the world—if they know how to focus their skills, time, and agendas. In Design is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable, Nathan Shedroff examines how the endemic culture of design often creates unsustainable solutions, and shows how designers can bake sustainability into their design processes in order to produce more sustainable solutions. Design is the Problem...(展开全部)

Don’t let her age fool you. Maud may be nearly ninety, but if you cross her, this elderly lady is more sinister than sweet. Just when things have finally cooled down for 88-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep. Though Maud dodges their questions with the skill of an Olympic gymn...(展开全部)

艾萨克·阿西莫夫因为《神们自己》获得了1972年星云奖及1973年雨果奖。《神们自己（TheGodsThemselves）》，这个标题出自席勒描写圣女贞德的剧作中的一句话：面对愚昧，即使神们自己都束手无策 Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun. They know the truth--but who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant...(展开全部)

艾萨克•阿西莫夫 Isaac Asimov （1920 ~1992） 俄裔美籍作家，全知全能，被全世界读者誉为“神一样的人”。美国政府授予他“国家的资源和大自然的奇迹”这个独一无二的称号，以表彰他在“拓展人类想象力”上做出的杰出贡献。 阿西莫夫一生之中著作近500 本，涉及杜威图书分类法的每一个范畴，涵盖人类生活的每一个层面，上天下海、古往今来、从恐龙到亚原子到全宇宙无所不包，从通俗小说到罗马帝国史，从科普读物到远东千年历史，从圣经指南，到科学指南，到两性生活指南，每一部著作都朴实、严谨而又充满幽默风趣的格调。 1972年，阿西莫夫的长篇小说《神们自己》首次登上《银河科幻》杂志，并相继斩获代表了全球科幻界最高荣誉的星云奖、雨果奖和轨迹奖等多项大奖。多年来，这部作品被全球科幻迷奉为必读的阿西莫夫集大成之作，同时，也是阿西莫夫本人最偏爱的作品。

艾萨克•阿西莫夫 Isaac Asimov （1920 ~1992） 俄裔美籍作家，全知全能，被全世界读者誉为“神一样的人”。美国政府授予他“国家的资源和大自然的奇迹”这个独一无二的称号，以表彰他在“拓展人类想象力”上做出的杰出贡献。 阿西莫夫一生之中著作近500 本，涉及杜威图书分类法的每一个范畴，涵盖人类生活的每一个层面，上天下海、古往今来、从恐龙到亚原子到全宇宙无所不包，从通俗小说到罗马帝国史，从科普读物到远东千年历史，从圣经指南，到科学指南，到两性生活指南，每一部著作都朴实、严谨而又充满幽默风趣的格调。 1972年，阿西莫夫的长篇小说《神们自己》首次登上《银河科幻》杂志，并相继斩获代表了全球科幻界最高荣誉的星云奖、雨果奖和轨迹奖等多项大奖。多年来，这部作品被全球科幻迷奉为必读的阿西莫夫集大成之作，同时，也是阿西莫夫本人最偏爱的作品。

艾萨克·阿西莫夫因为《神们自己》获得了1972年星云奖及1973年雨果奖。《神们自己（TheGodsThemselves）》，这个标题出自席勒描写圣女贞德的剧作中的一句话：面对愚昧，即使神们自己都束手无策 Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun. They know the truth--but who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant...(展开全部)

Natsuru Nanao, a 6th grader who lives alone with his mother, strikes up an unlikely friendship with the reserved and driven Rio Suzumura. Natsuru plays hookey from soccer camp that summer, and instead of telling the truth to his mother, he spends all his time with Rio and her kid brother at their rickety house, where a dark secret threatens to upend their fragile happiness.

This is a vintage murder mystery. Respected crime writer Frank Cairns plots the perfect murder - a murder that he himself will commit. Cairns intends to murder the hit-and-run driver who killed his young son, but when his intended victim is found dead and Cairns becomes the prime suspect, the author insists that he has been framed. An old friend of Cairns calls in private detec...(展开全部)

This is a vintage murder mystery. Respected crime writer Frank Cairns plots the perfect murder - a murder that he himself will commit. Cairns intends to murder the hit-and-run driver who killed his young son, but when his intended victim is found dead and Cairns becomes the prime suspect, the author insists that he has been framed. An old friend of Cairns calls in private detec...(展开全部)

Researcher and thought leader Dr. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision in Daring Greatly that encourages us to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly and courageously. Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an impor...(展开全部)