Combining accounts of legendary mountain ascents with vivid descriptions of his own forays into wild, high landscapes, Robert McFarlane reveals how the mystery of the world’s highest places has came to grip the Western imagination—and perennially draws legions of adventurers up the most perilous slopes. His story begins three centuries ago, when mountains were feared as the for...(展开全部)

Combining accounts of legendary mountain ascents with vivid descriptions of his own forays into wild, high landscapes, Robert McFarlane reveals how the mystery of the world’s highest places has came to grip the Western imagination—and perennially draws legions of adventurers up the most perilous slopes. His story begins three centuries ago, when mountains were feared as the for...(展开全部)

Grassroots journalists are dismantling Big Media's monopoly on the news, transforming it from a lecture to a conversation. Not content to accept the news as reported, these readers-turned-reporters are publishing in real time to a worldwide audience via the Internet. The impact of their work is just beginning to be felt by professional journalists and the newsmakers they cover....(展开全部)

著者简介 卡斯滕·延森（Carsten Jensen，1952— ），丹麦当代著名作家、评论家。其作品《我看过世界的开始》获得丹麦书商奖（1996年）。2006年，其取材自家乡马斯塔尔镇的长篇史诗作品《我们，被淹没的》出版，荣获有“丹麦布克奖”之称的丹斯克银行文学奖，旋即被视为北欧当代文学经典，已售出20国版权，全球销量超过60万册。 译者简介 陈磊， 译者，译作有《树语》《回家之路》等。

在线阅读本书 Arguably the greatest horror novel ever written by the greatest horror novelist, this is a true Modern Classic that was first published in 1978, and then re-published in 1990, complete and unabridged, with 150,000 words cut from the first edition restored, and now accompanied by unusual and imaginative line art. The total copies for both editions, in hardcover and pa...(展开全部)

●英国知名作家、探险家、记者，中文名文思淼。牛津大学圣凯瑟琳学院名誉研究员。 ●毕业于牛津大学地质学系，曾任《卫报》海外记者及《星期日泰晤士报》海外特派员，长期为《纽约时报》《国家地理杂志》及BBC等媒体撰稿。在温切斯特担任《卫报》记者期间，曾报道了举世哗然的“水门事件”。 ●作品选题涉猎广泛，尤其擅长叙事；写作视角独树一帜，能用渊博的知识给读者带来独特的阅读体验。出版了多部文学作品，第一本引起轰动的作品是1998年出版的《教授与疯子》，该书讲述的是《牛津英语词典》背后的故事，并从中揭示人的卑微与伟大。图书刚上市，销量就迅速攀升，一举登上《纽约时报》畅销榜。2019年，此书被翻拍成电影上市，由好莱坞两大著名影星肖恩·潘和梅尔·吉布森领衔主演。即使在20多年后的今天，这本书的平装版和精装版仍然在不断重印。此外，还著有《改变世界的地图》《世界边缘的裂痕》...(展开全部)

The Untold History of the United States is filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick's riveting landmark account of the rise and decline of the American empire - the most powerful and dominant nation the world has ever seen. Probing the dark corners of the administrations of 17 presidents, from Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama, they dare to ask just how far the US has dr...(展开全部)

奥利弗•斯通（Oliver Stone） ★奥斯卡最佳导演、最佳编剧 ★在中国最知名的美国“老愤青” ★第16 届上海国际电影节终身成就奖得主 奥利弗•斯通曾在越战中负伤，对战争带来的危害深有体会，因此他的作品注重对社会的反思。许多人称他为“当代海明威”。其作品多为政治、战争和人性题材，包括“越战三部曲”（《野战排》《生于七月四日》和《天与地》）、《刺杀肯尼迪》、《华尔街》、《天生杀人狂》等。 彼得•库茨尼克（Peter Kuznick） ★美国著名历史学家 ★美国高级核研究中心主任 ★美国历史学家协会杰出讲师 彼得•库茨尼克是一位历史教授，写过关于科学、政治、核能历史以及冷战文化方面的大量作品，包括《超越实验室》等。