To be human is to experience fear, but what is it exactly that makes us fearful? Landscapes of Fear is renowned geographer Yi-Fu Tuan's influential exploration of the spaces of fear and of how these landscapes shift during our lives and vary throughout history. In this groundbreaking work-now with a new preface by the author-Yi-Fu Tuan reaches back into our prehistory to discov...(展开全部)

段义孚，是享誉世界的美国华裔人文主义地理学大师，在地理学理论、园林建筑、文学、宗教等研究领域都作出过举世瞩目的贡献。他关注人的问题，注重人性、人情，其思想见解发人深省，因而被公认为“拥有超然灵魂之正义之声”。他著作颇丰，代表作品有：《恋地情结：对环境感知、态度和价值观的研究》(Topophilia：A Studh of Environmental Perception，Attitudes ,and Values)、《经验透视中的空间与地方》(Spoce and Plac:The Perspective ofExPerience)、《撕裂的世界与自我：群体生活和个体意识》(Segmented Worlds and self:Group Life andIndividual COILSciousness)、《逃避主义》(Escapism)等等。 ...(展开全部)

Book Description The undisputed master of the techno-thriller has written his most riveting -- and entertaining -- book yet. Once again Michael Crichton gives us his trademark combination of page-turning suspense, cutting-edge technology, and extraordinary research. State of Fear is a superb blend of edge-of-your-seat suspense and thought provoking commentary on how informat...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 In Tokyo, in Los Angeles, in Antarctica, in the Solomon Islands . . . an intelligence agent races to put all the pieces together to prevent a global catastrophe.

Originally published in 1973, this uninhibited story of Isadora Wing was a national sensation: fueling fantasies, igniting debates, and even introducing a notorious new phrase to the English language. In "The New York Times," Henry Miller compared it to his own classic "Tropic of Cancer," predicting, "This book will make literary history, that because of it women are going to f...(展开全部)

The influential novel on women's sexuality returns to expose a new generation of women to Isadora Wing's adventures when she meets the man who embodies her most erotic fantasies.

For much of its extraordinary life, Baghdad, known for centuries as the "City of Peace," enjoyed both cultural and commercial preeminence. For five centuries it was the seat of the Abbasid Empire, a marvel of glittering palaces, exquisite parks, magnificent mosques, and Islamic colleges. It was a city boasting the most accomplished astronomers, mathematicians, doctors, musician...(展开全部)