The first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial, and human dimensions of inter-Asian connections, Asia Inside Out: Changing Times brings into focus the diverse networks and dynamic developments that have linked peoples from Japan to Yemen over the past five centuries. Each author examines an unnoticed moment—a single year or decade—that redefined Asia in some impor...(展开全部)

The first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial, and human dimensions of inter-Asian connections, Asia Inside Out: Changing Times brings into focus the diverse networks and dynamic developments that have linked peoples from Japan to Yemen over the past five centuries. Each author examines an unnoticed moment—a single year or decade—that redefined Asia in some impor...(展开全部)

The richest, most fulfilling love of your life is yet to come! "The Authentic Heart offers practical, wise, and compassionate guidance for midlife love."--Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry "The Authentic Heart is a groundbreaking, insightful, warmly written book that I highly recommend to anyone wanting more loving, joyful relation...(展开全部)

"The Mortgaged Heart" is an important collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide invaluable insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. The collection also contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her best-selling...(展开全部)

作者简介： 卡森•麦卡勒斯，20世纪美国最重要的作家之一。1917年2月19日生于美国佐治亚州，29岁后瘫痪。著有《心是孤独的猎手》《伤心咖啡馆之歌》《金色眼睛的映像》《没有指针的钟》等小说作品。1967年9月29日麦卡勒斯在纽约州去世，时年50岁。 译者简介： 文泽尔，出生于武汉，长居于欧洲。《城市画报》《上海壹周》特邀专栏作家。闲暇之时读书、藏书、写书、译书。已出版小说著作、译作十余种。

From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth's surface. With Earth's population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion people by 2050 and the additional stress of climate change, it is more important than ever to understand how and where these changes are happening. Innovation in the geographical sciences has the p...(展开全部)

In a richly layered and beautifully illustrated narrative, Raymond Jonas tells the fascinating and surprisingly little-known story of the Sacre-Coeur, or Sacred Heart. The highest point in Paris and a celebrated tourist destination, the white-domed basilica of Sacre-Coeur on Montmartre is a key monument both to French Catholicism and to French national identity. Jonas masterful...(展开全部)

Times of the Technoculture explores the social and cultural impact of new technologies, tracing the origins of the information society from the coming of the machine with the industrial revolution to the development of mass production techniques in the early twentieth century. The authors look at how the military has controlled the development of the information society, and co...(展开全部)

埃里克·格雷滕斯出生在美国密苏里州，高中毕业后获得杜克奖学金并进入杜克大学学习，其后又获得杜鲁门奖学金和罗德奖学金，进入牛津大学学习，获得博士学位。在牛津就读期间，格雷滕斯还曾获得英国大学体育联合会拳击冠军。为了进行相关研究，格雷滕斯曾赴卢旺达、阿尔巴尼亚、墨西哥、印度、克罗地亚、玻利维亚和柬埔寨从事人道主义工作。 2001年，格雷滕斯加入美国海军海豹突击队，并成为一名高级军官，曾多次赴海外执行作战和指挥任务，并获紫心勋章和铜星奖章。在伊拉克和阿富汗完成秘密作战任务回国后，格雷滕斯创建了“任务继续”组织，帮助伤残军人重新站起来，再次为国家服务。