We’ve all seen red roses, blue irises, and yellow daffodils. But when we really look closely at a flower, whole new worlds of beauty and intricacy emerge. Using a unique process that far surpasses conventional macro photography, Robert Llewellyn shows us details that few of us have ever seen: the amazing architecture of stamens and pistils; the subtle shadings on a petal; the s...(展开全部)

Pollen is ubiquitous: In childhood we all learn a little about plant reproduction and the role of the bee, but few of us are aware of the astonishing diversity of the structure of pollen grains, although these tiny, extraordinary forms have fascinated the scientifically curious since the seventeenth century. These grains are enclosed beyond the accessible beauty of the flower u...(展开全部)

玛德琳·哈利（Madeline Harley），博士，植物学家，在2005年退休之前，是英国皇家植物园花粉研究部门主管。她的研究工作主要关注在有花植物进化和亲缘关系领域中花粉特征的物种特异性，并已得到国际上的公认。作为作者或共同作者出版及发表80多篇（部）论文和著作。她在众多国际会议上展示了自己的工作。哈利博士是林奈学会会员，并且是英国皇家植物园的荣誉研究员。 罗布·克塞勒（Rob Kesseler）：视觉艺术家，伦敦艺术大学艺术、设计和科学领域的教授，在职业生涯里，他常常将植物作为汲取灵感的源泉。2001年，他被邱园任命为NESTA研究员，从那时起，他开始同显微镜下的植物材料打交道。他还是林奈学会和皇家艺术学会的研究员，以及葡萄牙古尔本基安科学研究所 2010年生物多样性成员。他的作品曾在英国、欧洲大陆和北美的博物馆和美术馆展出，包括维多利亚和艾伯...(展开全部)

""The most ravishing biology lessons we've ever seen."-- Chicago Tribune" The publication of the first edition of "Pollen" broke new ground by melding art and science in a beautiful yet authoritative examination of the design and function of pollen. This new edition contains 20 additional, equally spectacular, photographs published here for the first time. The book also contain...(展开全部)

夏尔·波德莱尔（Charles Baudelair, 1821-1867），法国诗人。作品有诗集《恶之花》和散文诗集《巴黎的忧郁》，另写有大量文学和美学论文。他被认为是使欧洲人的经验方式和写作方式发生重大变革的作家，他的美学理论在诗歌和艺术史上是一个重大转折点，是现代主义各流派灵感与理论的不尽泉源。

December 1937. The Japanese have taken Nanking. A group of terrified schoolgirls hides in the compound of an American church. Among them is Shujuan, through whose thirteen-year-old eyes we witness the shocking events that follow. Run by Father Engelmann, an American priest who has been in China for many years, the church is supposedly neutral ground in the war between China and...(展开全部)

Jack Goody's new book takes as its theme the symbolic and transactional uses of flowers in secular life and religious ritual from ancient Egypt to modern times. He links the use of flowers to the rise of advanced systems of agriculture, the growth of social stratification, and the spread of luxury goods, looking at the history of aesthetic horticulture in Europe and Asia. Other...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to ...(展开全部)

Review by Ann Copeland: "Patti Smith's foreword, "A Final Flower," is a poetic tribute to the late photographer whose recent retrospective exhibition sparked a national legal debate over censorship in the arts. Smith's observation that Mapplethorpe embraced "the flower as the embodiment of all the contradictions reveling within," and in these photographs "found it was as easy t...(展开全部)

「男が好きなら、俺としてみない?」アパートの 隣人でモデルの誠に、誘われてしまった亮。 もしかして俺ってゲイなの…? カラダ先行の 関係に戸惑う亮だけど、誠の想いは真剣らしい。 しかもある日、美貌の隣人・南野からも手を 出されてしまった！！ 年上の男二人は無垢な亮を 可愛がるように迫ってきて！? セクシャルラブ?