Out of the thrilling and tempestuous eighteenth century comes the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, a sovereign of extraordinary strength and vision, the only woman ever to inherit and rule the vast Habsburg empire in her own name, and three of her remarkable daughters: lovely, talented Maria Christina, governor-general of the Austrian Netherlands; spirited Maria...(展开全部)

IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNTAINS is a new collection of sublime portraits, landscapes, and street photography taken by Steve McCurry over the last 27 years. Children and shepherds, warriors and laborers are presented alongside striking views of sandstone cities, mountainous landscapes, and ancient temples. Evocative and timeless, these lyrical images capture the enduring spirit, gran...(展开全部)

This best-selling classic tells the story of one of the world's greatest scientific adventures. Jane Goodall was a young secretarial school graduate when the legendary Louis Leakey chose her to undertake a landmark study of chimpanzees in the wild. In the Shadow of Man is an absorbing account of her early years at Gombe Stream Reserve, telling us of the remarkable discoveries s...(展开全部)

Jane Goodall's account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written. Her adventure began when the famous anthropologist Louis Leakey suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might shed light on the behavior of our Stone Age ancestors. Accompanied by only her mother and her African assis...(展开全部)

Jane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with, chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa. It is a landmark for everyone to enjoy. 'Jane Goodall's work has already passed into the legends of culture...and represents one of the Western world's great scientific achieve...(展开全部)

IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNTAINS is a new collection of sublime portraits, landscapes, and street photography taken by Steve McCurry over the last 27 years. Children and shepherds, warriors and laborers are presented alongside striking views of sandstone cities, mountainous landscapes, and ancient temples. Evocative and timeless, these lyrical images capture the enduring spirit, gran...(展开全部)

For millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors: a handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their authority. They operated beyond normal human constraint and indeed often claimed a superhuman or divine authority. In practice they ran the gamut from being some of the most remarkable men who ever lived, to being some of the w...(展开全部)

A dazzling account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world’s empires, a book that probes the essence of leadership and power through the centuries and around the world. From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the 3rd millenium BCE ruled what is now Iraq and Syria, to the collapse of the great European empires in the 20th century, the empire has been the dominant f...(展开全部)

[英] 玛格丽特·米（Margaret Mee）著 英国植物艺术家、探险家，专注于亚马孙森林植物研究。她的作品深受世界各地的植物学家和艺术评论家的赞誉。 1909年5月22日，玛格丽特出生在英国中产之家，早期受过良好的文化、艺术和戏剧教育，战争时期帮助好友躲避纳粹， 后进入飞机制造工厂绘制图纸为国效力。1956年，47岁的她进入了巴西雨林，开始了长达32年的森林探险，为植物科学和环保事业奉献了自己的后半生。她曾先后15次深入亚马孙流域的勘探，记录和绘制那里的珍奇植物。由她发现和命名的植物，便有9种之多。1988年11月30日晚，她在莱斯特的交通意外中去世。在其后举办的追思会中，英国菲利普亲王及巴西政要均到场致哀。 她曾获得： 🏆 1971 · 古根海姆奖 🎖 1976 · 大英帝国员佐勋章 🎖 1979 · 巴西共和国南十字星勋章 🏅 1986 · ...(展开全部)