荣赫鹏（1863-1942），英国军官，皇家地理学会珠峰委员会首届主席，攀登珠峰的提倡者和推动者，也是十九世纪最著名的英国探险家之一，旅行范围多在印度北部和中国西藏地区，对地理研究方面贡献良多。二十四岁时只身穿越戈壁沙漠，还发现了一条从中国通往印度的新路径。这位帝国时代的军人也是运动健将，创下三百码短跑世界纪录。他也致力于筹组探险团，从事人类历史上头几次珠峰攀登的尝试。此外，他还是位作家，晚年成为宣扬藏传佛教的神秘主义者。

荣赫鹏（1863-1942），英国军官，皇家地理学会珠峰委员会首届主席，攀登珠峰的提倡者和推动者，也是十九世纪最著名的英国探险家之一，旅行范围多在印度北部和中国西藏地区，对地理研究方面贡献良多。二十四岁时只身穿越戈壁沙漠，还发现了一条从中国通往印度的新路径。这位帝国时代的军人也是运动健将，创下三百码短跑世界纪录。他也致力于筹组探险团，从事人类历史上头几次珠峰攀登的尝试。此外，他还是位作家，晚年成为宣扬藏传佛教的神秘主义者。

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as far as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries. The story tells of Gilgamesh.s adventures with the wild man Enkidu, and of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah and the secret of immortality. In addition to ...(展开全部)

In this comprehensive runner’s companion, you’ll find 50 of the world’s greatest running routes – from short city runs and must-do marathons to cross-country trails and challenging ultras – plus a further 150 courses around the globe to satisfy runners of all abilities. Each run is accompanied by stunning photos and a map and toolkit of practical details – where to start and fi...(展开全部)

Was it fate that put Krakauer—at once a crack climber, a seasoned journalist, and a sensitive conscience—on the world's highest mountain during that notorious 1996 season? Unpredictable weather, human folly, and a mind-set committed to client satisfaction killed 12 people on Everest that year, while the whole world watched. Krakauer showed us what it really meant: the traffic j...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 The classic personal account of one of the great scientific discoveries of the century. By identifying the structure of DNA, the molecule of life, Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionized biochemistry and won themselves a Nobel Prize. At the time, Watson was only twenty-four, a brilliant young zoologist hungry to make his mark. His uncompromisingly honest accou...(展开全部)

The novel deals with the conflict between two types of men: the ones who consider maize to be a sacred food (the indigenous people of Guatemala); and those who view it simply as a commercial product. It exposes the devastating effects capitalism and international companies had on the lives of Guatemalan maize growers, having a profound effect on their customs, ancestral beliefs...(展开全部)

The novel deals with the conflict between two types of men: the ones who consider maize to be a sacred food (the indigenous people of Guatemala); and those who view it simply as a commercial product. It exposes the devastating effects capitalism and international companies had on the lives of Guatemalan maize growers, having a profound effect on their customs, ancestral beliefs...(展开全部)

A cup of coffee is a miracle, a wonderful assemblage of relationships”. This classic follows coffee's journey around the world, from London to Brazil, telling in fascinating detail and amusing anecdote the singular history of the legendary commodity, from its discovery that chewing on the beans were keeping goats awake in Yemen to the author’s own experiences with the bean in 1...(展开全部)