这是一部描写在日常生活中猫与人类之间相互关系的幽默故事， 我们的主人公麦克，毫无疑问是只猫， 但故事同样也反映了人类的态度。 在故事中，猫似乎成了反映人类着“超级物种”的一面镜子。 一天，麦克出现在漫画家小林的家中。 即使从那一天起，小林和他的妻子便开始尽力与麦克相处， 猫想上他自己的事情，而人类则时时要改变它，这便是故事矛盾的主线。 麦克仅是一只不同的猫。 自由，冷漠而懒散，身边围绕着那些来去匆匆的人类。 而作为猫，他也有自己的事情要处理，与凶猛的母猫猫斯拉相处就是一个例子。 猫斯拉甚至连狗都惧怕她三分，更不要说麦克了。 但麦克还有他惟恐避之不及的事情，那就是孩子的玩弄。 故事当中有很多情节都将猫拟人化，例如，我们经常可以看到他们在一起开会或踢球等等……

What is the meaning of life? It is a question that has intrigued the great philosophers--and has been hilariously lampooned by Monty Python. Indeed, the whole idea strikes many of us as vaguely pompous, a little absurd. Is there one profound and mysterious meaning to life, a single ultimate purpose behind human existence? In What's It All About?, Julian Baggini says no,...(展开全部)

What's Wrong with Stereotyping? offers a refreshing and accessibly written philosophical take on the ethics of stereotyping. Stereotyping is woven into every aspect of human experience: conversation, psychology, algorithmic systems, and culture. It relates to generalization and induction, core aspects of rationality. But when and why it is morally wrong to stereotype? This book...(展开全部)

What is the meaning of life? It is a question that has intrigued the great philosophers--and has been hilariously lampooned by Monty Python. Indeed, the whole idea strikes many of us as vaguely pompous, a little absurd. Is there one profound and mysterious meaning to life, a single ultimate purpose behind human existence? In What's It All About?, Julian Baggini says no,...(展开全部)

Just about everything in Endora, Iowa (pop. 1,091 and dwindling) is eating Gilbert Grape, a twenty-four-year-old grocery clerk who dreams only of leaving. His enormous mother, once the town sweetheart, has been eating nonstop ever since her husband's suicide, and the floor beneath her TV chair is threatening to cave in. Gilbert's long-suffering older sister, Amy, still mourns t...(展开全部)

彼得·赫奇斯Peter Hedges 1962年出生于美国爱荷华州，小说家、剧作家、编剧、导演、制作人。 1991年，出版第一部小说《不一样的天空》，随即成为备受欢迎的畅销书。1993年，担纲撰写《不一样的天空》同名电影剧本，影片由正值青春年华的两大未来影帝约翰尼·德普和莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥魅力主演，电影广受好评。 1998年，出版第二部小说《爱荷华州的海洋》。 2010年，出版小说《高地》。 译者 何雨珈 家中有猫，自由译者，撰稿人。翻译的作品多达40多种，如《鱼翅与花椒》《寻味东西》《当呼吸化为空气》《再会，老北京》《东北游记》《东京绮梦》《纸牌屋》等。

What is wrong with today's banking system? The past few years have shown that risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy. Many claim, however, that a safer banking system would require sacrificing lending and economic growth. "The Bankers' New Clothes" examines this claim and the narratives used by bankers, politicians, and regulators to rationalize the lack o...(展开全部)

What is wrong with today's banking system? The past few years have shown that risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy. Many claim, however, that a safer banking system would require sacrificing lending and economic growth. "The Bankers' New Clothes" examines this claim and the narratives used by bankers, politicians, and regulators to rationalize the lack o...(展开全部)

When the little animals hear that a big, bad wolf lives in their forest, they decide they have to get a closer look. Excitement mounts with every turn of the page, and children will delight in discovering the surprise Grandma Wolf has in store for the curious animals.

Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING! From how to make a flying machine to how to save lives, and from how to bottle lightning to how to live on Mars, this book shows you where science started, why it matters now, and the jaw-dropping places it may lead us to in the future. It will...(展开全部)