卡尔·萨根（Carl Sagan，1934—1996） 美国天文学家、享誉全球的科普大师，第2709号小行星就是以他的名字命名。长期参与美国太空探测计划，获得NASA颁发的特别科学成就奖和阿波罗成就奖。萨根是美国天文协会行星科学学会的主席、美国地球物理学会联合会行星研究 会主席、美国科学促进协会行星学会主席。曾任美国康奈尔大学行星研究中心主任，也曾在哈佛、加州理工任教。 萨根的文学艺术造诣颇高，一生共创作了数十部作品，获得过普利策奖、雨果奖、艾美奖、阿西莫夫奖等重量级奖项，80年代他自编自导的系列纪录片《宇宙》在60多个国家上映，引起巨大轰动。此外，他还获得了美国天文学会的“突出贡献奖”和美国国家科学院的最高奖“公共福利奖”，以表彰他在“将科学应用于公众福利方面所做出的杰出贡献”。

In this rich, vibrant tale, Diana Gabaldon continues the story of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser that began with the now-classic novel Outlander and continued in Dragonfly in Amber. Sweeping us from the battlefields of eighteenth-century Scotland to the exotic West Indies, Diana Gabaldon weaves magic once again in an exhilarating and utterly unforgettable novel.... Their love ...(展开全部)

We need a new philosophy of the earth. Geological time used to refer to slow and gradual processes, but today we are watching land sink into the sea and forests transform into deserts. We can even see the creation of new geological strata made of plastic, chicken bones, and other waste that could remain in the fossil record for millennia or longer. Crafting a philosophy of geol...(展开全部)

High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches. Its task, programmed so many millennia ago, is to guard the human settlement on this planet—to protect this fragile remnant of Earth from all threats. To protect them, most of all, from themselves. But now the great artificial intelligence is failing. The Oversoul has lost access to some of its memory banks, and some of its p...(展开全部)

'It's such a great read...I got to 800 pages, and I slowed myself down because I didn't want it to end.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

'It's such a great read...I got to 800 pages, and I slowed myself down because I didn't want it to end.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. Fanon's masterwork is a classic alongside Edward Said's Orientalism or The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and it is now available in a new translation that upd...(展开全部)

A synthesis of the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes. For students and practicing archaeologists.

A synthesis of the most important principles of cultural and environmental formation processes. For students and practicing archaeologists.

乔纳森·弗兰岑（Jonathan Franzen） 美国小说家、随笔作家。 1959年生于伊利诺伊州。1996年在《哈泼氏》杂志发表长篇随笔《偶尔做梦》，从此受到广泛关注。迄今为止，出版有小说《纠正》《自由》《纯洁》，回忆录《不舒适地带：个人史》，以及随笔集《如何独处》《地球尽头的尽头》等。凭借《纠正》获得普利策奖提名和美国国家图书奖。