Much more than a history atlas, this book drops you right in the heart of the action, as 130 detailed maps tell the story of pivotal episodes in world history, from the first human migrations out of Africa to the race for space. After the foreword written by renowned broadcaster and historian Peter Snow, purpose-made regional and global maps present the history of the world as ...(展开全部)

From the fourteenth through the nineteenth centuries Japanese monks created hundreds of maps to construct and locate their place in a Buddhist world. This expansively illustrated volume is the first to explore the largely unknown archive of Japanese Buddhist world maps and analyze their production, reproduction, and reception. In examining these fascinating sources of visual an...(展开全部)

弗朗西斯卡•海格（Francesca Haig），作家，诗人。墨尔本大学博士毕业，主要研究领域是灾难文学，现任英国切斯特大学高级讲师，好莱坞知名经纪公司UTA签约作家。她曾在澳洲与英国的文学刊物上发表多篇诗作，并于2006年出版首部个人诗集《生命之水》，2010年获英国 霍桑登（Hawthornden）奖学金。 《骸骨迷宫》是海格的首部科幻系列小说《烈火的召唤》的第二本。全书以一对双胞胎兄妹为核心，讲述了他们分别所处的敌对阵营，试图重建末日后的世界以及为了破除同生共死的命运、重获自由而斗争的故事。作者以高度丰满的叙事架构和诗意的语言，构建了一个黑暗与希望交织的世界，引领读者跟随着勇敢的主人公一路冒险，破除桎梏，拯救他们所爱。作品充满了迷人的复杂性，隐秘而深刻的氛围贯穿始终，引人入胜。 该系列的第三本《永生船》预计于2017年夏天上市。

弗朗西斯卡•海格（Francesca Haig），作家，诗人。墨尔本大学博士毕业，主要研究领域是灾难文学，现任英国切斯特大学高级讲师，好莱坞知名经纪公司UTA签约作家。她曾在澳洲与英国的文学刊物上发表多篇诗作，并于2006年出版首部个人诗集《生命之水》，2010年获英国 霍桑登（Hawthornden）奖学金。 《骸骨迷宫》是海格的首部科幻系列小说《烈火的召唤》的第二本。全书以一对双胞胎兄妹为核心，讲述了他们分别所处的敌对阵营，试图重建末日后的世界以及为了破除同生共死的命运、重获自由而斗争的故事。作者以高度丰满的叙事架构和诗意的语言，构建了一个黑暗与希望交织的世界，引领读者跟随着勇敢的主人公一路冒险，破除桎梏，拯救他们所爱。作品充满了迷人的复杂性，隐秘而深刻的氛围贯穿始终，引人入胜。 该系列的第三本《永生船》预计于2017年夏天上市。

译者：熊亭玉，大学英语讲师。已出版《人类的故事》《奥兹国的滴答人》、《高老头》《神马和男孩》（以上为独译）。《孤独星球·土耳其》《孤独星球·欧洲》、《安徒生童话精选》《东南亚研究》《牛虻》等图书。韩素音翻译大赛英译汉优秀奖获得者。 史蒂芬·约翰逊是八本书的作者，涵盖科学、技术、个人理念各个方面。他同时也是三个有影响力网站的联合创始人：在线杂志网站 FEED，荣获威比奖（Webby Awards）网站Plastic.com，以及超本地（ hyperlocal ）媒体网站 http://outside.in/ 。他是《连线》的编辑，他经常为《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《金融时报》以及其他杂志撰稿。乔森还为一些互联网相关的企业担任咨询顾问，包括Medium，Atavist，Meetup.com, Betaworks, 与 Patch.com。 他是Where...(展开全部)

Maps help us understand and navigate the world. For centuries, maps have become better, more refined, and more precise—there are no blind spots anymore. While Google Maps and GPS systems have become our tools of choice for navigation, contemporary maps have evolved into platforms for cutting-edge illustration, experimental data visualization, and personal visual storytelling. A...(展开全部)

In print for twenty-seven years, A Map of Misreading serves as a companion volume to Bloom's other seminal work, The Anxiety of Influence. In this finely crafted text, Bloom offers instruction in how to read a poem, using his theory that patterns of imagery in poems represent both a response to and a defense against the influence of precursor poems. Influence, as Bloom conceive...(展开全部)

In print for twenty-seven years, A Map of Misreading serves as a companion volume to Bloom's other seminal work, The Anxiety of Influence. In this finely crafted text, Bloom offers instruction in how to read a poem, using his theory that patterns of imagery in poems represent both a response to and a defense against the influence of precursor poems. Influence, as Bloom conceive...(展开全部)