From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. “Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great ...(展开全部)

“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he ...(展开全部)

- Each chapter describes a major step in the history of life - the breakthroughs that made new forms of life possible - Explores the origins of sex, the first multicellular creatures, explains how hard skeletons evolved, why animals moved to land, and how the first forests were born - Presents a completely up-to-date picture of the earliest origins of life, exploring new concep...(展开全部)

"Altogether an excellent book, at once interesting and authoritative" The Year's Work in English Studies This complete revision and updating of Professor Robins' classic text offers a comprehensive account of the history of linguistic thought from its European origins some 2500 years ago to the present day. It examines the independent development of linguistic science in China...(展开全部)

许德宝，1978年就读于山西太原师范学院（中文系），1982年考入北京师范大学中文系汉语史音韵专业研究生，1985年获硕士学位。同年赴美，就读于伊利诺州立大学语言学系，1988年获硕士学位，1991年获博士学位。同年开始在纽约州汉弥尔顿（Hamilton）文理学院任教，教授现代汉语、古代汉语、汉语史等课程，现为该学院东亚语言文学系主任。1993-1999年与黄正德共同主编《当代语言学理论丛书》（第一版、八种）。著有《北京话三声变调——音系与句法的交叉研究》（博士论文，1991）、《中文突破》（剑桥，波士顿，1995）、《生成音系学——理论及其应用》（与鲍智明、侍建国合著，中国社会科学出版社，1997）、《中国社会文化写实》（剑桥，波士顿，2000）、《汉语音系的生成研究》（学术出版社，纽约，2001）、《中国之路》（剑桥，波士顿，2002）、《留学中...(展开全部)

Book Info Offers a comprehensive account of the history of linguistic thought from its European origins some 2500 years ago to the present day. Examines the independent development of linguistic science in China, Medieval Islam, and India. Paper. DLC: Linguistics - History. Card catalog description This complete revision and updating of Professor Robins' classic text offers a c...(展开全部)

萧沆（Emil Cioran, 1911—1995，也译作齐奥朗），罗马尼亚裔旅法哲人，20世紀著名怀疑论、虚无主义哲学家，以文辞新奇、思想深邃、激烈见称。他深受叔本华、尼采、舍斯托夫、陀思妥耶夫斯基影响。萧沆在欧美思想界享有盛名，作品曾被译成多种文字，苏珊•桑塔格、卡尔维诺、米兰•昆德拉等都深受其影响。

This brilliant, readable synthesis of the history of mythology and the function it serves to humanity is the launch title of the groundbreaking publishing event, The Myths. "Human beings have always been mythmakers." So begins Karen Armstrong’s concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes...(展开全部)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...(展开全部)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...(展开全部)