All fields of contemporary Western life are captured by the lens of Thomas Ruff's large-format camera: petit bourgeois homes in the provinces and suburbs; modernist and current architectural structures; the startlingly alien faces of fellow human beings; the technologically sophisticated observation of outer space; studies of local neighborhoods by night; the news industry's no...(展开全部)

This monograph charts Ruff s entire career including early photographs and works from all his major projects. Thomas Ruff is one of the best-known and most influential german photographers working today. Ever since the early 1980s, through his works he has investigated the photographic medium, the use that is made of it and the world of contemporary visual culture generally. Th...(展开全部)

This landmark volume captures three millennia of Greek poetry - more than 1,000 poems and 200 poets. From the epics of Homeric Greece to the historical and erotic ironies of Cavafy, from the romances, hymns and bawdy rhymes of Byzantium to the innovative voices of the twentieth century, this essential companion to the Western literary tradition brings together the diverse stran...(展开全部)

Here are profiles of innovators from the second half of the 20th century who made significant discoveries in both pure and applied mathematics. From John H. Conway, who helped complete the classification of all finite groups (and invented "The Game of Life" board game), to Fan Chung, who developed an encoding and decoding algorithm for cell phone calls, this lively survey of co...(展开全部)

哈罗德•C.勋伯格，著名音乐评论家、作家。就学于纽约大学。曾任《纽约太阳报》《纽约时报》音乐评论员、高级评论员。1971年荣获普利策评论奖。著有多部介绍钢琴家、指挥家及作曲家的专著。

哈罗德•C.勋伯格，著名音乐评论家、作家。就学于纽约大学。曾任《纽约太阳报》《纽约时报》音乐评论员、高级评论员。1971年荣获普利策评论奖。著有多部介绍钢琴家、指挥家及作曲家的专著。

安东尼·帕戈登，美国加州大学洛杉矶分校政治科学与历史系特聘教授。曾担任牛津大学默顿学院研究员、伦敦沃堡研究所高级研究员、佛罗伦萨欧洲大学研究所历史学教授、剑桥大学国王学院思想史准教授和研究员、约翰·霍普金斯大学哈里·布莱克历史教授。近期出版的著作包括《两个世界的战争：2500年来东方与西方的竞逐》和《启蒙运动以及它为何仍然重要》。曾在《新共和》、《国家利益》、《纽约时报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《国家报》（西班牙），《24小时太阳报》（意大利）、《伦敦书评》和《时代文学增刊》上发表多篇文章。

Throughout human history, empires have been far more constant and widespread, and the source of far more anguished political speculation, than nation states have ever been. But despite the long history of debate and the recent resurgence of interest in empires and imperialism, no one seems very clear as to what exactly an empire is. The Burdens of Empire strives to offer not on...(展开全部)