Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. This engaging book introduces the great thinkers in Western philosophy and explores their m...(展开全部)

Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. This engaging book introduces the great thinkers in Western philosophy and explores their m...(展开全部)

Period of "The Enlightenment". Surveys French and German phases, emphasizing Rousseau and Kant.

This “little history” takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task. He has researched, taught, and written on virtually every area of literature, and his infectious passion for books and reading has defined his own life. Now he guides yo...(展开全部)

What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? The answers to such basic economic questions matter to everyone, yet the unfamiliar jargon and math of economics can seem daunting. This clear, accessible, and even humorous book is ideal for young readers new to economics and f...(展开全部)

约翰•萨瑟兰（John Sutherland），英国伦敦大学学院现代英语文学系诺思克利夫勋爵名誉教授，曾教授各阶段学生课程。近期著有美国耶鲁大学出版的《小说家们：小说的294段生命史》，获得广泛赞誉，其中一位书评人称赞其为“一本酷毙了的参考书”。

作者尼尔•基什特尼（Niall Kishtainy），伦敦经济学院经济史系客座教授，曾任英国政府经济政策顾问和联合国非洲经济委员会经济政策顾问，著有《经济学手册》（The Economics Book）和《分钟经济学》（Economics in Minutes）。 译者张缘，财新传媒图书编辑，诗歌写作者。 译者刘婧，毕业于北京外国语大学，长期从事文化和编译工作。

A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the centuries countless thousands of ...(展开全部)

Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power. From ancient Greek philosophers through Einstein and Watson and Crick to the computer-assisted scientists of today, men an...(展开全部)

布莱恩·费根 BBC考古类纪录片特聘顾问，加州大学教授 《美国考古》和《考古发现》杂志的特约编辑 因“将考古学带入公众视野”，荣获1996年“考古学家杰出服务奖” 因其在教科书、大众读物和媒体活动方面为考古学做出的卓越贡献，荣获美国考古学公会颁发的“卓越成就奖” 1997年，荣获美国考古学公会颁发的“公众教育奖”