The Greek word melancholia (literally meaning 'black bile') defines our sense of depression and black moods. Yet the little black dress is the epitome of chic and has positive meanings. From ancient and classical times to today black has been used as a symbol, a tool and a metaphor in a plethora of startling and often problematic ways. The Story of Black is an exploration of ou...(展开全部)

The Greek word melancholia (literally meaning 'black bile') defines our sense of depression and black moods. Yet the little black dress is the epitome of chic and has positive meanings. From ancient and classical times to today black has been used as a symbol, a tool and a metaphor in a plethora of startling and often problematic ways. The Story of Black is an exploration of ou...(展开全部)

作者：玛丽安·泰勒（Marianne Taylor），英国科普作家、插画家、野生动物摄影师。她热爱动物和博物学，著有30多本自然科普图书，书中的插图多由她亲自拍摄和绘制。她为英国皇家鸟类保护协会撰写多部观鸟指南，并为英国广播公司及《观鸟》等报刊撰写文章。 译者：王西敏，上海辰山植物园科普部部长，正高级工程师，全国自然教育论坛（网络）的发起人和理事。译有《林间最后的小孩》《生命的进化》，著有《雨林飞羽：中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园鸟类》《神奇的植物王国》。

作者：玛丽安·泰勒（Marianne Taylor），英国科普作家、插画家、野生动物摄影师。她热爱动物和博物学，著有30多本自然科普图书，书中的插图多由她亲自拍摄和绘制。她为英国皇家鸟类保护协会撰写多部观鸟指南，并为英国广播公司及《观鸟》等报刊撰写文章。 译者：王西敏，上海辰山植物园科普部部长，正高级工程师，全国自然教育论坛（网络）的发起人和理事。译有《林间最后的小孩》《生命的进化》，著有《雨林飞羽：中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园鸟类》《神奇的植物王国》。

New York Times bestselling author and nationally renowned minister Timothy Keller unlocks new insights into the life of Jesus Christ. King's Cross is Timothy Keller's revelatory look at the life of Christ as told in the Gospel of Mark. There have been many biographies of Jesus, but few will be as anticipated as one by Keller, the man Newsweek calls "a C.S. Lewis for t...(展开全部)

In The Story of My Life recounts, and reflects on, his more than fifty years as a corporate, labor, and criminal lawyer, including the most celebrated and notorious cases of his day: establishing the legal right of a union to strike in the Woodworkers' Conspiracy Case; exposing, on behalf of the United Mine Workers, the shocking conditions in the mines and the widespread use ...(展开全部)

Marco Santagata’s Dante: The Story of His Life illuminates one of the world’s supreme poets from many angles—writer, philosopher, father, courtier, political partisan. Santagata brings together a vast body of Italian scholarship on Dante’s medieval world, untangles a complex web of family and political relationships for English readers, and shows how the composition of the Comm...(展开全部)

Marco Santagata’s Dante: The Story of His Life illuminates one of the world’s supreme poets from many angles—writer, philosopher, father, courtier, political partisan. Santagata brings together a vast body of Italian scholarship on Dante’s medieval world, untangles a complex web of family and political relationships for English readers, and shows how the composition of the Comm...(展开全部)

"P"assion."D"anger."W"itchcraft . . . "The Lady of the Rivers "is #1 "New York Times "bestselling author Philippa Gregory's remarkable story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the Wars of the Roses. Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visitin...(展开全部)