"This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much. . . My son broke into your home recently while you were out." In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses--and into the owners' computers as well--learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? Aft...(展开全部)

What does it mean to lose your roots―within your culture, within your family―and what happens when you find them? Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth. She believed that her biological pare...(展开全部)

What does it mean to lose your roots―within your culture, within your family―and what happens when you find them? Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth. She believed that her biological pare...(展开全部)

In recent years knowledge of our genetic code has changed our understanding of life on Earth. New genetic technologies are transforming the way we live and promise treatments for otherwise incurable diseases. But these advances are also generating controversy, particularly surrounding issues such as cloning and designer babies. In "50 Genetics Ideas," Mark Henderson distils the...(展开全部)

Literature suffers from appearing both deceptively easy and dauntingly difficult. We all like to think we can read a novel and understand what 'genre', 'style' and 'narrative' mean, but do we really understand them fully and how they can enrich our reading experience? How should we approach the works of great writers such as William Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Charles Dickens and ...(展开全部)

Susie Hodge 伦敦大学伯贝克学院艺术史硕士。英国皇家艺术学会会员，作家、艺术史学家、插画师。她还是经验丰富的教师和演讲者，活跃于英国的学校及创意机构，举办过多场普及艺术史知识的讲座。现已出版80余部儿童及成人读物，内容涉及艺术史、实用艺术、历史、设计等。她还拍摄过有关艺术史的电视纪录片，参加过与艺术史有关的广播节目。个人主页为http://www.susiehodge.co.uk。

In recent years knowledge of our genetic code has changed our understanding of life on Earth. New genetic technologies are transforming the way we live and promise treatments for otherwise incurable diseases. But these advances are also generating controversy, particularly surrounding issues such as cloning and designer babies. In "50 Genetics Ideas," Mark Henderson distils the...(展开全部)

Literature suffers from appearing both deceptively easy and dauntingly difficult. We all like to think we can read a novel and understand what 'genre', 'style' and 'narrative' mean, but do we really understand them fully and how they can enrich our reading experience? How should we approach the works of great writers such as William Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Charles Dickens and ...(展开全部)

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a MUD and an API? Don’t know your OCR from your PPC? Not quite clear on crowd-sourcing and culture jamming? Then this book is for you. In a series of accessible and engagingly written essays, this book introduces and explains all the key aspects of the digital world and how it works. It is a book that will be welcomed by any...(展开全部)

By bestselling author Ken Blanchard (whose 40 + books have sold over 18 million copies), Know Can Do! Tells the story of how a well known author learns to bridge the gap between what we all know-all the advice we've taken in from books, seminars, etc.-and how we actually use that knowledge.