格温·拉弗拉（1885-1957），达尔文的孙女，一个剑桥望族的成员。她的剑桥回忆录堪称一部非小说类的幽默小说，一部公认的文学经典。自1952年初版以来，被反复重印，从不曾脱版。英国大多数主流报刊对它评价极高，例如《泰晤士报—文学副刊》评论说：“《旧迹遗踪》是一本自始至终令人愉悦的读物，带有大量漫不经心的幽默和智慧，……雷维拉特夫人绝没有浪得达尔文的虚名。”

Eight studies examine key features of Chinese visual and material cultures, ranging from tomb design, metalware, ceramic pillows, and bronze mirrors, to printed illustrations, calligraphic rubbings, colophons, and paintings on Buddhist, landscape, and narrative themes. Questions addressed include how artists and artisans made their works, the ways both popular literature and ma...(展开全部)

A quiet revolution in knowledge separated the early modern period in Japan from all previous time. After 1600, self-appointed investigators used the model of the land and cartographic surveys of the newly unified state to observe and order subjects such as agronomy, medicine, gastronomy, commerce, travel, and entertainment. They subsequently circulated their findings through a ...(展开全部)

宫部美幸（1960—） 享有“平成国民作家”之至高盛誉的文坛天后，自1987年出道便一直绽放着耀眼的光芒，短短二十年内包揽了日本小说界的各大奖项，囊括“直木奖”、“山本周五郎奖”、“日本推理作家协会奖”、“日本冒险小说协会大奖”、“日本SF大奖”、“吉川英治文学奖”，连续十一年当选读者心中的“最受欢迎女作家”，是日本举国上下唯一公认的“文学史上大奇迹”。

Hiroshige's Edo: Masterful ukiyo-e woodblock prints of Tokyo in the mid-19th century Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world", ukiyo-e refers to the famous Japanese woodblock print genre that originated in the 17th century and is practically synonymous with the Western world's visual characterization of Japan. Because they could be mass produced, ukiyo-e works w...(展开全部)

Benny Lewis, who speaks ten languages and counting—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in t...(展开全部)

Available for the first time in paperback, this study examines how this ideology evolved. Carol Gluck argues that the process of formulating and communicating new national values was less consistent than is usually supposed.