Journey through the digestive systems of humans, farm and wild animals, and meet some of nature's ultimate recyclers as they eat, breed in and compete for dung. The fall of bodily waste onto the ground is the start of a race against the clock as a multitude of dung-feeders and scavengers consume this rich food source. From the enigmatic dung-rolling beetles to bat guano and gia...(展开全部)

米娜·杜莱辛甘 组织心理学家，同时经营着一家名为TalentInvest的咨询公司。她做了30多年与组织效率和领导者发展相关的咨询工作，客户群体遍布全球公司。她还是一位认证高管教练，帮助高层团队和高管个人提高团队效率和董事会效率。她已发表了多篇论文，出版了多本畅销书。 沃尔夫冈·莱马赫 Corporate Value Associates的合伙人兼总经理（大中华区和印度区）。他曾经担任法国邮政下属GeoPost Intercontinental的CEO与董事会成员，拥有20多年的高级管理经验。

Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution—from Mendel’s garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the human genome and beyond. Watson’s lively, panoramic narrative begins with the fancif...(展开全部)

[美] 詹姆斯•沃森（James D. Watson） 美国著名生化学家，生于1928年。1953年发现DNA双螺旋结构，并与克里克和威尔金斯同获1962年诺贝尔生理医学奖。1986—1993年担任纽约冷泉港实验室主任；1989—1992年被任命为美国国家卫生研究院人类基因组国家研究中心第一任主任。美国国家科学院院士及英国皇家学会会员，曾荣获总统自由奖章和国家科学奖。 作者在科普领域著作甚丰，已翻译成中文的作品包括《双螺旋：发现ＤＮＡ结构的故事》和《基因、女郎、伽莫夫》等。 [美] 安德鲁•贝瑞（Andrew Berry） 遗传学博士，哈佛大学比较动物学博物馆研究员。

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and author of the international bestseller "The Double Helix" tells the story of the amazing molecule since its discovery fifty years ago, following modern genetics from his own Nobel prize-winning work in the fifties to today's Dolly the sheep, designer babies and GM foods. Professor Watson introduces the science of moder...(展开全部)

An innovative account that brings together cognitive science and literary history to examine patterns of “mindreading” in a range of literary works. In The Secret Life of Literature, Lisa Zunshine brings together cognitive science and literary history to trace patterns of “mindreading” in works ranging from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Invisible Man. Zunshine shows that novels, pla...(展开全部)

The world of plants and its relation to mankind as revealed by the latest scientific discoveries. "Plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore."-- Newsweek

Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing debut novel has stolen the hearts of reviewers and readers alike with its strong, assured voice. Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the t...(展开全部)

《 The Secret Life of Bees 》描述了生活在 1960s 的 14 岁女孩莉莉自幼丧母，与父亲相处并不融洽，与他相依为伴的只有黑人姑娘罗萨林，由于当时种族歧视严重，罗萨林也受到了残酷的对待，这样两个女孩决定离家出走 ... 她们遇见了乐观独立的鲍特莱三姐妹，在这三姐妹的蜜蜂养殖场里莉莉和罗萨林 经历了很多奇妙的体验 ... Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four. She not only has her own memory of holding the gun, but her father's account of the event. Now fourteen, she yea...(展开全部)

苏·蒙克·基德（Sue Monk Kidd），美国著名女作家，少女时代深受梭罗的影响。她的文字隽永优美，能触及人心深处最柔软的部分。从自然的灵性中寻找回归的自我，发掘灵魂的美丽，足常常萦绕在她字里行间的主题．小说《蜜蜂的秘密生活》以及《美人鱼椅子》为她赢得各种奖项和提名。