'A fun read' Will Self, -- NEW STATESMAN 'Complete and authoritative ... excellent ... fascinating' LOADED ‘A couple of gems…are Cary Grant’s encounters with LSD and Errol Flynn’s morphine memories’ TIME OUT This is a drug anthology with a difference. Whilst the usual suspects are here – Huxley, Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson and Irvine Welsh among them – there are many surprise...(展开全部)

理查德·罗吉利（Richard Rudgley），于伦敦大学获得社会人类学和宗教研究学位后，进入牛津大学社会和文化人类学研究所学习民族学、博物馆民族志和史前史。目前，他正致力于研究致幻植物在史前和古代的使用。1991年，他成为首个获得大英博物馆普罗米修斯奖的人 ，这促成了他首部专著《文化之魔：瘾品社会》的出版。其尔后出版的《石器时代的失落文明》与《异教徒重生》皆被制作为电视节目，于BBC四台播出，由罗吉利亲自主持。 译者 彭贵菊，广东工业大学副教授，研究方向为英美文学和比较文学，译著有《泄密的心》《一纸瞒天》等。熊荣斌，广东工业大学副教授，研究方向为语言学和翻译，译著有《丽姬娅》等。

An homage to Africa's people and wildlife. Sebastião Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today, his reputation fo rged by decades of dedication and powerful black-and-white images of dispossessed and distressed people taken in places where most wouldn’t dare to go. Although he has photographed throughout South America and around the globe, his work most h...(展开全部)

An homage to Africa's people and wildlife. Sebastião Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today, his reputation fo rged by decades of dedication and powerful black-and-white images of dispossessed and distressed people taken in places where most wouldn’t dare to go. Although he has photographed throughout South America and around the globe, his work most h...(展开全部)

In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game ...(展开全部)

In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives: of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom: of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her: of primitive festivals: of big game ...(展开全部)

Karen Blixen (who wrote under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen) knew the African countryside as intimately as her own face in the mirror. "The civilized people," she wrote, "have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons in silence from the wild before they are accepted by it." From her own wild heart she wrote this achingly beautiful book.

In a single volume, "History of Africa" offers an illustrated and critical narrative introduction to the history of the continent from earliest times to the present day. Building on the book's established reputation, in this revised 2nd edition, the author draws on the most recent and up-to-date research to convey something of the wealth and depth of Africa's long and fascinati...(展开全部)

This fourth edition of this best-selling core history textbook offers a richly illustrated, single volume, narrative introduction to African history, from a hugely respected authority in the field. The market-leading range of illustrated material from prior editions is now further improved, featuring not only additional and redrawn maps and a refreshed selection of photographs,...(展开全部)

In a single volume, History of Africa offers readers a richly illustrated narrative introduction to the history of the entire continent, from earliest times through to the present day. Building on the book's established reputation and success, this third edition has been revised and updated throughout in the light of new research and recent events. A companion website now also ...(展开全部)