The courses of the great rivers recount the history of the Earth and mankind. This book is dedicated to 25 of the world's longest, most important rivers, from the Ganges, Mekong, Tigris, and Euphrates to the Nile and Amazon, from the Mississippi to Danube. This lavish volume aims to portray them as never before. It alternates aerial and panoramic photographs with detailed close...(展开全部)

[挪威]托尔·海尔达尔THOR HEYERDAHL 二十世纪最杰出的挪威民族学家、探险家、作家。被誉为“世界上最著名的挪威人”。1947年，他策划组织并亲自参与的木筏横渡太平洋探险获得成功，震惊全球。 1948，记录这段传奇经历的书籍《孤筏重洋》出版，之后的70年中被翻译成75种语言，卖出了至少3500万册。这本书是有史以来由挪威作家写的最畅销的书之一。 海尔达尔乘坐木筏在海上航行时用摄像机记录了自己的冒险经历，并且制作成纪录片《康-提基》，获得了1951年奥斯卡最佳纪录片奖，这也是挪威历史上唯一一次获得奥斯卡奖的影片。2012年这段经历被拍摄成电影《孤筏重洋》，成为挪威最卖座的影片，并提名奥斯卡最佳外语片。1969年至1970年间，海尔达尔从摩洛哥启程，开始另一趟大规模航行，这次他驾驶纸草船「拉号」(Ra)，打算证实地中海世界的早期人类可能曾经横越...(展开全部)

Veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s excruciating and inspiring expedition to Antarctica aboard the Endurance has long captured the public imagination. South is his own first-hand account of this epic adventure. As war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But...(展开全部)

何塞·马里亚·阿格达斯（1911-1969）是秘鲁当代著名作家，从小生活在印第安人中间，以善于描写印第安民族的生活而闻名。他的作品被认为是印第安民族精神的反映。

"P"assion."D"anger."W"itchcraft . . . "The Lady of the Rivers "is #1 "New York Times "bestselling author Philippa Gregory's remarkable story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the Wars of the Roses. Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visitin...(展开全部)

"P"assion."D"anger."W"itchcraft . . . "The Lady of the Rivers "is #1 "New York Times "bestselling author Philippa Gregory's remarkable story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the Wars of the Roses. Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visitin...(展开全部)

"P"assion."D"anger."W"itchcraft . . . "The Lady of the Rivers "is #1 "New York Times "bestselling author Philippa Gregory's remarkable story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the Wars of the Roses. Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visitin...(展开全部)

"P"assion."D"anger."W"itchcraft . . . "The Lady of the Rivers "is #1 "New York Times "bestselling author Philippa Gregory's remarkable story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the Wars of the Roses. Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visitin...(展开全部)

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker is one of the great comic novels of the 18th century, the outstanding masterpiece of Tobias Smollett (1721–71), a prolific journalist, historian, editor and translator, whose ground-breaking fictional creations helped shape the modern novel. Written in Italy during Smollett’s last illness, and published just months before his death from overwor...(展开全部)

摄影作者：埃丝特·霍瓦思 匈牙利纪实摄影师，2020年“荷赛奖”（世界新闻摄影奖）环境类第一名得主（获奖作品：《北极熊和她的幼崽》）。 文字作者：塞巴斯蒂安·格罗特 德国记者，在阿尔弗雷德·魏格纳研究所的通信部工作，他在“极星号”上报道这次探险。 文字作者：凯瑟琳娜·韦斯–图伊德 德国记者，她随支援船“费奥多罗夫院士号”工作，负责协调通讯及媒体事务。 译者：曾千慧 海洋生物学博士，现任自然资源部第三海洋研究所助理研究员。曾于2018年、2019年随游轮前往南北极，担任极地向导，负责翻译与海洋生物鉴定讲解等工作。 作序：雷瑞波 工学博士，现任中国极地研究中心研究员，主要从事极地海冰物理学研究和海冰观测技术装备研发工作，是此次北极科考行动的中方协调人。