Books on stretching are common, but The Anatomy of Stretching takes a more fundamental approach than the others, taking the reader inside the body to show exactly what is happening during a stretch. At the heart of the book are 300 full-color illustrations that show the primary and secondary muscles worked in 115 key stretches arranged by body area. Author Brad Walker brings ...(展开全部)

阿诺德·G.尼尔森（ArnoldG.Nelson） 美国运动医学会会员，拥有得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校肌肉生理学哲学博士学位，目前为路易斯安那州立大学运动科学院教授。作为柔韧性方面的领先研究者，他被认为是有关拉伸对肌肉性能有何影响方面的**专家之一。 尤卡·科科宁（JoukoKokkonen） 拥有杨百翰大学运动生理学哲学博士学位，夏威夷杨百翰大学运动科学教授。他教授解剖学、运动机能学、运动生理学和竞技训练已有20多年，担任田径教练已有30多年。科科宁的研究专注于拉伸的短期和长期影响。 译者简介 王会寨 北京体育大学教育学博士学位，副研究馆员，北京体育大学图书馆副馆长。在各类期刊发表学术论文30余篇，主、参编体育类图书10余部。

The multiple stresses of contemporary life—whether from excessive sports play, overwork, or overuse of technology—are increasingly taking a toll on the body. Symptoms range from muscle soreness and pain to pinched nerves to potentially more permanent disabilities, including serious body injuries. One safe, quickly productive way to address the problem is through a simple therap...(展开全部)

One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," while the celebrated surgeon William Osler ...(展开全部)

Stone (clinical psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons) examines examples of violent crimes generally considered to be evil--for example, torture, murder (including serial, mass, and spree murder), and sexual sadism with murder--and categorizes each on a "gradations of evil" scale. He introduces his scale with a discussion of what is generally considered evil b...(展开全部)

A leading psychiatrist offers not only the most satisfying explanation of Japanese behaviour yet written, but a key to new understanding of all basic human needs.

One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," while the celebrated surgeon William Osler ...(展开全部)

罗伯特•伯顿（Robert Burton,1577—1640）是一个学问渊博而性情古怪的人。他于1593年进入牛津，至1602年方得到学位，历时9年，因为自从他进入学校到1599年一直重病缠身，深深体会了忧郁的滋味。他终身留在牛津大学，做导师、做图书馆管理，他一生埋首在图书里。 他从不旅行，从未结婚，只是博览群籍乐此不疲，以至于死。他死于1640年1月25日，正好和他根据星象学推算出的死期非常接近，有人说他是自杀而死以证明其预言之不虚。（梁实秋撰）

布朗蒂娜·卡莱-热尔曼 致力于运动解剖学领域30余年，是运动解剖学概念的创立者。 系列专著《运动解剖书：运动者最终要读透的身体技能解析书》《运动解剖书2：运动者受益一生的身体技能训练书》等，常年位居法国亚马逊医学类解剖学分类、运动拉伸类畅销书榜榜首，被译为10余 种语言，在全球发行上百万册。

Literary satire assumes three main forms: monologue, parody, and narrative (some fictional, some dramatic). This book by Gilbert Highet is a study of these forms, their meaning, their variation, their powers. Its scope is the range of satirical literature—from ancient Greece to modern America, from Aristophanes to Ionesco, from the parodists of Homer to the parodists of Eisenho...(展开全部)