A tour of the world’s hidden geographies—from disappearing islands to forbidden deserts—and a stunning testament to how mysterious the world remains todayAt a time when Google Maps Street View can take you on a virtual tour of Yosemite’s remotest trails and cell phones double as navigational systems, it’s hard to imagine there’s any uncharted ground left on the planet. In Unrul...(展开全部)

The text argues that cities are open to many forms of order and disorder both from within the city and outside. They represent cities potentials as well as their problems. It challenges the assumption that cities are threatened by disorder from below and that they might be ruled by 'order' imposed from above.

Cities are places of mixing and meeting - places where different worlds encounter one another on the streets. Yet cities are all too often seen as unruly places in need of government and control. This work asks questions about the ways in which cities mix different worlds. Taking a fresh approach to issues of order and disorder and extending spatial understanding of cities, the...(展开全部)

Cities are places of mixing and meeting - places where different worlds encounter one another on the streets. Yet cities are all too often seen as unruly places in need of government and control. This work asks questions about the ways in which cities mix different worlds. Taking a fresh approach to issues of order and disorder and extending spatial understanding of cities, the...(展开全部)

The text argues that cities are open to many forms of order and disorder both from within the city and outside. They represent cities potentials as well as their problems. It challenges the assumption that cities are threatened by disorder from below and that they might be ruled by 'order' imposed from above.

Public Places - Urban Spaces is a holistic guide to the many complex and interacting dimensions of urban design. The discussion moves systematically through ideas, theories, research and the practice of urban design from an unrivalled range of sources. It aids the reader by gradually building the concepts one upon the other towards a total view of the subject. The author team...(展开全部)

阿拉史泰爾．邦尼特Alastair Bonnett 新堡大學社會地理學教授，著有《何為地理學？》（What is Geography?）一書。他也在歷史雜誌和時事雜誌上就多種主題發表過文章，例如世界人口和強烈懷舊。從一九九四年到二〇〇〇年，他是前衛的心理地理學雜誌《踰矩：城市探索日誌》（Transgression: A Journal of Urban Exploration）的主編。他最新的研究計畫，以城市的記憶和現代政治中的失落與渴望為題。 譯者簡介 黃中憲 一九六四年生，政大外交系畢業，現專職翻譯。譯作包括《從帝國廢墟中崛起：從梁啟超到泰戈爾，喚醒亞洲與改變世界》、《維梅爾的帽子：從一幅畫看十七世紀全球貿易》、《未竟的帝國：英國的全球擴張》、《帖木兒之後：1405~2000年全球帝國史》、《哈布斯堡的滅亡：第一次世界大戰的爆發和奧匈帝國的解體》...(展开全部)

Georges Perec produced some of the most entertaining and spirited essays of his age. His literary output was amazingly varied in form and style and this generous selection of Perec's non-fictional work also demonstrates his characteristic lightness of touch, wry humour and accessibility.

Georges Perec produced some of the most entertaining and spirited essays of his age. His literary output was amazingly varied in form and style and this generous selection of Perec's non-fictional work also demonstrates his characteristic lightness of touch, wry humour and accessibility.

The History of Middle-earth 5 Edited by Christopher Tolkien INKLINGS OF GREATNESS . . . J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis were friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings. It is hardly surprising that, at one point, these talented gentlemen embarked on a challenge: Lewis was to write on "space-travel" and Tolkien on "time-travel." Lewis' novel, Out of ...(展开全部)