上建立純粹以社會主義為藍本的社會，因此安納瑞斯與烏拉斯斷絕聯繫，直到安納瑞斯的一位新生代物理學家薛維克，在追求學術真理的熱情下，毅然與烏拉斯星的科學家聯繫，並決定到烏拉斯星拜訪，才打開了安納瑞斯封閉的外殼。 然而，社會主義思想根深柢固的安納瑞斯人們認為薛維克背叛了理想，而烏拉斯星的資本主義社會現況，以及科學家們的暗藏詭計，讓薛維克腹背受困，處於兩難之中。他該何去何從？ 勒瑰恩的科幻代表作之一，以主角薛維克個人觀...(展开全部)

In the eighteenth century, Bridgetown, Barbados, was heavily populated by both enslaved and free women. Marisa J. Fuentes creates a portrait of urban Caribbean slavery in this colonial town from the perspective of these women whose stories appear only briefly in historical records. Fuentes takes us through the streets of Bridgetown with an enslaved runaway; inside a brothel run...(展开全部)

きっ和、それらはぜんぶここにあるべきも的たち。完璧なバランス、そしてすぐにこわされるも的。

“The world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has created – a world of infinite kindness, wisdom, mutual care and tenderness, and true love between real friends. My prayer/hope is that our world will become more like this one.” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic)

A book for all ages, a book for all time. Adapted into a short animated film, coming this Christmas. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online. They've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital walls. They...(展开全部)

With Peter Jackson's Acadamy Award-winning epic motion picture trilogy drawing to a spectacular and triumphant close, Gary Russell's detailed research takes us back into the world of Middle-earth, to relive all the visual drama and excitement of The Return of the King. The Art of The Return of the King illustrates the creative development of the film from sketch to special eff...(展开全部)

The first volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, revised and with a new foreword and an index by Professor Tolkien. The trilogy recounts the War of the Ring, in which the Third Age of Middle-earth came. This volume opens with the discovery of the Nature of the Ring. "Destined to outlast our time." -- New York Herald Tribune