马克·博伊尔，爱尔兰人，31岁，经济学专业毕业，经营6年有机食品公司，标准的中产阶级。由于商学院出身，他对“借明天的钱今天花”等消费主义论调持警醒态度，认为金钱消灭了人与人之间的爱与信任。 他的另一个身份是英国“免费经济社区”的创立者，这个社区提倡物物交换，不花钱也能过上不错的生活。他建立的免费经济社区网站（justfortheloveofit.org），已经成为几万名会员的中心枢纽。他发起了“不花钱”运动，并以自己不花钱的经历名闻世界。 他是《卫报》《良知消费者》的固定投稿人，在英国很多媒体上有专栏，包括《天空新闻》、BBC第四电台、BBC第二电视台、《每日镜报》、《每日邮报》、《电讯报》、《泰晤士报》等。

Every January 1, a quirky crowd storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year -- a grand, expensive, and occasionally vicious 365-day marathon of birdwatching. For three men in particular, 1998 would become a grueling battle for a new North American birding record. Bouncing from coast to coast on frenetic pilgrimages for once-in-a-lifet...(展开全部)

Follows the 1998 Big Year competition between Sandy Komito, Al Levantin, and Greg Miller during which the three rivals risked their lives to set a new North American birding record, an event that took them to such locales as Del Rio in search of the rufous-capped warbler and British Columbia in pursuit of the Xantus' hummingbird. 75,000 first printing.

意大利帕多瓦大学实验物理学教授，从事热核聚变研究多年，主管多个磁约束聚变领域的实验室，并在多个国际研究项目中担任高管职务，如欧洲聚变能源发展联合会（EURO fusion）、偏滤器托卡马克实验（DTT）项目等。 长期从事科学知识的普及工作，出版过3本科普著作，并积极参加科学节和与科普相关的公共活动。2011年，因其对物理学事业的杰出贡献入选美国物理学会。

意大利帕多瓦大学实验物理学教授，从事热核聚变研究多年，主管多个磁约束聚变领域的实验室，并在多个国际研究项目中担任高管职务，如欧洲聚变能源发展联合会（EURO fusion）、偏滤器托卡马克实验（DTT）项目等。 长期从事科学知识的普及工作，出版过3本科普著作，并积极参加科学节和与科普相关的公共活动。2011年，因其对物理学事业的杰出贡献入选美国物理学会。

耶胡迪・梅纽因在七岁首次登上音乐厅舞台时便震惊了音乐界，此后便一直是他那个时代的传奇人物。他不仅是位杰出的音乐家，而且是位作家、历史学家和人道主义者。乔治・斯坦纳曾评价道：“梅纽因的光芒……已使自己诠释音乐的过程成为一种彻底的情感表达和人性的体现。”梅纽因于1916年出生于美国的一个俄裔犹太人家庭。他十岁时在巴黎首次面对十分挑剔的欧洲音乐精英；十二岁时，他便在柏林同布鲁诺・瓦尔特合作演出。作为小提琴演奏大师和著名指挥家，梅纽因的作品被录音的次数超过了20世纪的所有音乐家。他曾在世界备地的音乐厅里演奏，并在第二次世界大战期间活跃在各个盟军战区，为将士们献艺。梅纽因充分意识到音乐神童所面临的问题，于是在英国萨里郡的斯托克达伯农创办了一所音乐学校，为来自世界各地的天才音乐学子提供学院教育和最好的音乐专业培养。然而，耶胡迪・梅纽因的兴趣远不止局限于小提琴家、...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Rights of Man is a classic statement of the belief in humanity's potential to change the world for the better. Published as a reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, it differs from that great work in every relevant respect. Where Burke uses the language of the governing classes, Paine writes with the vigour of a self-taught mast-maker and exciseman....(展开全部)

In 1848, a violent storm of revolutions ripped through Europe. The torrent all but swept away the conservative order that had kept peace on the continent since Napoleons defeat at Waterloo in 1815but which in many countries had also suppressed dreams of national freedom. Political events so dramatic had not been seen in Europe since the French Revolution, and they would not be ...(展开全部)

A torrent of revolutions ripped through Europe in the year 1848. The storm all but swept away the conservative order that had held sway since the fall of Napoleon in 1815. Over the course of the spring and summer, crowds of working-class radicals and middle-class liberals in Paris, Milan, Venice, Naples, Palermo, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Krakow, Munich, and Berlin toppled th...(展开全部)

In 1848, Europe was engulfed in a firestorm of revolution. The streets of cities from Paris to Bucharest and from Berlin to Palermo were barricaded and flooded by armed insurgents proclaiming political liberties and national freedom. The conservative order which had held sway since the fall of Napoleon in 1815 crumbled beneath the revolutionary assault. This book narrates the b...(展开全部)