From the prizewinning author of HHhH, “the most insolent novel of the year” (L’Express) is a romp through the French intelligentsia of the twentieth century. Paris, 1980. The literary critic Roland Barthes dies—struck by a laundry van—after lunch with the presidential candidate François Mitterand. The world of letters mourns a tragic accident. But what if it wasn’t an accident ...(展开全部)

From the prizewinning author of HHhH, “the most insolent novel of the year” (L’Express) is a romp through the French intelligentsia of the twentieth century. Paris, 1980. The literary critic Roland Barthes dies—struck by a laundry van—after lunch with the presidential candidate François Mitterand. The world of letters mourns a tragic accident. But what if it wasn’t an accident ...(展开全部)

阿尔弗雷德•诺思•怀特海（Alfred North Whitehead），英国著名的数学家、哲学家和教育理论家，他是20世纪庞大的形而上学体系——“过程哲学”的创始人，同时也是学界公认的20世纪伟大的哲学家之一，他在宇宙论、认识论、宗教学说三个方面超越了前人。他的《过程与实在》一书，堪与康德的《纯粹理性批判》媲美。21世纪，怀特海的过程哲学影响遍及全球：他的万物皆有物质极和精神极的理论成为现代生态学的哲理基础；物理学中的量子论印证了他的学说。 周邦宪，翻译家。1996年开始致力于翻译、介绍怀特海的过程哲学。先后译有怀特海的《观念的冒险》《过程与实在》《宗教的形成》《符号的意义及效果》，美国过程哲学家罗伯特•梅斯勒的《过程—关系哲学：浅释怀特海》，美国建设性后现代哲学家大卫•雷•格里芬的《解开世界之死结》《复魅何须超自然主义》《怀特海的另类后现代哲学》...(展开全部)

Architecture needs mechanisms that allow it to become connected to culture. It achieves this by continually capturing the forces that shape society as material to work with. Architecture's materiality is therefore a composite one, made up of visible forces (structural, functional, physical) as well as invisible forces (cultural, political, temporal). Architecture progresses thr...(展开全部)

Mislabeled boxes, problems with visiting nurses, confusing notes, an outing to the county fair--such are the obstacles in the way of the unnamed narrator of "The End of the Story "as she attempts to organize her memories of a love affair into a novel. With compassion, wit, and what appears to be candor, she seeks to determine what she actually knows about herself and her past, ...(展开全部)

弗兰克·施茨廷（Frank Schätzing），1957年出生，在科隆过着多彩多姿的生活：广告公司的创意总监、作曲家、音乐制作人，同时也是热情的业余厨师和受过训练的潜水员。 1995年，施茨廷的首部小说《科隆911》即让他成为畅销书作家；2000年的政治惊悚小说《悄无 声息》则被媒体誉为“对这即将结束的世纪，所捕捉到的精彩瞬间”；2004年，《群》大放异彩，让施茨廷与迈克尔·克莱顿、丹·布朗等国际作家平起平坐，也让德国人首度学会了“海啸”这个词。无巧不成书，《群》出版后九个月，震惊世界的东南亚海啸发生，世人纷纷追问他如何能“预测”此事。《群》大获成功后，施茨廷利用写作时没用上的剩余五分之四资料，写出了《海：另一个未知的宇宙》，同样大卖。 《群》始于施茨廷数年前的梦境；而《群》的男主角西古尔·约翰逊，黄金单身汉、魅力中年型男、都会雅痞、无可救药的品味...(展开全部)

The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners—a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as we...(展开全部)