Cultures have long defined themselves through biological elements to prove their strength and longevity, from cherry blossoms in Japan to amber waves of grain in the United States. In Ecology without Culture, Christine L. Marran introduces the concept of biotropes—material and semiotic figures that exist for human perception—to navigate how and why the material world has proven...(展开全部)

There can be little doubt of the canonical drone aesthetic: a flattened aeriality that moves with an inhuman smoothness, drifting and pitching to capture an uncanny vantage. But with the unfolding, contested landscape of drone development and proliferating drone use, how is this disruptive technology changing our understanding of war, culture, and ecology? This edited collectio...(展开全部)

Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. Many influential ethical views depend on the optimistic assumption that, despite appearances to the contrary, the human and natural world in which we live could, eventually, be made to make sense to us. In A World without Why, Raymond Geuss challenges this assumpti...(展开全部)

What if Islam never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: no clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists. But what if that weren't the case at all? In A WORLD WITHOUT ISLAM, Graham E. Fuller guides us along an illuminating journey through history, geopolitics, and religion to investigate whether or not Islam is indeed the cause of some of today's most emotional ...(展开全部)

迪内希·德·索萨（Dinesh D'Souza） 美国国际问题500 位权威领袖之一 美国最年轻的公共政策制定者 迪内希·德·索萨是一位有着25年研究经验的学者和公共知识分子，曾在里根时代任白宫政策分析师。索萨曾先后于美国企业研究院和斯坦福大学的胡佛研究院出任研究员，并于2010～2012年担任纽约国王学院的校长。 索萨通过多本著作成为公共政策领域最具影响力的亚裔美国人。他被《纽约时报》评为美国最具影响力的保守派思想家之一。

迪内希·德·索萨（Dinesh D'Souza） 美国国际问题500 位权威领袖之一 美国最年轻的公共政策制定者 迪内希·德·索萨是一位有着25年研究经验的学者和公共知识分子，曾在里根时代任白宫政策分析师。索萨曾先后于美国企业研究院和斯坦福大学的胡佛研究院出任研究员，并于2010～2012年担任纽约国王学院的校长。 索萨通过多本著作成为公共政策领域最具影响力的亚裔美国人。他被《纽约时报》评为美国最具影响力的保守派思想家之一。

In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertens...(展开全部)

Julius was born in a mansion on Salaverry Avenue, directly across from the old San Felipe Hippodrome. Life-size Disney characters and cowboy movie heroes romp across the walls of his nursery. Out in the carriage house, his great-grandfather's ornate, moldering carriage takes him on imaginary adventures. But Julius's father is dead, and his beautiful young mother passes through ...(展开全部)

Ken Follett has 90 million readers worldwide. The Pillars of the Earth is his bestselling book of all time. Now, eighteen years after the publication of The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett has written the most anticipated sequel of the year-World Without End.