他们是横行北大西洋海域的劫掠者；是四处寻找宝藏的探险家；是心灵手巧的手工业者；是不畏艰险的商人……不同的背景下，“北欧海盗”有着不同的身份。到底何为真实的历史？朱利安·D·理查兹教授借助近代考古发现，结合现代历史学、人类学等多种学科，全面地考察了维京人的社会、政治、经济和文化状况，为我们揭开了神秘的“北欧海盗”之谜。

The Viking reputation is of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, repeatedly plundering the British Isles and the North Atlantic throughout the early Middle Ages. Yet Vikings were also traders, settlers, and farmers, with a complex artistic and linguistic culture, whose expansion overseas led them to cross the Atlantic for the first time in European history. Highlighting the latest ...(展开全部)

- Introduces in a clear and concise way the most important basic findings and procedures of evolutionary biology - Looks at the evidence for evolution, eg the fossil record, the distribution of species, the similarities and differences between organisms - A section at the end looks at the seemingly difficult problems for the theory of evolution - Explains adaptation and natural...(展开全部)

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of Christianity, the churches' use of power, and its struggles with modernity, this new editi...(展开全部)

Documentary film can encompass anything from Robert Flaherty's pioneering ethnography Nanook of the North to Michael Moore's anti-Iraq War polemic Fahrenheit 9/11, from Dziga Vertov's artful Soviet propaganda piece Man with a Movie Camera to Luc Jacquet's heart-tugging wildlife epic March of the Penguins. In this concise, crisply written guide, Patricia Aufderheide takes reader...(展开全部)

This Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, the author examines our relationship with matter, from the uncomplicated vision of the Greek philosophers, who believed there were four elements - earth, air, fire, a...(展开全部)

How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of how neuroscience addresses questions about the relationship between the brain and the mind. Chapters...(展开全部)

本书资料来源广泛包括现存的备种旅行家、教廷官员宫廷作家的文字记载，以及现居冰岛的海盗后裔所写的北欧海盗传奇故事。本书基于这些材料讲述了一个个动人故事其中国王与奴隶．战士与移民．商人与盗贼个个人物形象鲜活。在这些传奇人物中有金友王哈拉尔德他是一位在彻底征服挪威之前拒绝理发的著名国王有深思者奥德，她趁着黑夜从敌对的苏格兰人手中救回了自己的孩子；还有莱夫・埃里克逊即幸运的莱夫，他向洁瀚的、未知的海洋航进，成为第一位抵达美洲新大陆的维京人。 本书向我们展示了快捷的长船、浓荫掩盖的大层繁忙的城镇、残酷的战场，偏僻的农庄和远方的殖民地、那些精巧的木刻品、用金字装饰的手稿以及色彩斑润的挂毯使历史上的这块土地和在这块土地上生活的人们栩栩如生地复活在读者眼前。书中展示的文物有：北欧海盗袭击英格兰海岸时一个逃走的修道士携带的一车宗教物品；斯拉夫人向统治基辅的北欧海盗进奉...(展开全部)