杰弗里·帕克（Geoffrey Parker） 历史学家，现任美国俄亥俄州立大学安德烈亚斯·多帕伦欧洲史教授、莫尚国际安全研究中心成员，英国学术院院士，曾获得2012年喜力历史（Heineken Prize for History），2014年凭《全球危机》获得英国学术院奖章（British Academy Medal）。另著有《腓力二世的大战略》《军事革命》《莽撞的国王》《皇帝》等书。

Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides – the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonisingly widespread. A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and South America, too, suffered turbulence. The distinguished historian Geoffrey Parker examines first-...(展开全部)

Long known for her insightful and thought-provoking political journalism, author Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial and increasingly urgent subject of global warming. In what began as groundbreaking three-part series in the" New Yorker," for which she won a National Magazine Award in 2006, Kolbert cuts through the competing rhetoric and political agendas to elucida...(展开全部)

Long known for her insightful and thought-provoking political journalism, author Elizabeth Kolbert now tackles the controversial and increasingly urgent subject of global warming. In what began as groundbreaking three-part series in the" New Yorker," for which she won a National Magazine Award in 2006, Kolbert cuts through the competing rhetoric and political agendas to elucida...(展开全部)

War and Peace in The Global Village is a collage of images and text that sharply illustrates the effects of electronic media and new technology on man.Marshall McLuhan wrote this book thirty years ago and following its publication predicted that the forthcoming information age would be "a transitional era of profound pain and tragic identity quest."Marshall McLuhan illustrates ...(展开全部)

As climate catastrophes intensify, why do literary and cultural studies scholars so often remain committed to the separation of aesthetic study from the nitty-gritty of political change? In this thought-provoking book, Caroline Levine makes the case for an alternative view, arguing that humanists have the tools to mobilize political power—and the responsibility to use those too...(展开全部)

As climate catastrophes intensify, why do literary and cultural studies scholars so often remain committed to the separation of aesthetic study from the nitty-gritty of political change? In this thought-provoking book, Caroline Levine makes the case for an alternative view, arguing that humanists have the tools to mobilize political power—and the responsibility to use those too...(展开全部)

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an English philosopher, best known for his scientific writings. Together with Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley he was responsible for the acceptance of the theory of evolution. His well-known essay on "Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical" was considered one of the most useful and profound books written on education. He projected a vast 10...(展开全部)

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an English philosopher, best known for his scientific writings. Together with Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley he was responsible for the acceptance of the theory of evolution. His well-known essay on "Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical" was considered one of the most useful and profound books written on education. He projected a vast 10...(展开全部)

乔纳森•西蒙斯博士毕业于墨尔本大学社会与政治科学学院，现为澳大利亚麦考瑞大学副教授，在社会科学学院讲授公共政策与国际关系。他目前的研究重点主要集中于环境政治及全球气候政策，包括太阳能地球工程、生物工程和碳消除等。