The Renaissance burst forth in all its glory around 1500 and spread throughout Europe. This period of great creativity and productivity in the arts and sciences is illuminated in this book through the lives of more than ninety of its illustrious intellectuals, artists, literary figures, scientists, and rulers. Included are such major figures as Lorenzo and Catherine de’ Medici,...(展开全部)

罗伯特·戴维斯（Robert Davis），俄亥俄州立大学意大利文艺复兴和地中海前现代史名誉教授。他曾研究过意大利、罗马、巴勒莫、威尼斯、梵蒂冈等城市，主要致力于普通人的生活和他们珍视的价值观。他曾撰写了关于威尼斯作为世界上最受游客欢迎的城市和文艺复兴时期的男性与女性的书籍和文章。他还参与过一些关于造船、嘉年华和地中海奴隶贸易的电视纪录片，目前正在撰写一部关于现代欧洲历史的教科书。 贝丝·琳达史密斯（Beth Lindsmith），俄亥俄州立大学文学及创意写作讲师，她撰写了大量在历史、哲学和人类学方面的学术论文，并被广泛的出版。 祝羽捷，原笔名祝小兔。前《时尚芭莎》专题总监，上海作协会员，知名学者，专栏作家，艺术作家，文艺生活家。公众号“好好虚度时光”创始人。纪录片《ZHU在英伦》出品人。2018年荣获英国旅游局“中国区社交媒体影响力友好大使”称号。...(展开全部)

幽默的生活经济学大师蒂姆·哈福德（Tim Harford），深受读者追捧的卧底经济学家，被誉为“当前幽默的生活经济学大师”。他主笔的“亲爱的经济学家”专栏已成为《金融时报》关注度极高的专栏之一，在专栏中，他用前沿的经济学理论为读者五花八门的疑问和牢骚提供轻松诙谐的经济学解读。 著有《卧底经济学》，这本书已经被翻译为30 种语言，在世界多国发行。他还曾在世界银行工作，担任牛津大学的经济学教授，为国际知名金融公司担任经济学家。目前他与妻子及两个孩子一起住在伦敦。

This innovative volume provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia prior to 1900: twelve events that everyone interested in the history of world politics should know. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new and different cases, patterns, and findings that will expand horizons from the Western, Eurocentric e...(展开全部)

As Diane Ackerman writes in her brilliant new book, The Human Age, "our relationship with nature has changed…radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable." Ackerman is justly celebrated for her unique insight into the natural world and our place in it. In this landmark bo...(展开全部)

'Our relationship with nature has changed . . . radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.' In The Human Age award-winning nature writer Diane Ackerman confronts the fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. Humans have 'subdued...(展开全部)

'Our relationship with nature has changed . . . radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.' In The Human Age award-winning nature writer Diane Ackerman confronts the fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. Humans have 'subdued...(展开全部)

As Diane Ackerman writes in her brilliant new book, The Human Age, "our relationship with nature has changed…radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable." Ackerman is justly celebrated for her unique insight into the natural world and our place in it. In this landmark bo...(展开全部)

In this major work, Blumenberg takes issue with Karl Löwith's well-known thesis that the idea of progress is a secularized version of Christian eschatology, which promises a dramatic intervention that will consummate the history of the world from outside. Instead, Blumenberg argues, the idea of progress always implies a process at work within history, operating through an inter...(展开全部)

In this major work, Blumenberg takes issue with Karl Löwith's well-known thesis that the idea of progress is a secularized version of Christian eschatology, which promises a dramatic intervention that will consummate the history of the world from outside. Instead, Blumenberg argues, the idea of progress always implies a process at work within history, operating through an inter...(展开全部)