Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in the groundbreaking Alien franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but it is actually a dark, dangerous world, whose sole inhabitant is the synthetic David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Alien: Covenant – The Art of th...(展开全部)

Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest.

What sorts of alien languages can there be? And might reality be such that some alien language represents reality better than familiar languages do? Alien languages are here languages that use different kinds of semantic tools than any familiar languages use. The question of the existence of alien languages is interesting in itself: what kinds of languages are possible? But att...(展开全部)

The American West erupted in anti-Chinese violence in 1885. Following the massacre of Chinese miners in Wyoming Territory, communities throughout California and the Pacific Northwest harassed, assaulted, and expelled thousands of Chinese immigrants. Beth Lew-Williams shows how American immigration policies incited this violence and how the violence, in turn, provoked new exclus...(展开全部)

“A powerful argument about racial violence that could not be more timely… White nationalists targeted Chinese immigrants as threats to their homes and jobs and blamed the American government for failing to seal the borders.”—Richard White, author of The Republic for Which It Stands “A riveting, beautifully written account…that foregrounds Chinese voices and experiences. A timel...(展开全部)

A complete record of the months of work that went into the design of the alien in the popular film. The book is written by the horror designer himself and illustrated throughout in integrated full colour with sketches, original paintings, photographs and scenes from the film. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

简介：这人很懒，啥都没写。

The content of this book is the letter, official Top Secret U.S. Army Air Force interview transcripts and personal notes I received from the late Matilda O'Donnell MacElroy. Her letter to me asserts that this material is based on a series of interviews she conducted with an extraterrestrial being as part of her official duty as a nurse in the U.S. Army Air Force. During July an...(展开全部)

切斯特•海姆斯（Chester Himes，1909—1989） 著名黑人侦探小说家，生于美国密苏里州的杰斐逊城。一九二八年的冬天，他因持枪抢劫被判入狱，刑期二十年。服刑期间，海姆斯开始创作短篇小说。一九五八年创作的侦探小说处女作获法国警探小说文学奖大奖。他的小说中充斥着暴力、血腥与色情，大都涉及种族问题，并有多部作品被改编成电影。 海姆斯对冷硬派推理小说产生了深远影响，为纪念他，特在美国设立了切斯特•海姆斯侦探小说奖（Chester Himes Mystery Awards），专授给美国黑人侦探小说作家。