A cult classic with an ever-growing audience, Tracks is the brilliantly written and frequently hilarious account of a young woman's odyssey through the deserts of Australia, with no one but her dog and four camels as companions. Davidson emerges as a heroine who combines extraordinary courage with exquisite sensitivity.

芭芭拉．妮克莉絲 Barbara Nickless 美國推理作家協會成員。在許多寫作討論會與書展中都曾開設工作坊及發表演說。短篇小說與短文曾收錄於美國與英國的選集中。目前與家人住在科羅拉多州。《軌道殺人事件》是她的首部長篇力作，以其熟稔的寫作風格，結合驚悚、愛情、反戰、道德兩難等元素，未出版前就榮獲達芙妮．莫里哀獎「未出版」類別的最佳主流推理大獎，並獲得克雷默爾獎第二名。

斯坦因，原籍匈牙利，是一名犹太人，1904年入英国籍。考古学家、艺术史家、语言学家、地理学家和探险家，国际敦煌学开山鼻祖之一。他是今天英国与印度所藏敦煌与中亚文物的主要搜集者，也是最早的研究者与公布者之一。他的许多著作至今仍是敦煌吐鲁番学研究者的案边必备之书。曾经分别于1900-1901年、1906-1908年、1913-1916年、1930-1931年进行了著名的四次中亚考察，考察重点是中国的新疆和甘肃，所发现的敦煌吐鲁番文物及其他中亚文物是今天国际敦煌学研究的重要资料。

Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it to be. In his book, Stathis Psillos gives a comprehensive study which restores the intuitive plausibility of scientific realism. He shows that throughout the 20th century, scientific realism has been challenged by philoso...(展开全部)

Broke, a bit mad, but totally determined, Davidson traveled (mostly) alone across 1,700 miles (2,735 km) of Australian outback on wild camels that she herself had trained. This is a wonderful account of a loopy adventure that had nothing going for it but perseverance.

Thirty years ago Paul Theroux left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey - "The Great Railway Bazaar" - was a landmark book and made his name as the foremost travel writer of his generation. Now Theroux makes the trip all over again. Through Eastern Europe, India and Asia to discover the changes that have swept the continents, and ...(展开全部)