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Bricks & Mortals

Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made

par Tom Wilkinson ...

We don't just look at buildings: their facades, beautiful or ugly, conceal the spaces where we live. We are born, work, love, and die in architecture. We buy and sell it, rent and squat it, create and destroy it. All of these aspects of buildings-economic, erotic, political, and psychological-are crucial if we are to understand architecture properly. And because architecture molds us just as much ... En savoir plus

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We don't just look at buildings: their facades, beautiful or ugly, conceal the spaces where we live. We are born, work, love, and die in architecture. We buy and sell it, rent and squat it, create and destroy it. All of these aspects of buildings-economic, erotic, political, and psychological-are crucial if we are to understand architecture properly. And because architecture molds us just as much
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十座建築看人類文明史：從權力與道德，到商業與性愛，十座建築十個面向解構人類文明的發展

Bricks & Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made

par 湯姆．威金森, Tom Wilkinson ...

Traduit par 呂奕欣 ...

Collections series Act
人類形塑建築，建築也造就了我們建築的一磚一瓦，堆疊而成文明的發展史十座建築，十種觀點第一本從建築視角跨越大眾文化、社會學、哲學、歷史領域，論述人類發展歷程的權力、道德、記憶、商業、殖民、娛樂、性愛……【本書特色】1.以十座歷史上的經典建築為主，同時援引許多耳熟能詳的知名建築例證加以比較。2.搭配超過六十張珍貴建築照片、有趣的建築軼聞、歷史事件與社會思潮。3.以十座建築，爬梳人類文明的十個面向；以十個面向，開展社會文化的十種想像。論建築的十個面向：1.權力——高塔建築代表建築有賦予權力的潛能，人也有權利傾覆之。從巴士底監獄、巴別塔、紐約世貿中心談權力與自由雙重象徵。2.道德——羅馬金宮誇張的怪異是暴政的象徵；納粹公路的優雅曲線靠猶太人死亡所造就。如果建築的興建目的並不良善，還能算是好建築嗎？3.記憶——清真寺、凱旋門、泰姬瑪哈陵──所有紀念性建築都象徵國家與社群的記憶，卻常又被群眾賦予新的意 ... En savoir plus

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人類形塑建築，建築也造就了我們建築的一磚一瓦，堆疊而成文明的發展史十座建築，十種觀點第一本從建築視角跨越大眾文化、社會學、哲學、歷史領域，論述人類發展歷程的權力、道德、記憶、商業、殖民、娛樂、性愛……【本書特色】1.以十座歷史上的經典建築為主，同時援引許多耳熟能詳的知名建築例證加以比較。2.搭配超過六十張珍貴建築照片、有趣的建築軼聞、歷史事件與社會思潮。3.以十座建築，爬梳人類文明的十個面向；以十個面向，開展社會文化的十種想像。論建築的十個面向：1.權力——高塔建築代表建築有賦予權力的潛能，人也有權利傾覆之。從巴士底監獄、巴別塔、紐約世貿中心談權力與自由雙重象徵。2.道德——羅馬金宮誇張的怪異是暴政的象徵；納粹公路的優雅曲線靠猶太人死亡所造就。如果建築的興建目的並不良善，還能算是好建築嗎？3.記憶——清真寺、凱旋門、泰姬瑪哈陵──所有紀念性建築都象徵國家與社群的記憶，卻常又被群眾賦予新的意
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Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon & other adventures

A BBC Radio Collection

par Dashiell Hammett ...

Lu par Connie Booth, Full Cast, Jane Lapotaire, Stuart Milligan, Tom Wilkinson, William Hootkins ...

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4 heure 54 min

The godfather of the hard-boiled detective novel, Dashiell Hammett is widely acknowledged as one of America's greatest mystery writers. This collection brings together the BBC radio adaptations of his works for the first time, including the iconic The Maltese Falcon featuring his most famous character: Sam Spade.The Maltese FalconSan Francisco, 1928. When his partner is murdered on an assignment, ... En savoir plus

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The godfather of the hard-boiled detective novel, Dashiell Hammett is widely acknowledged as one of America's greatest mystery writers. This collection brings together the BBC radio adaptations of his works for the first time, including the iconic The Maltese Falcon featuring his most famous character: Sam Spade.The Maltese FalconSan Francisco, 1928. When his partner is murdered on an assignment,
... En savoir plus
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Fatelessness

A Novel

par Imre Kertész ...

Lu par Josh Bloomberg ...

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8 heure 25 min

At the age of fourteen, György Köves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of Budapest and, without any particular malice, placed on a train to Auschwitz. He does not understand the reason for his fate. He doesn’t particularly think of himself as Jewish. And his fellow prisoners, who decry his lack of Yiddish, keep telling him, “You are no Jew.” In the lowest circle of the Holocaust, György ... En savoir plus

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At the age of fourteen, György Köves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of Budapest and, without any particular malice, placed on a train to Auschwitz. He does not understand the reason for his fate. He doesn’t particularly think of himself as Jewish. And his fellow prisoners, who decry his lack of Yiddish, keep telling him, “You are no Jew.” In the lowest circle of the Holocaust, György
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The Maltese Falcon (BBC Radio Crimes)

par Dashiell Hammett ...

Lu par Full Cast, Jane Lapotaire, Nickolas Grace, Peter Vaughan, Tom Wilkinson ...

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1 heures 55 min

It’s San Francisco, 1928, and Sam Spade is a wisecracking, womanising Private Investigator. Missing husbands and unfaithful wives are his usual stock-in-trade, but when the beautifully distressed Miss Wonderley calls he gets involved in a dangerous caper most people would run a mile from. Miss Wonderley asks Sam’s partner, Miles Archer, to shadow Floyd Thursby, whom she maintains has kidnapped her ... En savoir plus

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It’s San Francisco, 1928, and Sam Spade is a wisecracking, womanising Private Investigator. Missing husbands and unfaithful wives are his usual stock-in-trade, but when the beautifully distressed Miss Wonderley calls he gets involved in a dangerous caper most people would run a mile from. Miss Wonderley asks Sam’s partner, Miles Archer, to shadow Floyd Thursby, whom she maintains has kidnapped her
... En savoir plus
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Inspector Resnick

Five BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations

par John Harvey ...

Lu par Philip Jackson, Keith Barron, Full Cast, Tom Georgeson, Tom Wilkinson ...

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8 heure 26 min

Five BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime dramas featuring DI Charlie Resnick'John Harvey is one of the all-time greats and remains one of my favourite writers.' - Ian RankinJazz-loving policeman Charlie Resnick is one of the most popular characters in contemporary crime fiction. This thrilling collection brings together three dramatisations and two original radio stories starring the Nottingham-based ... En savoir plus

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Five BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime dramas featuring DI Charlie Resnick'John Harvey is one of the all-time greats and remains one of my favourite writers.' - Ian RankinJazz-loving policeman Charlie Resnick is one of the most popular characters in contemporary crime fiction. This thrilling collection brings together three dramatisations and two original radio stories starring the Nottingham-based
... En savoir plus

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The Thin Man

par Dashiell Hammett ...

Lu par William Dufris ...

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5 heure 55 min

The Thin Man introduces Nick and Nora Charles, New York’s coolest crime-solving couple.Nick retired from detecting after his wife inherited a tidy sum, but six years later, a pretty blonde spies him at a speakeasy and asks for his help finding her father, an eccentric inventor who was once Nick’s client.Nick can no more resist the case than a morning cocktail or a good fight, and soon he and Nora ... En savoir plus

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The Thin Man introduces Nick and Nora Charles, New York’s coolest crime-solving couple.Nick retired from detecting after his wife inherited a tidy sum, but six years later, a pretty blonde spies him at a speakeasy and asks for his help finding her father, an eccentric inventor who was once Nick’s client.Nick can no more resist the case than a morning cocktail or a good fight, and soon he and Nora
... En savoir plus

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The Glass Key

par Dashiell Hammett ...

Lu par Stephen R. Thorne ...

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6 heure 22 min

Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. Did he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Madvig was innocent, which of his dozens of enemies was doing an awfully good job of framing him? Dashiell Hammett's tour de force of detective fiction combines an ... En savoir plus

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Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. Did he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Madvig was innocent, which of his dozens of enemies was doing an awfully good job of framing him? Dashiell Hammett's tour de force of detective fiction combines an
... En savoir plus

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威尼斯共和國：稱霸地中海的海上商業帝國千年史(2025全新改版)

Venice：A New History

par 湯瑪士．麥登, Thomas F. Madden ...

Traduit par 黃芳田, 王約 ...

Collections series Historia歷史學堂
《榮耀之城．伊斯坦堡》姊妹作喜愛羅傑．克勞利《財富之城》的讀者，千萬不能錯過的威尼斯全史「中古歐洲三部曲」作者拉爾斯．布朗沃思評價：「（麥登）是位不世出的天才，一位可以把故事說得扣人心弦的嚴謹學者」現代資本主義的發源地、民主共和國家的先行者在大航海時代來臨之前，地中海世界的唯一霸主──威尼斯共和國　　西元五世紀，威尼斯人逃離入侵義大利本土的日耳曼蠻族，在亞得里亞海潟湖間進行捕魚貿易，開始構築他們心目中的一方世外樂土。一七九七年，拿破崙攻下威尼斯，為連綿一百二十位總督、千餘年的共和國歷史劃下句點。　　在這長達一千五百年的歷史中，這群來自羅馬的亡國難民，在一片泥濘荒蕪的潟湖沙洲上，奠定了現代資本主義經濟的基礎，也建立起人類史上存在最久的共和體制，更是獨領地中海風騷數百年的一方之霸。這份偉業在威尼斯方言中，可稱之為「海上帝國」（Stato da Mar）。　　《威尼斯共和國 ... En savoir plus

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《榮耀之城．伊斯坦堡》姊妹作喜愛羅傑．克勞利《財富之城》的讀者，千萬不能錯過的威尼斯全史「中古歐洲三部曲」作者拉爾斯．布朗沃思評價：「（麥登）是位不世出的天才，一位可以把故事說得扣人心弦的嚴謹學者」現代資本主義的發源地、民主共和國家的先行者在大航海時代來臨之前，地中海世界的唯一霸主──威尼斯共和國　　西元五世紀，威尼斯人逃離入侵義大利本土的日耳曼蠻族，在亞得里亞海潟湖間進行捕魚貿易，開始構築他們心目中的一方世外樂土。一七九七年，拿破崙攻下威尼斯，為連綿一百二十位總督、千餘年的共和國歷史劃下句點。　　在這長達一千五百年的歷史中，這群來自羅馬的亡國難民，在一片泥濘荒蕪的潟湖沙洲上，奠定了現代資本主義經濟的基礎，也建立起人類史上存在最久的共和體制，更是獨領地中海風騷數百年的一方之霸。這份偉業在威尼斯方言中，可稱之為「海上帝國」（Stato da Mar）。　　《威尼斯共和國
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當動物拳腳相向時：動物為何而戰？從生物學看衝突、排擠、搶奪與強制交配如何形塑動物行為

Quand les animaux font la guerre

par 羅伊克．博拉許, Loïc Bollache ...

Collections series 科普漫遊1
在動物的字典裡，生存就是「戰」？！邵廣昭　中央研究院生物多樣性研究中心榮退研究員黃貞祥　國立清華大學生命科學系副教授／GENE思書齋齋主黃一峯　金鼎獎科普作家／自然教育工作者──有話好說推薦領域之爭、強迫交配、冷暴力排擠、繼承爭奪戰……生態學者細看各種動物行為，探究牠們為何而戰、為何而鬥落單獅子誤闖斑點鬣狗領域，再強壯也可能遭包圍、被攻擊到潰逃雌性蠑螈凶狠對待疑似「外遇」的雄性蠑螈，對不忠伴侶暴力相向雄性印太瓶鼻海豚為了交配殺掉非親生的海豚寶寶，數隻聯手強迫雌海豚交配鯰魚群排擠患有白化症的特殊鯰魚，是由於恐懼、不願群體過於醒目而遭獵捕，以求自保巴西無螫蜂部署複雜防禦系統，蜂巢口、巢內通道有層層「重兵」守衛，確保蜂后、工蜂安全身為社會性動物的人類，在「利己vs.利他」、「對抗vs.合作」的恆常拉鋸中，能否從不同動物身上學會什麼？有沒有一種可能──生存並不盡然繫於無休無止的暴力衝突... ... En savoir plus

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在動物的字典裡，生存就是「戰」？！邵廣昭　中央研究院生物多樣性研究中心榮退研究員黃貞祥　國立清華大學生命科學系副教授／GENE思書齋齋主黃一峯　金鼎獎科普作家／自然教育工作者──有話好說推薦領域之爭、強迫交配、冷暴力排擠、繼承爭奪戰……生態學者細看各種動物行為，探究牠們為何而戰、為何而鬥落單獅子誤闖斑點鬣狗領域，再強壯也可能遭包圍、被攻擊到潰逃雌性蠑螈凶狠對待疑似「外遇」的雄性蠑螈，對不忠伴侶暴力相向雄性印太瓶鼻海豚為了交配殺掉非親生的海豚寶寶，數隻聯手強迫雌海豚交配鯰魚群排擠患有白化症的特殊鯰魚，是由於恐懼、不願群體過於醒目而遭獵捕，以求自保巴西無螫蜂部署複雜防禦系統，蜂巢口、巢內通道有層層「重兵」守衛，確保蜂后、工蜂安全身為社會性動物的人類，在「利己vs.利他」、「對抗vs.合作」的恆常拉鋸中，能否從不同動物身上學會什麼？有沒有一種可能──生存並不盡然繫於無休無止的暴力衝突...
... En savoir plus
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The Dain Curse

par Dashiell Hammett ...

Lu par Richard Ferrone ...

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7 heure 43 min

The Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain ... En savoir plus

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The Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain
... En savoir plus

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與眾不同的大腦：為什麼我們能理解科學和藝術？電腦與AI會影響大腦的演化嗎？

Human: The Science behind What Makes Us Unique

par 葛詹尼加, Michael S. Gazzaniga ...

Traduit par 鍾沛君 ...

Collections series 貓頭鷹書房
大師親授的大腦科普課，第一本整合神經科學與認知心理學的經典巨著！◎認知神經科學之父葛詹尼加檢視大腦演化與人類的共同演化　　我們懂得抽象思考，有同情心與道德感。我們創造藝術、研究自然現象，更發明工具輔助日常工作與生活。是什麼讓我們有了這些能力？為什麼我們喜歡美的東西？　　我們對於美與藝術的欣賞，刻在大腦的演化軌跡中。大腦的演化讓我們喜歡規律的事物，讓我們能夠分析藝術的美。演化也使我們的大腦能夠將想像力與現實脫鉤，讓我們有了更強大的創作能力。這些能力在演化過程中讓我們能夠忖度情勢，更可以利用想像的彈性適應不同的環境。科學與迷信，原來有關係？　　人類也是唯一能夠理解、思考未知，並試圖解釋的動物。對外界事物存在好奇使我們對於神話、都市傳說還有假訊息有濃厚興趣，卻也同時成為科學的基石。大腦的演化讓我們能夠用邏輯分析這些現象，進一步推進對世界的理解。與科技共同演化的大腦　　認知神經科學之父葛詹尼加認為 ... En savoir plus

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大師親授的大腦科普課，第一本整合神經科學與認知心理學的經典巨著！◎認知神經科學之父葛詹尼加檢視大腦演化與人類的共同演化　　我們懂得抽象思考，有同情心與道德感。我們創造藝術、研究自然現象，更發明工具輔助日常工作與生活。是什麼讓我們有了這些能力？為什麼我們喜歡美的東西？　　我們對於美與藝術的欣賞，刻在大腦的演化軌跡中。大腦的演化讓我們喜歡規律的事物，讓我們能夠分析藝術的美。演化也使我們的大腦能夠將想像力與現實脫鉤，讓我們有了更強大的創作能力。這些能力在演化過程中讓我們能夠忖度情勢，更可以利用想像的彈性適應不同的環境。科學與迷信，原來有關係？　　人類也是唯一能夠理解、思考未知，並試圖解釋的動物。對外界事物存在好奇使我們對於神話、都市傳說還有假訊息有濃厚興趣，卻也同時成為科學的基石。大腦的演化讓我們能夠用邏輯分析這些現象，進一步推進對世界的理解。與科技共同演化的大腦　　認知神經科學之父葛詹尼加認為
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十座建築看人類文明史：從權力與道德，到商業與性愛，十座建築十個面向解構人類文明的發展

Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon & other adventures

Fatelessness

The Maltese Falcon (BBC Radio Crimes)

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