The Expedition of Humphry Clinker is one of the great comic novels of the 18th century, the outstanding masterpiece of Tobias Smollett (1721–71), a prolific journalist, historian, editor and translator, whose ground-breaking fictional creations helped shape the modern novel. Written in Italy during Smollett’s last illness, and published just months before his death from overwor...(展开全部)

[挪威]托尔·海尔达尔THOR HEYERDAHL 二十世纪最杰出的挪威民族学家、探险家、作家。被誉为“世界上最著名的挪威人”。1947年，他策划组织并亲自参与的木筏横渡太平洋探险获得成功，震惊全球。 1948，记录这段传奇经历的书籍《孤筏重洋》出版，之后的70年中被翻译成75种语言，卖出了至少3500万册。这本书是有史以来由挪威作家写的最畅销的书之一。 海尔达尔乘坐木筏在海上航行时用摄像机记录了自己的冒险经历，并且制作成纪录片《康-提基》，获得了1951年奥斯卡最佳纪录片奖，这也是挪威历史上唯一一次获得奥斯卡奖的影片。2012年这段经历被拍摄成电影《孤筏重洋》，成为挪威最卖座的影片，并提名奥斯卡最佳外语片。1969年至1970年间，海尔达尔从摩洛哥启程，开始另一趟大规模航行，这次他驾驶纸草船「拉号」(Ra)，打算证实地中海世界的早期人类可能曾经横越...(展开全部)

Veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s excruciating and inspiring expedition to Antarctica aboard the Endurance has long captured the public imagination. South is his own first-hand account of this epic adventure. As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But...(展开全部)

Whether pondering why some numbers are uncountable, or why infinity + 1 is not the same as 1 + infinity, we've all asked the same question: What is infinity? In Beyond Infinity, Eugenia Cheng takes us on a staggering journey from elemental math to its loftiest abstractions. Along the way she considers how to use a chessboard to plan a worldwide dinner party, how to make a chick...(展开全部)

Whether pondering why some numbers are uncountable, or why infinity + 1 is not the same as 1 + infinity, we've all asked the same question: What is infinity? In Beyond Infinity, Eugenia Cheng takes us on a staggering journey from elemental math to its loftiest abstractions. Along the way she considers how to use a chessboard to plan a worldwide dinner party, how to make a chick...(展开全部)

Introduction This book examines the history of a military expedition the Japanese government sent to southern Taiwan in 1874, in the context of Japan’s subordination to Western powers in the unequal treaty system in East Asia. It argues that events on the ground in Taiwan show the Japanese government intended to establish colonies in southern and eastern Taiwan, and justified i...(展开全部)

Introduction This book examines the history of a military expedition the Japanese government sent to southern Taiwan in 1874, in the context of Japan’s subordination to Western powers in the unequal treaty system in East Asia. It argues that events on the ground in Taiwan show the Japanese government intended to establish colonies in southern and eastern Taiwan, and justified i...(展开全部)

This book analyzes a new trend in Chinese cyber-nationalism by studying the incident of “Diba expedition” in 2016. Written by communica tion scholars from the U.S. and China, the eight chapters examine the history, mobilization and organization of the new cyber-nationalism, the evolution of symbolic devices, and the impact of ICTs, consumerism, fan culture, and internet subcult...(展开全部)

韦恩·巴洛，幻想艺术家，好莱坞电影生物设计师。1958年出生于美国纽约格伦科夫，是一名小说家、插画师、概念设计师，尤其以生物设计著称。20世纪80年代，出版了原创作品《巴洛外星生物创作指南》，荣获美国图书奖提名和科幻界雨果奖提名。自1998年开始涉猎电影设计领域，至今他参与设计过很多优秀的电影项目：《哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》《哈利·波特与火焰杯》《阿凡达》《霍比特人》《地狱男爵》《环太平洋》《异星战场》等。2007年，韦恩受自己“地狱系列”插画的启发，还创作了奇幻小说God's Demon，收获好评无数。 译者：胡慧萱，英德译者，德国班贝格大学文学与传媒学硕士（电影学方向），德语专业八级，杭州G20峰会多语种应急平台德语译员。主业为影视剧策划、编剧，广告文案撰稿，曾参与多部电影、电视剧的策划与剧本创作。

韦恩·巴洛，幻想艺术家，好莱坞电影生物设计师。1958年出生于美国纽约格伦科夫，是一名小说家、插画师、概念设计师，尤其以生物设计著称。20世纪80年代，出版了原创作品《巴洛外星生物创作指南》，荣获美国图书奖提名和科幻界雨果奖提名。自1998年开始涉猎电影设计领域，至今他参与设计过很多优秀的电影项目：《哈利·波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》《哈利·波特与火焰杯》《阿凡达》《霍比特人》《地狱男爵》《环太平洋》《异星战场》等。2007年，韦恩受自己“地狱系列”插画的启发，还创作了奇幻小说God's Demon，收获好评无数。 译者：胡慧萱，英德译者，德国班贝格大学文学与传媒学硕士（电影学方向），德语专业八级，杭州G20峰会多语种应急平台德语译员。主业为影视剧策划、编剧，广告文案撰稿，曾参与多部电影、电视剧的策划与剧本创作。