This volume is the first to collect the most influential essays and lectures of Eduardo Viveiros de Castro. Published in a wide variety of venues, and often difficult to find, the pieces are brought together here for the first time in one major volume, which includes his momentous 1998 Cambridge University Lectures, “Cosmological Perspectivism in Amazonia and Elsewhere.” Rounde...(展开全部)

That saying? Behind every famous man ...? From Mrs Midas to Queen Kong, from Elvis' twin sister to Pygmalion's bride, they're all here, in Carol Ann Duffy's inspired and inspirational collection, "The World's Wife". Witty and thought-provoking, this is a tongue-in-cheek, no-holds-barred look at the real movers and shakers across history, myth and legend. If you have ever wonder...(展开全部)

A true exploration of world history, The World's History links chronology, themes, and geography in eight units, or parts of study, each emphasizing a single theme--origins, cities, empires, religion, trade, migrations, revolutions, and technology. Geographically, each part covers the entire globe, though specific topics place greater emphasis on specific regions. Rich in prima...(展开全部)

霍华德·斯波德克在哥伦比亚大学获学士学位（1963），专业为历史学，研究方向为哥伦比亚大学新设立的“亚洲研究”项目。他在芝加哥大学获硕士学位（1966）和博士学位（1972），专业为历史学，研究方向为印度研究。他*次访问印度是在1964—1966年，当时他获得富布赖特基金会的资助。他在印度度过了总计约12年的科研和教学生涯。他也曾在美国、拉丁美洲、亚洲、非洲和欧洲广泛游历访问。他自1972年起担任坦普尔大学教师，1984年任教授，1993年获“坦普尔大学优秀教师奖”。 斯波德克从事世界史的研究始于1988年，当时他担任了一个综合性的、创新性研究项目的学术主任，其任务是和费城学区的教师合作，提高教师们关于世界历史的知识基础，并计划重新撰写一份供学区学校使用的世界历史教学规划。在这一项目完成以后，斯波德克立即投入另一个项目的调查研究，这一项目把大学教授和...(展开全部)

霍华德·斯波德克在哥伦比亚大学获学士学位（1963），专业为历史学，研究方向为哥伦比亚大学新设立的“亚洲研究”项目。他在芝加哥大学获硕士学位（1966）和博士学位（1972），专业为历史学，研究方向为印度研究。他*次访问印度是在1964—1966年，当时他获得富布赖特基金会的资助。他在印度度过了总计约12年的科研和教学生涯。他也曾在美国、拉丁美洲、亚洲、非洲和欧洲广泛游历访问。他自1972年起担任坦普尔大学教师，1984年任教授，1993年获“坦普尔大学优秀教师奖”。 斯波德克从事世界史的研究始于1988年，当时他担任了一个综合性的、创新性研究项目的学术主任，其任务是和费城学区的教师合作，提高教师们关于世界历史的知识基础，并计划重新撰写一份供学区学校使用的世界历史教学规划。在这一项目完成以后，斯波德克立即投入另一个项目的调查研究，这一项目把大学教授和...(展开全部)

"An Introduction to the World's Oceans, Tenth Edition", is an introductory oceanography text intended for students without a background in mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, or biology. It emphasizes the role of basic scientific principles in helping understand the processes that govern the ocean and the earth. To keep the text as current as possible, the authors conduct...(展开全部)

"An Introduction to the World's Oceans, Tenth Edition", is an introductory oceanography text intended for students without a background in mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, or biology. It emphasizes the role of basic scientific principles in helping understand the processes that govern the ocean and the earth. To keep the text as current as possible, the authors conduct...(展开全部)

The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians bu...(展开全部)

"Be terrified. "" It's you I love, ""perfect man, ""Greek God, my own; ""but I know you'll go, "" betray me, stray""from home.""So better by far for ""me if you were stone."--from "Medusa" Stunningly original and haunting, the voices of Mrs. Midas, Queen Kong, and Frau Freud, to say nothing of the Devil's Wife herself, startle us with their wit, imagination, and incisiveness in...(展开全部)