From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination For millennia, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented more than thirty thousand years ago in the Chauvet C...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination For millennia, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented more than thirty thousand years ago in the Chauvet C...(展开全部)

From the perspective of Western modernity, humanity inhabits a disenchanted cosmos. Gods, spirits, and ancestors have left us for a transcendent beyond, no longer living in our midst and involved in all matters of everyday life from the trivial to the dire. Yet the vast majority of cultures throughout human history treat spirits as very real persons, members of a cosmic society...(展开全部)

Cat Warren is a university professor and former journalist with an admittedly odd hobby: She and her German shepherd have spent the last seven years searching for the dead. Solo is a cadaver dog. What started as a way to harness Solo’s unruly energy and enthusiasm soon became a calling that introduced Warren to the hidden and fascinating universe of working dogs, their handlers...(展开全部)

• How many smells are there? And how many molecules would it take to create every smell in nature, from roses to stinky feet? • Who was the bigger scent freak: the perfume-obsessed Richard Wagner or Emily Dickinson, with her creepy passion for flowers? • By scenting the air in stores, are retailers turning us into subliminally controlled shopping zombies? • Were Smell-O-Vision ...(展开全部)

• How many smells are there? And how many molecules would it take to create every smell in nature, from roses to stinky feet? • Who was the bigger scent freak: the perfume-obsessed Richard Wagner or Emily Dickinson, with her creepy passion for flowers? • By scenting the air in stores, are retailers turning us into subliminally controlled shopping zombies? • Were Smell-O-Vision ...(展开全部)

帕特里克•斯文松，生于1972年，《南瑞典日报》艺术和文化记者，他与家人一起生活在南瑞典的马尔默。日渐远离工人家庭出身的他，依旧难忘儿时与父亲于溪畔捕捉鳗鱼的时光。于是他踏上探索鳗鱼和父子关系的旅程，写出了这部集自然书写、科学史、父子回忆录于一身的独特作品——《鳗鱼的旅行》。这本处女作一经出版即畅销全瑞典，被翻译成三十种语言，并一举拿下瑞典极负盛名的大奖——奥古斯特文学奖。

'This is one of those special books . . . Even if it were only a book about eels, it would be wonderful.' Sunday Times ‘What a joy! Patrick Svensson’s sinuous weaving of natural history, philosophy, psychology and autobiography is as compelling and rewarding as a silver eel’s return to the Sargasso Sea. I loved every moment.’ Isabella Tree, author of Wilding I can’t recall us e...(展开全部)

"Thirty-five years ago few could have predicted that "The New Science of Politics" would be a best-seller by political theory standards. Compressed within the Draconian economy of the six Walgreen lectures is a complete theory of man, society, and history, presented at the most profound and intellectual level. . . . Voegelin's [work] stands out in bold relief from much of what ...(展开全部)

作者简介：沃格林（Eric Voegelin，1901-1985）/ 20世纪西方著名的政治哲学家。在实证主义政治科学独领风骚的年代里，沃格林凭借渊博的学问和深刻的见识，对人之本性、处境和命运进行了深邃的思考和探索，试图恢复对政治事务之本质的洞察，重建真正的政治科学。沃格林生前发表了上百篇论文和多种著作，其中以《新政治科学》和《秩序与历史》最为著名，现有英文版《沃格林全集》34卷行世。 译者简介：段保良 / 政治学博士，执教于陕西师范大学，主要研究领域为政治哲学，西方政治思想史。