The telephone marks the place of an absence. Affiliated with discontinuity, alarm, and silence, it raises fundamental questions about the constitution of self and other, the stability of location, systems of transfer, and the destination of speech. Profoundly changing our concept of long-distance, it is constantly transmitting effects of real and evocative power. To the extent ...(展开全部)

It's time to fly home for dinner! In this witty picture book from award-winning and bestselling author Mac Barnett, a mother bird gives the bird next to her a message for little Peter. But passing messages on a telephone line isn't as simple as it sounds. Each subsequent bird understands Mama's message according to its own very particular hobbies. Will Peter ever get home for d...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

西蒙·斯塔伦海格 （Simon Stålenhag） 来自瑞典斯德哥尔摩的八零后科幻插画师和概念设计师，同时也写短篇小说，并由小说再反向构思创作插画，主要作品题材是后人类文明和恐龙时代的地球这两方面。不仅仅在瑞典，包括美国的《Scientific American》《The Guardian》都对他的作品赞赏有加。

西蒙·斯塔伦海格 （Simon Stålenhag） 来自瑞典斯德哥尔摩的八零后科幻插画师和概念设计师，同时也写短篇小说，并由小说再反向构思创作插画，主要作品题材是后人类文明和恐龙时代的地球这两方面。不仅仅在瑞典，包括美国的《Scientific American》《The Guardian》都对他的作品赞赏有加。

Tom Rob Smith-the author whose debut, Child 44, has been called "brilliant" (Chicago Tribune), "remarkable" (Newsweek) and "sensational" (Entertainment Weekly)-returns with an intense, suspenseful new novel: a story where the sins of the past threaten to destroy the present, where families must overcome unimaginable obstacles to save their loved ones, and where hope for a bette...(展开全部)

The Soviet Union 1956: after Stalin's death, a violent regime is beginning to fracture. Stalin's successor Khrushchev pledges reform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget the past. Leo Demidov, former MGB officer, is facing his own turmoil. His adopted daughters have yet to forgive him for his part in the brutal murder of their parents. They are not...(展开全部)

本书为2008年全球公认的最为出色的推理作品《第四十四个孩子（Child 44）》的续集。故事发生在1956年，赫鲁晓夫当政之后，发表了一份谴责斯大林滥用职权、个人崇拜的秘密报告。利奥·德米多夫在本书中调任为负责凶杀案的警察，早已远离他在MGB工作的时光。但是他从前的同事，害怕那些受害者的报复，开始担心他们的生命受到威胁。利奥曾将一名牧师下狱，牧师的妻子弗瑞拉现在成为一个暴力团伙的首领，弗瑞拉绑架了利奥的养女佐娅，威胁说，如果利奥不把他丈夫从古拉格放出来，她就杀死佐娅…… 本书的场景从莫斯科直到西伯利亚，还牵涉到1956年的匈牙利事件，描绘了后斯大林时代的黎明景象。本书剧情明快，事件众多，堪称苏联社会的缩影。

The Soviet Union 1956: after Stalin's death, a violent regime is beginning to fracture. Stalin's successor Khrushchev pledges reform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget the past. Leo Demidov, former MGB officer, is facing his own turmoil. His adopted daughters have yet to forgive him for his part in the brutal murder of their parents. They are not...(展开全部)

本书为2008年全球公认的最为出色的推理作品《第四十四个孩子（Child 44）》的续集。故事发生在1956年，赫鲁晓夫当政之后，发表了一份谴责斯大林滥用职权、个人崇拜的秘密报告。利奥·德米多夫在本书中调任为负责凶杀案的警察，早已远离他在MGB工作的时光。但是他从前的同事，害怕那些受害者的报复，开始担心他们的生命受到威胁。利奥曾将一名牧师下狱，牧师的妻子弗瑞拉现在成为一个暴力团伙的首领，弗瑞拉绑架了利奥的养女佐娅，威胁说，如果利奥不把他丈夫从古拉格放出来，她就杀死佐娅…… 本书的场景从莫斯科直到西伯利亚，还牵涉到1956年的匈牙利事件，描绘了后斯大林时代的黎明景象。本书剧情明快，事件众多，堪称苏联社会的缩影。