The Sino-Russian border, once the world’s longest land border, has received scant attention in histories about the margins of empires. Beyond the Steppe Frontier rectifies this by exploring the demarcation’s remarkable transformation—from a vaguely marked frontier in the seventeenth century to its twentieth-century incarnation as a tightly patrolled barrier girded by watchtower...(展开全部)

The Sino-Russian border, once the world’s longest land border, has received scant attention in histories about the margins of empires. Beyond the Steppe Frontier rectifies this by exploring the demarcation’s remarkable transformation—from a vaguely marked frontier in the seventeenth century to its twentieth-century incarnation as a tightly patrolled barrier girded by watchtower...(展开全部)

The Sino-Russian border, once the world’s longest land border, has received scant attention in histories about the margins of empires. Beyond the Steppe Frontier rectifies this by exploring the demarcation’s remarkable transformation—from a vaguely marked frontier in the seventeenth century to its twentieth-century incarnation as a tightly patrolled barrier girded by watchtower...(展开全部)

The concept of multiple unperceived dimensions in the universe is one of the hottest topics in contemporary physics. It is essential to current attempts to explain gravity and the underlying structure of the universe. The Great Beyond begins with Einstein’s famous quarrel with Heisenberg and Bohr, whose theories of uncertainty threatened the order Einstein believed was essent...(展开全部)

The concept of multiple unperceived dimensions in the universe is one of the hottest topics in contemporary physics. It is essential to current attempts to explain gravity and the underlying structure of the universe. The Great Beyond begins with Einstein’s famous quarrel with Heisenberg and Bohr, whose theories of uncertainty threatened the order Einstein believed was essent...(展开全部)

What is the difference between seeing and thinking? In this book, philosopher Ned Block argues that there is a "joint in nature" between perception and cognition, but also that cognition penetrates perception. The first half of the book is devoted to explaining the principled differences between perception and cognition, while the second half shows how thinking affects seeing, ...(展开全部)

A wonderful fantasy set in a medieval never-never land, reprinted here as a facsimile of the beautiful Kelmscott Press edition. Morris was source behind Dunsany, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, etc.

威廉·莫里斯（1834-1896） 英国设计师、诗人、小说家、早期社会主义活动家，19世纪下半叶英国工艺美术运动中的杰出人物，也被公认为奇幻小说、乌托邦文学、科幻小说发展的推动者。他设计的纺织品、壁纸、家具及其背后的美学理念至今仍深刻地影响着世界的创意产业，同时这位伟大的设计师在文学上也颇有建树，他写出了数部现代奇幻文学的奠基之作，如《世界尽头的水井》《世界之外的森林》等。 作为欧洲中世纪历史文学的爱好者，莫里斯的小说带着强烈的欧洲中世纪风格——纯粹架空的世界。在莫里斯的奇幻故事中，“我们不再去异国他乡冒险，穿梭在奇怪的梦中，渴望跑到未来”。C.S.刘易斯曾说莫里斯是他最喜欢的作者之一，而托尔金也承认莫里斯的奇幻小说给自己带来了很大的影响。

威廉·莫里斯（1834-1896） 英国设计师、诗人、小说家、早期社会主义活动家，19世纪下半叶英国工艺美术运动中的杰出人物，也被公认为奇幻小说、乌托邦文学、科幻小说发展的推动者。他设计的纺织品、壁纸、家具及其背后的美学理念至今仍深刻地影响着世界的创意产业，同时这位伟大的设计师在文学上也颇有建树，他写出了数部现代奇幻文学的奠基之作，如《世界尽头的水井》《世界之外的森林》等。 作为欧洲中世纪历史文学的爱好者，莫里斯的小说带着强烈的欧洲中世纪风格——纯粹架空的世界。在莫里斯的奇幻故事中，“我们不再去异国他乡冒险，穿梭在奇怪的梦中，渴望跑到未来”。C.S.刘易斯曾说莫里斯是他最喜欢的作者之一，而托尔金也承认莫里斯的奇幻小说给自己带来了很大的影响。