As John Casti wrote, "Finally, a book that really does explain consciousness." This groundbreaking work by Denmark's leading science writer draws on psychology, evolutionary biology, information theory, and other disciplines to argue its revolutionary point: that consciousness represents only an infinitesimal fraction of our ability to process information. Although we are unawa...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2006 American Horitcultural Society Book Award Gardening has reached new heights of sophistication, and this book profiles a number of the most notable gardens in Japan and beyond. The goal of a Japanese garden is to suggest a landscape, to depict famous natural scenes, or to evoke a particular artistic quality or atmosphere. Graveled courtyards, early aristocra...(展开全部)

An incredible treasury of f/x facts, this volume provides 366 entries on visual, mechanical, and makeup effects and techniques used in film and includes discussions of every movie to win an Oscar for special effects. Some attention is given to significant figures in the field, such as George Pal, but the focus is predominantly on films of the modern era, noting techniques and m...(展开全部)

Japanese art, like so many expressions of Japanese culture, is fascinatingly rich in its contrasts and paradoxes. Since the country opened its doors to the outside world in the mid-nineteenth century. Japanese art and culture have enjoyed an immense popularity in the West. When in 1993 renowned scholar Penelope Mason wrote the the first edition of History of Japanese Art, it wa...(展开全部)

冈仓天心（1863-1913年），日本明治时期著名美术家、美术评论家、美术教育家、思想家，被誉为“明治奇才”。冈仓天心是日本近代文明启蒙期最重要的人物之一。1903-1906年，他用英文著就《东洋的理想》《东洋的觉醒》《日本的觉醒》《茶之书》4部重要作品。 阎小妹，日本信州大学教授。译有《日本人的心理特征》（土居健郎著，商务印书馆2006年版，《奥州小道》（松尾芭蕉著，陕西人民出版社2004年版）（合译）等。

An utterly charming, elegantly written, deeply researched study of lying down: how to do it, how not to do it, why we like it, how we've done it in the past, and why we should keep doing it in the future. We spend a good third of our life lying down: sleeping, dreaming, making love, thinking, suffering, and getting well. Bernd Brunner's ode to lying down is a rich exploration...(展开全部)