Ten people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night eleven set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who is the extra?

To an extraordinary extent everyone in Britain still lives under the shadow of the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. It was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only achieved through overwhelming violence. "Revolution" brilliantly captures the sense that this was a great turning point in Bri...(展开全部)

An optimistic exploration of how, through radical economic reform, the United Kingdom can prosper and flourish in the new global economy Taking a refreshingly realistic approach, Alex Brummer outlines how our current moment can be reshaped into an unprecedented opportunity for economic prosperity. With a new long-term approach, Britain can capitalize on the ever-changing global...(展开全部)

What is math? How exactly does it work? And what do three siblings trying to share a cake have to do with it? In How to Bake Pi, math professor Eugenia Cheng provides an accessible introduction to the logic and beauty of mathematics, powered, unexpectedly, by insights from the kitchen: we learn, for example, how the béchamel in a lasagna can be a lot like the number 5, and why ...(展开全部)

What is math? How exactly does it work? And what do three siblings trying to share a cake have to do with it? In How to Bake Pi, math professor Eugenia Cheng provides an accessible introduction to the logic and beauty of mathematics, powered, unexpectedly, by insights from the kitchen: we learn, for example, how the béchamel in a lasagna can be a lot like the number 5, and why ...(展开全部)

斯特兹·特克尔，美国口述史权威、著名作家、广播节目制作人。1966年，特克尔的第一本口述史著作《断街》出版，旋即成为畅销书，之后他一部部推出人们颇为关心的讨论话题，每部都在当时引起巨大反响，包括《艰难时代》《美国梦寻》《正义的战争》等，曾获普利策非虚构文学奖。

The Earth has entered a new age―the Anthropocene―in which humans are the most powerful influence on global ecology. Since the mid-twentieth century, the accelerating pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a massive uncontrolled experiment. The Great Acceleration explains its causes and consequences, highlighting the role o...(展开全部)

麦克·巴内特（作者） 美国著名的图画书作者，作品包括《比利?推特尔和他的蓝鲸问题》《再猜猜!》《哦，不!》等。麦克还是洛杉矶回声公园“时光之旅”商店的创始人，并且他还是“LA826”组织成员，这个组织是一个提供写作训练和指导的非营利机构。 乔恩·克拉森（绘者） 出生于加拿大安大略省尼亚加拉大瀑布旁，现居美国洛杉矶。乔恩在他的作品中完美融合了水墨、水彩和电脑制图的绘画技法，别致而细腻。他的作品曾获美国图书馆学会年度最佳童书、美国《纽约时报》年度最佳童书、加拿大总督奖等多项殊荣。2013 年，乔恩同时摘得凯迪克金奖、银奖，成为美国童书界最闪亮的新星。

麦克·巴内特（作者） 美国著名的图画书作者，作品包括《比利?推特尔和他的蓝鲸问题》《再猜猜!》《哦，不!》等。麦克还是洛杉矶回声公园“时光之旅”商店的创始人，并且他还是“LA826”组织成员，这个组织是一个提供写作训练和指导的非营利机构。 乔恩·克拉森（绘者） 出生于加拿大安大略省尼亚加拉大瀑布旁，现居美国洛杉矶。乔恩在他的作品中完美融合了水墨、水彩和电脑制图的绘画技法，别致而细腻。他的作品曾获美国图书馆学会年度最佳童书、美国《纽约时报》年度最佳童书、加拿大总督奖等多项殊荣。2013 年，乔恩同时摘得凯迪克金奖、银奖，成为美国童书界最闪亮的新星。

A thin pair of steel ribbons across town and countryside, along sea walls, over remote and lonely Highland moors, through tunnels, and carried on magnificent viaducts - the special association betwee