After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve “the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century”: What happened to the British explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z? In 1925, Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization, vowing to make one of the most important archae...(展开全部)

A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle. Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes...(展开全部)

In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah's Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims' ultimate...(展开全部)

In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah's Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims' ultimate...(展开全部)

作者简介： 彼得·L.斯托克(Peter L.Storck)， 威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校人类学博士，专业为环境考古学。皇家安大略博物馆人类学系荣休高级馆长。著有《重返冰河时代》《费希尔遗址》等。 译者简介： 陈虹，浙江大学文物与博物馆学系教授博士生导师，加拿大皇家安大略博物馆访问学者，主要研究方向为旧石器考古、考古痕迹学研究（玉石器），出版专著《鉴微寻踪：旧石器时代石英岩石制品的微痕与功能研究》《微研大义：石器微痕研究与思考》等。 刘吉颖，先后在浙江大学获得考古学学士、硕士和博士学位，2022年10月加入北京师范大学历史学院从事博士后工作，研究方向为旧石器考古、近东考古和科技考古（微痕分析）。 陈冉，先后获得浙江大学学士、美国斯坦福大学硕士学位，目前为美国亚利桑那大学人类学系博士生。主要研究方向为石制品分析、微痕分析、微植物残留物分析。

作者简介： 彼得·L.斯托克(Peter L.Storck)， 威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校人类学博士，专业为环境考古学。皇家安大略博物馆人类学系荣休高级馆长。著有《重返冰河时代》《费希尔遗址》等。 译者简介： 陈虹，浙江大学文物与博物馆学系教授博士生导师，加拿大皇家安大略博物馆访问学者，主要研究方向为旧石器考古、考古痕迹学研究（玉石器），出版专著《鉴微寻踪：旧石器时代石英岩石制品的微痕与功能研究》《微研大义：石器微痕研究与思考》等。 刘吉颖，先后在浙江大学获得考古学学士、硕士和博士学位，2022年10月加入北京师范大学历史学院从事博士后工作，研究方向为旧石器考古、近东考古和科技考古（微痕分析）。 陈冉，先后获得浙江大学学士、美国斯坦福大学硕士学位，目前为美国亚利桑那大学人类学系博士生。主要研究方向为石制品分析、微痕分析、微植物残留物分析。

Sent in 1910 to live with distant relatives who own a rubber plantation along the Amazon River, English orphan Maia is excited. She believes she is in for brightly colored macaws, enormous butterflies, and "curtains of sweetly scented orchids trailing from the trees." Her British classmates warn her of man-eating alligators and wild, murderous Indians. Unfortunately, no one...(展开全部)

Accompanied by Miss Minton, a fierce-looking, no-nonsense governess, Maia, a young orphan, sets off for the wilderness of the Amazon, expecting curtains of orchids, brightly colored macaws, and a loving family. But what she finds is an evil-tempered aunt and uncle and their spoiled daughters. It is only when she is swept up in a mystery involving a young Indian boy, a homesick...(展开全部)

It’s another first for Maisy! The intrepid mouse is off to the big city with Charley. A perfect story for young children going on an urban adventure. Broom, vroom, beep! Maisy and Charley are in the city visiting their friend Dotty, and there are many things to get used to - noisy traffic, enormous buildings, and sidewalks so crowded they have to walk very slowly (all the bet...(展开全部)

A Companion to the City provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective. Indispensable companion for students of the City. Multidisciplinary approach of interest across several fields. Includes contributions f...(展开全部)