Bacteria are invisible, mysterious, deadly, self-sufficient!and absolutely essential for all life, including yours. No other living things combine their elegant simplicity with their incredibly complex role: Bacteria keep us alive, supply our food, and regulate our biosphere. We can't live a day without them, and no chemical, antibiotic, or irradiation has ever successfully era...(展开全部)

The Battle of the Atlantic was the single most important - and longest - campaign of the Second World War. If Britain lost this vital supply route it lost the war. In Jonathan Dimbleby's brilliant and dramatic new account we see how this epic struggle for maritime mastery played out, from the politicians and admirals to the men on and under the sea and their families waiting at...(展开全部)

The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the world: its makeup, its evolution, and the fundamental forces that drive its operation. Knocking on Heaven's Door is an exhilarating and accessible overview of these developments and an impassioned argument for the significance of science.There could be no better guide than Lisa Ra...(展开全部)

In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell (“for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me”). As László Krasznahoraki himself explains: “Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselve...(展开全部)

In The World Goes On, a narrator first speaks directly, then tells eleven unforgettable stories, and then bids farewell (“for here I would leave this earth and these stars, because I would take nothing with me”). As László Krasznahoraki himself explains: “Each text is about drawing our attention away from this world, speeding our body toward annihilation, and immersing ourselve...(展开全部)

克拉斯诺霍尔卡伊·拉斯洛（Krasznahorkai László，1954— ），匈牙利当代 重要的作家之一，一九五四年生于匈牙利贝凯什州。一九八五年出版长篇小说《撒旦探戈》，备受文坛赞誉。一九八六年短篇小说集《仁慈的关系》问世，一九八七年移居德国柏林，一九八九年出版长篇小说《反抗的忧郁》，该小说于一九九三年获得德国年度 文学作品奖。二○○四年，拉斯洛获得匈牙利 重要的文学奖项科苏特奖，二○一五年被授予 布克奖，成为首位获此殊荣的匈牙利作家。拉斯洛的多部作品已被匈牙利 导演贝拉·塔尔改编为电影，由其代表作《撒旦探戈》改编的同名电影是电影 不朽的经典。《世界在前进》 出版于二○一三年，是拉斯洛写作生涯中的第二部短篇小说集，英译本入围二○一八年 布克奖短名单。

All legally enforceable rights cost money. A practical, commonsense notion? Yes, but one ignored by almost everyone, from libertarian ideologues to Supreme Court justices to human rights advocates. The simple insight that rights are expensive reminds us that freedom is not violated by a government that taxes and spends, but requires it - and requires a citizenry vigilant about ...(展开全部)

A vivid narrative that connects the lives of four great astronomers as they discovered, refined, and popularized the first major scientific discovery of the modern era: that the Earth moves around the Sun. Today we take for granted that a telescope allows us to see galaxies millions of light years away. But before its invention, people used nothing more than their naked eye to...(展开全部)

In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences ...(展开全部)