Defining photography is impossible. Revealing it is another matter, and that's what The Concise Focal Encyclopedia of Photography does, with each turn of the page. History: The technical origins and evolution of photography are half of the story. The other half consists of the ways that cultural forces have transformed photography into a constellation of practices more diverse...(展开全部)

*Searchable CD ROM containing the entire book (including images) *Over 450 color images, plus never before published images provided by the George Eastman House collection, as well as images from Ansel Adams, Howard Schatz, and Jerry Uelsmann to name just a few The role and value of the picture cannot be matched for accuracy or impact. This comprehensive treatise, featuring ...(展开全部)

This lavishly illustrated visual reference is an authoritative survey of the intriguing world of animals. The first section is an overview of animal evolution, classification, biology, behavior, habitats and adaptations. At the core of the book is an encyclopedic survey of all the animal groups-mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates. A gallery of more th...(展开全部)

Since its first publication in 1937, this lucid and scholarly chronicle of the history of photography has been hailed as the classic work on the subject. No other book and no other author have managed to relate the aesthetic evolution of the art of photography to its technical innovations with such an absorbing combination of clarity, scholarship and enthusiasm. Through more th...(展开全部)

Scott Kelby, author of The Digital Photography Book (the best-selling digital photography book of all time), is back with another follow-up to his smash best-seller, with an entirely new book that picks up right where volume 3 left off. It's even more of that "Ah ha, so that' s how they do it," straight-to-the-point, skip-the-techno-jargon stuff people can really use today, and...(展开全部)

乔纳森·芬比是十八本书的作者，包括备受称赞的《在边缘：法国的困扰》《将军：戴高乐及其拯救的法国》，后者被《纽约时报》誉为“精彩之书……博识敏锐、扣人心弦，让人不忍释卷”。他关注法国逾半个世纪，曾任路透社和《经济学人》巴黎通讯站负责人，也曾在《观察家》和《南华早报》发表和编辑诸多报道。他还被法国授予荣誉军团勋章和国家荣誉勋章。

乔纳森·芬比是十八本书的作者，包括备受称赞的《在边缘：法国的困扰》《将军：戴高乐及其拯救的法国》，后者被《纽约时报》誉为“精彩之书……博识敏锐、扣人心弦，让人不忍释卷”。他关注法国逾半个世纪，曾任路透社和《经济学人》巴黎通讯站负责人，也曾在《观察家》和《南华早报》发表和编辑诸多报道。他还被法国授予荣誉军团勋章和国家荣誉勋章。

丹尼洛·契斯（Danilo Kiš，1935—1989） 二十世纪南斯拉夫最重要的作家。契斯出生于南斯拉夫的苏博蒂察市，“二战”期间，他的父亲在纳粹集中营遇害，母亲带着他和姐姐逃难到黑山，直到战争结束才回到南斯拉夫。他在贝尔格莱德大学比较文学系毕业后开始文学生涯，作品有《花园，灰烬》《沙漏》《达维多维奇之墓》《死亡百科全书》等，曾获得塞尔维亚NIN 文学奖、美国布鲁诺·舒尔茨奖等诸多文学奖项,并被授予法国文学艺术骑士勋章。他的作品虽受到国际瞩目，在本国出版时却常引起奇特的骚动：《达维多维奇之墓》被诬蔑抄袭了索尔仁尼琴、乔伊斯、曼德尔施塔姆、博尔赫斯、梅德韦杰夫兄弟等作家，布罗茨基对此评论说：“一位作者若能在一本135页的小说里模仿这么多位风格迥异的作者，那么怎样赞美他都不为过。”他还称扬契斯是“一位独具风格的作家，他的作品几乎重新定义了悲剧”。197...(展开全部)

From the schism of Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T'ang Dynasty and to the birth of Muhammad, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of medieval kings, generals and the people they ruled.