[美] 格雷格·格兰丁（Greg Grandin）现为纽约大学教授、古根海姆基金会和纽约公共图书馆兼职研究员，著有“班克罗夫特奖”获奖作品《必然的帝国》（The Empire of Necessity），其另一本著作《福特王国》（Fordlandia）曾入围“普利策图书奖”与“美国国家图书奖”的最终评选。

[美] 格雷格·格兰丁（Greg Grandin）现为纽约大学教授、古根海姆基金会和纽约公共图书馆兼职研究员，著有“班克罗夫特奖”获奖作品《必然的帝国》（The Empire of Necessity），其另一本著作《福特王国》（Fordlandia）曾入围“普利策图书奖”与“美国国家图书奖”的最终评选。

In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins crystallized the gene's eye view of evolution developed by W.D. Hamilton and others. The book provoked widespread and heated debate. Written in part as a response, The Extended Phenotype gave a deeper clarification of the central concept of the gene as the unit of selection; but it did much more besides. In it, Dawkins extended the gene's ey...(展开全部)

People commonly view evolution as a process of competition between individuals--known as "survival of the fittest"--with the individual representing the "unit of selection." Richard Dawkins offers a controversial reinterpretation of that idea in The Extended Phenotype, now being reissued to coincide with the publication of the second edition of his highly-acclaimed The Selfish ...(展开全部)

This is a revised edition with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett. The Extended Phenotype carries on from where The Selfish Gene takes off. It is a fascinating look at the evolution of life and natural selection. Dawkins's theory is that individual organisms are replicators that have extended phenotypic effects on society and the world at large, thus our genes have the ability t...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

达娜•戈德斯坦（Dana Goldstein） 记者、《纽约时报》畅销书作家、《纽约时报》全国通讯作者，为《大西洋月刊》等多家杂志供稿。荣获新美国基金会（New America Foundation）的伯纳德•L•施瓦茨（Bernard L. Schwartz）项目奖金和国家研究所（Nation Institute）的海鹦基金会（Puffin Foundation）写作项目奖金。两次入围利文斯顿大奖（Livingston Awards）35岁以下杰出青年记者最终名单。

A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship with trees has many dimensions beyond mere practicality. Trees are so entwined with human experience that diverse species have inspi...(展开全部)

A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship with trees has many dimensions beyond mere practicality. Trees are so entwined with human experience that diverse species have inspi...(展开全部)