Suspended between sea and sky, battered by the waves and the wind, lighthouses mark the battlelines between the elements. They guard the boundaries between the solid human world and the primordial chaos of the waters; between stability and instability; between the known and the unknown. As such, they have a strange, universal appeal that few other manmade structures possess. En...(展开全部)

Celebrated for his masterful brushstrokes, depictions of nature, and use of translucent blue-green pigments, Qiu Ying is the least known of the four Ming Dynasty masters of the Wu School. This elegantly produced and groundbreaking monograph, the first Western-language publication devoted to the painter, draws on new scholarship to offer a deep and rich appreciation of Qiu Ying'...(展开全部)

作者： 海诺·法尔克(Heino Falcke) 天体物理学家，荷兰奈梅亨大学教授，并担当完成人类首张黑洞照片的“事件视界望远镜”项目科学委员会主席。 约尔格-罗梅尔（Jörg Römer） 他曾一边从事护理工作和记者工作，一边攻读中美洲和拉丁美洲研究以及史前和古代文明研究。2015年起担任SPIEGEL ONLINE健康与科学部编辑。罗梅尔撰写了许多关于海诺·法尔克及其研究的文章。 译者： 闫文驰，北京人。北京大学元培学院学士。波兰绿山大学理论物理硕士。曾就读波兰科学院哥白尼天文中心，研究方向为黑洞吸积盘。通晓多国语言。曾参与翻译多部科普图书。

作者： 海诺·法尔克(Heino Falcke) 天体物理学家，荷兰奈梅亨大学教授，并担当完成人类首张黑洞照片的“事件视界望远镜”项目科学委员会主席。 约尔格-罗梅尔（Jörg Römer） 他曾一边从事护理工作和记者工作，一边攻读中美洲和拉丁美洲研究以及史前和古代文明研究。2015年起担任SPIEGEL ONLINE健康与科学部编辑。罗梅尔撰写了许多关于海诺·法尔克及其研究的文章。 译者： 闫文驰，北京人。北京大学元培学院学士。波兰绿山大学理论物理硕士。曾就读波兰科学院哥白尼天文中心，研究方向为黑洞吸积盘。通晓多国语言。曾参与翻译多部科普图书。

Many have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health developments of the twenty-first century. Today, almost 90 percent of our pharmaceutical market is comprised of generics, the majority of which are manufactured overseas. We have been reassured by our doctors, our pharmacists and our regulators that generic drugs are identical to the...(展开全部)

A secure and secluded retreat for the rich and powerful becomes the setting for an unsettling series of murders.Combe Island off the Cornish coast is a restful haven for the elite. But when one of its distinguished visitors is found hanging from the island’s famous lighthouse in what appears to have been a murder, the peace is shattered. Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in to...(展开全部)

斯坦利·莱恩-普尔（Stanley Lane-Poole，1854—1931） 著名东方学家、考古学家，都柏林大学教授，阿拉伯史权威学者。主要著作有《摩尔人统治下的西班牙》《土耳其人的故事》《中世纪的埃及》《萨拉丁和耶路撒冷王国的陷落》等。被誉为是一位“没有偏见的欧洲历史学家”，其作品对人们客观认识欧洲以外的历史有重要影响。

One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters―a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now. Witnesses to the brutal murder of the...(展开全部)

This bilingual edition of the contemporary master's fifth work, Ce qui fut sans lumi, re, will delight, engage, and stir all lovers of poetry. Included here is an extensive new interview with the poet in English translation. "Included here is a very helpful and touchingly personal interview with the poet. . . . For readers with no prior knowledge of Bonnefoy's work, this volu...(展开全部)