Star formation is the fundamental cosmic process which makes galaxies visible, and regulates the evolution of normal matter in the Universe. New instruments and technologies are now enabling the exploration of fundamental cosmic processes. Scientists are beginning to understand the beauty and complexity of star and planet formation and their role in cosmic evolution. This fasci...(展开全部)

New York Times bestselling author China Miéville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, an existential thriller set in a city unlike any other-real or imagined. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he investigates, the evidence points ...(展开全部)

A literary cause célèbre when first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal’s now-classic The City and the Pillar stands as a landmark novel of the gay experience. Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around girls. But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in “awful kid stuff,” the experience forms Jim’s ideal of spiritual completion. Defy...(展开全部)

A literary cause célèbre when first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal’s now-classic The City and the Pillar stands as a landmark novel of the gay experience. Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around girls. But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in “awful kid stuff,” the experience forms Jim’s ideal of spiritual completion. Defy...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗·希伯特（Christopher Hibbert，1924—2008），出生于英国莱斯特郡，毕业于牛津大学拉德利和奥里尔学院。二战期间他在伦敦爱尔兰步枪团任步兵军官，曾两次负伤，并于1945年获得军功十字勋章。普拉姆教授（J. H. Plumb）称其为“能力极高的作家”，《新政治家》称其为“传记作者中的明珠”。他是一位久负盛名的通俗历史学家。 其作品以治学严谨著称，包括《拉格伦王的灭亡》（The Destruction of Lord Raglan，荣获1962年海涅曼文学奖）、《温莎宫廷》（The Court at Windsor）、《查尔斯·狄更斯成名之路》（The Making of Charles Dickens）、《猛龙觉醒：1793—1911年的中国与西方》（The Dragon Wakes: China and the Wes...(展开全部)

This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical origins, through the Etruscan kings, the opulent glory of classical Rome, the decadence and decay of the Middle Ages and the beauty and co...(展开全部)

This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical origins, through the Etruscan kings, the opulent glory of classical Rome, the decadence and decay of the Middle Ages and the beauty and co...(展开全部)

"A remarkable life story, reminiscent of Out of Africa ."-- Vogue In 1949, Rosamond Halsey Carr, a young fashion illustrator living in New York City, accompanied her dashing hunter-explorer husband to what was then the Belgian Congo. When the marriage fell apart, she decided to stay on in neighboring Rwanda, as the manager of a flower plantation. Land of a Thousand Hills is...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 罗莎蒙德·哈尔西·卡尔（1912—2006）是一位美国的人道主义者和作家，也是卢旺达最后一位外国种植园主。她在卢旺达经营着一所儿童孤儿院，直至2006年去世。 安·霍华德·哈尔西是罗莎蒙德的侄女，为撰写这本回忆录，曾在非洲居住过一段时间，与姑妈一起工作。她现居美国宾夕法尼亚州的唐宁敦。 【译者简介】 陈薇薇，译者，从事翻译十余载，译有《法国简史》《北方的观念》《蒙娜丽莎传奇》《概率统治世界》等。

【作者简介】 罗莎蒙德·哈尔西·卡尔（1912—2006）是一位美国的人道主义者和作家，也是卢旺达最后一位外国种植园主。她在卢旺达经营着一所儿童孤儿院，直至2006年去世。 安·霍华德·哈尔西是罗莎蒙德的侄女，为撰写这本回忆录，曾在非洲居住过一段时间，与姑妈一起工作。她现居美国宾夕法尼亚州的唐宁敦。 【译者简介】 陈薇薇，译者，从事翻译十余载，译有《法国简史》《北方的观念》《蒙娜丽莎传奇》《概率统治世界》等。