The genome's been mapped. But what does it mean? Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers. Questions that will profoundly impact the way we think about disease, about longevity, and about free will. Questions that ...(展开全部)

One of the few books to address the horror film from any kind of critical position. Unique - The first history of the horror film to approach it from a queer perspective. Written with detail and thoroughness - covers all eras of the horror film and correlates specific types of movie monsters to the historical social conditions which produced them. Explores how popular culture e...(展开全部)

It’s hard to ignore someone with his hands in your mouth. Bernie Rhodenbarr’s all ears when Dr. Sheldrake, his dentist, starts complaining about his detestable, soon-to-be-ex wife, and happens to mention the valuable diamonds she keeps lying around the apartment. Since Bernie’s been known to supplement his income as a bookstore owner with the not-so-occasional bout of high-rise...(展开全部)

It’s hard to ignore someone with his hands in your mouth. Bernie Rhodenbarr’s all ears when Dr. Sheldrake, his dentist, starts complaining about his detestable, soon-to-be-ex wife, and happens to mention the valuable diamonds she keeps lying around the apartment. Since Bernie’s been known to supplement his income as a bookstore owner with the not-so-occasional bout of high-rise...(展开全部)

In the Closet of the Vatican exposes the rot at the heart of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church today. This brilliant piece of investigative writing is based on four years' authoritative research, including extensive interviews with those in power. The celibacy of priests, the condemnation of the use of contraceptives, the cover up of countless cases of sexual abuse, the...(展开全部)

Review "A highly cohesive, well-illustrated, penetrating series of essays that deserves to be added to every collection of books on the profession of architecture."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History "One of those infrequent books that satisfies very well the disparate needs of the general reader, the student, and the serious scholar...a significant contribution to our under...(展开全部)

當時間變成了人類集體最大的陷阱 我們如何掙脫被時間纏繞的困境 活出全部生命的潛能？ 楊定一博士全新作品 19個練習，鬆綁時間的制約，解開人生最後一道束縛 我們誰不是為了虛擲光陰而喟嘆？為錯失時機而懊悔？為趕上時程而隨時緊繃？ 你我活在時間的洪流，以為這就是人生的全部，從來沒有想過，生命本來是超越時－空，本來是「非時間的永恆」。 楊定一博士精闢解析，人類怎麼透過頭腦最基本的二元對立，產生「時間」的抽象概念。雖然帶來生存的動力，卻同時成為人類集體最大的陷阱－－ 我們數算時間，我們催促自己，我們要求彼此按著時間活、依照時間思考、感受、行動、反省、後悔、痛苦……不知不覺，我們都對時間上癮。時間變成了最大的問題，生命沉重的負擔。 全書37章，以科學和哲學切入時間的本質，透過生活每一個角落的點點滴滴，搭配19個隨身練習，陪伴你我一步步走出時間的陷阱。 【走出時間...(展开全部)

當時間變成了人類集體最大的陷阱 我們如何掙脫被時間纏繞的困境 活出全部生命的潛能？ 楊定一博士全新作品 19個練習，鬆綁時間的制約，解開人生最後一道束縛 我們誰不是為了虛擲光陰而喟嘆？為錯失時機而懊悔？為趕上時程而隨時緊繃？ 你我活在時間的洪流，以為這就是人生的全部，從來沒有想過，生命本來是超越時－空，本來是「非時間的永恆」。 楊定一博士精闢解析，人類怎麼透過頭腦最基本的二元對立，產生「時間」的抽象概念。雖然帶來生存的動力，卻同時成為人類集體最大的陷阱－－ 我們數算時間，我們催促自己，我們要求彼此按著時間活、依照時間思考、感受、行動、反省、後悔、痛苦……不知不覺，我們都對時間上癮。時間變成了最大的問題，生命沉重的負擔。 全書37章，以科學和哲學切入時間的本質，透過生活每一個角落的點點滴滴，搭配19個隨身練習，陪伴你我一步步走出時間的陷阱。 【走出時間...(展开全部)