作者简介 （英）戴维·克里斯特尔（David Crystal） 世界著名语言与文化学家,英国国家学术院院士，威尔士班戈大学语言学名誉教授。因其在英语语言方面的杰出贡献，被授予大英帝国官佐勋章。曾担任BBC等多个广播、电视节目的顾问、撰稿人和主持人，还曾担任剑桥大学出版社 和企鹅出版社综合性百科全书的总编辑。著有《剑桥英语语言百科全书》《现代语言学词典》《英语的故事》《何为语言学?》《谁关心英语的用法?》等上百部作品。 丛书策划及主译简介 周成刚 新东方教育科技集团首席执行官。做过大学老师，当过新闻记者，倡导国际教育,传播多元文化。著有《不一样的成长》《走向远方：穿越世界的教育寻访》《镜头里的世界名校》《由东向西看教育》等，并有《时间机器》《如何阅读一本书》等多部译著出版。曾获澳中同学会“杰出企业家校友奖”及人民日报社“海归中国梦年度人物”等荣誉称号。...(展开全部)

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)

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)

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)

August 2558. Rion Forge was once defined by her relentless quest for hope amidst the refuse and wreckage of a post-Covenant War galaxy—years spent searching for family as much as fortune. But that was before Rion and the crew of her salvager ship Ace of Spades encountered a powerful yet tragic being who forever altered their lives. This remnant from eons past, when the Forerunn...(展开全部)

林·亨特（Lynn Hunt）获斯坦福大学哲学博士学位，加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校欧洲现代史欧根·韦伯（Eugen Weber）讲席教授。著有、编有若干著作，包括最近的《发明人权》（Inventing Human Righis，2007）和《度量时间，制作历史》（Measuring Time，Making Histony，2008）。其与他人合写的有关18世纪早期欧洲之宗教宽容的著作在印刷中。 托马斯·R. 马丁（Thomas R. Martin）获哈佛大学哲学博士学位，圣十字学院古典学杰里迈亚·奥康纳（Jeremiah O'Connor）讲席教授。著有《古典希腊的主权与硬币》（Sovereignty and Coinage in Classical Greece，1985）、《古代希腊》（Ancien Greece，1996，2000）。“珀修斯：古...(展开全部)

DNA is the genetic material that defines us as individuals. Over the last two decades, it has emerged as a powerful tool for solving crimes and determining guilt and innocence. But, very recently, an important new aspect of DNA has been revealed it contains a detailed record of evolution. That is, DNA is a living chronicle of how the marvelous creatures that inhabit our planet ...(展开全部)

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)

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)