This how-to-write fiction book is comprised primarily of exercises introduced by brief but informative essays on the aspects of fiction. Long on specifics and short on theoretical information so often found in books about the art of writing, this text provides a practical, hands-on approach to writing fiction. Organized by the elements of fiction and concluded by an anthology...(展开全部)

安东尼·布朗（Anthony Browne） 英国绘本大师，他以独具特色的超现实主义绘画风格，在全球图画书的舞台上占据着重要的位置，粉丝遍布全世界。他的作品先后被译成26种文字出版，你所能想得到的奖项几乎都被他拿了个遍：两次凯特·格林纳威大奖、三次库特·马斯勒奖，以及国际安徒生大奖、德国绘本奖、荷兰银铅笔奖和艾米克奖等。他所出版的图画书已经成为全球绘本的销量保证。1976年，他发表了他的首部绘本作品，到现今为止，已经出版了30余本童书。其代表作有《我爸爸》《我妈妈》《大猩猩》《隧道》《动物园的一天》等，本本都是脍炙人口的童书佳作。

蘇菲亞．布朗 Sylvia Browne 擁有英國文學碩士學位；紐約時報暢銷作家，也是世界知名的靈媒，不但是美國談話節目孟代爾秀（Montel Williams Show）和賴瑞金秀（Larry King Live）的固定來賓，還上過其他無數媒體節目。 個性自然不做作，說話幽默風趣，巡迴演講總是風靡大批觀眾。公開活動忙碌之餘，還抽空寫了不少暢銷書籍，如《靈魂之旅》（The Other Side and Back）、《來自靈界的答案》（Blessings from The Other Side）、《細胞記憶》（Past Lives, Future Healing）等。蘇菲亞現居加州，她計畫一路寫作，直到不能寫為止。

蘇菲亞．布朗 Sylvia Browne 擁有英國文學碩士學位；紐約時報暢銷作家，也是世界知名的靈媒，不但是美國談話節目孟代爾秀（Montel Williams Show）和賴瑞金秀（Larry King Live）的固定來賓，還上過其他無數媒體節目。 個性自然不做作，說話幽默風趣，巡迴演講總是風靡大批觀眾。公開活動忙碌之餘，還抽空寫了不少暢銷書籍，如《靈魂之旅》（The Other Side and Back）、《來自靈界的答案》（Blessings from The Other Side）、《細胞記憶》（Past Lives, Future Healing）等。蘇菲亞現居加州，她計畫一路寫作，直到不能寫為止。

What If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering the art of writing fiction. With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching creative writing between them, Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter offer more than seventy-five exercises for both beginners and more experienced wri...(展开全部)

Organized by the elements of fiction and comprised primarily of writing exercises, this text helps students hone and refine their craft with a practical, hands-on approach to writing fiction.

What If...Collected Thought Experiments in Philosophy is a brief, inexpensive collection of over 100 classic and contemporary "thought experiments", each with an accompanying commentary, that explore philosophical arguments and often address a genuine problem in life. The value of the book is in its simplicity in both format and tone: Each thought experiment is accompanied by c...(展开全部)

兰道尔•门罗（Randall Munroe），曾在NASA工作，制造机器人。2006年成为全职网络漫画家，是美国最热门科普漫画网站xkcd的创立者。本书就是他的What If科普问答专栏合集。国际天文学联合会最近将小行星4942命名为“门罗”。如果“门罗小行星”撞上地球，很可能会导致大灭绝。