Get ready for the ultimate crash course in communicating and solving problems through simple pictures. Thirty-two thousand years ago, your many-times-great-grandparents Oog and Aag drew pictures on the wall of a cave. They had an innate need to communicate, but no written language. So they found an easy and natural way to share their thoughts and stories. Today, after so many ...(展开全部)

***How to Meditate Has Been Named One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2013*** Pema Chodron is treasured around the world for her unique ability to transmit teachings and practices that bring peace, understanding, and compassion into our lives. With How to Meditate, the American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun presents her first book that explores in-depth what she considers the e...(展开全部)

***How to Meditate Has Been Named One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2013*** Pema Chodron is treasured around the world for her unique ability to transmit teachings and practices that bring peace, understanding, and compassion into our lives. With How to Meditate, the American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun presents her first book that explores in-depth what she considers the e...(展开全部)

Looking at architecture and the elements that are included in buildings, from cornices and friezes to columns and porticos, this book is a practical primer to various facets of buildings. Each chapter takes an architectural element and looks at its variety across various historical periods and geographical locations. This book is a practical primer to looking at architecture an...(展开全部)

This stylishly illustrated guide parses the visual vocabulary to understand, investigate, and interpret seminal fashions and styles. The perfect companion for fashionistas and anyone interested in a better understanding of how fashions and styles evolve, this is the first book of its kind aimed at a general audience. Both dip-in reference and stylish resource, it covers 200 ye...(展开全部)

作者简介 菲奥娜福克斯从事时尚与时装设计已有30年，其中15年在英国独立电视台（ITV）和英国广播公司（BBC）担任时装设计师。她曾授课于中央圣马丁艺术与设计学院和巴黎美国大学，讲授纺织与时尚课程。菲奥娜一直致力于对法国高端时装产业的研究，并出版了多本著作，包括《消费与奢侈： 16501850年的欧洲消费文化》（1999）等。 译者简介 巨德辉，男，大连大学美术学院副院长、教授，从事服装设计研究工作，多次在大连国际服装节举办个人服装设计作品展，被评为大连市十佳服装设计师。 张福芝，女，辽宁师范大学教育硕士，大连大学英语学院副教授。曾为光明家具集团做笔译工作。从事高等教育20多年，主要讲授大学英语。曾经出版过《高等学校大学英语应用能力AB级考点快训》等著作，并发表过多篇学术论文。

Small enough to fit in a pocket yet serious enough to provide real answers, this primer is a must-have for architecture and history buffs, tourists, and churchgoers interested in decoding the styles and symbols of religious buildings. Every building contains clues embedded in its design that identify not only its architectural style but also who designed it, what kind of congre...(展开全部)

Review "...this pocket-size volume packed with handy visuals is a perfect reference tool." ~Elle Decor "This practical primer not only provides the answer, but proves that buildings can be the stuff of page-turners, too." ~ReadyMade Magazine "The draftsmanship of the fine pen and ink drawings, the color-coding of sections, the compactness of trim size, and the quantity of mater...(展开全部)

With alarming frequency, modern economies go through macro-financial crashes that arise from the financial sector and spread to the broader economy, inflicting deep and prolonged recessions. A Crash Course on Crises brings together the latest cutting-edge economic research to identify the seeds of these crashes, reveal their triggers and consequences, and explain what policymak...(展开全部)