A Beautiful Monograph Illuminating the Iconic Images of one of the Most Central and Influential Photographers of the Twentieth Century. Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a key figure in America's acceptance of photography as a serious form of artistic expression. As founder of the Photo Secession movement and editor of the influential Camera Work, he is one of the most im...(展开全部)

作者：[瑞典] 玛丽亚·格里佩（Maria Gripe） 1923—2007 瑞典儿童文学大师，第十届国际安徒生奖得主，作品获奖无数，并且被译成三十多种语言在全世界发行。一九六一年随着《约瑟芬》的出版，开始备受国际瞩目，小雨果和约瑟芬和雨果也成为瑞典儿童文学中的经典形象，同名电影成为瑞典儿童电影史上的里程碑。还著有《金龟虫在黄昏飞起》《吹玻璃工的两个孩子》等。 译者：王梦达 上海外国语大学德语系瑞典语教师。长期从事儿童文学翻译工作，译有《万能工程师麦克》系列、《姆咪家的小坏蛋》《与沙漠巨猫相遇》等。

作者：[瑞典] 玛丽亚·格里佩（Maria Gripe） 1923—2007 瑞典儿童文学大师，第十届国际安徒生奖得主，作品获奖无数，并且被译成三十多种语言在全世界发行。一九六一年随着《约瑟芬》的出版，开始备受国际瞩目，小雨果和约瑟芬和雨果也成为瑞典儿童文学中的经典形象，同名电影成为瑞典儿童电影史上的里程碑。还著有《金龟虫在黄昏飞起》《吹玻璃工的两个孩子》等。 译者：王梦达 上海外国语大学德语系瑞典语教师。长期从事儿童文学翻译工作，译有《万能工程师麦克》系列、《姆咪家的小坏蛋》《与沙漠巨猫相遇》等。

The Ig Nobel Prizes make people laugh, and then make them think. Included in this new edition are: the Dutch scientist who investigated homosexual necrophilia in mallard ducks, the Swedish team that looked into chickens' preferences in humans, and the man who made it possible for someone to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for corporate events. Sometimes, as in the latt...(展开全部)

In 1858, Alfred Russel Wallace, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the Spice Islands, wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection. Darwin was aghast - his work of decades was about to be scooped. Within two weeks, his outline and Wallace's paper were presented jointly in London. A year later, with Wallace still on t...(展开全部)

In 1858, Alfred Russel Wallace, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the Spice Islands, wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection. Darwin was aghast - his work of decades was about to be scooped. Within two weeks, his outline and Wallace's paper were presented jointly in London. A year later, with Wallace still on t...(展开全部)

"The assembly of pieces of i-- lm to create fright is the essential part of my job, just as a painter would, by putting certain colours together, create evil on canvas." Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was one of the most interviewed directors in the history of i-- lm. Among the hundreds of interviews he gave, those in this collection catch him at key moments of transition in his ...(展开全部)

Det är mitt i sommaren och i sitt sovrum hemma hos familjen Dursley väntar Harry Potter nervöst på ett besök av professor Dumbledore. Senast de sågs var den där hemska dagen på Trolldomsministeriet då Dumbledore duellerade med Lord Voldemort. Men varför kommer professorn nu? Vad är det som inte kan vänta tills terminen börjar om ett par veckor? Harry Potters sjätte år på Hogwar...(展开全部)

Det är mitt i sommaren och i sitt sovrum hemma hos familjen Dursley väntar Harry Potter nervöst på ett besök av professor Dumbledore. Senast de sågs var den där hemska dagen på Trolldomsministeriet då Dumbledore duellerade med Lord Voldemort. Men varför kommer professorn nu? Vad är det som inte kan vänta tills terminen börjar om ett par veckor? Harry Potters sjätte år på Hogwar...(展开全部)

马克•亚伯拉罕斯（Marc Abrahams）： “搞笑诺贝尔奖”之父。他也是科学幽默杂志《不大可能的研究年报》（Annals of Improbable Research）的主编。 搞笑诺贝尔奖（IG Noble Prizes）： 为了奖励“伟大的困惑”，将Ignoble（不光彩的）和Noble Prizes（诺贝尔奖）组合而成的科学奖项，奖励那些“乍看之下很好笑，实则发人深省”的“不大可能”的科学研究。 由《不大可能的研究年报》主办，每年十月在哈佛大学桑德斯剧场举办。颁奖嘉宾为真正的诺贝尔奖得主，这个活动如今已经成为科学界的盛会。 搞笑诺贝尔奖网址：http://improbable.com/