Acclaimed Harvard geologist Andrew Knoll delivers a sweeping and definitive new narrative history of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion year history and placing our current environmental crisis in deep context. The story of our planetary home and the organisms spread across its surface is far grander and more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, filled wi...(展开全部)

This title is back in print with a revised preface. "Microcosmos" brings together the remarkable discoveries of microbiology of the past two decades and the pioneering research of Dr. Margulis to create a vivid new picture of the world that is crucial to our understanding of the future of the planet. Addressed to general readers, the book provides a beautifully written view of ...(展开全部)

卡罗琳·阿巴特（Carolyn Abbate） 美国音乐学家，哈佛大学“凯瑟琳和保罗·布滕维瑟”校级教授，被《哈佛公报》（Harvard Gazette）誉为“当今世界上成就空前、受到无数赞誉的音乐历史学家之一”，研究领域包括歌剧、音乐哲学、电影及声音研究等，著有《未唱出的声音》（Unsung Voices）、《追寻歌剧》（In Search of Opera）等，其著作被翻译成多种文字。她还作为剧院的编剧和导演，活跃于学术界之外。 罗杰·帕克（Roger Parker） 英国音乐学家，伦敦国王学院“瑟斯顿·达尔特”音乐学教授、英国国家学术院院士、瑞典皇家音乐学院成员，曾获“朱塞佩·威尔第奖”“古根海姆学者奖”及英国皇家音乐协会“登特奖章”等；研究领域主要集中在歌剧上，特别是19世纪意大利歌剧。他是盖塔诺·多尼采蒂歌剧获得普遍认可的修订本的主编，参与...(展开全部)

The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It’s easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world ov...(展开全部)

Part of JRP|Ringer's innovative Documents series, published with Les Presses du Réel and dedicated to critical writings, this publication comprises a unique collection of interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist mapping the development of the curatorial field--from early independent curators in the 1960s and 70s and the experimental institutional programs developed in Europe and the U....(展开全部)

A comprehensive history of Argentina, including its origins, culture, and future. Argentina has a population that ranks among the most educated and skilled in Latin America. Illiteracy scarcely exists among even the poor and working-class citizens, and Argentina's middle class has historically been large and politically engaged. Yet this country remains mired in economic instab...(展开全部)

Book Description "A Brief History of Time", published in 1988, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing and in worldwide acclaim and popularity, with more than nine million copies sold. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe. Since its publication, however, there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of...(展开全部)

The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It’s easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world ov...(展开全部)