People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins over 3 million years ago to the first pre-industrial civilizations, beginning about 5,000 years ago. This is a global prehistory, which covers prehistoric times in every corner of the world, in a jargon-free style for newcomers to archaeology. Many world histories begin with the first civ...(展开全部)

作者：布赖恩•费根，世界著名考古学家、人类学家，美国加州大学圣芭芭拉分校终身教授。曾出版《圣婴与文明兴衰：洪水、饥馑与帝王》《小冰河期》《法老王朝》《漫长的夏天》《古代文明七十谜团》《古代文明七十发明》等著作。他是最早开展气候环境与人类历史关系研究的西方学者之一。 主译、审订者：方辉，山东大学历史文化学院考古学教授、博导，现任山东大学历史文化学院院长、文化遗产研究院院长等职，兼任美国夏威夷大学《亚太考古》（英文）杂志编委，中国殷商学会理事，中国社科院古代文明研究中心客座研究员。专业特长为中国青铜时代考古、考古学理论与方法和考古学史的研究。承担主要科研项目6项，出版专著《考古学理论、方法和技术》《海岱地区青铜时代考古》等6部，在省级以上专业刊物发表论文15篇。

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)

As Harmony's Oversoul grows weaker, a great warrior has arisen to challenge its bans. His name is Moozh, and he has won control of an army using forbidden technology. now he is aiming his soldiers at the city of Basilica, that strong fortress above the Plain.Basilica remains in turmoil. Wetchik and his sons are not strong enough to stop a army. Can Rasa and her allies defeat hi...(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. The Oversoul has done its job well. There is no war on Harmony. There are no weapons of mass destruction. There is no technolog...(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)

'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)

'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.