《论美国的民主》权威译本的译者哈维·C.曼斯菲尔德在这里，在这本充满洞见的、简短的托克维尔导读中给出了他几十年来的研究和思考的成果。曼斯菲尔德深入简出地探索了托克维尔的著作——不仅是他的杰作还有他秘密的，为后人写作的《回忆录》，以及他没有完成的关于自己故乡法国的著作，《旧制度与大革命》。曼斯菲尔德展示了托克维尔生命中的这许多元素，是何以在其思想中得到表达的：他贵族的血统，他在政治上的冒险，他在国外的行旅，他为美国而感到的希望和恐惧，以及他对法国的失望。托克维尔所有的作品都表现了一种对政治自由的激情以及一种对人类之伟大的坚持。也许最重要的是，他不是在理论，而是在美国的自治实践中看待自由的。作为抽象的反对者，托克维尔提供了一种迫使我们思考我们在我们的政治中实际做的是什么的分析，并指出理论本身，就可能是自由的敌人。而这，曼斯菲尔德写道，使他成为一名对今天来...(展开全部)

《论美国的民主》权威译本的译者哈维·C.曼斯菲尔德在这里，在这本充满洞见的、简短的托克维尔导读中给出了他几十年来的研究和思考的成果。曼斯菲尔德深入简出地探索了托克维尔的著作——不仅是他的杰作还有他秘密的，为后人写作的《回忆录》，以及他没有完成的关于自己故乡法国的著作，《旧制度与大革命》。曼斯菲尔德展示了托克维尔生命中的这许多元素，是何以在其思想中得到表达的：他贵族的血统，他在政治上的冒险，他在国外的行旅，他为美国而感到的希望和恐惧，以及他对法国的失望。托克维尔所有的作品都表现了一种对政治自由的激情以及一种对人类之伟大的坚持。也许最重要的是，他不是在理论，而是在美国的自治实践中看待自由的。作为抽象的反对者，托克维尔提供了一种迫使我们思考我们在我们的政治中实际做的是什么的分析，并指出理论本身，就可能是自由的敌人。而这，曼斯菲尔德写道，使他成为一名对今天来...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new editi...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Dorothy H. Crawford was professor of medical microbiology at the University of Edinburgh from 1997-2010 and assistant principal for public understanding of medicine from 2005-2011. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2001 and received an OBE for services to medicine and higher education in 2005. She is the author of...(展开全部)

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes reader...(展开全部)

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes reader...(展开全部)

Explains what landscape architecture is and what it does Explores both its history and origins as well as modern developments in landscape urbanism and ecological urbanism Considers the misconceptions about landscape architecture Includes examples of landscape architecture from around the world Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over six million copies so...(展开全部)

All living things on Earth are composed of cells. A cell is the simplest unit of a self-contained living organism, and the vast majority of life on Earth consists of single-celled microbes, mostly bacteria. These consist of a simple 'prokaryotic' cell, with no nucleus. The bodies of more complex plants and animals consist of billions of 'eukaryotic' cells, of varying kinds, ada...(展开全部)