Volume 1 of most complete account of Indian picture writing ever -- with 1,290 illustrations and 54 additional plates (total in set) depicting inscriptions on stone, bone, skins, feathers, quills, shells, earth, copper, wood, fabrics, pottery, and even the human body. Symbols of trade, war, peace, traditions, custom, history, games, more.

Volume 1 of most complete account of Indian picture writing ever -- with 1,290 illustrations and 54 additional plates (total in set) depicting inscriptions on stone, bone, skins, feathers, quills, shells, earth, copper, wood, fabrics, pottery, and even the human body. Symbols of trade, war, peace, traditions, custom, history, games, more.

巴顿·格尔曼（Barton Gellman） 美国知名调查记者，三度斩获普利策奖，两次荣获乔治·波尔卡新闻奖，还曾获得哈佛大学肯尼迪学院颁发的“调查报道金匠奖”。自2013年起在美国世纪基金会担任资深研究员。此前曾在《华盛顿邮报》任职21年，先后担任法律、军事、外交、国际版块记者。曾著有美国前副总统迪克·切尼的传记《垂钓者》，入选《纽约时报》畅销书。

巴顿·格尔曼（Barton Gellman） 美国知名调查记者，三度斩获普利策奖，两次荣获乔治·波尔卡新闻奖，还曾获得哈佛大学肯尼迪学院颁发的“调查报道金匠奖”。自2013年起在美国世纪基金会担任资深研究员。此前曾在《华盛顿邮报》任职21年，先后担任法律、军事、外交、国际版块记者。曾著有美国前副总统迪克·切尼的传记《垂钓者》，入选《纽约时报》畅销书。

Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never been able to replicate this triumph and his career seems to have hit a barrier, while his marriage has failed. He is shocked to learn that the Yoshino House is empty apart from a sing...(展开全部)

Regarding issues of urban sprawl Visit Sprawl Net, at Rice University. It's under construction, but it should be an interesting resource. Check out the traffic in the land of commuting. And, finally, enjoy Los Angeles: Revisiting the Four Ecologies.

From the Back Cover The debut title in Ecco's the art of the Story Series—a collection of twelve short works of fiction that showcase Tobias Wolff's extraordinary craft In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, Tobias Wolff's first collection of short fiction, hailed the arrival of a major talent and the beginning of an acclaimed, bestselling career. In each of these sharply...(展开全部)

From the Back Cover The debut title in Ecco's the art of the Story Series—a collection of twelve short works of fiction that showcase Tobias Wolff's extraordinary craft In the Garden of the North American Martyrs, Tobias Wolff's first collection of short fiction, hailed the arrival of a major talent and the beginning of an acclaimed, bestselling career. In each of these sharply...(展开全部)

Roderick Nash's classic study of America's changing attitudes toward wilderness has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967. The Los Angeles Times has listed it among the one hundred most influential books published in the last quarter century, Outside Magazine has included it in a survey of "books that changed our world", and it has been called the "Book of...(展开全部)