Originally published in the fall of 1982, the wonderfully wise and strikingly simple story of a leaf named Freddie has become one of the most popular books of our times. How Freddie and his companion leaves change with the passing seasons, finally falling to the ground with a winters snow, is an inspiring allegory illustrating the delicate balance between life and death.After o...(展开全部)

Originally published in the fall of 1982, the wonderfully wise and strikingly simple story of a leaf named Freddie has become one of the most popular books of our times. How Freddie and his companion leaves change with the passing seasons, finally falling to the ground with a winters snow, is an inspiring allegory illustrating the delicate balance between life and death.After o...(展开全部)

With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism?and the culture it creates?harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a need among successful people for personal gratification?a need that corrodes the work ethic that led to their success in the first place. With the end of the Cold War and the emerg...(展开全部)

With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism?and the culture it creates?harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a need among successful people for personal gratification?a need that corrodes the work ethic that led to their success in the first place. With the end of the Cold War and the emerg...(展开全部)

Edited with an Introduction by David Galloway.

Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering results. Our homes and workplaces turned into veritable galleries of style and innovation. From furniture to graphics, its all here - the work of artists who have shaped and recr...(展开全部)

In the parade of highlights with which many have tried to sum up the twentieth century, the overarching patterns and fundamental transformations often fail to come into focus. The Columbia History of the 20th Century, however, is much more than a chronicle of the previous century's front-page news. Instead, the book is a series of twenty-three linked interpretive essays on the ...(展开全部)

In the parade of highlights with which many have tried to sum up the twentieth century, the overarching patterns and fundamental transformations often fail to come into focus. The Columbia History of the 20th Century, however, is much more than a chronicle of the previous century's front-page news. Instead, the book is a series of twenty-three linked interpretive essays on the ...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·格尔尼 生于1958年，拥有人类学学士学位，热爱机械的艺术家、作家和艺术教师，雨果奖、切斯利奖和世界奇幻奖得主，《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜上的畅销作者。 曾为迪士尼、梦工厂、索尼影业、卢卡斯影业和暴雪娱乐等公司进行美术设计。画作曾在史密森尼国家自然历史博物馆等各大博物馆展出。 作为资深的绘画教练创作的绘画教程《色彩与光线：写实主义绘画指南》曾占据亚马逊艺术类畅销榜第1名52周之久。《恐龙国》系列作品是其very very著名的作品，被翻译为18种语言，风靡30多个国家。在美国，很多人孩提时代就像相信圣诞老人那样，对恐龙国的世界信以为真。

米歇尔-罗尔夫·特鲁约（Michel-Rolph Trouillot，1949—2012），已故海地裔美国人类学家，芝加哥大学人类学和社会科学教授。特鲁约一生波折，经历传奇。他出身知识分子家庭，父亲是中学教师和律师，母亲是法官，叔叔是海地国家档案馆的馆长和历史学家。特鲁约在从事学术研究之前是词曲作家，后受到迫害而流亡，逃到美国，住在地下室，靠开出租车为生。1978年在纽约城市大学布鲁克林学院获得历史和文化学士学位，而后进入约翰斯·霍普金斯大学攻读人类学，并获得博士学位。从此，特鲁约开始了人类学的研究生涯。 特鲁约曾任约翰斯·霍普金斯大学克里格-艾森豪威尔（Krieger-Eisenhower）杰出人类学教授和全球文化与历史研究所所长，跨文化研究者，曾获古根海姆人文科学奖。1998年进入芝加哥大学，任人类学和社会科学教授。他勇于打破学科间的界限，综合不...(展开全部)