Rooted in the British apprenticeship system, the French Beaux-Arts, and the German polytechnical schools, architecture education in North America has had a unique history spanning almost three hundred years. Although architects in the United States and Canada began to identify themselves as professionals by the late eighteenth century, it was not until nearly a century later th...(展开全部)

Rooted in the British apprenticeship system, the French Beaux-Arts, and the German polytechnical schools, architecture education in North America has had a unique history spanning almost three hundred years. Although architects in the United States and Canada began to identify themselves as professionals by the late eighteenth century, it was not until nearly a century later th...(展开全部)

he Chinatown opera house provided Chinese immigrants with an essential source of entertainment during the pre–World War II era. But its stories of loyalty, obligation, passion, and duty also attracted diverse patrons into Chinese American communities Drawing on a wealth of new Chinese- and English-language research, Nancy Yunhwa Rao tells the story of iconic theater companies a...(展开全部)

The Chinatown opera house provided Chinese immigrants with an essential source of entertainment during the pre “World War II era. But its stories of loyalty, obligation, passion, and duty also attracted diverse patrons into Chinese American communities Drawing on a wealth of new Chinese- and English-language research, Nancy Yunhwa Rao tells the story of iconic theater companies...(展开全部)

Architecture is made by use and by design. Drawing on the work of a wide range of architects, artists, writers, this book considers the relationship between architect and user, comparing it to relationships between artist and viewerand author and reader.

St Petersburg has always felt like an impossible metropolis, risen from the freezing mists and flooded marshland of the River Neva on t he western edge of Russia. It was a new capital in an old country. Established in 1703 by the sheer will of its charismatic founder, the homicidal megalomaniac Peter-the-Great, its dazzling yet unhinged reputation was quickly fashioned by the s...(展开全部)

作者介绍 彼得·马伦，英国自然作家、记者和自然保护主义者，作品多达二十余部。他的其他著作包括获得自然历史发展学会颁发的撒克里奖章的《新博物学家》（The New Naturalists）、获得英伦诸岛植物学会颁发的主席奖的《英国罕见的花》（Britain’s Rare Flowers），以及柯林斯新博物学家系列当中的《野生森林》（The Wild Woods）。他还是利弗休姆研究奖学金的享有者，并两次荣获自然世界图书奖、一次荣获苏格兰圣安德鲁十字奖。现居住在威尔特郡。 译者介绍 罗心宇，毕业于中国农业大学的不正经昆虫学博士，研究一类叫“木虱”的没人听说过的昆虫。喜欢抓虫、拍花和在大自然里泡着，翻译及写作什么的，完全是靠天赋。

St Petersburg has always felt like an impossible metropolis, risen from the freezing mists and flooded marshland of the River Neva on t he western edge of Russia. It was a new capital in an old country. Established in 1703 by the sheer will of its charismatic founder, the homicidal megalomaniac Peter-the-Great, its dazzling yet unhinged reputation was quickly fashioned by the s...(展开全部)

乔纳森•迈尔斯（Jonathan Miles），文化历史学家、作家、演说家。从小成长于美国、加拿大与英国，曾就读于伦敦大学学院，后转入牛津大学耶稣学院，获博士学位。他的作品语言简洁流畅，节奏鲜明，考据细致。早年曾对英国艺术家埃里克•吉尔（Eric Gill）和戴维•琼斯（David Jones）及其作品进行研究写作。近年作品有《美杜莎：船难、丑闻与杰作》（Medusa: The Shipwreck, the Scandal and the Masterpiece）、《奥图•凯兹的九条命：一个苏联间谍的多条命》（The Nine Lives of Otto Katz：The Many Lives of a Soviet Spy）等。

It whispers, it sings, it rocks, and it howls. It expresses the voice of the folk—the open road, freedom, protest and rebellion, youth and love. It is the acoustic guitar. And over the last five decades it has become a quintessential American icon. Because this musical instrument is significant to so many—in ways that are emotional, cultural, and economic—guitar making has expe...(展开全部)