Art Wolfe’s immersive photos capture the wonder humans have felt about trees for millennia. From the biblical Tree of Life to the Native American Tree of Peace, trees have played an archetypal role in human culture and spirituality since time immemorial. An integral part of a variety of faiths—from Buddhism and Hinduism to Native American and aboriginal religions—trees were ven...(展开全部)

In this latest work, respected art historian T. J. Clark sets out to investigate the different ways painting has depicted the dream of God’s kingdom come: heaven descended to earth. He goes back to the late Middle Ages and Renaissance―to Giotto in Padua, Bruegel facing the horrors of religious war, Poussin painting the Sacraments, and Veronese unfolding the human comedy, in par...(展开全部)

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/east-asian-history/astrology-and-cosmology-early-china-conforming-earth-heaven The ancient Chinese were profoundly influenced by the Sun, Moon and stars, making persistent efforts to mirror astral phenomena in shaping their civilization. In this pioneering text, David W. Pankenier introduces readers to a seriously understudi...(展开全部)

The concept of yinyang lies at the heart of Chinese thought and culture. The relationship between these two opposing, yet mutually dependent, forces is symbolized in the familiar black and white symbol that has become an icon in popular culture across the world. The real significance of yinyang is, however, more complex and subtle. This brilliant and comprehensive analysis by o...(展开全部)

The fifth novel in Asimov's popular Foundation series opens with second thoughts. Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if he was right to choose a collective mind as the best possible future for humanity over the anarchy of contentious individuals, nations and planets. To test his conclusion, he decides he must know the past and goes in search of legendary Earth, all reference...(展开全部)

A vivid narrative that connects the lives of four great astronomers as they discovered, refined, and popularized the first major scientific discovery of the modern era: that the Earth moves around the Sun. Today we take for granted that a telescope allows us to see galaxies millions of light years away. But before its invention, people used nothing more than their naked eye to...(展开全部)

The Doors of Perception is a 1954 book by Aldous Huxley detailing his experiences when taking mescaline. This short book is considered to be one of the most profound studies of the effects of mind-expanding drugs and what they teach about how the mind works. The title comes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: "If the doors of perception were cleansed,every thi...(展开全部)

Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student who subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her torm...(展开全部)

[ 日本 ] 川上未映子 出生于大阪，是当代日本文坛极具国际影响力的作家之一，她以诗意的文风及对女性身体的洞察、对伦理道德悖论和现代社会困境的省察而闻名。 出道之前，为偿还家庭债务并筹措弟弟的学费，川上做过酒吧侍应、书店店员等工作。在打工的同时，她开始了自己的音乐生涯。与一家大型唱片公司签约，并搬到了东京。然而，她不能写自己的歌词，专辑的销售情况也不理想，于是她彻底辞职，转而从事文学创作。最初 她是一名博客作者，后来在文学杂志上发表诗歌，正式开始文学创作。作为演员的她曾拿下日本电影旬报最佳新人女演员奖。她对于性别、家庭和女性的坦率思考，为她收获了大量渴望获得理智与独立的女性读者，日点击量高达 20 万次。 川上以诗人的身份在文坛出道，并于 2007 年出版了她的第一部中篇小说《我的自我、我的牙齿和世界》。她的作品曾拿下了日本文坛各大奖项，包括芥川奖（...(展开全部)

Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student who subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her torm...(展开全部)