This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers’brains and captivate them through each plot element. Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story, and what keeps readers transfixed. Wired for Story reveals these cognitive secrets—and it’s a game...(展开全部)

Bringing order and relevance to the cascade of recent brain findings, Dr John Ratey explains the brain's most important systems, the role they play in determining how we interact with the world and the ways in which we can influence their operations for the better. Throughout, he illustrates his points with vivid and often surprising examples drawn from his own practice, resear...(展开全部)

This is a concise and authoritative guide to Virginia Woolf's classic text "To the Lighthouse" (1927), including a brief plot summary and introduction to characters and a guide to critical reception. "To the Lighthouse" is one of Virginia Woolf's most widely read and commonly studied novels. Offering an authoritative, up-to-date guide for students, this guide introduces its con...(展开全部)

No reader curious about our “little grey cells” will want to pass up Harvard neuroscientist John E. Dowling’s brief introduction to the brain. In this up-to-date revision of his 1998 book Creating Mind, Dowling conveys the essence and vitality of the field of neuroscience―examining the progress we’ve made in understanding how brains work, and shedding light on discoveries havin...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·冈恩，（1923－），美国科幻小说家，获“科幻大师”称号。代表作有《堡垒世界》（1955）、《星际桥梁》（1955）、《空间站》（1958）、《快乐制造者》（1961）、《长生不老的人》（1962）、《倾听者》（1972）、《校园》（1977）和《危机》（1986）等；曾任美国科幻作家协会主席（197l-1972）、美国科幻小说研究会主席（1980-1982）、“约翰·坎贝尔纪念奖”评奖委员会主席（1979年至今）；编著有《科幻之路》、《科幻小说新百科全书》等。 郭建中（1938-），翻译家，学者，享受国务院特殊津贴。主要论著有《科普与科幻翻译：理论、技巧与实践》、《当代美国翻译理论》、《文化与翻译》等；主要译著有《杀鹿人》（合译）、《鲁滨逊漂流记》、《摩尔·弗兰德斯》、《铁草》等，并翻译和主编《外国科幻小说译丛》（50余册）和《科幻之路》（...(展开全部)

This title is printed in full color throughout. From one of the most original and influential neuroscientists at work today, here is an exploration of consciousness unlike any other—as told by Galileo, who opened the way for the objectivity of science and is now intent on making subjective experience a part of science as well. Galileo’s journey has three parts, each with a d...(展开全部)

Packed with real science and fueled by imagination, a beautifully illustrated guide to traveling in our solar system Imagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs of life, or touring one of Jupiter's sixty-four moons where you can photograph its swirling storms. For a shorter trip on a tight budget, the Moon is quite majestic and very quiet if y...(展开全部)

【英】马丁•吉尔伯特（Martin Gilbert） 著 著名历史学家，牛津大学默顿学院研究员。他是28卷本官方丘吉尔传记作者，曾因人类历史研究领域的杰出成就获2012年丹•大卫奖，并连续入选六界英国首相智囊团，是英国政府首席政策顾问。代表作品有《丘吉尔传》《五千年犹太文明史》《以色列：一部历史》《来自地球的尽头：二十世纪的犹太人》《永不再来：一部纳粹大屠杀的历史》等。

【英】马丁•吉尔伯特（Martin Gilbert） 著 著名历史学家，牛津大学默顿学院研究员。他是28卷本官方丘吉尔传记作者，曾因人类历史研究领域的杰出成就获2012年丹•大卫奖，并连续入选六界英国首相智囊团，是英国政府首席政策顾问。代表作品有《丘吉尔传》《五千年犹太文明史》《以色列：一部历史》《来自地球的尽头：二十世纪的犹太人》《永不再来：一部纳粹大屠杀的历史》等。