Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt to put it back together again in the only way she knows how. IT’S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH is an intimate and metanarrative look into the life of a selfish artist who must create for her own survival.

Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt to put it back together again in the only way she knows how. IT’S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH is an intimate and metanarrative look into the life of a selfish artist who must create for her own survival.

It was situated on a perfect natural harbour at the mouth of a great river leading into a huge new land. Manhattan Island was to grow into the most powerful city in the most powerful country in the world. "The Island at the Centre of the World" returns to the origins of New York's extraordinary history. It tells how a wilderness populated only by wolves and native tribes became...(展开全部)

'The next great contribution to polar literature' -- Hampton Sides 'An unforgettable tale brilliantly told' -- Scott Anderson 'It grips from first sentence to last' -- Lawrence Osborne The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter The Belgica s...(展开全部)

"The Earth and Its Peoples, International Edition" presents world history in a balanced, global framework, shifting the focus away from political centers of power. This truly global text for the world history survey course employs a fundamental theme - the interaction of human beings and the environment - to compare different times, places, and societies. Special emphasis is gi...(展开全部)

理查德·W. 布利特，哥伦比亚大学中东史教授。 帕梅拉·凯尔·克罗斯利，达特茅斯学院的历史学教授和罗森沃德文理研究教授。 丹尼尔·R. 黑德里克，芝加哥罗斯福大学的历史学与社会科学教授。 史蒂文·W. 赫希，塔夫茨大学古典学和历史学副教授。 莱曼·L. 约翰逊，北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校历史学教授。 大卫·诺思拉普，波士顿学院历史学教授。 刘文明：首都师范大学历史学院教授、全球史研究中心主任、文明区划研究中心（教育部国别和区域研究基地）副主任、博士生导师。主要研究领域为全球史理论、世界近现代史、性别史。出版专著《全球史理论与文明互动研究》《文化变迁中的罗马女性》《上帝与女性――传统基督教文化视野中的西方女性》等。 邢科：中国社会科学院副研究员。研究领域为全球史和中国近代史学史，研究方向主要包括晚清至民国时期“世界历史”的输入和兴起，马克思主义史学在近代...(展开全部)

理查德·W. 布利特，哥伦比亚大学中东史教授。 帕梅拉·凯尔·克罗斯利，达特茅斯学院的历史学教授和罗森沃德文理研究教授。 丹尼尔·R. 黑德里克，芝加哥罗斯福大学的历史学与社会科学教授。 史蒂文·W. 赫希，塔夫茨大学古典学和历史学副教授。 莱曼·L. 约翰逊，北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校历史学教授。 大卫·诺思拉普，波士顿学院历史学教授。 刘文明：首都师范大学历史学院教授、全球史研究中心主任、文明区划研究中心（教育部国别和区域研究基地）副主任、博士生导师。主要研究领域为全球史理论、世界近现代史、性别史。出版专著《全球史理论与文明互动研究》《文化变迁中的罗马女性》《上帝与女性――传统基督教文化视野中的西方女性》等。 邢科：中国社会科学院副研究员。研究领域为全球史和中国近代史学史，研究方向主要包括晚清至民国时期“世界历史”的输入和兴起，马克思主义史学在近代...(展开全部)

The Atlas of Life on Earth offers a comprehensive, chronological survey of the Earth, its landscape and its life forms, from the beginning of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago to the present.The atlas is accessibly organized in six major parts, with 18 chapters devoted to each of the major geological periods, in which the crucial geological and biological developments in t...(展开全部)

The Atlas of Life on Earth offers a comprehensive, chronological survey of the Earth, its landscape and its life forms, from the beginning of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago to the present.The atlas is accessibly organized in six major parts, with 18 chapters devoted to each of the major geological periods, in which the crucial geological and biological developments in t...(展开全部)

'It's such a great read...I got to 800 pages, and I slowed myself down because I didn't want it to end.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.