罗贝尔・穆尚布莱，巴黎第十三大学教授，文学博士生导师，著有十几部作品，被译为多种文字出版。1997年荣膺笛卡尔－惠更斯奖。

Amazingly, there has never been a book quite like The Art of Horror a celebration of frightful images, compiled and presented by some of the genre's most respected names. While acknowledging the beginnings of horror-related art in legends and folk tales, the focus of the book is on how the genre has presented itself to the world since the creations of Bram Stoker and Mary Shell...(展开全部)

Through the ages, humanity has created, destroyed, rescued, neglected, discovered, stolen, and cherished libraries—and no other institution so perfectly mirrors the human condition in any period of history. The Library tells the story of libraries and of the changing form and function of the book from era to era, whether clay tablets, parchment sheets, papyrus scrolls, gloss...(展开全部)

蒂姆·伯克黑德，英国皇家学会院士，在谢菲尔德大学任教，讲授动物行为学和科学史。他为《独立报》《新科学家》和《BBC野生动物》撰稿，编著有多部作品，其中《剑桥鸟类百科全书》曾获麦科尔文奖，《鸟类的感官》（中文版于2016年由商务印书馆出版）获2014年英国皇家学会科普奖。

For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, and today that fascination is still growing. In 2007 bird-watching is one of the most popular pastimes, not just in Britain, but throughout the world, and the range of interest runs from the specialist to the beginner. In The Wisdom of Birds, Birkhead takes the reader on a journey that not only tells us about the extr...(展开全部)

What the birds have taught us: a gorgeously rendered and comprehensive history of ornithology, from folklore to facts--the perfect gift for bird enthusiasts everywhere. Leading ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes readers on a journey through the wonderful world of birds: conception and egg, territory and song, breeding and migration. In the process, he reveals how birders have ove...(展开全部)

Pirates have captivated our imaginations for generations, and the popularity of the recent Pirates of the Caribbean films has planted them even more firmly in our minds. But what were pirates really like? Author Robert Ritchie guides us on a tour of piracy from ancient times through the present, and dispels the false image of pirates created by adventure stories and Holly...(展开全部)

[英] 克里斯蒂安·沃尔玛尔（Christian Wolmar） 英国铁路历史学家，知名记者。他长期为《泰晤士报》《独立报》《卫报》撰稿，并为铁路领域的政府部门和企业提供决策咨询。 沃尔玛尔拥有丰富的铁路历史学识，他笔下的铁路史往往浓缩着一个时代的影子。他关注铁路与现代社会的构建，主要研究铁路与资本流通、技术、国家、战争的关系。沃尔玛尔的作品有《铁、血与金：铁路如何改变世界》《战争的引擎：铁路如何改变现代战争》《烈火与蒸汽：英国铁路史》等。 他不仅精于研究英国铁路，他也熟知中、美、俄、印等许多国家的铁路发展历程，尤其对于铁路技术如何推动现代化进程，有着独到的见解。英国《卫报》称他为“了不起的铁路历史专家”，2007年，他被授予政府级别荣誉“年度国家交通运输记者奖”。