阿拉·古兹利米安，1998年9月任卡内基音乐厅高级总监及艺术顾问，并担任阿斯本国际音乐节以及洛杉矶爱乐的艺术总监。他主持了卡内基音乐厅谈话以及与一系列伟大音乐家的谈话。

These free-wheeling, often exhilarating dialogues—which grew out of the acclaimed Carnegie Hall Talks—are an exchange between two of the most prominent figures in contemporary culture: Daniel Barenboim, internationally renowned conductor and pianist, and Edward W. Said, eminent literary critic and impassioned commentator on the Middle East. Barenboim is an Argentinian-Israeli a...(展开全部)

This is a fully revised edition of a book that may fairly claim to have re-opened the sociology of the body as a legitimate area of enquiry. The book provides an unparalleled guide to all aspects of the sociology of the body. Each chapter has been revised and updated and the book contains new material that reflects changes in the field since the last edition. In particular, Tur...(展开全部)

In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems, illuminate the many ways in which various human cultures have interpreted spatial re...(展开全部)

诺曼·思罗尔生于1919，先后求学于美国弗吉尼亚大学和威斯康星大学，于1958年获地理学博士学位。他于1957年始执教于加利福尼亚大学地理系，直至1990年退休。1981年后的六年，他还兼任大学的图书馆馆长，在其任内，“17-18世纪研究中心”得以建立。1973-1975年，他任“发现史学会”的主席，他还创办了加利福尼亚地图协会。1962年，他获古根汉姆奖，1993年得到西班牙国王KING JUAN CARLOS的ORDEN DEL MERITO CIVIL一等十字勋章，1997年得到国际地图收藏协会的HELEN WALLIS奖，1999年获加利福尼亚大学的最富创造力的终身教授奖。

Microbiology: Principles and Explorations has been a best-selling textbook for several editions due to the author's engaging writing style where her passion for the subject shines through the narrative. The text's student-friendly approach provides readers with an excellent introduction to the study of Microbiology. This text is appropriate for non-major and mixed major microbi...(展开全部)

This photo of Escherichia coli being attacked by bacteriophages highlights rapidly developing technologies for using phages to treat antibiotic resistant infections without destroying normal resident bacteria, and without side effects. Phages are also being used to detect and remove pathogens from our food supplies, both plant and animal. Also exciting is the use of phages as v...(展开全部)

Microbiology: Principles and Explorations has been a best–selling textbook for several editions due to the author′s engaging writing style where her passion for the subject shines through the narrative. The text′s student–friendly approach provides readers with an excellent introduction to the study of Microbiology. This text is appropriate for non–major and mixed major microbi...(展开全部)