In Kindred, Neanderthal expert Rebecca Wragg Sykes shoves aside the cliché of the shivering ragged figure in an icy wasteland, and reveals the Neanderthal you don't know, our ancestor who lived across vast and diverse tracts of Eurasia and survived through hundreds of thousands of years of massive climate change. This book sheds new light on where they lived, what they ate, and...(展开全部)

In Kindred, Neanderthal expert Rebecca Wragg Sykes shoves aside the cliché of the shivering ragged figure in an icy wasteland, and reveals the Neanderthal you don't know, our ancestor who lived across vast and diverse tracts of Eurasia and survived through hundreds of thousands of years of massive climate change. This book sheds new light on where they lived, what they ate, and...(展开全部)

Isabel Allende transports us to a Latin American country in the grip of a military dictatorship, where Irene Beltran, an upperclass journalist, and Francisco Leal, a photographer son of a Marxist professor together discover a hideous crime. They also discover how far they dare go in search of the truth in a nation of terror . . . and how very much they risk. "From the Paperback...(展开全部)

With his brand of keenly intelligent humor that ranges from world history to historical politics, sexual politics, mad ancient kings, and chickens with guns, Eddie Izzard has built an extraordinary fan base that transcends age, gender, and race. Writing with the same candor and insight evident in his comedy, he reflects on a childhood marked by the loss of his mother, boarding ...(展开全部)

丽贝卡·雷格·赛克斯（Rebecca Wragg Sykes）英国考古学家、科普作家，研究领域为旧石器时代考古，尤其是尼安德特人的生活。 除了学术方面的研究，她在大众传播上也有很高的声望，作品见于《卫报》和《科学美国人》等，并曾参与录制英国广播公司的历史和科学类节目。她还参与创建了一个主要面向女性考古学家和地球科学家的网站“泥刀使者（TrowelBlazers）”。 @LeMoustier / www.rebeccawraggsykes.com. 2022年获得英国皇家人类学会颁发的“公共人类学奖”。

丽贝卡·雷格·赛克斯（Rebecca Wragg Sykes）英国考古学家、科普作家，研究领域为旧石器时代考古，尤其是尼安德特人的生活。 除了学术方面的研究，她在大众传播上也有很高的声望，作品见于《卫报》和《科学美国人》等，并曾参与录制英国广播公司的历史和科学类节目。她还参与创建了一个主要面向女性考古学家和地球科学家的网站“泥刀使者（TrowelBlazers）”。 @LeMoustier / www.rebeccawraggsykes.com. 2022年获得英国皇家人类学会颁发的“公共人类学奖”。

Here is a tale of love and political commitment that centers on the unconventional, naive daughter of a wealthy family and the son of a Spanish exile, with whom she becomes involved. Together, as reporter and photographer, they uncover a hideous crime that puts their love and lives at risk. Previously published by Knopf.

From Italy's popular author Corrado Augias comes the most intriguing exploration of Rome ever to be published. In the mold of his earlier histories of Paris, New York, and London, Augias moves perceptively through twenty-seven centuries of Roman life, shedding new light on a cast of famous, and infamous, historical figures and uncovering secrets and conspiracies that have shape...(展开全部)

'Will I wake up?' 'There's a 50:50 chance.' Michael Rosen wasn't feeling well. Soon he was struggling to breathe, and then he was admitted to hospital, suffering from coronavirus as the nation teetered on the edge of a global pandemic. What followed was months on the wards: six weeks in an induced coma, and many more weeks of rehab and recovery as the NHS saved Michael's life, ...(展开全部)

Music, magic, and a real-life miracle meld in this genre-defying masterpiece from storytelling maestro Pam Muñoz Ryan. Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California...(展开全部)