Transforming the Void: Embryological Discourse and Reproductive Imagery in East Asian Religions considers paths to self-cultivation and salvation that are patterned on human embryological development or procreative imagery in the religions of China and Japan. Focusing on Taoism, Esoteric Buddhism, Shinto, Shugendo, and local religious traditions, the contributors to the volume ...(展开全部)

Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he woul...(展开全部)

Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he woul...(展开全部)

An international bestseller with more than 300,000 copies sold in 17 countries, The Baby Void is an honest, personal account about emotions of loss and disappointment, laced with warmth and humor. One out of six couples experience problems with infertility, and while there are several medical and practical books on infertility and treatments, first-hand accounts of young women ...(展开全部)

On November 25, 1970, Japan's most renowned postwar novelist, Yukio Mishima, stunned the world by committing ritual suicide. Here, Marguerite Yourcenar, a brilliant reader of Mishima and a scholar with an eye for the cultural roles of fiction, unravels the author's life and politics: his affection for Western culture, his family and his homosexuality, his brilliant writings, an...(展开全部)

On November 25, 1970, Japan's most renowned postwar novelist, Yukio Mishima, stunned the world by committing ritual suicide. Here, Marguerite Yourcenar, a brilliant reader of Mishima and a scholar with an eye for the cultural roles of fiction, unravels the author's life and politics: his affection for Western culture, his family and his homosexuality, his brilliant writings, an...(展开全部)

西奥多・威廉・舒尔茨于1902年出生于美国南达科他州阿灵顿郡的一个德国移民家庭，父亲是小农场主。他受教于威斯康星大学，毕业后先在衣阿华州立大学任教，四十年代后转至芝加哥大学任教，一直到1972年退休。此外，舒尔茨还曾在美国政府农业部、商务部、联邦储备委员会、联合国粮农组织、世界银行等机构兼职。现为芝加哥大学名誉教授。 舒尔茨六十年代后，把对农业经济问题与人力资本理论的研究结合起来，研究发展中国家的农业问题，从而对发展经济学作出了开创性的贡献。他的主要著作除本书外还有：《不稳定经济中的农业。（1945年）、《农业经济组织》（1953年）、《向人力资本投资》（1961年）、 《经济增长与农业》（1968年）、《人力资本投资》（1971年）等。 由于他在经济学方面的这些贡献，特别是由于《改造传统农业》一书对发展经济学有着重大的理论和政策意义，他于1979年...(展开全部)

桑贾伊•萨尔马拥有印度理工学院坎普尔分校的本科学位，以及卡内基梅隆大学和加州大学伯克利分校的高级学位，目前是麻省理工学院（MIT）开放学习项目（Open Learning）的负责人。他是机械工程专业的教授，曾在能源和交通、计算几何、计算机辅助设计等领域工作过，并一直是RFID技术的先驱。 卢克·约昆图是一名科学作家，他的作品曾在《华盛顿邮报》《华尔街日报》和《大西洋月刊》等报刊上发表。他在麻省理工学院年龄实验室担任研究员，研究学习和教育、老龄化和人口变化等问题。