In Richard Mabey's characteristically lyrical and informative tone, The Cabaret of Plants explores plant species which have challenged our imaginations, awoken that clichéd but real human emotion of wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty and belief. Picked from every walk of life, they encompass crops, weeds, medicines, religious gathering-places and a wa...(展开全部)

"Highly entertaining…Mabey gets us to look at life from the plants’ point of view." ―Constance Casey, New York Times The Cabaret of Plants is a masterful, globe-trotting exploration of the relationship between humans and the kingdom of plants by the renowned naturalist Richard Mabey. A rich, sweeping, and wonderfully readable work of botanical history, The Cabaret of Plants exp...(展开全部)

理查·梅比（Richard Mabey） 英國極負盛名的自然書寫作家，致力於探討自然和文化的關係。曾任英國自然保護委員會顧問，二〇一二年成為皇家文學學會會員。著作逾三十餘本，包括暢銷植物聖經《大不列顛植物誌》（Flora Britannica）、《免費食物》（Food for Free）、《野草的故事》（Weeds: the Story of Outlaw Plants）、《自然良方》（Nature Cure）、《吉伯特•懷特》（Gilbert White）等，皆名列「惠特布萊德傳記獎」與「艾克利圖書獎」等多項圖書大獎。他是《泰晤士報》《衛報》《獨立報》、《格蘭塔》等權威媒體的植物專欄作家，身兼英國廣播公司（BBC）多部自然系列節目的總撰稿者和製片人。 譯者 林金源 專職譯者。熱愛大自然中的蟲魚鳥獸，優遊知識與心靈國度，把翻譯當作認識世界的方式。

In the 40 essays that constitute this collection, Guy Davenport, one of America's major literary critics, elucidates a range of literary history, encompassing literature, art, philosophy and music, from the ancients to the grand old men of modernism.

The world of plants and its relation to mankind as revealed by the latest scientific discoveries. "Plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore."-- Newsweek

The world of plants and its relation to mankind as revealed by the latest scientific discoveries. "Plenty of hard facts and astounding scientific and practical lore."-- Newsweek

巴克尔（E.H. Parker），英国汉学家。他是近代来华的一名外交官兼汉学家，曾利用其长期在中国生活的便利条件对其时的汉语方言等进行了客观记录和研究。他的工作不仅具有极其鲜明的特色，还影响到了包括高本汉在内的一些著名汉学家，在西方汉学界占有重要的学术地位。

From the Kegan Paul classic collection, this is the definitive history of the Tartars up to the conquests of Ghengis Khan as seen by the Chinese, using original Chinese histories. Beginning with the first Chinese references to the nomads "whose country was on the back of a horse," Professor Parker traces the rise and fall of the seven great Tartar empires who fought the Chinese...(展开全部)

巴克尔（E.H. Parker），英国汉学家。他是近代来华的一名外交官兼汉学家，曾利用其长期在中国生活的便利条件对其时的汉语方言等进行了客观记录和研究。他的工作不仅具有极其鲜明的特色，还影响到了包括高本汉在内的一些著名汉学家，在西方汉学界占有重要的学术地位。

Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.