鳥為什麼鳴唱？這個問題看似簡單，但為什麼這麼多的鳥類花那麼多的時間鳴唱，牠們的叫聲又為什麼如此豐富而悅耳？科學家無法就此解釋得完整而清楚。鳥的鳴唱比任何人類的音樂要早出現幾百萬年，光憑這點，我們就應該心存敬畏。 我們認真看待鳥兒所發出的聲音，擴展了我們對這個世界的關注程度。科學證實了鳥的鳴唱有其特定的領域與繁衍目的，但這並不代表鳥兒之所以鳴唱，不是因為牠們喜愛鳴唱，或是沒有其它未解的行為意義。 這是一個橫跨科學、音樂與文學的故事，重新思考藝術與科學都嘗試檢驗過卻仍充滿疑惑的古老問題，探討鳥兒為什麼唱、如何唱，以及鳥鳴聲對大自然的許多物種──特別是人類──又產生了什麼樣的影響。 作者身兼自然學家、哲學家、音樂家，以及探索者等多重身分，深入探究「鳥為什麼鳴唱」這個你我耳熟能詳卻又一知半解的議題，親密領會了大自然那精靈般可愛而悅耳的鳴曲，寫就這本罕見而美麗...(展开全部)

I have deliberated a long time about coupling some of my sketches of outdoor nature with a few chapters of a more purely literary character, and thus confiding to my reader what absorbs and delights me inside my four walls, as well as what pleases and engages me outside those walls; especially since I have aimed to bring my outdoor spirit and method within, and still to look up...(展开全部)

I have deliberated a long time about coupling some of my sketches of outdoor nature with a few chapters of a more purely literary character, and thus confiding to my reader what absorbs and delights me inside my four walls, as well as what pleases and engages me outside those walls; especially since I have aimed to bring my outdoor spirit and method within, and still to look up...(展开全部)

杰丝米妮·瓦德（Jesmyn Ward，1977- ），黑人女作家，密歇根大学艺术硕士，现任杜兰大学创意写作副教授。著有小说《哪里疼痛》（Where the Line Bleeds）及《拾骨》（Salvage the Bones），后者荣获2011年美国国家图书奖。非虚构作品包括为《纽约时报》编辑的畅销文集《这一次烈火》（The Fire This Time）及回忆录《我们收获的男人》（Men We Reaped）。2017年荣获麦克阿瑟天才奖，同年凭借第三部小说《唱吧！未安葬的魂灵》（Sing, Unburied, Sing）二度摘得美国国家图书奖，成为历史上第一位两次获得该奖项的女性。2018年获选《时代》百大影响人物。目前与家人居住于密西西比州。 孙麟，大学讲师，中国美国史研究会会员。从事美国非裔文学与文化的教学和研究。

A collection of 50 illustrated penguins and other sea birds from street-artist and ornithologist Matt Sewell. Did you know... The Galápagos Penguin's speckled markings make each of them as unique as a snowflake? The Emperor Penguin weighs the same as a Labrador retriever? The Adélie Penguin takes its name from the sweetheart of a Napoleonic naval captain turned explorer? From t...(展开全部)

Charles Francis Annesley (better known by his initials C. F. A.) Voysey (1857–1941) is, with William Morris, one of the best-known and most enduringly popular designers of the Arts & Crafts Movement. A practising architect, Voysey also designed a broad range of applied arts objects, from furniture, ceramics and metalwork to wallpaper, carpets, tiles and fabrics. His two-dimensi...(展开全部)

A collection of 50 illustrated penguins and other sea birds from street-artist and ornithologist Matt Sewell. Did you know... The Galápagos Penguin's speckled markings make each of them as unique as a snowflake? The Emperor Penguin weighs the same as a Labrador retriever? The Adélie Penguin takes its name from the sweetheart of a Napoleonic naval captain turned explorer? From t...(展开全部)

"With "Il pleuvait des oiseaux," the author has excelled. Brilliant! And what humanity! Jocelyne Saucier is a magician of the soul."--"Le Devoir" Tom and Charlie are living out what's left of their lives on their own terms in a remote forest, two pot growers their only connection to the outside world. But then two women arrive--a photographer on the trail of survivors of a deca...(展开全部)

The idea for this famous story came to du Maurier one day when she was walking across to Menabilly Barton farm from the house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field whilst above him the seagulls were diving and wheeling. She developed an idea about the birds becoming hostile and attacking him. In her story, the birds become hostile after a harsh winter with little food -- f...(展开全部)

How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew...<br /><br />A classic of alienation and horror, The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's sense of dominance over the natura...(展开全部)