This book is a one-stop guide to the world’s greatest architectural achievements. Comprehensive and concise, it contains reviews of the most influential structures ever built worldwide. Covering a diverse array of architectural traditions and construction styles–from the bold and brash to the spiritual and reserved, from Angkor Wat to the Parthenon, from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fa...(展开全部)

"1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die" is a visual testament to the beauty, grace, and fortitude of the world's greatest architectural achievements. Beginning in the ancient and Near East, the book explores middle age Byzantine and Gothic examples such as Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, goes on to St Paul's Cathedral, London and continues through the Chrysler Building, New Y...(展开全部)

From Ancient Egyptian frescoes to the Renaissance masters, from French Impressionists to American Abstract Expressionists, this highly browsable guide embraces all cultures and every style of painting from 4,000 BC to the present. A visually arresting reference for art lovers and students, it provides a truly comprehensive worldwide gazeteer of paintings organized chronologica...(展开全部)

“An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though weÂ’re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earthÂ’s surface.” —Bill McKibben Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archip...(展开全部)

Updated with brand-new entries to describe the most recent major motion pictures, this critically-acclaimed volume spans more than a century of moviemaking, concisely describing 1001 of the best films from around the world. New in this edition are entries to describe such film hits as Lord of the Rings, Mystic River, Farenheit 9/11, and Million Dollar Baby. But in fact, this v...(展开全部)

马克·欧文（Mark Irving）是艺术专栏和建筑专栏的撰稿人，为很多报纸和杂志供稿，其中包括《泰晤士报》、《金融时报》、《星期日独立报》、《卫报》和《苏格兰人报》等报纸，以及《Domus》、《蓝图》、《展望》、《时代》、《快报》、《新政治家》和《周末攻略》等杂志。他所创作并出演的三集电视系列片《装饰艺术的故事》于2003年播出之后广受好评。马克还在多本书籍和手册中发表文章，并为2006年在蛇形画廊举行的“谈话马拉松”构思和制作了最新的手翻书。

罗伯特·麦克法伦（Robert Macfarlane） 英国作家、学者。剑桥大学文学与环境人文学教授，英国皇家文学学会会员。 他以行走滋养书写，步履不停，笔耕不辍，横跨九年创作出“行走文学三部曲”《念念远山》《荒野之境》《古道》，获得萨默塞特·毛姆文学奖、爱德华·斯坦福旅行文学奖等奖项。近作《深时之旅》获得英国温赖特奖、美国国家户外图书奖，被《纽约时报》《经济学人》《华尔街日报》等近二十家机构评为年度好书。 麦克法伦将当代旅行写作推向新的高度，被文学杂志《格兰塔》前主编誉为“当代最好的行走文学作家”。2013年，他成为最年轻的布克奖评委会主席。 · 王如菲 南京大学英文系硕士、译者、出版从业者，译有《深时之旅》《荒野之境》《生活的代价》。

伯尼•克劳斯博土，世界知名音乐家、博物学家，致力于发现、记录自然界的宝贵声音。20世纪50年代至60年代，他醉心于音乐，并接替“美国民歌之父”的皮特•西格(Pete Seeger)成为织工乐队(the Weavers)的吉他手。曾为著名电影《罗丝玛丽的婴儿》（Rosemary's Baby)和《现代启示录》（Apocalypse Now)制作背景音乐。之后，他利用40年的时间，足迹遍布世界各地，记录不同生物不同环境下的各种声音，使都市人能够听到这个世界上最遥远的声音。他曾录制了15000多种生物、时长超过4000小时的原始声效。由于噪音和人类活动的干扰，其中一半以上的音效已在自然界绝迹。现与妻子凯瑟琳居住在加利福尼亚。 卢超，认知心理语言学博士，北京科技大学外国语学院高级讲师，曾赴美国佛州海岸大学和英国德蒙福特大学访学和工作。主要研究方向为具身认知视...(展开全部)

Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading experts in natural sound, and he's spent his life discovering and recording nature's rich chorus. Searching far beyond our modern world's honking horns and buzzing machinery, he has sought out the truly wild places that remain, where natural soundscapes exist virtually unchanged from when the earliest humans fi...(展开全部)