The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought and—finally—the disaster now known as the Great Collapse of 2093, when the disintegration of the West Antarctica Ice Sheet led to mass migration and a complete reshuffling of the global o...(展开全部)

乔纳森·戴利（JonathanDaly），哈佛大学历史学博士，伊利诺伊大学历史学教授，美国斯拉夫研究会成员，研究聚焦于现代文明的诞生和俄罗斯近现代史。在数十年的教学生涯中，戴利广受师生欢迎，并于2008年获雪莉·比尔奖。著有《欧洲如何塑造现代世界》《俄国革命及其影响》等。

乔纳森·戴利（JonathanDaly），哈佛大学历史学博士，伊利诺伊大学历史学教授，美国斯拉夫研究会成员，研究聚焦于现代文明的诞生和俄罗斯近现代史。在数十年的教学生涯中，戴利广受师生欢迎，并于2008年获雪莉·比尔奖。著有《欧洲如何塑造现代世界》《俄国革命及其影响》等。

肯尼斯•克拉克（Kenneth Clark，1903－1983） 英国作家、艺术史家，被公认为20世纪英国艺术界“一言九鼎”的人物之一。他曾在27岁时担任牛津阿什莫尔博物馆馆长，30岁主理英国国家美术馆。进入50年代，他通过担任多部艺术类电视纪录片的主持人进入公众视野。1969年，随着纪录片《文明》和同名图书的问世，克拉克的声誉达到了顶峰。 译者简介 易英，男，1953年出生于湖南。中央美术学院教授、博士生导师，中央美术学院《美术研究》杂志社社长、《世界美术》主编。马英九表弟。

A considerable body of folklore and scientific research alludes to the efficacy of the vernacular environment to influence both aesthetic experience and general well-being. To examine explicitly whether stress recovery and/or immunization varies as a function of the roadside environment, 160 college-age participants, both male and female, viewed one of four different video-tape...(展开全部)

From the visionary bestselling author of The Second World and How to Run the World comes a bracing and authoritative guide to a future shaped less by national borders than by global supply chains, a world in which the most connected powers—and people—will win. Connectivity is the most revolutionary force of the twenty-first century. Mankind is reengineering the planet, investin...(展开全部)

The Araweté are one of the few Amazonian peoples who have maintained their cultural integrity in the face of the destructive forces of European imperialism. In this landmark study, anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro explains this phenomenon in terms of Araweté social cosmology and ritual order. His analysis of the social and religious life of the Araweté--a Tupi-Guarani ...(展开全部)

The Araweté are one of the few Amazonian peoples who have maintained their cultural integrity in the face of the destructive forces of European imperialism. In this landmark study, anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro explains this phenomenon in terms of Araweté social cosmology and ritual order. His analysis of the social and religious life of the Araweté--a Tupi-Guarani ...(展开全部)

丹尼斯·谢尔曼是纽约城市大学约翰·杰伊刑事司法学院(John Jay College of Criminal Justice，the City University of New York)的历史学教授。他在加州大学伯克利分校获得了文学学士学位(1962年)和法学博士学位(1965年)，并在密歇根大学获得了哲学博士(1970年)。他是巴黎大学的访问学者(1978—1979年，1985年)。他曾获得福特基金会学术奖(Ford Foundation Prize Fellowship，1968—1969年，1969—1970年)，获得经济史研究中心学术奖(Council for Research on Economic History，1971—1972年)，获得国家人文科学基金会奖(National Endowment for the Humanitie...(展开全部)

The four sixth graders on their paraplegic teacher's enormously successful Academic Bowl squad are more than just teammates brought together by chance. They call themselves "The Souls". Their individual life stories unfold in four jewel-like short stories that are woven together into a novel that is "glowing with humor and dusted with magic...a stunning quartet of harmoniously ...(展开全部)