Fighting in the streets, corruption at the highest levels, collapsing infrastructure, brutal police, a daily threat of nuclear war: few of us thought we’d find ourselves here, so far into the 21st century. What’s next? Are we really going to be “great again,” however that’s meant? And if we are, what does that mean for those of us on the receiving end of the less-than-great? In...(展开全部)

They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is no different. Except that these secrets are not buried in the past. Every other night, Maggie and Nina have dinner together. When they are finished, Nina helps Maggie back to her room in the attic, and into the heavy chain that keeps her there. Because Maggie has done things to N...(展开全部)

In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs--renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities --convincingly argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we stand on the brink of a new dark age, a period of cultural collapse. Jacobs pinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: commu...(展开全部)

This new edition is thoroughly revised, with a new chapter on sustaining your vision, updated examples, more information on creating vision for teams, and a new section that includes a vision assessment and a game plan for creating a shared vision.

“Scalpel-sharp writing and a killer concept-dark, clever, compelling and utterly assured.” –Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List, a Hello Sunshine x Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick “Seven Lies is a relentless, chilling story of what happens when friendship becomes obsession. Keep the lights on–you’ll be turning pages deep into the night with this one.” –Harlan Coben, #1 New Yo...(展开全部)

美国知名理论物理学家，圈量子引力论创始人之一，被誉为“现今具原创力的理论学家之一”。拥有罕布什尔学院学士学位和哈佛大学博士学位，在普林斯顿高等研究院、圣巴巴拉理论物理研究所以及芝加哥大学做博士后；曾任教于耶鲁大学、雪城大学和宾夕法尼亚州立大学。现任加拿大圆周理论物理研究所研究员、滑铁卢大学物理系客座教授、多伦多大学哲学系研究生导师。 畅销书作家，著有《时间重生》等多本科普图书，因其对“前沿物理大众科普的卓越贡献”，荣获由美国物理教师联合会颁发的克洛普 • 斯特格纪念奖（Klopp Steg Memorial Award）。

A daring new vision of quantum theory from one of the leading minds of contemporary physics Quantum physics is the golden child of modern science. It is the basis of our understanding of atoms, radiation, and so much else, from elementary particles and basic forces to the behavior of materials. But for a century it has also been the problem child of science: it has been plagued...(展开全部)

Sometimes it's the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal. . . . A murder... . . . a tragic accident... . . . or just parents behaving badly? What's indisputable is that someone is dead. But who did what? "Big Little Lies" follows three women, each at a crossroads: Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She's funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and...(展开全部)

简介：我想和你讨论命运，我很喜欢你，但是我只感到火车停下，至于它会带我去哪里，全都不知道。……这也是很好的，如果这次我走了真的不能回来，希望你能理解我的心情，这也是很好的，我们被命运带走，好过被命运抛弃。

Small disturbances have surprising ramifications at the Castrevenford School, in another taut and clever Crispin novel. Gervase Fen, the Oxford Professor who has been invited to give a speech at the school, is soon in the thick of a mystery that grows deadlier as it becomes more inexplicable. What, if anything, is worth the risk of committing murder?