主编简介： 罗新，1963年生于湖北，北京大学中国古代史研究中心暨历史学系教授，专业研究方向为魏晋南北朝史和中国古代民族史。专业代表作《中古北族名号研究》（2009）、《黑毡上的北魏皇帝》（2014），著有旅行文学作品《从大都到上都——在古道上重新发现中国》（2018） 。 作者简介： 海伦娜·阿特利，非虚构作家和特稿撰稿人，皇家文学基金会会员。她写了多本有关意大利花园和世界各地花园文化史的书。作品有《行走的柠檬：意大利的柑橘园之旅》、《列夫的小提琴》（Lev’s Violin: An Italian Adventure）、《英国伟大的花园》（Great Gardens of Britain）、《日本的花园》（Gardens of Japan）等。 译者简介： 张洁，1985年生于上海松江。本科就读于复旦大学历史系，获历史学学士学位。研究生就读于复旦...(展开全部)

The periodic table of elements is among the most recognizable image in science. It lies at the core of chemistry and embodies the most fundamental principles of science. In this new edition, Eric Scerri offers readers a complete and updated history and philosophy of the periodic table. Written in a lively style to appeal to experts and interested lay-persons alike,The Periodic ...(展开全部)

The periodic table is one of the most potent icons in science. It lies at the core of chemistry and embodies the most fundamental principles of the field. The one definitive text on the development of the periodic table by van Spronsen (1969), has been out of print for a considerable time. The present book provides a successor to van Spronsen, but goes further in giving an ev...(展开全部)

Mongolia remains a beautiful barren land of spectacularly clothed horse-riders, nomadic romance and windswept landscape. But modern Mongolia is now caught between two giants: China and Russia; and known to be home to enormous mineral resources they are keen to exploit. China is expanding economically into the region, buying up mining interests and strengthening its control over...(展开全部)

Mongolia remains a beautiful barren land of spectacularly clothed horse-riders, nomadic romance and windswept landscape. But modern Mongolia is now caught between two giants: China and Russia; and known to be home to enormous mineral resources they are keen to exploit. China is expanding economically into the region, buying up mining interests and strengthening its control over...(展开全部)

Delicious, lethal, hallucinogenic and medicinal, fruits have led nations to war, fueled dictatorships and lured people into new worlds. An expedition through the fascinating world of fruit, The Fruit Hunters is the engrossing story of some of Earth's most desired foods. In lustrous prose, Adam Leith Gollner draws readers into a Willy Wonka-like world with mangoes that taste ...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Journalist Gollner's debut is a rollicking account of the world of fruit and fruit fanatics. He's traveled to many countries in search of exotic fruits, and he describes in sensuous detail some of the hundreds of varieties he's sampled, among them peanut butter fruit, blackberry-jam fruit and coco-de-mer—a suggestively shaped coconut known...(展开全部)

亚当·李斯·格尔纳 http://www.adamgollner.com 现居加拿大蒙特利尔。耗费数年周游世界探访地下水果世界。他是《纽约时报》、《美食家》、《好胃口》、《GOOD》等杂志的撰稿人。曾经担任《VICE》杂志的编辑。他还是个音乐人，并筹拍自己的独立电影。《水果猎人》是他的第一本著作，并即将被搬上银幕，由著名导演文德斯监督，《沿江而上（Up the YangZi River）》华裔导演张侨勇导演。 本书网站： www.thefruithunters.com

Germany's and Italy's belated national unifications continue to loom large in contemporary debates. Often regarded as Europe's paradigmatic instances of failed modernization, the two countries form the basis of many of our most prized theories of social science. "Structuring the State" undertakes one of the first systematic comparisons of the two cases, putting the origins of t...(展开全部)