奥利维埃·罗兰，法国作家，1947年生于巴黎郊区，曾当过记者和自由撰稿人，1968年法国“五月风暴”后期担任过左翼组织的军事领袖。重要作品有《苏丹港》、《纸老虎》和《猎狮人》。曾获法兰西文化奖、费米娜文学奖。2011年，法兰西学院授予罗兰保罗·莫朗大奖，奖励其全部作品。

'Will I wake up?' 'There's a 50:50 chance.' Michael Rosen wasn't feeling well. Soon he was struggling to breathe, and then he was admitted to hospital, suffering from coronavirus as the nation teetered on the edge of a global pandemic. What followed was months on the wards: six weeks in an induced coma, and many more weeks of rehab and recovery as the NHS saved Michael's life, ...(展开全部)

In Kindred, Neanderthal expert Rebecca Wragg Sykes shoves aside the cliché of the shivering ragged figure in an icy wasteland, and reveals the Neanderthal you don't know, our ancestor who lived across vast and diverse tracts of Eurasia and survived through hundreds of thousands of years of massive climate change. This book sheds new light on where they lived, what they ate, and...(展开全部)

丽贝卡·雷格·赛克斯（Rebecca Wragg Sykes）英国考古学家、科普作家，研究领域为旧石器时代考古，尤其是尼安德特人的生活。 除了学术方面的研究，她在大众传播上也有很高的声望，作品见于《卫报》和《科学美国人》等，并曾参与录制英国广播公司的历史和科学类节目。她还参与创建了一个主要面向女性考古学家和地球科学家的网站“泥刀使者（TrowelBlazers）”。 @LeMoustier / www.rebeccawraggsykes.com. 2022年获得英国皇家人类学会颁发的“公共人类学奖”。

It is a classical anthropological paradox that symbols of rebirth and fertility are frequently found in funerary rituals throughout the world. The original essays collected here re-examine this phenomenon through insights from China, India, New Guinea, Latin America, and Africa. The contributors, each a specialist in one of these areas, have worked in close collaboration to pro...(展开全部)

In the grand tradition of Paul Kennedy s The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers comes this provocative history of world democracy, which begins with the ancient Myceans and ends in our fractious present. Overturning long-cherished notions, John Keane poses challenging questions: Did democracy actually begin in ancient Greece or earlier in Mesopotamia? Do the American and British...(展开全部)

The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: how did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling...(展开全部)

It takes a whole universe to make one small black bird. Swifts are among the most extraordinary of all birds. Their migrations span continents and their twelve-week stopover, when they pause to breed in European rooftops, is the very definition of summer. They may nest in our homes but much about their lives passes over our heads. No birds are more wreathed in mystery. Captivat...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Sigurd Lewerentz（1885-1975）是欧洲现代建筑领域最受人尊敬、同时也是最神秘的大师之一。他是瑞典最杰出的现代主义者，尽管建成作品不算多，但国际影响力却在去世多年后依然不减。无数建筑爱好者们从全球各地前来参观他设计的建筑。他对景观设计最重要的贡献：斯德哥尔摩的林地公墓被收入联合国教科文组织的世界遗产名录。 这本内容翔实、装帧精美的权威专著基于瑞典国家建筑与设计中心深入研究——该馆保存了Sigurd Lewerentz的档案与他的个人图书馆——以及瑞典各地的原始资料和新公开的档案，包括大量从未披露过的建筑、家具和室内设计的图纸和模型照片，建筑师和建筑摄影师Johan Dehlin贡献了一套Lewerentz的代表作的全新摄影作品。本书还收录了由Lewerentz档案负责人，Johan Örn撰写的文章，以当代视角探讨了Leweren...(展开全部)