A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl! In 19...(展开全部)

Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a vet on his way to tend horses in World War 1, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, and he took her to war. Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and an even more remarkable journey - from the fiel...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介 巴里 • 施特劳斯（Barry Strauss）是美国康奈尔大学历史与西洋古典学教授，古代军事史首屈一指的专家。他撰写或编辑了多部著作，如《萨拉米斯海战》《特洛伊战争》《斯巴达克斯起义》。 ………………………… ◎ 译者简介 苏前辉，男，1959年 7月生，毕业于西南师范大学外语系，获文学学士学位，长期从事英国语言与文学教学工作，研究方向为世界历史与文化，曾赴英国利兹大学英语学院访学，现供职于云南财经大学国际语言文化学院。

◎ 作者简介 巴里 • 施特劳斯（Barry Strauss）是美国康奈尔大学历史与西洋古典学教授，古代军事史首屈一指的专家。他撰写或编辑了多部著作，如《萨拉米斯海战》《特洛伊战争》《斯巴达克斯起义》。 ………………………… ◎ 译者简介 苏前辉，男，1959年 7月生，毕业于西南师范大学外语系，获文学学士学位，长期从事英国语言与文学教学工作，研究方向为世界历史与文化，曾赴英国利兹大学英语学院访学，现供职于云南财经大学国际语言文化学院。

莉迪亚·派恩，作家兼历史学家，专注科学史与物质文化史。获亚利桑那州立大学历史学和人类学学位，也是历史和哲学博士。曾赴南非、埃塞俄比亚、乌兹别克斯坦、伊朗和美国西南等地，参与实地调查和档案研究。在《时代》《大西洋》《鹦鹉螺》《公共领域评论》上发表多篇文章和论文。现任得州大学奥斯汀分校历史研究所访问研究员。

莉迪亚·派恩，作家兼历史学家，专注科学史与物质文化史。获亚利桑那州立大学历史学和人类学学位，也是历史和哲学博士。曾赴南非、埃塞俄比亚、乌兹别克斯坦、伊朗和美国西南等地，参与实地调查和档案研究。在《时代》《大西洋》《鹦鹉螺》《公共领域评论》上发表多篇文章和论文。现任得州大学奥斯汀分校历史研究所访问研究员。

莉迪亚·派恩，作家兼历史学家，专注科学史与物质文化史。获亚利桑那州立大学历史学和人类学学位，也是历史和哲学博士。曾赴南非、埃塞俄比亚、乌兹别克斯坦、伊朗和美国西南等地，参与实地调查和档案研究。在《时代》《大西洋》《鹦鹉螺》《公共领域评论》上发表多篇文章和论文。现任得州大学奥斯汀分校历史研究所访问研究员。

Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi , or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio," was discovered by Euclid more than ...(展开全部)

TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! Famous Manuscripts - The fascinating world of medieval miniature painting and illumination. From "The Book of Kells" to Boccaccio's "Decameron" and from the "Vienna Genesis" to Dante's "Divine Comedy" - see the breathtaking originals of 167 of the greatest classics of all time. This lavishly produced book introduces the reader to th...(展开全部)