We all love stories. But why do we tell them? And why do all stories function in an eerily similar way? John Yorke, creator of the BBC Writers' Academy, has brought a vast array of drama to British screens. Here he takes us on a journey to the heart of storytelling, revealing that there truly is a unifying shape to narrative forms - one that echoes the fairytale journey into th...(展开全部)

达里安·利德（Darian Leader) 英国作家、精神分析师，弗洛伊德分析和研究中心的创始成员，同时也是英国精神分析学院院长、罗汉普顿大学荣誉客座教授以及弗洛伊德博物馆信托人。现执教于利兹城市大学，同时也在布鲁内尔大学讲授精神分析专业的硕士课程。 著有《人为什么会生病？：精神如何影响身体》《手的精神史》《摇摆之心：理解躁郁》《疯狂是什么》等作品。 邹宏宇 香港城市大学心理学硕士，国家三级心理咨询师，英国心理学会会员。

Discusses extraordinary dreams and offers suggestions for interpreting and appreciating your own extraordinary dreams. From visions of a past life to glimpses of the future, history is full of accounts of unusual dreams. This fascinating book explores historical, scientific, and cross-cultural research on these sorts of extraordinary dreams, and offers practical suggestions on ...(展开全部)

丹尼尔 L. 施瓦茨（Daniel L. Schwartz） 学习科学权专家。斯坦福大学教育学院院长，“Nomellini & Olivier”教育科技讲席教授。哥伦比亚大学人类认知与学习博士。 施瓦茨教授在学习科学基础理论与创新教学的研究中取得了很多重大成就，至今发表重要学术论文60余篇。他先后指导的20余位博士及博士后，大多进入美国高校就任教授，或成功创办有广泛社会影响力的教育企业。 在斯坦福大学指导研究生的同时，施瓦茨教授先后开设了18门学习理论和学习科学相关课程。其中受欢迎的是“核心学习机制”课程，囊括各类适用范围广泛且对学习具有明确指导意义的学习方法与技巧，吸引了不同背景的学生，如律师、物理学家、工程师、商业管理者、教师、教育科技工作者等。由于该课程供不应求，施瓦茨教授及其团队基于课程内容撰写了本书，满足更广大读者对学习的强烈兴趣。

The question of how and why organisms age has teased scientists for centuries. There are myriad competing theories, from the idea that aging is a simple wear and tear process, like the rusting of a car, to the belief that aging and death are genetically programmed and controlled. In fact, there is no clearly defined limit to life, and no single, predictable program playing itse...(展开全部)

Fascinating science blends with engaging prose in this highly entertaining exploration of how memory works-- and how to make it work better. In this extraordinary book, scientist Rebecca Rupp explains how and why memory works the way it does. What are the chemical processes that occur in the brain when we remember--and how do they account for the "absentminded" or "steel trap"...(展开全部)

蒙蒂·莱曼（Monty Lyman） 蒙蒂·莱曼博士是医生、作家以及牛津大学的研究人员。他的第一本书《皮肤的非凡生命》入围了2019年英国皇家学会科学图书奖，并被英国广播公司广播四台和《星期日泰晤士报》评为年度图书。他在英国全国性会议上发表过许多演讲，并获得了多项论文奖，包括2020年皇家医学会疼痛论文奖。现居于英国牛津。

"The Bear," "The Old People," "A Bear Hunt," "Race at Morning"--some of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's most famous stories are collected in this volume--in which he observed, celebrated, and mourned the fragile otherness that is nature, as well as the cruelty and humanity of men. "Contains some of Faulkner's best work."

大卫﹒麦考利：教育家、作家、画家、建筑师。曾获得多项国际大奖，包括“凯迪克金奖”、“波士顿环球报号角书奖”、“美国建筑师协会特别奖”、“华盛顿知识类儿童读物奖”、“荷兰银铅笔奖”，还曾经两度提名“国际安徒生大奖”，并于2006年被授予“麦克阿瑟基金学者”。他曾在罗得岛设计学院授课，培养出众多著名设计师和童书作者，其中包括也曾经6次获得凯迪克大奖的绘本大师大卫﹒威斯纳。 大卫﹒麦考利简化了艰涩的生理学知识，深入浅出地画出人体运作的故事，并以工程师和建筑师的眼睛与好奇心，将身体的建筑之美呈现在读者眼前。在他眼中，人体其实是世界建筑的原型：牙齿是罗马竞技场的拱门，髋骨彷彿威尼斯的叹息桥，鼻尖则是你无须攀登的山岭。他让我们的身体以非常美丽、人性而幽默的方式与我们见面。 理查德﹒沃克：科普作家，作品九十余册。曾荣获“艾凡提斯青少年科学图书奖”等多项大奖，他拥有...(展开全部)

In this comprehensive and entertaining resource, David Macaulay reveals the inner workings of the human body as only he could. In order to present this complicated subject in an accurate and entertaining way, he put in years of research. He sat in on anatomy classes, dissections, and even reached inside the rib cages of two cadavers to compare their spleen sizes. He observed nu...(展开全部)