博里亚·萨克斯(Boria Sax) 美国纽约默西学院 (Mercy College)文学哲学讲师、作家、诗人、翻译家。精通思想文化史。著有《神话与文学中的动物百科》、《神奇的动物园》、《乌鸦》等书。 博里亚•萨克斯是全球文化史研究专家，他的上一本著作《乌鸦》已被译 成8种文字。他同时也是“传说与故事中的自然”（Nature in Legend and Story）组织的创办人。

The tales tell that Charles the Second feared 'Britain will fall' if the ravens ever left the "Tower of London". Yet the truth is that they arrived in Victorian times as props in gory tales for tourists. The legend began in 1944 when a raven spotted bombers over London. But the ravens' past has far more high drama. From the plains of the North American Indians to the Arctic tun...(展开全部)

深瀬 昌久（ふかせ まさひさ、本名よしひさ、1934年2月25日 - 2012年6月9日）は、日本の写真家。 北海道中川郡美深町生まれ。 「自分とは何か」を追求し続けた写真家として知られ、題材は家族（『洋子』、『家族』）、カラス（『鴉』）を経て最後には水中カメラを使って自分自身を取り続ける（『bukubuku』）までに到達した。

深瀬 昌久（ふかせ まさひさ、本名よしひさ、1934年2月25日 - 2012年6月9日）は、日本の写真家。 北海道中川郡美深町生まれ。 「自分とは何か」を追求し続けた写真家として知られ、題材は家族（『洋子』、『家族』）、カラス（『鴉』）を経て最後には水中カメラを使って自分自身を取り続ける（『bukubuku』）までに到達した。

深瀬 昌久（ふかせ まさひさ、本名よしひさ、1934年2月25日 - 2012年6月9日）は、日本の写真家。 北海道中川郡美深町生まれ。 「自分とは何か」を追求し続けた写真家として知られ、題材は家族（『洋子』、『家族』）、カラス（『鴉』）を経て最後には水中カメラを使って自分自身を取り続ける（『bukubuku』）までに到達した。

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)

Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great hardships, beset by epidemics, famines, floods, and numerous foreign invasions...(展开全部)

Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great hardships, beset by epidemics, famines, floods, and numerous foreign invasions...(展开全部)

St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, was one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and "City of God" is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bibl...(展开全部)

"Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are." Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mo...(展开全部)