Pottery tells us about religion, daily life, humor, trade, sex, folklore and creativity. Bearing the imprint of their maker more than any other crafted object, ceramics give us a unique physical link to the past, often the only evidence of long-forgotten civilizations that have otherwise crumbled to dust. From ancient Egyptian canopic death jars to ethereally beautiful porcelai...(展开全部)

This title is to tie in with a major new Channel 4 series: a brilliant mixture of travel, cultural exchange and fair trade.Economist Conor Woodman has decided to test his negotiating skills, charm and eye for a bargain against some of the world's oldest trading cultures. He's sold his house to finance the trip, but if his hunches are right - trading Sudanese camels for Kenyan c...(展开全部)

Economist Conor Woodman has decided to test his negotiating skills, charm and eye for a bargain against some of the world's oldest trading cultures. He's sold his house to finance the trip, but if his hunches are right trading Sudanese camels for Zambian coffee, coffee for South African red wine and then off to China to buy jade with the proceeds he'll return six months later w...(展开全部)

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most ...(展开全部)

A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them *Featured in the Chicago Tribune's Great 2021 Fall Book Preview * One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Books About Travel of 2021* Inspired by Jules Verne’s hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harva...(展开全部)

Inspired by Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard's Department of Comparative Literature and founder of Harvard's Institute for World Literature, set out to counter a pandemic's restrictions on travel by exploring eighty exceptional books from around the globe. Following a literary itinerary from London to Venice, Tehran and points beyond, and via au...(展开全部)

Inspired by Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard's Department of Comparative Literature and founder of Harvard's Institute for World Literature, set out to counter a pandemic's restrictions on travel by exploring eighty exceptional books from around the globe. Following a literary itinerary from London to Venice, Tehran and points beyond, and via au...(展开全部)

《80天环游地球》是法国著名作家儒勒·凡尔纳的代表作，小说起因于英国绅士福格与朋友打的一个赌：要在80天内环游地球一周回到伦敦。随后，他与仆人克服了路途中的艰难险阻，路经地中海、红海、印度洋、太平洋、大西洋，游历印度、新加坡、日本、美国等地，最后返回伦敦，一路上福克机智、勇敢，表现出十足的绅士派头。作者在介绍各地的风土人情和地理知识的同时，还以强烈的正义感和人道主义精神，对各种野蛮、落后、愚昧的社会现状（比如英国鸦片对中国人民的毒害以及美国的武斗选举制度等）进行了批判和鞭挞。

《80天环游地球》是法国著名作家儒勒·凡尔纳的代表作，小说起因于英国绅士福格与朋友打的一个赌：要在80天内环游地球一周回到伦敦。随后，他与仆人克服了路途中的艰难险阻，路经地中海、红海、印度洋、太平洋、大西洋，游历印度、新加坡、日本、美国等地，最后返回伦敦，一路上福克机智、勇敢，表现出十足的绅士派头。作者在介绍各地的风土人情和地理知识的同时，还以强烈的正义感和人道主义精神，对各种野蛮、落后、愚昧的社会现状（比如英国鸦片对中国人民的毒害以及美国的武斗选举制度等）进行了批判和鞭挞。

Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite premise: He celebrates equations. No history of art would be complete without pictures. Why, then, should a history of mathematics - the universal language of science - keep the master...(展开全部)