A child's introduction to art history through the centuries and across the globe A Journey Through Art is a global history of art with a time- travel twist, taking young readers on a expedition from the Paleolithic period to the present day, voyaging to thirty locations around the world. As readers travel from one incredible destination to the next, they discover the amazing ne...(展开全部)

Taking a radically new approach to the history of abstract painting, Pepe Karmel applies a scholarly yet fresh vision to reconsider the history of abstraction from a global perspective and to demonstrate that abstraction is embedded in the real world. Moving beyond the orthodox canonical terrain of abstract art, he surveys artists from across the globe, examining their work fro...(展开全部)

Review The superior quality of its photos and illustrations is one of the principal reasons that the Department of Art History has consistently used Art through the Ages. John Kenfield – Rutgers University Three strengths of Gardner’s are: the choice of imagery discussed; the quality and size of the images, and the clarity; and detail of the discussion which includes a strong b...(展开全部)

Review The superior quality of its photos and illustrations is one of the principal reasons that the Department of Art History has consistently used Art through the Ages. John Kenfield – Rutgers University Three strengths of Gardner’s are: the choice of imagery discussed; the quality and size of the images, and the clarity; and detail of the discussion which includes a strong b...(展开全部)

罗伯特·卡普兰美国智库Stratfor公司的地缘政治分析家。1952年生于纽约，长期为《大西洋月刊》《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《新共和》《华尔街日报》《国际利益》等媒体撰写评论，出版的著作有《阿拉伯人》《地球末日》《帝国的野蛮》《地中海之冬》《季风帝国》《地理的复仇》《在欧洲的阴影下》《南海困局》等。 译者简介 赵秀福 山东大学外语学院教授，翻译作品《光明之子与黑暗之子》《杜威：宗教信仰与民主人本主义》《批评与文化理论种的关键问题》等。

From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare now sweeping Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. This enthralling and often chilling political travelogue fully deciphers the Balkans' ancient passions and intractable hatreds for outsi...(展开全部)

Since the dawn of civilization, felines have prowled alongside mankind as they expanded their territory and spread the myth of human greatness. And today, cats are peddled on social media as silly creatures here to amuse humans with their antics. But this is an absurd, self-centered fantasy. The true history of felines is one of heroism, love, tragedy, sacrifice, and gravitas. ...(展开全部)

How has feminism developed? What have feminists achieved? What can we learn from the global history of feminism? Feminism is the ongoing story of a profound historical transformation. Despite being repeatedly written off as a political movement that has achieved its aim of female liberation, it has been continually redefined as new generations of women campaign against the gend...(展开全部)

As the British Library unveils a very special new exhibition in the UK, Harry Potter: A History of Magic, readers everywhere are invited on an enchanting journey through the Hogwarts curriculum, from Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology to Defense Against the Dark Arts, Astronomy, and more in this book uncovering thousands of years of magical history. Prepare to be amazed by...(展开全部)

An irresistible romp through the history of magic, from alchemy to unicorns, ancient witchcraft to Harry's Hogwarts - packed with unseen sketches and manuscript pages from J.K. Rowling, magical illustrations from Jim Kay and weird, wonderful and inspiring artefacts that have been magically released from the archives at the British Library. This spellbinding book takes readers o...(展开全部)