- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new editi...(展开全部)

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes reader...(展开全部)

In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating. “I always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick him in the balls.”—Larry David If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—metaphorically and, occasionally, physically. Fr...(展开全部)

玛丽安娜·科波（Marianna Coppo） ： 意大利人气插画家，出生于罗马，2012年后在米兰担任插画编辑。她的画风温馨、可爱、古怪，在社交网站拥有很多插画师粉丝。创作的绘本多次获得国际奖项，也深受孩子们的喜爱。 她热爱生活，喜欢小物件、童书，内心像个长不大的孩子。热爱蛋黄酱，始终在期待一场意想不到的旅行。绘本代表作有获得英国英语协会图画书奖的《石头佩特拉》（2017年，重庆出版社），还有《帽子！》《我们在等故事呢》。

在线阅读本书 'Diabolically clever. The reader is alternately impressed, beguiles, frightened, bewildered. A considerable achievement.' - Anita Brookner. During the First World War, five French soldiers, accused of a cowardly attempt to evade duty, are bundled into no-man's land and certain death. Five bodies are later recovered, the families are notified that the men died in the lin...(展开全部)

Continuing a two-year program to bring back twenty-two Maurice Sendak treasures long out of print, our second season of publication highlights one of the most successful author-illustrator pairings of all time. A pioneer of great children's literature, Ruth Krausspublished more than thirty books for children during a career that spanned forty years. Krauss and Sendak collaborat...(展开全部)

In this house, you can jump on the bed, write on the walls, and climb on a chair. Because this is not an ordinary house, it's a special house!

A poignant account of her mother's death from cancer.