"Life Beside Itself is a profound reflection on the psychic life of biopolitics and how the biopolitical state, committed to enhancing the life of the population, renders lifeless a people’s particular form of life. Lisa Stevenson writes with attentiveness to the care that binds the living and the dead in Inuit communities. That is itself a form of ethical living. Her writing i...(展开全部)

"Life Beside Itself is a profound reflection on the psychic life of biopolitics and how the biopolitical state, committed to enhancing the life of the population, renders lifeless a people’s particular form of life. Lisa Stevenson writes with attentiveness to the care that binds the living and the dead in Inuit communities. That is itself a form of ethical living. Her writing i...(展开全部)

娜杰日达•曼德施塔姆（1899—1980）俄罗斯著名诗人曼德施塔姆的妻子，作家，翻译家。1899年10月30日生于萨拉托夫，娘家姓哈津娜。1919年5月1日与曼德施塔姆相识于基辅一家咖啡馆，三年后二人结婚。经历了二十年代中后期的短暂平静之后，娜杰日达不得不面对丈夫的两次 被捕。这位被丈夫称为“黑暗岁月的同志”的妻子，仅与丈夫共同生活了十六年，其中的最后四年还是在流放地度过的。六十年代初，娜杰日达开始撰写关于丈夫、关于那个恐怖时代的回忆录，即七十年代相继成书的“回忆录三部曲”《回忆录》、《第二本书》和《第三本书》。1980年12月29日，娜杰日达卒于莫斯科。“娜杰日达”在俄语中意为“希望”。 刘文飞，中国社科院外文所研究员、俄罗斯文学研究室主任，文学博士，中国社科院研究生院教授、博士生导师，中国俄罗斯文学研究会会长，中国作家协会会员，中国翻译家协会理事...(展开全部)

娜杰日达•曼德施塔姆（1899—1980）俄罗斯著名诗人曼德施塔姆的妻子，作家，翻译家。1899年10月30日生于萨拉托夫，娘家姓哈津娜。1919年5月1日与曼德施塔姆相识于基辅一家咖啡馆，三年后二人结婚。经历了二十年代中后期的短暂平静之后，娜杰日达不得不面对丈夫的两次 被捕。这位被丈夫称为“黑暗岁月的同志”的妻子，仅与丈夫共同生活了十六年，其中的最后四年还是在流放地度过的。六十年代初，娜杰日达开始撰写关于丈夫、关于那个恐怖时代的回忆录，即七十年代相继成书的“回忆录三部曲”《回忆录》、《第二本书》和《第三本书》。1980年12月29日，娜杰日达卒于莫斯科。“娜杰日达”在俄语中意为“希望”。 刘文飞，中国社科院外文所研究员、俄罗斯文学研究室主任，文学博士，中国社科院研究生院教授、博士生导师，中国俄罗斯文学研究会会长，中国作家协会会员，中国翻译家协会理事...(展开全部)

While his crew is resting at the pool, pilot and photographer Henk Van Rensbergen leaves for an expedition to abandoned hotels, overgrown factories, or desolate, green places. Van Rensbergen always manages to see the beauty in decay, and the (international) press quickly gave him credit for it. 'Haunting photographs' was the headline in The Wall Street Journal.

Barry Lopez's National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his masterpiece. Lopez offers a thorough examination of this obscure world-its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy shores. But what turns this marvelous work of natural history into a breathtaking study of profound ...(展开全部)

A portrait of the Arctic that celebrates the landscape, wildlife and people of the vast and mysterious region. Above all, it is a story of light - solar and lunar rings, halos and coronas, the aurora borealis, and the distant mountain that is actually a looming and convincing mirage.

Describes animal and human spirits central to the Arctic people from Alaska to Siberia, and retells their stories relating to the creation of the earth.