绘本作家、插画家，1973 年出生于日本神奈川县。吉竹伸介小时候是个怕生、内向的孩子，觉得“自己做什么都不行”，后来因为想当一名制作电影道具或玩偶的手工艺人，学了筑波大学艺术研究科的综合造型专业。毕业后，他进入一家游戏公司，为了缓解压力，常在工作间隙画插画，30 岁时出版了自己第一本插画集。 在成为两个孩子的爸爸之后，吉竹伸介 40 岁时出版了第一部绘本作品《这是苹果吗也许是吧》，孩子能从中感受到“自由想象”的乐趣，一个人也可以乐呵呵地读下去。这部绘本获得 3000 位日本一线店员评选的“MOE 绘本书店大奖”第一名、12 万日本小学生评选的“我喜欢的童书”总决选第三名、日本产经儿童出版文化奖·美术奖。由此，吉竹伸介成为绘本界备受瞩目的作家。 此后，他又陆续出版了《好无聊啊好无聊》《做个机器人假装是我》《后来呢后来怎么了》《脱不下来啦》《揉一揉啊捏一...(展开全部)

The Pyrocene tells the story of what happened when a fire-wielding species, humanity, met an especially fire-receptive time in Earth’s history. Since terrestrial life first appeared, flames have flourished. Over the past two million years, however, one genus gained the ability to manipulate fire, swiftly remaking both itself and eventually the world. We developed small guts and...(展开全部)

The Pyrocene tells the story of what happened when a fire-wielding species, humanity, met an especially fire-receptive time in Earth’s history. Since terrestrial life first appeared, flames have flourished. Over the past two million years, however, one genus gained the ability to manipulate fire, swiftly remaking both itself and eventually the world. We developed small guts and...(展开全部)

Among the first anthropologists to work in Eastern Europe, Katherine Verdery had built up a significant base of ethnographic and historical expertise when the major political transformations in the region began to take place. In this collection of essays dealing with the aftermath of Soviet-style socialism and the different forms that may replace it, she explores the nature of ...(展开全部)

Katherine Verdery is Julien J. Studley Faculty Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology. Since 1973 she has conducted field research in Romania, initially emphasizing the political economy of social inequality, ethnic relations, and nationalism. With the changes of 1989, her work has shifted to problems of the transformation of socialist systems, specifically changin...(展开全部)

Katherine Verdery is Julien J. Studley Faculty Scholar and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology. Since 1973 she has conducted field research in Romania, initially emphasizing the political economy of social inequality, ethnic relations, and nationalism. With the changes of 1989, her work has shifted to problems of the transformation of socialist systems, specifically changin...(展开全部)

Among the first anthropologists to work in Eastern Europe, Katherine Verdery had built up a significant base of ethnographic and historical expertise when the major political transformations in the region began to take place. In this collection of essays dealing with the aftermath of Soviet-style socialism and the different forms that may replace it, she explores the nature of ...(展开全部)

Lord Denning draws from a wide range of sources to support his arguments and incorporates coverage of many different cases, including that of the Russell baby, the Granada 'mole' and the case of Harriet Harman, all of which are selected on the grounds that 'the experience of the past points the way to the future'. The book also discusses the proposals for law reform which have ...(展开全部)

Lord Denning draws from a wide range of sources to support his arguments and incorporates coverage of many different cases, including that of the Russell baby, the Granada 'mole' and the case of Harriet Harman, all of which are selected on the grounds that 'the experience of the past points the way to the future'. The book also discusses the proposals for law reform which have ...(展开全部)

Explores the transformation humans undergo when they do metaphysics. Author Michael Gelven suggests that thinking metaphysically transforms us, and consequently the nature of metaphysics it self is transformational, Using concrete existential phenomena such as the learning process, how children mature into adults, and how fear can develop into courage, he establishes an underst...(展开全部)