Trees of paradise: Exquisite illustrations of the tropical palm On December 15, 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868), Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh palm leaves. The fronds were a reference to his groundbreaking Natural History of Palms: a work in ...(展开全部)

威廉·福克纳，美国最有影响的现代派小说家之一，二十世纪最伟大的作家之一。福克纳自学生时代开始写诗，一九二四年出版诗集《大理石牧神》。第一部小说《士兵的报酬》于一九二六年出版。福克纳以他那神秘的约克纳帕塔法县为背景，写出十七部长篇小说以及大量短篇小说，如《沙多里斯》、《喧哗与骚动》、《我弥留之际》、《圣殿》、《八月之光》、《押沙龙，押沙龙!》、《没有被征服的》、《野棕榈》、《坟墓的闯人者》、《修女安魂曲》、《小镇》、《大宅》和《掠夺者》等。一九四九年，福克纳获得诺贝尔文学奖。

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges and changes the way readers view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. Posing 265 questions, "The Book of Questions" is bound to provoke hours and hours of thought.

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges and changes the way readers view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. Posing 265 questions, "The Book of Questions" is bound to provoke hours and hours of thought.

An insider's view of court life and culture during the Renaissance, here is the handiwork of a 16th-century diplomat who was called upon to resolve the differences in a war of etiquette among the Italian nobility. The ultimate resource on aristocratic manners, it remains the most definitive account of life among the Renaissance nobility.

An insider's view of court life and culture during the Renaissance, here is the handiwork of a 16th-century diplomat who was called upon to resolve the differences in a war of etiquette among the Italian nobility. The ultimate resource on aristocratic manners, it remains the most definitive account of life among the Renaissance nobility.

Newly uncovered illuminations from the Renaissance depicting miraculous phenomena The Book of Miracles that first surfaced a few years ago and recently made its way into an American private collection is one of the most spectacular new discoveries in the field of Renaissance art. The nearly complete surviving illustrated manuscript, which was created in the Swabian Imperial Fre...(展开全部)