约翰·霍克斯（1925-1998），美国著名先锋派和后现代主义作家，美国艺术文学院院士，古根海姆学者奖（1962）、埃特兰格尔奖（1973）和法国美第斯奖（1986）得主。1925年，约翰·霍克斯出生于康涅狄格州，1943年由柏丽高中进入哈佛大学，1949年获得艺术学学士学位，期间曾出版诗集《堕落的庄园》。由哈佛毕业后，霍克斯分别任教于哈佛大学、斯坦福大学和布朗大学。 约翰·霍克斯是一位多产的作家，他一生创作了十八部小说，其中包括《血橙》、《食人者》、《疾速旅程》、《激情的画者》和《血与皮肤的幽默》等，1966年他还创作了戏剧《无辜群》。

Gavin Guile is missing, leaving Kip and his allies to face the White King's horde in the fourth novel of the NYT bestselling Lightbringer series by Brent Week's. When does an empire fall?The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four-and those are falling before the White King's armies.Gavin Guile, ex-emperor, ex-Prism, ex-galley slave, formerly the one man who might have averted...(展开全部)

威廉·哈维，英国伟大的生理学家和胚胎学家。 田洺，中国科学院科学传播中心主任、中国科学院自动化研究所科学艺术研究中心首席科学家顾问，曾任中国科学院研究生院教授。

芭芭拉．妮克莉絲 Barbara Nickless 美國推理作家協會成員。在許多寫作討論會與書展中都曾開設工作坊及發表演說。短篇小說與短文曾收錄於美國與英國的選集中。目前與家人住在科羅拉多州。《軌道殺人事件》是她的首部長篇力作，以其熟稔的寫作風格，結合驚悚、愛情、反戰、道德兩難等元素，未出版前就榮獲達芙妮．莫里哀獎「未出版」類別的最佳主流推理大獎，並獲得克雷默爾獎第二名。

Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality ‘These carefree faces, on which we allowed our smiles to spread, were for others the mask of tragedy.’ Jean Blomart, patriot leader against the German forces of occupation, waits throughout an endless night for his wounded lover, Hélène, ...(展开全部)

We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 mill...(展开全部)

"Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors’ and Ford’s combined, its staff eats for fr...(展开全部)

"The Google Story" (using logo) is the definitive account of one of the most remarable organizations of our time. Every day over sixty-four million people use Google in more than one hundred languages, running billions of searches for information on everything and anything. Through the creative use of cutting-edge technology and a series of groundbreaking business ideas, Google...(展开全部)

Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question. First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention. As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by lo...(展开全部)