Bird Planet presents the best work of Tim Laman, the world’s most celebrated bird photographer Birder extraordinaire Tim Laman is a superstar in one of photography’s most challenging pursuits: The quest to portray birds in the wild. A naturalist and explorer as well as a brilliant image maker, he has spent thousands of hours over more than 30 years wedged precariously in the to...(展开全部)

This awe-inspiring collection of over 500 amazing photographs will open your eyes to the wonders of life under the canopy. The result of nature photographer, Thomas Marent's 16-year journey across five continents, Rainforest celebrates the fascinating behaviour and incredible variety of rainforest animals and plants - from resourceful leaf-cutter ants to the multi-hued clouds o...(展开全部)

This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say. Its history, though, carries us into abyssal depths of time, and across the farthest reaches of space. This is a narrative of the Earth's long and dramatic history, as gleaned from a single pebble. It begins as the pebble-particles form amid unimaginable...(展开全部)

In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end 18 years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's course as profoundly as Blair during his ten years in power, and his achievements and his legacy will be debated for years to come....(展开全部)

沃尔特•阿尔瓦雷茨（Walter Alvarez）， 美国地质学家，诺贝尔物理学奖得主路易斯•沃尔特•阿尔瓦雷茨之子。任教于柏克莱加州大学地球与行星科学系。因为与其父共同提出恐龙灭绝是因为小行星或彗星撞击地球的理论而闻名。 阿尔瓦雷茨生于美国加州伯克利。1962年于明尼苏达州卡尔顿学院获得地质学士，1967年获得普林斯顿大学地质学博士。他曾在荷兰任职于美国海外石油公司，在培养了考古地质学的兴趣以后，他离开了石油公司，并一度留在意大利研究古罗马时代的火山活动和对古罗马聚落的影响。之后，阿尔瓦雷茨进入哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特－多赫提地质观测所研究地中海地区的板块构造。他在意大利对古地磁学的研究使他开始关注意大利沿岸深海底石灰岩的地磁逆转。 沃尔特和其父亲路易斯•沃尔特•阿尔瓦雷茨最为人所知的就是发现在白垩纪-第三纪地层之间富含铱的黏土层。此外，他的研究还包括地...(展开全部)

A psychology text that you'll actually want to read! PSYCHOLOGY: A JOURNEY is guaranteed to spark your curiosity, insight, imagination, and interest. Using the proven SQ4R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Reflect, and Review) active learning system to help you study smarter, Coon leads you to an understanding of major concepts as well as how psychology relates to the challenges...(展开全部)

Dennis　Coon博士　堪称出版业的奇迹。作为心理学领域的畅销书作家，他因独具匠心的教学方式和以学生为中心的教学理念备受广大师生喜爱。在美国，超过250万学生正在使用他的著作作为教科书。他同时还是一位活跃的图书评论家与出版顾问。他爱好徒步旅行、摄影、绘画、木工以及音乐，他还是一位古典吉他及钢丝木吉他的设计与制作者。 John　Mitterer博士　任教于加拿大布鲁克大学，为超过25000名学生教授心理学概论课程。他曾多次获得教学奖项，包括2003年布鲁克大学杰出教学奖、2003年加拿大安大略省大学教师协会教学奖、2004年加拿大国家3M教学奖学金、2005年加拿大心理学协会颁发的心理学教学与培训杰出贡献奖、2010年布鲁克大学Don Ursino杰出教学奖，并于2006—2009年蝉联布鲁克大学校长杯杰出教学奖。他还是一位高尔夫球爱好者与鸟类爱好...(展开全部)

As an artistic medium, photography is uniquely subject to accidents, or disruptions, that can occur in the making of an artwork. Though rarely considered seriously, those accidents can offer fascinating insights about the nature of the medium and how it works. With Inadvertent Images, Peter Geimer explores all kinds of photographic irritation from throughout the history of the ...(展开全部)

Viruses are the smallest living things known to science, and yet they hold the entire planet in their sway. We're most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or the flu, but viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one disorder that makes people sprout branch-like growths as if they were trees. Viruses have been a part of our lives for so long, in fact...(展开全部)

A Planet Called Treason (1979) is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card about a radical regenerative named Lanik who is banished from his kingdom and travels to different regions of the planet, discovering the powers of the people living there. It was originally published by St Martin's Press and Dell Publishing Co. After being heavily revised, and growing...(展开全部)