A Modern Library Paperback Original During the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe a...(展开全部)

阿绮波德·立德(Archibald Little，1845～926)，英国在华著名商人立德之妻，习称立德夫人。立德夫人1887年到达中国，她与丈夫在中国生活了20年，几乎走遍了中国南方的所有通商口岸。她努力了解中国家庭，研究中国的政治及教育制度。主要著作有：《在中国的婚事》(1899)、《亲密接触中国》(1899)、《穿蓝色长袍的国度》(1901)、《北京指南》(1904)，《李鸿章，他的生平和时代》、《北京我家花园的周围》(1905)等。游历、写作之外，立德夫人还对中国妇女饱受缠足陋习的荼毒极为同情，因而全力投入清末的反缠足运动。 1906年，立德夫妇离开中国，返回英国。1926年，81岁的立德夫人走完了她作为作家、旅游家和社会改革家的一生。

Poems, lyrics, notes, diary entries: Pete Doherty's journals from 1999 to the present day

Lewis Carroll's magnificent nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark features an unlikely cast of characters drawn from the Jabberwocky in Through the Looking Glass. This irresistible version is illustrated, and has an introduction by, Chris Riddell. This is a luxury edition with both black and white and colour artwork, ribbon marker and metallic blue sprayed edges. It was first ...(展开全部)

"The Hunting of the Snark" relates in glittering verse the story of how the Bellman and his eccentric crew, who include a butcher, a baker, a beaver and a tailor, set off in quest of that most mysterious and elusive of creatures, the Snark. In 1959 Tove Jansson, the creator of Moomin Valley and its magical inhabitants, was commissioned to illustrate a Swedish edition of Lewis C...(展开全部)

刘易斯·卡罗尔（1832～1898） 英国著名数学家、作家。兴趣广泛，多才多艺，在小说、童话、诗歌、逻辑学等方面，都有很深的造诣。1865年他以《爱丽丝梦游奇境》的发表而轰动文坛，1871年又出版了《爱丽丝镜中奇遇记》，两本书都成为世界儿童文学经典之作。 托芙?扬松（1914—2001） 芬兰著名儿童文学作家、画家。其代表作是风靡全球70多年的“姆咪”系列故事，向读者展示了一个充满真诚、善良和美的新奇世界。因其巨大的文学艺术成就，扬松屡获殊荣：1953年获得了尼尔斯·霍格尔森奖，1966年获得国际安徒生奖，1972年获得了瑞典学院奖，1976年获得芬兰荣誉奖章。

菲尔.尚帕涅（Phil Champagne）是Perforce Software公司的软件工程师，精通 TCP/IP、HTTP、NAT、DNS、PPP、C，也经常使用Perl、Java、PHP和MySQL。他曾先后在Ericcson、思科系统、Gracenote担任软件工程师，是2014比特币大会的演讲嘉宾。 译者简介 陈斌（Chuck Chen）　现任易宝支付CTO。1989年取得吉林大学硕士学位；1992年任新加坡航空公司高级系统分析师；1999年投身于硅谷互联网技术发展浪潮，曾任日立美国系统集成总监，Abacus首席架构师和Nokia美国首席工程师；2008年任eBay资深架构师，负责移动应用的架构设计。丰富的海外经历，多年的架构经验，深谙移动互联网对传统行业的影响；2014年再次投身易宝，提出大、平、移、商的战略方针，全力推动移动互联网技术，...(展开全部)

Have you, like the rest of the world, speculated as to the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, anonymous creator of Bitcoin? The world’s first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin went online in 2009 and has since revolutionized our concepts of currency and money. Not supported by any government or central bank, completely electronic, Bitcoin is a virtual currency based on advanced cryptographic ...(展开全部)

In Jeff Bezos’s own words, the core principles and philosophy that have guided him in creating, building, and leading Amazon and Blue Origin. In this collection of Jeff Bezos’s writings—his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas—you’ll gai...(展开全部)

In Jeff Bezos’s own words, the core principles and philosophy that have guided him in creating, building, and leading Amazon and Blue Origin. In this collection of Jeff Bezos’s writings—his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder letters, plus numerous speeches and interviews that provide insight into his background, his work, and the evolution of his ideas—you’ll gai...(展开全部)