Despite 21st-century fears of a modern 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been sorely neglected. A Biography of Loneliness is the first history of its kind to be published in English, offering a radically new interpretation of loneliness as an emotional language and experience. Using letters and diaries, philosophical tracts, political discussions, and medical literature...(展开全部)

Despite 21st-century fears of an 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been sorely neglected. A Biography of Loneliness offers a radically new interpretation of loneliness as an emotional language and experience. Using letters and diaries, philosophical tracts, political discussions, and medical literature from the eighteenth century to the present, historian of the emotion...(展开全部)

Despite 21st-century fears of an 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been sorely neglected. A Biography of Loneliness offers a radically new interpretation of loneliness as an emotional language and experience. Using letters and diaries, philosophical tracts, political discussions, and medical literature from the eighteenth century to the present, historian of the emotion...(展开全部)

Despite 21st-century fears of a modern 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been sorely neglected. A Biography of Loneliness is the first history of its kind to be published in English, offering a radically new interpretation of loneliness as an emotional language and experience. Using letters and diaries, philosophical tracts, political discussions, and medical literature...(展开全部)

Tracing the story of anger from the Buddha to Twitter, Rosenwein provides a much-needed account of our changing and contradictory understandings of this emotion All of us think we know when we are angry, and we are sure we can recognize anger in others as well. But this is only superficially true. We see anger through lenses colored by what we know, experience, and learn. Barba...(展开全部)

‘Arnold-Forster belongs to that valuable non-jargon-spouting breed of academic who is capable of explaining complex ideas in simple language.’ – The Times In Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from its first identification i...(展开全部)

‘Arnold-Forster belongs to that valuable non-jargon-spouting breed of academic who is capable of explaining complex ideas in simple language.’ – The Times In Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from its first identification i...(展开全部)

Most people in the West know very little about the prophet Muhammad. The acclaimed religious writer Karen Armstrong has written a biography which will give us a more accurate and profound understanding of Islam and the people who adhere to it so strongly. Muhammad also offers challenging comparisons with the two religions most closely related to it - Judaism and Christianity. '...(展开全部)

理查德·梅比（Richard Mabey），英国博物学家和主持人，致力于探讨自然和文化的关系，被称为“英国最前沿的自然作家”。20世纪80年代曾任英国自然保护委员会顾问，2011年被选为皇家文学学会会员。凭借《吉尔伯特·怀特传》荣获1986年惠特布雷德传记奖，畅销作品《植物大英百科全书》荣获大英图书奖等多项大奖，《免费的食物》《非正式的乡村》《黑暗中的鸣叫》等著作皆获高度评价。他还是《泰晤士报》《卫报》《独立报》园艺专栏作家，英国广播公司电视系列片《来自乡间的明信片》的总撰稿人和制片人。现居诺福克，任诺福克和诺维奇博物学家学会会长。

理查德·梅比（Richard Mabey），英国博物学家和主持人，致力于探讨自然和文化的关系，被称为“英国最前沿的自然作家”。20世纪80年代曾任英国自然保护委员会顾问，2011年被选为皇家文学学会会员。凭借《吉尔伯特·怀特传》荣获1986年惠特布雷德传记奖，畅销作品《植物大英百科全书》荣获大英图书奖等多项大奖，《免费的食物》《非正式的乡村》《黑暗中的鸣叫》等著作皆获高度评价。他还是《泰晤士报》《卫报》《独立报》园艺专栏作家，英国广播公司电视系列片《来自乡间的明信片》的总撰稿人和制片人。现居诺福克，任诺福克和诺维奇博物学家学会会长。