This brilliant, readable synthesis of the history of mythology and the function it serves to humanity is the launch title of the groundbreaking publishing event, The Myths. "Human beings have always been mythmakers." So begins Karen Armstrong’s concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes...(展开全部)

凯伦·阿姆斯特朗，英国著名作家。1981年出版了处女作《穿过窄门》，记录了自己在罗马天主教修道院的严酷制度下所亲历的七年修女生活。这本书出版后立即风靡一时。随后，她创作一系列的畅销书，如《神话的历史》、《耶路撒冷》、《万物初始：重读<创世记 >》、《伊斯兰简史》、《佛陀》等。其中《神的历史》被译成三十多种语言，在《纽约时报》畅销书榜上久居不下，创造了一个热销奇迹。而《佛陀》一书也成为全球最畅销的图书这一。销售超过三百万册。自1982后起，她便成为自由作家和电台节目主持人。凯伦·阿姆斯特朗现居伦敦。

Each time history repeats itself, the cost goes up. The twentieth century&#151;a time of unprecedented progress&#151;has produced a tremendous strain on the very elements that comprise life itself: This raises the key question of the twenty-first century: How much longer can this go on? With wit and erudition, Ronald Wright lays out a-convincing case that history has always pro...(展开全部)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...(展开全部)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...(展开全部)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...(展开全部)

Insightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional introduction to the major and many minor facets of its subject. In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of mo...(展开全部)

弗兰克·冈萨雷斯-克鲁希（Frank Gonzalez-Crussi） 墨西哥裔医学专家、科普作家，美国西北大学病理学荣誉退休教授。1936年他出生在墨西哥城的一家小药铺中。从加拿大女王大学医学院毕业后，他移居美国，历任印第安纳大学、西北大学病理学教授。他曾以英语、西班牙语创作大量有关解剖、外科手术、产科相关的科普著作，《走进一颗心：探索身体内部的奥秘》曾于2014年获德国默克文学奖。部分作品也被BBC等机构改编为纪录片、戏剧等。

"Altogether an excellent book, at once interesting and authoritative" The Year's Work in English Studies This complete revision and updating of Professor Robins' classic text offers a comprehensive account of the history of linguistic thought from its European origins some 2500 years ago to the present day. It examines the independent development of linguistic science in China...(展开全部)

许德宝，1978年就读于山西太原师范学院（中文系），1982年考入北京师范大学中文系汉语史音韵专业研究生，1985年获硕士学位。同年赴美，就读于伊利诺州立大学语言学系，1988年获硕士学位，1991年获博士学位。同年开始在纽约州汉弥尔顿（Hamilton）文理学院任教，教授现代汉语、古代汉语、汉语史等课程，现为该学院东亚语言文学系主任。1993-1999年与黄正德共同主编《当代语言学理论丛书》（第一版、八种）。著有《北京话三声变调——音系与句法的交叉研究》（博士论文，1991）、《中文突破》（剑桥，波士顿，1995）、《生成音系学——理论及其应用》（与鲍智明、侍建国合著，中国社会科学出版社，1997）、《中国社会文化写实》（剑桥，波士顿，2000）、《汉语音系的生成研究》（学术出版社，纽约，2001）、《中国之路》（剑桥，波士顿，2002）、《留学中...(展开全部)