Water is an endangered resource, imperiled by population growth, mega-urbanization, and climate change. Scientists project that by 2050, freshwater shortages will affect 75 percent of the global population. Steven Mithen puts our current crisis in historical context by exploring 10,000 years of humankind’s management of water. Thirst offers cautionary tales of civilizations def...(展开全部)

史蒂文·米森（Steven Mithen），史前史考古学教授，英国最高学术机构不列颠学术院院士，雷丁大学国际事务副校长，主要研究水和文明的起源，人类大脑和语言的进化等。代表作《水、生命和文明：约旦河谷的气候、环境和社会变迁》（2011）《思考中的觅食者：史前人类如何制定决 策》（2009）《歌唱的尼安德特人：音乐、语言、心智和肢体的起源》《冰期之后的人类历史（公元前20,000—前5000 年）》（2004）《史前人类的心智》（1998）等。 岳玉庆，四川大学外文系翻译理论与实践硕士，现任青岛大学外语学院副教授和硕士生导师，青岛翻译协会会员，中国翻译协会专家会员。已翻译出版《沉思录》《林肯传》《伽利略》《日本帝国的终结》《轻松小魔术》《人性的弱点》《剩余人：反抗》《在咖啡馆遇见玛丽莲•梦露》《在咖啡馆遇见莎士比亚》等多部译作，担任《漫威英雄联盟》和《...(展开全部)

The planet faces a 21st global water crisis - but to what extent is this really new? Past societies and ancient civilisations have always faced climate change and been dependent on their ability to harness and manage a water supply. This has often been a key driver of historical change leading to some of the most remarkable engineering projects of the ancient world. Might there...(展开全部)

史蒂文·米森（Steven Mithen），史前史考古学教授，英国最高学术机构不列颠学术院院士，雷丁大学国际事务副校长，主要研究水和文明的起源，人类大脑和语言的进化等。代表作《水、生命和文明：约旦河谷的气候、环境和社会变迁》（2011）《思考中的觅食者：史前人类如何制定决 策》（2009）《歌唱的尼安德特人：音乐、语言、心智和肢体的起源》《冰期之后的人类历史（公元前20,000—前5000 年）》（2004）《史前人类的心智》（1998）等。 岳玉庆，四川大学外文系翻译理论与实践硕士，现任青岛大学外语学院副教授和硕士生导师，青岛翻译协会会员，中国翻译协会专家会员。已翻译出版《沉思录》《林肯传》《伽利略》《日本帝国的终结》《轻松小魔术》《人性的弱点》《剩余人：反抗》《在咖啡馆遇见玛丽莲•梦露》《在咖啡馆遇见莎士比亚》等多部译作，担任《漫威英雄联盟》和《...(展开全部)

Water features Inoue's masterful work in color. It also highlights artwork created specifically for this volume. In a recent interview, Takehiko Inoue claimed that in his first major follow-up to Slam Dunk, he wanted to delve as deeply as possible into visual artistry. The result was the incredibly realized world of Vagabond, the Sistine Chapel of manga. This artbook captures t...(展开全部)

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more than a third of the land surface of the planet. These sprawling empires encompassed not only rainforests, deserts, and savannahs but also some of the world’s most magnificent rivers, lakes, marshes, and seas. Liquid Empire tells the story of how the waters of the colonial world shap...(展开全部)

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more than a third of the land surface of the planet. These sprawling empires encompassed not only rainforests, deserts, and savannahs but also some of the world’s most magnificent rivers, lakes, marshes, and seas. Liquid Empire tells the story of how the waters of the colonial world shap...(展开全部)

Far more than oil, the control of water wealth throughout history has been pivotal to the rise and fall of great powers, the achievements of civilization, the transformations of society's vital habitats, and the quality of ordinary daily lives. In Water, Steven Solomon offers the first-ever narrative portrait of the power struggles, personalities, and breakthroughs that have sh...(展开全部)

Far more than oil, the control of water wealth throughout history has been pivotal to the rise and fall of great powers, the achievements of civilization, the transformations of society's vital habitats, and the quality of ordinary daily lives. Today, freshwater scarcity is one of the twenty-first century's decisive, looming challenges, driving new political, economic, and envi...(展开全部)

"The Water Hole" is a fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook and art book. Graeme Base takes the reader on a journey of discovery, from the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of the Australian outback. As one rhino gives way to two tigers, with three toucans waiting in the wings, the tale unfolds on many lev...(展开全部)