Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time—wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond. People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power and declined, all over energy challenges. Ultimately, the history of these challenges tells...(展开全部)

Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time—wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond. People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power and declined, all over energy challenges. Ultimately, the history of these challenges tells...(展开全部)

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to t...(展开全部)

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to t...(展开全部)

This is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains.

People have been fascinated by merpeople and merfolk since ancient times. From the sirens of Homer’s Odyssey to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid and the film Splash, myths, stories, and legends of half-human, half-fish creatures abound. In modern times “mermaiding” has gained popularity among cosplayers throughout the world. In Merpeople: A Human History, Vaughn Scr...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan tak...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan tak...(展开全部)

雷薩˙阿斯蘭 Reza Aslan 伊朗裔美國公共知識份子、作家。1972年出生於伊朗，1979年伊朗革命時隨家人移民美國。阿斯蘭原隨家中傳統信奉伊斯蘭，青少年時在美國參加福音青年營受到啟發，改信基督教。但隨著年紀更長，他在研讀聖經時感到有諸多矛盾，上大學研讀宗教史後更感疑惑，於是在選擇之後重回伊斯蘭信仰。然而他仍然以學者身分繼續研究耶穌，經二十年研究後寫出《革命分子耶穌：重返拿撒勒人耶穌的生平與時代》。他也研究伊斯蘭的歷史與當下正在發生的變革展望，寫成《伊斯蘭大歷史：穆斯林的信仰故事與改革之書》。 阿斯蘭為哈佛大學神學碩士、加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校宗教社會學博士、愛荷華大學美術系碩士。現為加州大學河濱分校創意寫作系教授。他同時也是活躍的公共知識分子，經常在媒體上發言，倡議宗教寬容與自由。 譯者簡介 吳煒聲 美國蒙特瑞國際研究學院中英口筆譯組碩士，曾...(展开全部)

雷薩˙阿斯蘭 Reza Aslan 伊朗裔美國公共知識份子、作家。1972年出生於伊朗，1979年伊朗革命時隨家人移民美國。阿斯蘭原隨家中傳統信奉伊斯蘭，青少年時在美國參加福音青年營受到啟發，改信基督教。但隨著年紀更長，他在研讀聖經時感到有諸多矛盾，上大學研讀宗教史後更感疑惑，於是在選擇之後重回伊斯蘭信仰。然而他仍然以學者身分繼續研究耶穌，經二十年研究後寫出《革命分子耶穌：重返拿撒勒人耶穌的生平與時代》。他也研究伊斯蘭的歷史與當下正在發生的變革展望，寫成《伊斯蘭大歷史：穆斯林的信仰故事與改革之書》。 阿斯蘭為哈佛大學神學碩士、加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校宗教社會學博士、愛荷華大學美術系碩士。現為加州大學河濱分校創意寫作系教授。他同時也是活躍的公共知識分子，經常在媒體上發言，倡議宗教寬容與自由。 譯者簡介 吳煒聲 美國蒙特瑞國際研究學院中英口筆譯組碩士，曾...(展开全部)