所有黄金时代都以文化繁荣、科学探索、技术成就和经济增长的辉煌时期为标志；然而，没有两个黄金时代是完全相同的。他们的信念、社会以及在更广阔的世界中的地位各不相同。尽管如此，所有先前的黄金时代都已终结，无论是由于外部压力还是内部分裂；过于傲慢还是缺乏警惕。历史学家兼评论家约翰·诺伯格考察了人类历史上伟大的七大文明——古雅典、罗马共和国、阿拔斯王朝的巴格达、宋朝中国、文艺复兴时期的意大利、荷兰共和国和英语文化圈——试图提炼它们的优势和劣势，以回答这个问题：我们如何确保我们当前的黄金时代不会终结？一书见解深刻，引人入胜，既是对我们惊人进步的赞歌，也是对我们绝不能自满的警告。 All golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific explora...(展开全部)

The French intellectual Georges Bataille saw energy as the basis of all human activity—the essence of the human—and he envisioned a society that, instead of renouncing profligate spending, would embrace a more radical type of energy expenditure: la dépense, or “spending without return.” In Bataille’s Peak, Allan Stoekl demonstrates how a close reading of Bataille—in the wake of...(展开全部)

A mysterious “fear disease” is scaring to death the citizens of Longzhou, China. Literally. Victims go insane or die frozen in terror, while survivors rant maniacally about demons infiltrating the city. But what’s really behind the sudden epidemic? To find the answer, Chief Inspector Luo Fei teams up with a controversial historian and a brilliant psychologist to track down the ...(展开全部)

A mysterious “fear disease” is scaring to death the citizens of Longzhou, China. Literally. Victims go insane or die frozen in terror, while survivors rant maniacally about demons infiltrating the city. But what’s really behind the sudden epidemic? To find the answer, Chief Inspector Luo Fei teams up with a controversial historian and a brilliant psychologist to track down the ...(展开全部)

Presented by Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures, Crimson Peak launches in October 2015. This deluxe book explores Guillermo del Toro’s breathtaking supernatural mystery in unparalleled detail, from the creation of its sumptuous sets and costumes to the dark themes interwoven into its story and stunning visuals. A powerful blend of psychological thriller, gothic horror, a...(展开全部)

埃勒里•奎因（Ellery Queen），推理小说史上一个非凡的名字，实指弗雷德里克•丹奈（Frederic Dannay，1905-1982）和曼弗里德•李（Manfred Lee，1905-1971）这对表兄弟作家。他们的创作时间长达半个世纪，作品多达数十部，全球销量约计两亿册；他们曾五获埃德加•爱伦•坡奖；他们的四部“悲剧系列”和九部“国名系列”作品被公认为推理小说史上难以逾越的佳作；他们于1941年创办的《埃勒里•奎因神秘杂志》（EQMM）成为劳伦斯•布洛克、迈克尔•康奈利等推理大家起飞的平台，迄今仍是最专业、最权威的推理文学杂志之一；他们出资设立“密室研讨小组”，定期与约翰•狄克森•卡尔、克莱顿•劳森等推理大师交流、切磋……他们成就的不仅仅是自己，更成就了推理小说的黄金时代。

艾勒里．昆恩送了父親昆恩探長去渡假，而他又正為新作的結局而煩惱。這個時候，花花公子 Grant Ames III 轉交一份稿件給他，上面竟然記載著未刊登過的福爾摩斯作品。而且是關於世上最惡名昭彰的連環兇殺案：開膛手傑克。於是，艾勒里追隨福爾摩斯及華生的足跡，揭開膛手傑克的真正身份。另一方面，他又要找出稿件的物主。

According to Peter Sloterdijk, the twentieth century started on a specific day and place: April 22, 1915, at Ypres in West Flanders. That day, the German army used a chlorine gas meant to exterminate indiscriminately. Until then, war, as described by Clausewitz and practiced by Napoleon, involved attacking the adversary’s vital function first. Using poison gas signaled the pass...(展开全部)

The fate of Sir John Franklin's last expedition remains one of the great mysteries of Arctic exploration. What we know, more or less, is this: In the balmy days of May 1845, 129 officers and men aboard two ships -- Erebus and Terror -- departed from England for the Canadian Arctic in search of a Northwest Passage to the Pacific. They were never heard from again. Between 1847 an...(展开全部)