【作者简介】 凯文•伯明翰，哈佛大学英语专业博士，目前在哈佛大学历史与文学系担任讲师，同时也在哈佛大学写作项目任教。主要研究领域为：二十世纪小说与文化、先锋派研究。他曾在都柏林一家《尤利西斯》主题酒吧担任服务员，但仅上岗一天就被突然解雇。 【译者简介】 辛彩娜，毕业于中国人民大学，获文学博士学位，现为中国海洋大学外国语学院讲师，专业方向为英美文学，主要从事乔伊斯作品研究。 冯洋，中国人民大学在读博士研究生，目前在美国宾西法尼亚大学英语系进行联合培养，专业方向为英美文学，主要从事文学理论以及乔伊斯作品研究。

A fresh, controversial, brilliantly written account of one of the epic dramas of the Cold War-and its lessons for today. "History at its best." -Zbigniew Brzezinski "Gripping, well researched, and thought-provoking, with many lessons for today." -Henry Kissinger "Captures the drama [with] the 'You are there' storytelling skills of a journalist and the analytical skil...(展开全部)

Almost every animal will at some time or other become the home of a parasite. Not only are parasites the most sucessful life-forms on Earth, they triggered the development of sex, shape, ecosystems, and have driven the engine of evolution. Carl Zimmer describes the frightening and amazing ingenuity these commando invaders use to devour their hosts from the inside and control th...(展开全部)

A fresh, controversial, brilliantly written account of one of the epic dramas of the Cold War-and its lessons for today. "History at its best." -Zbigniew Brzezinski "Gripping, well researched, and thought-provoking, with many lessons for today." -Henry Kissinger "Captures the drama [with] the 'You are there' storytelling skills of a journalist and the analytical skil...(展开全部)

"A great story--how modernism brought down the regime of censorship--told as a great story. Kevin Birmingham's imaginative scholarship brings Joyce and his world to life. There is a fresh detail on nearly every page."--Louis Menand, Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Metaphysical Club For more than a decade, the book that literary critics now consider the most important novel...(展开全部)

A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering, with good rea...(展开全部)

弗兰克·克洛斯（Frank Close），牛津大学理论物理学荣休教授和牛津大学埃克塞特学院物理学荣休研究员。曾任哈韦尔的卢瑟福·阿普尔顿实验室理论物理学部门负责人、英国科学促进协会副主席、日内瓦欧洲核子研究中心传播与公众教育部门负责人。1996年，因“对公众理解物理学的杰出贡献”而被授予英国物理学会凯尔文奖章；2000年，因“为研究和公众理解科学所做的工作”而被授予大英帝国官佐勋章；2013年，因“很好的科学传播”而被授予英国皇家学会迈克尔·法拉第奖。

Klaus Fuchs knew more nuclear secrets in the last two years of the Second World War than anyone else in Britain. He was taken onto the Manhattan Project in the USA as a trusted physicist - and was the conduit by which knowledge of the highest classification passed to the Soviet Union. When Truman announced at the Potsdam Conference that the US possessed a nuclear bomb, Stalin a...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Published in 1782, just years before the French Revolution, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" is a disturbing and ultimately damning portrayal of a decadent society. At its centre are two aristocrats, former lovers, who embark on a sophisticated game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded existences. While the Marquise de Merteuil challenges the Vico...(展开全部)

In Dangerous Curves I have attempted to show both emerging and expert designers how, in an age of computer-dominated design, the designer can turn to their very own hands for both inspiration and solution. The only way to create a logotype that is truly unique is for the designer to transcend the limitations of the available fonts and typefaces on the market. Dangerous Curves p...(展开全部)