AN ANGOULEME AWARD WINNER RETURNS WITH A PARABLE ABOUT LIFE IN THE ART WORLD "The Making Of" is the follow-up to international sensation Brecht Evens's Eisner-nominated debut, "The Wrong Place." With lush watercolors and his characteristic wit, Evens details the fumbling, amateurish foibles of the participants of a small art festival in the Flemish countryside. Pieterjan is i...(展开全部)

Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING! From how to make a flying machine to how to save lives, and from how to bottle lightning to how to live on Mars, this book shows you where science started, why it matters now, and the jaw-dropping places it may lead us to in the future. It will...(展开全部)

This study discusses basic questions about Rubens's art and life, studies two of his bacchic paintings in detail and describes him in a less easy and more identifiably modern predicament.

Reconsiders the concensus on Rubens as a successful, prolific, and facile court painter who is dwarfed by the achievements of his near-contemporary Rembrandt. This book scrutinizes the assumptions upon which this image is built, and discovers an artist involved with ambivalence and ambiguity.

克里斯托弗·道森（Christopher Dawson, 1889-1970），英国当代著名的文化哲学家、历史学家、文化史学家和社会学家。代表著作有《神祇时代》《欧洲的形成：欧洲统一史导论》《理解欧洲》《世界历史的动力》等。道森以文化史、文化哲学、宗教哲学研究闻名于世， 横跨历史学、社会学、人类学等多个领域，是20世纪知识分子的典范。

克里斯托弗·道森（Christopher Dawson, 1889-1970），英国当代著名的文化哲学家、历史学家、文化史学家和社会学家。代表著作有《神祇时代》《欧洲的形成：欧洲统一史导论》《理解欧洲》《世界历史的动力》等。道森以文化史、文化哲学、宗教哲学研究闻名于世， 横跨历史学、社会学、人类学等多个领域，是20世纪知识分子的典范。

The Araweté are one of the few Amazonian peoples who have maintained their cultural integrity in the face of the destructive forces of European imperialism. In this landmark study, anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro explains this phenomenon in terms of Araweté social cosmology and ritual order. His analysis of the social and religious life of the Araweté--a Tupi-Guarani ...(展开全部)

科林•胡佛2012年1月自主发表第一部小说《因为深爱，所以放手》（Slammed），2012年2月，又发表了续作《真爱没有尽头》（Point of Retreat）。这两本小说一上市便引起热议，亚马逊读者评论数以史无前例的速度迅速突破1000条。同年，两本书的电影版权以高价售出。 胡佛喜爱音乐和诗歌，尤其是美国民谣摇滚乐队艾未特兄弟（The Avett Brothers）。在《因为深爱，所以放手》中，她用他们的歌词作为每一个章节的引子。此外，书中主人公威尔等人出入诗喃会，诗歌是贯穿整个故事的重要线索，也是胡佛作品的特色之一。她将这些动人歌词和诗句穿插在故事里，替主人公们道出心声，情之所至，催人泪下。 胡佛迄今出版的每一本小说，都荣登《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜，是美国最受欢迎的情感类小说作家之一。 科林•胡佛现在与家人和3个儿子一起居住在美国得克萨斯州。...(展开全部)