In his articles and in best-selling books such as The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan has established himself as one of our most important and beloved writers on modern man's place in the natural world. A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere. Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of...(展开全部)

In his articles and in best-selling books such as The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan has established himself as one of our most important and beloved writers on modern man's place in the natural world. A new literary classic, Second Nature has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere. Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of...(展开全部)

作者简介： 迈克尔·波伦（Michael Pollan），美国著名作家，从事写作三十余年，聚焦于人类和自然世界相交的领域：餐桌、农场和花园，以及思想。已出版《植物的欲望》《杂食者的两难》《吃的法则》等多部图书，全部登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜。现任教于哈佛大学英语系和加州伯克利大学新闻学研究生院。2010年被《时代》周刊评为“全球百位影响力人物”。《杂草、玫瑰与土拨鼠》是他的第一本书。 译者简介： 林庆新，北京大学英语系教授，博士生导师。北京大学学士、硕士，香港大学博士，美国康奈尔大学富布莱特访问学者，国际比较文学协会会员。研究领域包括美国文学、比较文学及翻译研究。 马月，青年译者，毕业于北京大学，信奉“翻译的意义在于传递原生的美”。

作者简介： 迈克尔·波伦（Michael Pollan），美国著名作家，从事写作三十余年，聚焦于人类和自然世界相交的领域：餐桌、农场和花园，以及思想。已出版《植物的欲望》《杂食者的两难》《吃的法则》等多部图书，全部登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜。现任教于哈佛大学英语系和加州伯克利大学新闻学研究生院。2010年被《时代》周刊评为“全球百位影响力人物”。《杂草、玫瑰与土拨鼠》是他的第一本书。 译者简介： 林庆新，北京大学英语系教授，博士生导师。北京大学学士、硕士，香港大学博士，美国康奈尔大学富布莱特访问学者，国际比较文学协会会员。研究领域包括美国文学、比较文学及翻译研究。 马月，青年译者，毕业于北京大学，信奉“翻译的意义在于传递原生的美”。

Described by the architectural critic Sigfried Giedion as the “Magus of the North,” Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) is the best-known Finnish architect of his generation and a leading proponent of a more human modernism. His buildings such as the Paimio Sanatorium (1933), the legendary Villa Mairea (1939) and the church of the Three Crosses in Vuoksenniska (1958), embody a masterful in...(展开全部)

What can happen in just a second, a minute, or an hour? How can we measure time? The flap of a vulture's wing. A crocodile's heartbeat. The weight of a baby blue whale. The life of a mayfly. These increments of time may sound a bit strange, but they are all fascinating ways in which we can think about time. But what exactly is time? In "Just a Second", the award-winning author-...(展开全部)

What can happen in just a second, a minute, or an hour? How can we measure time? The flap of a vulture's wing. A crocodile's heartbeat. The weight of a baby blue whale. The life of a mayfly. These increments of time may sound a bit strange, but they are all fascinating ways in which we can think about time. But what exactly is time? In "Just a Second", the award-winning author-...(展开全部)

In this beginner's guide to amateur gardening, Geoffrey Newsome-the highly acclaimed translator of Capek's witty Letters from England-has captured the grace and irony of the original Czech to produce a volume that will be treasured equally by those who love gardening as a relaxation, those who loathe it as a chore, and those who have no interest in it whatsoever. For behind the...(展开全部)

In this beginner's guide to amateur gardening, Geoffrey Newsome-the highly acclaimed translator of Capek's witty Letters from England-has captured the grace and irony of the original Czech to produce a volume that will be treasured equally by those who love gardening as a relaxation, those who loathe it as a chore, and those who have no interest in it whatsoever. For behind the...(展开全部)

The British have always been a nation of gardeners. Our gardening history began even before the Romans, who brought Mediterranean plants which still flourish across Britain. Gardening grew in the sixt