The Hungarian defeat to the Ottoman army at the pivotal Battle of Mohács in 1526 led to the division of the Kingdom of Hungary into three parts, altering both the shape and the ethnic composition of Central Europe for centuries to come. Hungary thus became a battleground between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires. In this sweeping historical survey, Géza Pálffy takes readers thro...(展开全部)

The Hungarian defeat to the Ottoman army at the pivotal Battle of Mohács in 1526 led to the division of the Kingdom of Hungary into three parts, altering both the shape and the ethnic composition of Central Europe for centuries to come. Hungary thus became a battleground between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires. In this sweeping historical survey, Géza Pálffy takes readers thro...(展开全部)

"Between Two Worlds" is an authoritative commentary on - and powerful reinterpretation of - the founding work of modern philosophy, "Descartes' Meditations". Philosophers have tended to read Descartes' seminal work in an occasional way, examining its treatment of individual topics while ignoring other parts of the text. In contrast, John Carriero provides a sustained, systemati...(展开全部)

Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by other historians. His careful analysis of medieval as well as modern historiography from the perspective of a cultural historian demonstrates how ethnic, tribal, linguistic, religious, and political affiliations were all at play in the struggle for power in Anato...(展开全部)

罗宾C.莫兰，世界级的蕨类植物专家，纽约植物园名誉园长，纽约蕨类植物协会主席，以及园林系统植物学杂志《布里顿尼亚》（Brittonia）和《美国蕨类植物》（American Fern Journal）的副主编。主要研究方向为蕨类和石松类植。发表过多篇关于蕨类植物的论文，出版合著或专著四种，其中《蕨类植物的秘密生活》获美国园艺作家协会“2005年最佳写作奖”。 武玉东，植物学硕士，毕业于中国科学院植物研究所，曾参与石松类及蕨类植物系统分类学研究工作。 蒋蕾，植物学硕士，毕业于中国科学院昆明植物研究所。主要从事生物多样性调查与科普工作。参与过华东、华南、西南等地的多项生物多样性调查及植物资源保护、生态规划设计等项目。发表冬青属新种2个和铁角蕨属新种2个，并参与多本植物专著的编写工作。

A Natural History of Ferns is an entertaining and informative look at why ferns and their relatives are unique among plants. Ferns live in habitats from the tropics to polar latitudes, and unlike seed plants, which endow each seed with the resources to help their offspring, ferns reproduce by minute spores. There are floating ferns, ferns that climb or live on trees, and ferns ...(展开全部)