斯坦利·莱恩-普尔（Stanley Lane-Poole，1854—1931） 著名东方学家、考古学家，都柏林大学教授，阿拉伯史权威学者。主要著作有《摩尔人统治下的西班牙》《土耳其人的故事》《中世纪的埃及》《萨拉丁和耶路撒冷王国的陷落》等。被誉为是一位“没有偏见的欧洲历史学家”，其作品对人们客观认识欧洲以外的历史有重要影响。

斯坦利·莱恩-普尔（Stanley Lane-Poole，1854—1931） 著名东方学家、考古学家，都柏林大学教授，阿拉伯史权威学者。主要著作有《摩尔人统治下的西班牙》《土耳其人的故事》《中世纪的埃及》《萨拉丁和耶路撒冷王国的陷落》等。被誉为是一位“没有偏见的欧洲历史学家”，其作品对人们客观认识欧洲以外的历史有重要影响。

斯坦利·莱恩-普尔（Stanley Lane-Poole，1854—1931） 著名东方学家、考古学家，都柏林大学教授，阿拉伯史权威学者。主要著作有《摩尔人统治下的西班牙》《土耳其人的故事》《中世纪的埃及》《萨拉丁和耶路撒冷王国的陷落》等。被誉为是一位“没有偏见的欧洲历史学家”，其作品对人们客观认识欧洲以外的历史有重要影响。

This is a fresh and surprising account of Japan's culture from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. 'How much I admired it, what a lot I learned from it and, above all, how very much I enjoyed it ... Masterly.' Neil MacGregor It is told through the eyes of people who greeted this change not with the confidence and grasping ambition of Ja...(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》。

The world's foremost expert on the English language takes us on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the history of our vernacular through the ages. In this entertaining history of the world's most ubiquitous language, David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular sinc...(展开全部)

David Crystal works from his home in Holyhead, North Wales, as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. Born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1941, he spent his early years in Holyhead. His family moved to Liverpool in 1951, and he received his secondary schooling at St Mary's College. He read English at University College London (1959-62), specialised in English language st...(展开全部)

The world's foremost expert on the English language takes us on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the history of our vernacular through the ages. In this entertaining history of the world's most ubiquitous language, David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular sinc...(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》。

This is a fresh and surprising account of Japan's culture from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. 'How much I admired it, what a lot I learned from it and, above all, how very much I enjoyed it ... Masterly.' Neil MacGregor It is told through the eyes of people who greeted this change not with the confidence and grasping ambition of Ja...(展开全部)