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)

"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。

"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。

Award-winning naturalist and author Jon Young's What the Robin Knows reveals how understanding bird language and behavior can help us to see more wildlife. A lifelong birder, tracker, and naturalist, Jon Young is guided by three basic premises: the robin, junco, and other songbirds know everything important about their environment, be it backyard or forest; by tuning in to thei...(展开全部)