His goal—to prevent every disease that commonly attacked children—was unattainable. But Maurice Hilleman came close. Maurice Hilleman is the father of modern vaccines. Chief among his accomplishments are nine vaccines that practically every child gets, rendering formerly deadly diseases—including mumps, rubella, and measles—nearly forgotten. Author Paul A. Offit's rich and ...(展开全部)

In the visionary tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, One Square Inch of Silence alerts us to beauty that we take for granted and sounds an urgent environmental alarm. Natural silence is our nation’s fastest-disappearing resource, warns Emmy-winning acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, who has made it his mission to record and preserve it in all its variety—before these ...(展开全部)

Award-winning travel writer and actor Andrew McCarthy delivers a revealing and insightful memoir about how travel helped him become the man he wanted to be, helping him overcome life-long fears and confront his resistance to commitment. From time immemorial, travel has been a pursuit of passion—from adventurers of old seeking gold or new lands, to today’s spiritual and pleasur...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 安德鲁•麦卡锡 （Andrew McCarthy），1962年生，美国著名演员，曾出演好莱坞影片《七个毕业生》、《红粉佳人》等，2009年执导拍摄过当红美剧《绯闻女孩》。目前麦卡锡除继续演艺事业外，又是位旅行作家和《国家地理旅行者》杂志的特约编辑，长期为《纽约时报》、《大西洋》和《华尔街日报》等媒体撰稿。2011年，美国旅行作家协会向他颁发了“2010年度旅行新闻家”的荣誉大奖。 【译者简介】 方激，男，原籍浙江宁波，毕业于中国科学技术大学、美国休斯敦大学，现居美国。自幼喜爱文学创作，笔耕不辍，思想敏锐，文风扎实。

For nearly six centuries, scientists have been documenting the plants and fungi of the world through herbaria. The wealth of specimens available today, carefully preserved through the centuries, is a unique source of data that not only helps scientists understand how the world's vegetation has changed over time, but also allows them to predict how it will change in the future. ...(展开全部)

The first authorized inside look at a major mutual fund company! Vanguard is, in the eyes of man, the most influential mutual fund company in America. Now, the "Vanguard Experiment" chronicles Vanguard - from startup in 1975 to the second-largest mutual fund company in the nation today and the industry's number one service firm - reveals how John c. bogle, Chairman of the Vangu...(展开全部)

"An Introduction to the World's Oceans, Tenth Edition", is an introductory oceanography text intended for students without a background in mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, or biology. It emphasizes the role of basic scientific principles in helping understand the processes that govern the ocean and the earth. To keep the text as current as possible, the authors conduct...(展开全部)

E.B.怀特（E.B.White，1899—1985） “二十世纪最伟大的美国随笔作家”，曾获得美国“国家文学奖章”，入选“美国文学艺术学院50名永久院士”。作为《纽约客》主要撰稿人的怀特一手奠定了影响深远的“《纽约客》文风”。怀特对尘世上的一切都怀着“面对复杂，保持欢喜”的态度，其人格魅力与文字修养一样山高水长。 除了他终生挚爱的随笔，他还为孩子们写了三本书：《精灵鼠小弟》、《夏洛的网》与《吹小号的天鹅》，被誉为“二十世纪读者最多、最受爱戴的童话”。 《纽约时报》为怀特逝世发表的讣告中称“如同宪法第一修正案一样，E.B.怀特的原则与风范长存”。

E.B.怀特（E.B.White，1899—1985） “二十世纪最伟大的美国随笔作家”，曾获得美国“国家文学奖章”，入选“美国文学艺术学院50名永久院士”。作为《纽约客》主要撰稿人的怀特一手奠定了影响深远的“《纽约客》文风”。怀特对尘世上的一切都怀着“面对复杂，保持欢喜”的态度，其人格魅力与文字修养一样山高水长。 除了他终生挚爱的随笔，他还为孩子们写了三本书：《精灵鼠小弟》、《夏洛的网》与《吹小号的天鹅》，被誉为“二十世纪读者最多、最受爱戴的童话”。 《纽约时报》为怀特逝世发表的讣告中称“如同宪法第一修正案一样，E.B.怀特的原则与风范长存”。

Too personal for an almanac, too sophisticated for a domestic history, and too funny and self-doubting for a literary journal, One Man's Meat can best be described as a primer of a countryman's lessons a timeless recounting of experience that will never go out of style.