A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could such an intricate object have come about by chance? Tackling this subject--in wr...(展开全部)

A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could such an intricate object have come about by chance? Tackling this subject--in wr...(展开全部)

《几率游戏》：曼哈顿到处都是疯子。 大卫·凯恩，哥伦比亚大学统计学博士，癫痫病患，亡命赌徒。一项秘密的临床实验带他进入了浩瀚的平行世界。闭上眼，就可以看见未来！ 凯恩的秘密不胫而走，心怀鬼胎的双重阍谍、秘密实验的幕后“教授”、势力庞大的情报组织皆为了各自目的对他伸出魔爪。凯恩身边危机四伏，只能依靠几率的推演走向亦真亦幻的“未来”……是掌控未来，还是被未来掌控？ 也许，不同的选择将给你带来不同的结局。

荣赫鹏（1863-1942），英国军官，皇家地理学会珠峰委员会首届主席，攀登珠峰的提倡者和推动者，也是十九世纪最著名的英国探险家之一，旅行范围多在印度北部和中国西藏地区，对地理研究方面贡献良多。二十四岁时只身穿越戈壁沙漠，还发现了一条从中国通往印度的新路径。这位帝国时代的军人也是运动健将，创下三百码短跑世界纪录。他也致力于筹组探险团，从事人类历史上头几次珠峰攀登的尝试。此外，他还是位作家，晚年成为宣扬藏传佛教的神秘主义者。

This intermediate-level guide addresses tools, skills, and techniques used in alpine terrain including rock, snow, ice, and glaciers at moderate altitude--approximately 5000 meters and lower. The technical protection systems are covered, of course. But 30 years of alpine climbing experience has convinced the authors that mastery--and safety--lie in the far more difficult task o...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 帕特里西奥·普隆 Patricio Pron 1975年生于阿根廷罗萨里奥，著有长篇小说《春天的开始》《我们行走在梦中》《别为住在这条街上的人哭泣》《明天我们会有另外的名字》、短篇小说集《回家时带上一切》《室内植物的内心活动》等。作品屡获拉丁美洲及西班牙各大文学奖项。2010年，英国文学杂志《格兰塔》将其评选为22位杰出西班牙语新生代作家之一。2011年出版《我父母的灵魂在雨中升腾》。 【译者简介】 苑雨舒 外交学院外语系西班牙语教师，外交学院“一流学科高层次人才”学者，西班牙康普顿斯大学西语美洲文学博士。译有《中智建交五十年文选》《“一带一路”和拉丁美洲：新机遇与新挑战》（合译）等作品。

An entertaining and thought-provoking portrait of Indonesia: a rich, dynamic, and often maddening nation awash with contradictions. Jakarta tweets more than any other city on earth, but 80 million Indonesians live without electricity and many of its communities still share in ritual sacrifices. Declaring independence in 1945, Indonesia said it would “work out the details of the...(展开全部)

One in 30 of the people on this planet is Indonesian. The 13,000 islands of their homeland, scattered along the equator, stretch the distance from London to Tehran, and the residents of the capital, Jakarta, tweet more than those of any other city on the planet. By any standard, Indonesia is a global hub, one of the most dynamic and diverse countries of the 21st century. But yo...(展开全部)

In 1945, Indonesia’s declaration of independence promised: ‘the details of the transfer of power etc. will be worked out as soon as possible.’ Still working on the ‘etc.’ seven decades later, the world’s fourth most populous nation is now enthusiastically democratic and riotously diverse – rich and enchanting but riddled with ineptitude and corruption. Elizabeth Pisani, who fir...(展开全部)

An entertaining and thought-provoking portrait of Indonesia: a rich, dynamic, and often maddening nation awash with contradictions. Jakarta tweets more than any other city on earth, but 80 million Indonesians live without electricity and many of its communities still share in ritual sacrifices. Declaring independence in 1945, Indonesia said it would “work out the details of the...(展开全部)