In this wholly new and dynamic view of London, Farrell looks beyond the contribution of individual buildings to the city. He creates a larger, more exciting frame, charting how the capital’s messy and complex shape has been hewn out of a series of layers – natural and manmade, so the Thames and the natural landscape gets as much attention as the railway infrastructure, the road...(展开全部)

The pulse of great cities may be most palpable above ground, but it is below the busy streets where we can observe their rich archaeological history and the infrastructure that keeps them running. In Beneath the Metropolis journalist Alex Marshall investigates how geological features, archaeological remnants of past civilizations, and layered networks transporting water, electr...(展开全部)

迈克尔·鲁尔曼，畅销美食作家，曾就读于美国厨艺学院（Culinary Institute of America）。勤于笔耕又精于烹饪，堪称是最有厨师灵魂的作家。美食写作生涯获奖无数，曾与多位名厨共事。与美国主厨托马斯·凯勒（Thomas Kel ler）合作《法国洗衣 店餐厅食谱》（The French Laundry Cookbook）、与法国主厨埃里克·里佩尔（Eric Ripert）合著《回归烹饪》（A Return to Cooking）等书，另著有《完美烹饪全书：一看就懂的1000个料理关键字》（The Elements of Cooking）《大厨的诞生》(The Making of a Chef)《大厨的灵魂》(The Soul of a Chef)《美食黄金比例》(RATIO:The Simple Codes Behind the C...(展开全部)

Museums have been active in shaping knowledge over the last six hundred years. Yet what is their function within today's society? At the present time when funding is becoming increasingly scarce, difficult questions are being asked about the justification of museums. Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge presents a critical nature of museums. Through the examination of case stud...(展开全部)

Museums have been active in shaping knowledge over the last six hundred years. Yet what is their function within today's society? At the present time when funding is becoming increasingly scarce, difficult questions are being asked about the justification of museums. Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge presents a critical nature of museums. Through the examination of case stud...(展开全部)

威廉·克罗农（1954—），美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的历史学、地理学与环境研究领域的弗雷德里克•杰克逊•特纳和维拉斯研究教授；美国人文与科学学院院士、美国历史学会会长。

Awarded the 1992 Bancroft Prize and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Award for Best Nonfiction Book of 1991. In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West its hinterland, Mr. Crono...(展开全部)

Awarded the 1992 Bancroft Prize and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Award for Best Nonfiction Book of 1991. In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West its hinterland, Mr. Crono...(展开全部)