In this groundbreaking book, renowned global economist David McWilliams unlocks the mysteries and the awesome power of money: what it is, how it works, and why it matters. The story of money is the story of our desires, our genius, and our downfalls. Money is power—and power beguiles. Nothing we’ve invented as a species has defined our own evolution so thoroughly and changed th...(展开全部)

作者简介： 杰玛·沃德姆（Jemma Wadham），冰川学教授，就职于特罗姆瑟-挪威北极大学挪威极地研究所和布里斯托大学。她曾多次带领探险队前往世界各地的冰川，包括格陵兰岛、南极洲、斯瓦尔巴群岛、巴塔哥尼亚、安第斯山脉和喜马拉雅山脉，并因其研究获得了多项著名的奖项，其中包括菲利普·莱弗休姆奖（Philip Leverhulme Prize）和英国皇家学会沃尔夫森优异奖（Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award）。她是冰川生命体和冰川对全球碳循环影响的研究先驱，而《聆听冰川》则是她给读者写的第一本科普书。

The ice sheets and glaciers that cover one-tenth of Earth’s land surface are in grave peril. High in the Alps, Andes, and Himalaya, once-indomitable glaciers are retreating, even dying. Meanwhile, in Antarctica, thinning glaciers may be unlocking vast quantities of methane stored for millions of years beneath the ice. In Ice Rivers, renowned glaciologist Jemma Wadham offers a s...(展开全部)

作者简介： 杰玛·沃德姆（Jemma Wadham），冰川学教授，就职于特罗姆瑟-挪威北极大学挪威极地研究所和布里斯托大学。她曾多次带领探险队前往世界各地的冰川，包括格陵兰岛、南极洲、斯瓦尔巴群岛、巴塔哥尼亚、安第斯山脉和喜马拉雅山脉，并因其研究获得了多项著名的奖项，其中包括菲利普·莱弗休姆奖（Philip Leverhulme Prize）和英国皇家学会沃尔夫森优异奖（Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award）。她是冰川生命体和冰川对全球碳循环影响的研究先驱，而《聆听冰川》则是她给读者写的第一本科普书。

The ice sheets and glaciers that cover one-tenth of Earth’s land surface are in grave peril. High in the Alps, Andes, and Himalaya, once-indomitable glaciers are retreating, even dying. Meanwhile, in Antarctica, thinning glaciers may be unlocking vast quantities of methane stored for millions of years beneath the ice. In Ice Rivers, renowned glaciologist Jemma Wadham offers a s...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

The dramatic, unlikely story behind the founding of Twitter, by New York Times bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent The San Francisco-based technology company Twitter has become a powerful force in less than ten years. Today it’s everything from a tool for fighting political oppression in the Middle East to a marketing must-have to the world’s living room du...(展开全部)

The dramatic, unlikely story behind the founding of Twitter, by New York Times bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent The San Francisco-based technology company Twitter has become a powerful force in less than ten years. Today it’s everything from a tool for fighting political oppression in the Middle East to a marketing must-have to the world’s living room du...(展开全部)

From the acclaimed author of author of The Romanovs -- a magisterial history of humanity viewed through the lens of its most powerful dynasties In this sprawling and eye-opening book, best-selling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the world's great dynasties across human history through engrossing tales of palace intrigue, glorious battle, and the real lives of people...(展开全部)