Whether as wine, beer, or spirits, alcohol has had a constant and often controversial role in social life. In his innovative book on the attitudes toward and consumption of alcohol, Rod Phillips surveys a 9,000-year cultural and economic history, uncovering the tensions between alcoholic drinks as healthy staples of daily diets and as objects of social, political, and religious...(展开全部)

Whether as wine, beer, or spirits, alcohol has had a constant and often controversial role in social life. In his innovative book on the attitudes toward and consumption of alcohol, Rod Phillips surveys a 9,000-year cultural and economic history, uncovering the tensions between alcoholic drinks as healthy staples of daily diets and as objects of social, political, and religious...(展开全部)

罗德·菲利普斯（Rod Phillips），卡尔顿大学历史系教授，著有《葡萄酒简史》（A Short History of Wine）、《葡萄酒9000年：一部全球史》（9000 Years of Wine: A Global History）等多部酒类（尤其是葡萄酒） 研究的书籍。 . 菲利普斯每周为《渥太华公民报》（Ottawa Citizen）撰写葡萄酒专栏，为NUVO杂志和专业葡萄酒媒体，如加拿大Vines杂志和英国权威葡萄酒杂志《美酒世界》（The World of Fine Wine）撰写文章。 . 罗德·菲利普斯通过了英国葡萄酒大师（Master of Wine，MW）项目的认证，获得了“葡萄酒大师”的称号。自20世纪50年代设立这一项目以来，世界范围内获得该称号的不到400人。作为世界知名的葡萄酒大师，菲利普斯还在世界各地的葡萄酒大赛...(展开全部)

大卫·威斯纳，出生于美国新泽西州，毕业于罗德岛设计学院，专攻插画。从中学时代开始，他便对用图画书讲故事的方式产生了浓厚兴趣，并开始尝试拍默片和创作没有文字的漫画。他上学时绘制过长达274厘米的作品，该作被视为《梦幻大飞行》的最初灵感来源。 大卫·威斯纳热衷于无字图画书的创作领域，他认为：无字书能为图画书留下神秘；能让想象有奔驰的空间；能让读者更接近这些插画，并能随心所欲地参与其中，用自己内在的声音创作自己的故事。 作为美国顶尖插画家，也是得奖常胜军。他的作品向来广受各方瞩目，多次赢得美国凯迪克大奖评审青睐，其作品曾获得美国图书馆学会推荐童书、蓝缎带好书榜、《号角》杂志评选最佳童书、纽约市立图书馆好书100、《纽约时报》年度推荐童书、《亲子》杂志阅读魔力奖、《出版人周刊》杂志年度最佳好书、《学校图书馆》杂志年度最佳好书等奖项。 大卫·威斯纳的作品获凯迪...(展开全部)

When he falls asleep with a book in his arms, a young boy dreams an amazing dream-about dragons, about castles, and about an unchartered, faraway land. And you can come along.</p>

The physiologist Benjamin Libet famously demonstrated that activity in the brain's motor regions can be detected some 300 milliseconds before a person feels that he has decided to move. Another lab recently used fMRI data to show that some "conscious" decisions can be predicted up to 10 seconds before they enter awareness (long before the preparatory motor activity detected by ...(展开全部)

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Edward De Bono believes in freedom, but poses the question: "If you cannot see clearly, are you making a free choice?" And, that question is at the heart of his new book. De Bono has devoted his life and career to getting his readers- business leaders, educators, and politicians among others- to understand that clarity of thinking is essential to a free society. It is not enoug...(展开全部)