媒体推荐 Bookshop, A Most Anticipated Title of the Year "A terrific work on how borders work to keep both people and plants separated." —Lorraine Berry, The Los Angeles Times "Contemplative, elegant." —Sophie McBain, The New Statesman "Weaving material from literary, personal, scientific and historical sources, Lee examines plants—including seaweed and far beyond it—that broach hum...(展开全部)

In the sunny, subtropical Sipsongpanna region, Tai Lues perform flirtatious, exoticized dances for an increasingly growing tourist trade. Endorsed by Chinese officials, who view the Tai Lues as a “model minority,” these staged performances are part of a carefully sanctioned ethnic policy. However, behind the scenes and away from the eyes and ears of tourists and the Chinese gov...(展开全部)

In the twentieth century, millions of people across the globe addressed each other as “comrade.” Now, among the left, it’s more common to hear talk of “allies.” In Comrade, Jodi Dean insists that this shift exemplifies the key problem with the contemporary left: the substitution of political identity for a relationship of political belonging that must be built, sustained, and d...(展开全部)

Christina Brodie draws on her extensive experience as a botanical art teacher in compiling this complete course on drawing and painting plants. Clear step-by-step instructions show how to accurately render a wide range of plants and plant parts -- from flowers, fruits, and seeds through leaves, stems, bark, and roots to fungi, ferns, mosses, and seaweeds. Christina Brodie's con...(展开全部)

Christina Brodie draws on her extensive experience as a botanical art teacher in compiling this complete course on drawing and painting plants. Clear step-by-step instructions show how to accurately render a wide range of plants and plant parts -- from flowers, fruits, and seeds through leaves, stems, bark, and roots to fungi, ferns, mosses, and seaweeds. Christina Brodie's con...(展开全部)

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants—and the equally powerful taboos. Of all the things humans rely on plants for—sustenance, beauty, medicine, fragrance, flavor, fiber—surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousne...(展开全部)

作者簡介 理查．伊文斯．舒爾茲 Richard Evans Schultes 1915年生。民族植物學泰斗，美國哈佛大學知名民族植物學家，曾歷任哈佛大學生物學教授暨植物博物館館長（榮譽退休）。特別是對於亞馬遜河流域之原住民在治療與宗教儀式上，使用精神活性植物的研究，有重大貢獻。卒於2001年。 艾伯特．赫夫曼 Albert Hofmann 1906年生。瑞士知名生化學家，研究真菌、麥角等生物內部成分，合成迷幻藥LSD，發現其強大的致幻效果，卒於2008年。知名著作：《LSD：我的問題孩子》（LSD, My Problem Child）。 克里斯汀．拉奇Christian Ratsch 1957年生。德國民間醫療協會會長，專研精神活性植物之文化用途，致力於全球民間用藥的研究，對於南美熱帶雨林瑪雅人的治療醫學有相當深刻的研究。著作豐富，包括《大麻醫藥》(...(展开全部)

作者簡介 理查．伊文斯．舒爾茲 Richard Evans Schultes 1915年生。民族植物學泰斗，美國哈佛大學知名民族植物學家，曾歷任哈佛大學生物學教授暨植物博物館館長（榮譽退休）。特別是對於亞馬遜河流域之原住民在治療與宗教儀式上，使用精神活性植物的研究，有重大貢獻。卒於2001年。 艾伯特．赫夫曼 Albert Hofmann 1906年生。瑞士知名生化學家，研究真菌、麥角等生物內部成分，合成迷幻藥LSD，發現其強大的致幻效果，卒於2008年。知名著作：《LSD：我的問題孩子》（LSD, My Problem Child）。 克里斯汀．拉奇Christian Ratsch 1957年生。德國民間醫療協會會長，專研精神活性植物之文化用途，致力於全球民間用藥的研究，對於南美熱帶雨林瑪雅人的治療醫學有相當深刻的研究。著作豐富，包括《大麻醫藥》(...(展开全部)

Even as they see their wages go down and their buying power decrease, many parents are still putting their kids' material desires first. These parents struggle with how to handle children's consumer wants, which continue unabated despite the economic downturn. And, indeed, parents and other adults continue to spend billions of dollars on children every year. Why do children see...(展开全部)

For centuries, from foodstuffs and fabrics to medicine and industrial materials, plants have dominated trade between countries. Possession of rare spices, sweets, and narcotics could mean enviable wealth and power. In quest of these desired products and the income they brought, explorers ventured forth, risking death as they traveled unknown seas. Here is the story of seven pla...(展开全部)