From Caspian drilling rigs and Caucasus mountain villages to Mediterranean fishing communities and European capitals, this is a journey through the heart of our oil-obsessed society. Blending travel writing and investigative journalism, it charts a history of violent confrontation between geopolitics, profit and humanity. From the revolutionary futurism of 1920s Baku to the unb...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗·希伯特（Christopher Hibbert，1924—2008），出生于英国莱斯特郡，毕业于牛津大学拉德利和奥里尔学院。二战期间他在伦敦爱尔兰步枪团任步兵军官，曾两次负伤，并于1945年获得军功十字勋章。普拉姆教授（J. H. Plumb）称其为“能力极高的作家”，《新政治家》称其为“传记作者中的明珠”。他是一位久负盛名的通俗历史学家。 其作品以治学严谨著称，包括《拉格伦王的灭亡》（The Destruction of Lord Raglan，荣获1962年海涅曼文学奖）、《温莎宫廷》（The Court at Windsor）、《查尔斯·狄更斯成名之路》（The Making of Charles Dickens）、《猛龙觉醒：1793—1911年的中国与西方》（The Dragon Wakes: China and the Wes...(展开全部)

The London Dream tells the story of a city that promises opportunity, excitement and the possibility of prosperity. It is a mythology has launched millions of migrant journeys. No one benefits more from the flow of willed and willing workers than London’s employers. And still, they come. They come to a city propelled by a newly cool capitalism and hungry for workers to serve it...(展开全部)

A considerable body of folklore and scientific research alludes to the efficacy of the vernacular environment to influence both aesthetic experience and general well-being. To examine explicitly whether stress recovery and/or immunization varies as a function of the roadside environment, 160 college-age participants, both male and female, viewed one of four different video-tape...(展开全部)

麗莎．瑪格內莉（Lisa Margonelli） 傑出記者與作家。目前是新美國基金會的爾灣會員，曾為《舊金山記事報》《連線雜誌》《商業2.0雜誌》《發現》《Jane》雜誌撰文，獲頒日舞影展學院獎學金，以及北加州職業記者協會頒發的傑出新聞工作獎。目前住在加州奧克蘭。

大卫·爱登堡（David Attenborough），英国著名电视节目制作人、主持人、博物学家和旅行家，被誉为“世界自然纪录片之父”。他就读于剑桥大学，学习自然科学，1952年加入英国广播公司，1954年开始制作具有开创性的电视节目《动物园探奇》。在长达七十余年的职业生涯中，他策划、解说了《生命的进化》《飞禽传》《地球脉动》《我们的星球》等多部经典的自然纪录片，向观众呈现了地球生命的几乎每一个方面，并深刻地改变了我们认识自然的方式。爱登堡于1985年被授予爵士称号，2005年获得英国皇室功绩勋章。

modern-day classic. "Gift from the Sea is like a shell itself in its small and perfect form . . . It tells of light and life and love and the security that lies at the heart."--New York Times Book Review.

In this inimitable, beloved classic—graceful, lucid and lyrical—Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age; love and marriage; peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down during a brief vacation by the sea. Drawing inspiration from the shells on the shore, Lindbergh’s musings on the shape of a woman’s life bring new understanding to both men and wome...(展开全部)

Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives. From the Hardcover edition.

Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives. From the Hardcover edition.