The Bridal Canopy is the story of a poor but devout Galician Jew, Rob Yudel, who wanders the countryside with his companion, Nuta, during the early nineteenth century in search of bridegrooms for his three daughters. At the heart of this work are the stories and the stories within the stories, which the two travelers share on their journey.

尼尔.德格拉斯.泰森（Neil deGrasse Tyson） 美国颇具声望的天体物理学家、科普作家，现任美国自然历史博物馆海登天文馆馆长。他先后获得哈佛大学物理学学士学位和哥伦比亚大学天体物理学博士学位，曾在普林斯顿大学从事博士后研究工作。泰森曾担任行星学会副会长和会长，荣获过美国国家航空航天局杰出公共服务奖章等，著有多部著作。他的科普形式活泼、不拘一格：主持科普脱口秀 StarTalk、客串《生活大爆炸》、主演纪录片《宇宙：时空之旅》。 J.理查德.戈特（J. Richard Gott） 普林斯顿大学天体物理学教授，著有《爱因斯坦宇宙中的时间旅行》等著作。 迈克尔.A.施特劳斯（Michael A. Strauss） 普林斯顿大学天体物理学教授。

尼尔.德格拉斯.泰森（Neil deGrasse Tyson） 美国颇具声望的天体物理学家、科普作家，现任美国自然历史博物馆海登天文馆馆长。他先后获得哈佛大学物理学学士学位和哥伦比亚大学天体物理学博士学位，曾在普林斯顿大学从事博士后研究工作。泰森曾担任行星学会副会长和会长，荣获过美国国家航空航天局杰出公共服务奖章等，著有多部著作。他的科普形式活泼、不拘一格：主持科普脱口秀 StarTalk、客串《生活大爆炸》、主演纪录片《宇宙：时空之旅》。 J.理查德.戈特（J. Richard Gott） 普林斯顿大学天体物理学教授，著有《爱因斯坦宇宙中的时间旅行》等著作。 迈克尔.A.施特劳斯（Michael A. Strauss） 普林斯顿大学天体物理学教授。

Giovanni Battista est l'un des innombrables gardiens d'une Tour immense, sans limites connues, dont les autorités semblent avoir oublié jusqu'à l'existence. Las d'attendre la visite de l'inspecteur, Giovanni décide de partir à sa recherche. Au cours d'une quête difficile, il va rencontrer Elias Aureolus Palingenius, qui veille sur d'étranges tableaux, et tomber amoureux de la j...(展开全部)

Bath History Tour offers a fascinating insight into the illustrious history of this beautiful city in Somerset. Author Jenny Knight guides us around its well-known streets and buildings, showing how i

A Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops. Bestselling authors and acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott take readers on an unforgettable journey of exploration to reveal how our universe actually works. Propelling you from our home so...(展开全部)

A Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops. Bestselling authors and acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott take readers on an unforgettable journey of exploration to reveal how our universe actually works. Propelling you from our home so...(展开全部)

Central Manchester History Touris a unique insight into the fascinating history of the former 'Second City of the British Empire', showing just how much it has changed during the course of the ninetee

As science probes the nature of life, society, and technology ever more closely, what it finds there is complexity. The sophisticated group behavior of social insects, the unexpected intricacies of the genome, the dynamics of population growth, and the self-organized structure of the World Wide Web - these are just a few examples of complex systems that still elude scientific u...(展开全部)

What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as a group? How do trillions of neurons produce something as extraordinarily complex as consciousness? In this remarkably clear and companionable book, leading complex systems scientist Melanie Mitchell provides an intimate tour of the sciences of complexity, a broad set of efforts that se...(展开全部)