The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they have never been carefully studied. The subject is important not only in the history of cartography, art, and zoological illustr...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·鲍威尔（James M. Powell），美国雪城大学中世纪史教授，曾任普林斯顿大学高等研究院客座研究员。著有《一次十字军运动剖析，1213至1221年》（Anatomy of a Crusade，1213-1212）（获约翰·吉尔马里·谢伊奖）和《布雷西亚的阿尔伯塔努斯：13世纪初的幸福追寻》（Albertanus of Brescia：The Pursuit of Happiness irl the Early Thirteenth Century）。

詹姆斯·鲍威尔（James M. Powell），美国雪城大学中世纪史教授，曾任普林斯顿大学高等研究院客座研究员。著有《一次十字军运动剖析，1213至1221年》（Anatomy of a Crusade，1213-1212）（获约翰·吉尔马里·谢伊奖）和《布雷西亚的阿尔伯塔努斯：13世纪初的幸福追寻》（Albertanus of Brescia：The Pursuit of Happiness irl the Early Thirteenth Century）。

Naipaul's controversial account of his travels through the Islamic world was hailed by The New Republic as "the most notable work on contemporary Islam to have appeared in a very long time."

"Among the Believers" is V. S. Naipaul's classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia; 'the believers' are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battling to regain the original purity of their faith in the hope of restoring order to a chaotic world. It is a uniquely valuable insight into modern Islam, and the comforting simp...(展开全部)

"Among the Believers" is V. S. Naipaul's classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia; 'the believers' are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battling to regain the original purity of their faith in the hope of restoring order to a chaotic world. It is a uniquely valuable insight into modern Islam, and the comforting simp...(展开全部)

Naipaul's controversial account of his travels through the Islamic world was hailed by The New Republic as "the most notable work on contemporary Islam to have appeared in a very long time."

An absorbing study of how birds think, revealing how science is exploding the myth of our feathered friends being 'bird brained', and how recent discoveries may call for us to re-evaluate how we identify and classify intelligence in other animals. Bird Brain will start by looking at the structures and functions of the avian brain, and move on to examine different types of intel...(展开全部)