A young woman is transformed by a magical journey from the dark ages to modern times, from brooding medieval forests to bustling Constantinople. Halla is turned out of her father’s castle by her new stepmother. Her nurse transforms herself into a bear to look after Halla. This is just the first of the wondrous and natural changes in Naomi Mitchison’s magical 1952 novel. Travel ...(展开全部)

日本亞馬遜讀者滿分推薦，讓人一同神遊的遊記手札之旅。 向來喜愛手作風格的日本人，自然不會錯過親手紀錄旅行中的點點滴滴。即使在網路無遠弗屆的時代，在旅行途中收集的郵票、票根、宣傳小冊、DM甚至海報、包裝紙等等，還是比起在BLOG裡使用數位相機拍攝的照片更有存在感，彷彿保留著當時的光線、氣溫和味道。 本書收集10位手作設計達人的遊記手札作品，藉著這些親手製作的回憶剪貼，彷彿讀者也能夠身歷其境，並且在下一次的旅程裡也想要動手留下旅行的繽紛色彩！ 收集的作家：原田さちこ（gg）／papakaori／升ノ内朝子／平澤まりこ／Bleu Blanche／ chalk／drop around／Anano（溝江里映）／Asako Arita（ShangParis）／Repit

This book which incorporates maps, photographs, and an extensive bibliography, is a basic resource for everyone interested in the full sweep of Thai history.

到外地旅行——多麼令人興奮的念頭啊！通常，人們會找個氣候怡人的地方，見識有趣的風土民情，欣賞能喚起靈感的景物。然而，為什麼成行之後，卻往往覺得猶有遺憾？ 在本書裡，狄波頓帶領我們踏上旅途，從巴貝多、阿姆斯特丹、普羅旺斯、馬德里到西奈沙漠等地，經歷旅行中種種讓人嚮往與失望之處。 狄波頓還安排了許多位嚮導。他們是大名鼎鼎的作家、藝術家或思想家，也是深諳旅行滋味的行家，如梵谷、華滋華斯、福樓拜、波特萊爾、羅斯金，在書中與我們分享旅行的洞見。 透過這些旅程，狄波頓揭露了旅行中隱藏的慾望和錯綜複雜的面相，挑起無法抵擋的神祕幻想，並且指點我們如何提升旅行的快樂指數，遠離煩悶的日常生活，進入一個奇異世界。

From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, here is a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science, and its influence on our understanding of time itself. The story begins at the turn of the previous century, with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book and ...(展开全部)

“Time travel” — and its hazards—are made literal in this astonishing new novel in which a recklessly idealistic girl dares to test the perimeters of her tightly controlled (future) world and is punished by being sent back in time to a region of North America — “Wainscotia, Wisconsin”—that existed eighty years before. Cast adrift in time in this idyllic Midwestern town she is s...(展开全部)

40 POSTCARDS FROM THE BESTSELLING TRAVEL PHTOGRAPHY BOOK 　　THE BRAVEL BOOK: A JOURNEY THROUGH EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

Aside from love, few actvities seem to promise us as much happiness as going traveling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs, and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel, few people seem to talk about why we should go and how we can become more fulfilled by doing so. In The Art of...(展开全部)