Big brother Charlie is happy to share his toys with Lola—but his handmade, prize-winning rocket is off-limits! When temptation becomes too much for Lola, she tries to take down the rocket—and it falls and breaks! Can friendship between brother and sister get put back together again?

Big brother Charlie is happy to share his toys with Lola—but his handmade, prize-winning rocket is off-limits! When temptation becomes too much for Lola, she tries to take down the rocket—and it falls and breaks! Can friendship between brother and sister get put back together again?

With But Still, It Turns, Paul Graham curates a subtle thesis and revitalising manifesto for photography. The dynamic and diverse work gathered here advocates an unashamed, but not uncomplicated, dedication to the brilliant tangle of reality. Without being tempted by the artifice of the studio or the restrictive demands of conventional documentary, these artists tell open-ended...(展开全部)

Where does our mathematical ability come from? Our prehistoric ancestors' brains were essentially the same as ours, so they must have had the same underlying ability. What purpose could it serve in 50,000 BC? And what exactly goes on in our brains when we multiply 15 by 36 or prove Fermat's Last Theorem? The answer, according to Keith Devlin, is closely related to the evolution...(展开全部)

In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this book, Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with many fascinating examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and politics, clarifying contemporary and historical accounts of the nature, f...(展开全部)

http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/dyerg/butbeaut.htm The complete review's Review: But Beautiful is a paean to jazz, a study and homage in fictional form. Dedicated to his mentor, John Berger, Dyer follows in the master's footsteps in looking for novel approaches to presenting a literary work. In his preface Dyer states: When I began writing this book I was unsure of the f...(展开全部)

《BUT!人生最厉害就是这个BUT!》内容简介：问题：爱情与写小说之间仅能择一，要选哪一个？“我会选写小说。”我老实说。“嗯啊，为什么？”女孩倒不意外。“我很爱你。但就因为我爱你，所以我不想为你牺牲我很喜欢的东西。如果从今以后我都不写小说了，我一定不可能快乐，我不快乐，就没有办法给你快乐。你干嘛跟一个不能给你快乐的人在一起？” 这是一本将网志打包带走的思想炸药，随时补充勇气与战斗力。 我想改写一下樱木花道的热血名言： 所谓文学深度、文笔境界、华丽辞藻……那些塞在文化菁英脑袋里的文学常识，对我来说，统统不适用。——“因为我是门外汉嘛！”

In this timeless classic that topped the New York Times bestseller list in 1966 and 1967, Sam Levenson recalls his childhood with the warmth and affectionate humor that endeared the author and humoris

ew product designs have the staying power of creations by Dieter Rams. Almost everything produced by the most influential designer of the twentieth century is today considered a classic. This new and revised edition of Less but Better shows once again why Dieter Rams’s approach to design will be relevant for the foreseeable future. Ideas of what can and must be achieved by goo...(展开全部)

The brilliant second collection of stories from Germany's answer to Zadie Smith. Judith Hermann's first collection, 'The Summer House, Later', sold 250,000 hardbacks in Germany, and was shortlisted for both the IMPAC award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Judith Hermann's first book, 'The Summer House, Later' was described as 'a book about a certain kind of young wom...(展开全部)