Europeans may be said to have first encountered the Chinese garden in Marco Polo's narrative of his travels through the Mongol Empire and his years at the court of Kublai Khan. His account of a man-made lake abundant with fish, a verdant green hill lush with trees, raised walkways, and a plethora of beasts and birds took root in the European imagination as the description of a ...(展开全部)

喜龙仁(Osvald Sirén，1879—1966)：20 世纪西方极为重要的中国美术史专家，曾担任瑞典斯德哥尔摩大学艺术史教授、瑞典国家博物馆绘画与雕塑部主任馆员等职，首届查尔斯•兰•弗利尔奖章获得者。1916 年起，相继赴美国耶鲁大学、哈佛大学和日本名校讲学。1920 年起六次来华，并深深爱上了东方艺术。对中国古代建筑、雕塑、绘画艺术研究极深，代表作有《北京的城墙和城门》（1924）、《中国雕塑》（1925）、《中国北京皇城写真全图》（1926）、《中国早期艺术史》（1929）、《中国园林》（1949）等。 赵省伟：厦门大学历史系毕业，目前关注于中国历史影像的收藏和出版，藏有海量中国主题的法国、德国报纸和书籍。编有《遗失在西方的中国史：法国彩色画报记录的中国1850—1937》《西洋镜》系列等书。 邱丽媛：北京大学中文系毕业，现任教于北京华文学...(展开全部)

INVENTORS OF IDEAS connects the major philosophers' original political and societal views with current politics and political thought. Significantly revised to give increased coverage to the major thinkers, the Third Edition covers the traditional canon of writers. INVENTORS OF IDEAS gives students the practical and historical foundations with which to look at contemporary poli...(展开全部)

A concise yet comprehensive introduction to the Western political thought from the Ancient Greeks to the 21st century, INVENTORS OF IDEAS connects major thinkers' political and societal views to a larger understanding of current politics. Covering the traditional canon of writers while also reflecting a concern or emphasis upon the role of gender and science in western politica...(展开全部)

E．H．威尔逊(1876—1930)出身于英国平民家庭．生平颇具传奇色彩。少年辍学，曾在私人苗圃公司当学徒，16岁进入伯明翰植物园，参加技术夜校学习。1897年进入英国皇家丘植物园工作，因表现优异，经推荐受聘于著名的维奇园艺公司赴中国寻找珙桐、绿绒蒿等珍贵植物，继而受到美国哈佛大学的重视和聘用，前后十数载，不辞艰险，深入中国西部采集、引种植物，取得巨大成功，著述甚丰，成为享誉全球的园艺学家和植物学家，获得英国皇家园艺学会“维多利亚”荣誉勋章、美国哈佛大学荣誉硕士学位、美国康涅狄格州三一学院博士学位，为美国人文与科学院院士。1919年任哈佛大学阿诺德树木园副主任，1927年升任主任。 胡启明，江西新建县人，1935年出生，中国科学院华南植物园研究员，长期从事植物分类研究和植物园工作，为《中国植物志》《中国药用植物志》和Flora of China编委，...(展开全部)

There is a universality about the creation of gardens across time and in diverse cultures that has inspired this entirely different garden book: a playful and affectionate typology of gardens; a pattern book in which a score of landscapes and gardens are drawn, described, and analyzed not just as a bouquet of pleasures but as sources, lodes to be mined for materials, shapes and...(展开全部)

【加拿大】史蒂芬•埃里克森 加拿大当代著名奇幻作家，毕业于爱荷华作家工作室，此前曾系统学习过考古学及人类学。《玛拉兹英灵录》是他最为重要的作品，刻画了一个庞大而复杂的世界，人类、不朽者与神祇共存其中，彼此争斗。《月之花园》是系列的第一部。正是这本书，奠定了埃里克森在奇幻小说界的地位。

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre m...(展开全部)

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners,...(展开全部)