High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived-a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history. 点击链接进入中文版： ...(展开全部)

Demanding and offering tribute is a most common feature in human societies and nothing special to China. In the course of the development of Neolithic and later societies social classes have developed where persons who achieved superior positions first could demand ‘presents’ or tribute from neighboring societies they defeated and then, with the assistance of sturdy ‘servants’ ...(展开全部)

艾伦·托马斯（1896-1969），出生于英国伦敦，就读于马莱温学院和剑桥，是一名律师兼文学编辑。他早年曾经游历欧洲大陆，1922年到1923年间还曾经环游世界。《电梯谜案》是他的处女作，于1928年在英国出版，1929年在美国出版。这部小说以电梯作为密室的载体，在不可能犯罪题材中颇具特色。他的另一部作品《出租车奇案》（1929）则是将移动的出租车作为密室载体，也是独树一帜的。

艾伦·托马斯（1896-1969），出生于英国伦敦，就读于马莱温学院和剑桥，是一名律师兼文学编辑。他早年曾经游历欧洲大陆，1922年到1923年间还曾经环游世界。《电梯谜案》是他的处女作，于1928年在英国出版，1929年在美国出版。这部小说以电梯作为密室的载体，在不可能犯罪题材中颇具特色。他的另一部作品《出租车奇案》（1929）则是将移动的出租车作为密室载体，也是独树一帜的。

吴汉泉(Sarasin Viraphol)，哈佛大学博士，在学术界工作了8年，接着在外交领域工作了20年，期间他被派往中国和日本，接着回到泰国外交部任职，曾被任命为驻菲律宾大使，现在是泰国正大集团执行副总裁。 译者 王杨红，历史学博士，现任广西民族大学东盟学院助理研究员，研究方向为中国与东南亚（侧重泰国）关系史、东南亚华侨华人史，曾特聘编校《许云樵全集》第8册《南洋文献叙录》。 刘俊涛，历史学博士，现任浙江工业大学越南研究中心助理研究员，研究方向为中国与东南亚（侧重越南）关系史。 吕俊昌，历史学博士，现任聊城大学历史文化与旅游学院讲师、太平洋岛国研究中心研究人员，研究方向为东南亚（侧重菲律宾）华侨华人史。

Long before East Asia was fixed in the trade routes of Western economic powers, the region supported a complex economic system intertwined with and regulated by elaborate political and social structures. For Siam, the most significant of these was the Chinese tributary system. Tribute and Profit illuminates the conduct and maintenance of maritime trade under the auspices of Sia...(展开全部)

From the founding of the Ming dynasty in 1368 to the start of the Opium Wars in 1841, China has engaged in only two large-scale conflicts with its principal neighbors, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. These four territorial and centralized states have otherwise fostered peaceful and long-lasting relationships with one another, and as they have grown more powerful, the atmosphere arou...(展开全部)

From the founding of the Ming dynasty in 1368 to the start of the Opium Wars in 1841, China has engaged in only two large-scale conflicts with its principal neighbors, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. These four territorial and centralized states have otherwise fostered peaceful and long-lasting relationships with one another, and as they have grown more powerful, the atmosphere arou...(展开全部)

Ted Gioia is a music historian and the author of eleven books, including How to Listen to Jazz. His three previous books on the social history of music—Work Songs, Healing Songs, and Love Songs—have each been honored with the ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award. Gioia's wide-ranging activities as a critic, scholar, performer, and educator have established him as a leading g...(展开全部)

To Have or To Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Erich Fromm. His thesis is that two mode of existence struggle for the spirit of humankind: the having mode, which concentrates on mat...(展开全部)