A provocative description of the power of population change to create the conditions for societal transformation. As the world nears 8 billion people, the countries that have led the global order since World War II are becoming the most aged societies in human history. At the same time, the world’s poorest and least powerful countries are suffocating under an imbalance of popul...(展开全部)

“… outstanding… one of the funniest and cleverest novels of its type to hit the English-language market in years.” Publishers Weekly The 8 Mansion, so called because its owner Kikuo Hachisuka, constructed it in the shape of a figure 8, is the scene of two gruesome crossbow murders. First Kikuo’s son, and then another resident who witnessed the first murder, are slaughtered in s...(展开全部)

A Humble leader may have a hard time making tough decisions. A Commanding leader may run roughshod over potential allies. The authors detail the lessons all leaders can learn from each style, enabling you to craft a multidimensional approach to becoming the leader you aspire to be.

屡获殊荣的Corel Painter软件，一直以来都深受那些出色的艺术家和插图画家的青睐。本书旨在提供一些启发性的实例和具体操作中的重点难点信息，以帮助读者更熟练地掌握Painter的使用技法。本书主要内容包括：对Painter各种工具、功能以及选择等知识更加深入的讲解；由全球享有盛誉的Painter艺术家提供的令人目眩的图片和激动人心的技术讲述；按照Step-by-Step的方法提供的详尽指导；最后通过对工具、图像以及其他资源的引导，使读者可有效地利用Painter的强大功能，进行完美的艺术创作。 本书的讲解深入浅出，实例经典实用，是目前国际上较权威的Painter专著。无论您是数码艺术家、插图画家、平面图形设计师、摄影师，或是仅对电脑绘画感兴趣的人，这本THE Painter 8 Wow! BOOK都是您在学习Painter软件时的理想资源，并能...(展开全部)

Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper. In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed, ...(展开全部)

A Humble leader may have a hard time making tough decisions. A Commanding leader may run roughshod over potential allies. The authors detail the lessons all leaders can learn from each style, enabling you to craft a multidimensional approach to becoming the leader you aspire to be.

屡获殊荣的Corel Painter软件，一直以来都深受那些出色的艺术家和插图画家的青睐。本书旨在提供一些启发性的实例和具体操作中的重点难点信息，以帮助读者更熟练地掌握Painter的使用技法。本书主要内容包括：对Painter各种工具、功能以及选择等知识更加深入的讲解；由全球享有盛誉的Painter艺术家提供的令人目眩的图片和激动人心的技术讲述；按照Step-by-Step的方法提供的详尽指导；最后通过对工具、图像以及其他资源的引导，使读者可有效地利用Painter的强大功能，进行完美的艺术创作。 本书的讲解深入浅出，实例经典实用，是目前国际上较权威的Painter专著。无论您是数码艺术家、插图画家、平面图形设计师、摄影师，或是仅对电脑绘画感兴趣的人，这本THE Painter 8 Wow! BOOK都是您在学习Painter软件时的理想资源，并能...(展开全部)

Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper. In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed, ...(展开全部)

Here is the glorious and sinister life of Marius: patrician by birth, scholar by choice and one of the oldest vampires of them all. From his genesis in ancient Rome, to his present day we follow the story of this aristocratic and powerful killer. His is a tale that spans the breadth of time. When the Visigoths sack his city, Marius is there; with the resurgence of the glory of ...(展开全部)