By the world-renowned seismologist, a riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--they stem from the same forces that give our planet life. Earthquakes give us natural springs; volcanoes produce fertile soil. It is only when these forces exceed our abili...(展开全部)

作者简介 玛格丽特•麦克米伦（Margaret MacMillan），历史研究与国际关系领域的领军人物，也是牛津大学国际历史系的名誉教授和多伦多大学历史学教授。曾担任多伦多大学三一学院和牛津大学圣安东尼学院的院长。麦克米伦的曾外祖父就是《缔造和平》的主角之一、英国前首相劳合•乔治，她的多部作品均与其曾外祖父从政的时代背景密切相关。《缔造和平》一书是麦克米伦的代表作，斩获达夫•库珀杰作奖、西塞尔•提尔曼历史著作奖、塞缪尔•约翰逊非虚构类杰作奖等众多奖项。她于2021年获得了普利兹克军事写作终身成就文学奖。 她此前的作品包括《缔造和平：1919巴黎和会及其开启的战后世界》《和平戛然而止：通往1914年之路》《当尼克松遇上毛泽东：改变世界的一周》《历史的运用与滥用》等。 译者简介 巴扬，译者，曾担任出版策划编辑，北京大学中国文学专业与国际关系专业双学士，英...(展开全部)

The instinct to fight may be innate in human nature, but war—organized violence—comes with organized society. War has shaped humanity’s history, its social and political institutions, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, and some of our greatest cultural treasures reflect the glory and the misery of war. War is an uncomfortable and c...(展开全部)

作者简介 玛格丽特•麦克米伦（Margaret MacMillan），历史研究与国际关系领域的领军人物，也是牛津大学国际历史系的名誉教授和多伦多大学历史学教授。曾担任多伦多大学三一学院和牛津大学圣安东尼学院的院长。麦克米伦的曾外祖父就是《缔造和平》的主角之一、英国前首相劳合•乔治，她的多部作品均与其曾外祖父从政的时代背景密切相关。《缔造和平》一书是麦克米伦的代表作，斩获达夫•库珀杰作奖、西塞尔•提尔曼历史著作奖、塞缪尔•约翰逊非虚构类杰作奖等众多奖项。她于2021年获得了普利兹克军事写作终身成就文学奖。 她此前的作品包括《缔造和平：1919巴黎和会及其开启的战后世界》《和平戛然而止：通往1914年之路》《当尼克松遇上毛泽东：改变世界的一周》《历史的运用与滥用》等。 译者简介 巴扬，译者，曾担任出版策划编辑，北京大学中国文学专业与国际关系专业双学士，英...(展开全部)

'A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world' Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees 'A fascinating story and a crucial revision of the momentous importance of tropical forests to human history' Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins _________________________ Jungle tells the remarkable story of the world's tropical forests, from the arrival of the first ...(展开全部)

To many of us, tropical forests are the domain of movies and novels. These dense, primordial wildernesses are beautiful to picture, but irrelevant to our lives. Jungle tells a different story. Archaeologist Patrick Roberts argues that tropical forests have shaped nearly every aspect of life on earth. They made the planet habitable, enabled the rise of dinosaurs and mammals, and...(展开全部)

A closer look at genealogy, incorporating how biological, anthropological, and technical factors can influence human lives We are at a pivotal moment in understanding our remote ancestry and its implications for how we live today. The barriers to what we can know about our distant relatives have been falling as a result of scientific advance, such as decoding the genomes of hum...(展开全部)

As Diane Ackerman writes in her brilliant new book, The Human Age, "our relationship with nature has changed…radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable." Ackerman is justly celebrated for her unique insight into the natural world and our place in it. In this landmark bo...(展开全部)

'Our relationship with nature has changed . . . radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.' In The Human Age award-winning nature writer Diane Ackerman confronts the fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. Humans have 'subdued...(展开全部)

Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning history, and you can trace the evolution of our c...(展开全部)