绘者简介： I.N.J.卡尔巴德，英国著名漫画家、作家、动画导演。起初卡尔巴德是以动画设计师的身份开始的职业生涯，2006年，他在成千上万名漫画家中脱颖而出，将作品发表在黑马漫画的新成员选集上。他创作与改编的图像小说以科幻、奇幻题材为主，尤其是对H.P.洛夫克拉夫特、罗伯特·W.钱伯斯和亚瑟·柯南·道尔等经典作家作品的改编为他带来了巨大的声誉。卡尔巴德的代表作包括：原创科幻图像小说《塞莱斯特》，与作家伊恩·艾金顿合作的蒸汽朋克图像小说《黄铜太阳》，与作家丹•阿布尼特合作创作的科幻图像小说《新特警判官》《黑暗时代》《荒野的终结》《边缘》，改编作品《疯狂山脉》《查尔斯·迪克斯特·瓦德事件》《超越时间之影》《梦寻秘境卡达斯》《黄衣之王》等等。2011年，卡尔巴德凭借对洛夫克拉夫特的名篇《疯狂山脉》的出色改编，获得了英国奇幻大奖（British Fantas...(展开全部)

绘者简介： I.N.J.卡尔巴德，英国著名漫画家、作家、动画导演。起初卡尔巴德是以动画设计师的身份开始的职业生涯，2006年，他在成千上万名漫画家中脱颖而出，将作品发表在黑马漫画的新成员选集上。他创作与改编的图像小说以科幻、奇幻题材为主，尤其是对H.P.洛夫克拉夫特、罗伯特·W.钱伯斯和亚瑟·柯南·道尔等经典作家作品的改编为他带来了巨大的声誉。卡尔巴德的代表作包括：原创科幻图像小说《塞莱斯特》，与作家伊恩·艾金顿合作的蒸汽朋克图像小说《黄铜太阳》，与作家丹•阿布尼特合作创作的科幻图像小说《新特警判官》《黑暗时代》《荒野的终结》《边缘》，改编作品《疯狂山脉》《查尔斯·迪克斯特·瓦德事件》《超越时间之影》《梦寻秘境卡达斯》《黄衣之王》等等。2011年，卡尔巴德凭借对洛夫克拉夫特的名篇《疯狂山脉》的出色改编，获得了英国奇幻大奖（British Fantas...(展开全部)

Ready to relive some of the most daring voyages of all time? Unfold these spectacular cross sections and explore fourteen historic journeys. Open this dynamic book and discover how the greatest explorers in history — from Marco Polo to Neil Armstrong — plunged into the unknown and boldly pieced together the picture of the world we have today. With the help of masterful cross ...(展开全部)

How did they do it? Find out how the greatest explorers in history pieced together the picture of our world that we now take for granted, in this dynamic unfolding cross-sections book! Join acclaimed illustrator Stephen Biesty and popular children's history writer Stewart Ross, as they themselves explore some of the boldest, most daring expeditions of all time, using fold-out p...(展开全部)

罗贝托·波拉尼奥（Roberto Bolaño，1953—2003） 出生于智利，1977年抵达加泰罗尼亚，此前他生活在智利（他出生的地方）和墨西哥。他人生超过一半的时光都在宽容又充满生机的加泰罗尼亚度过，巴塞罗纳、赫罗纳，尤其是布拉内斯。他和卡洛琳娜·洛佩斯在布拉内斯定居并生了两个孩子，劳塔罗和亚历山德拉。 四十岁之前，他写诗，革命，吸毒，流浪，生病—总之，他几乎什么都干过，除了写小说。 而在他四十岁之后的十年，除了写小说，他几乎什么都没干。 得知病情的几个月后，1993年，波拉尼奥开始着手整理自己几乎所有的诗歌手稿，并附上详细的目录、创作日期说明及出处，题为《未知大学》，是未来将出版的《未知大学》的雏形。中文版诗集以《未知大学》为主体，同时收录作者此前已出版的另外三部诗集：《安特卫普》（2002年）、《浪漫主义狗》（2000年）和《三》（2000...(展开全部)

Born in Germany in the early twentieth century, mild and sensitive Richard Hieck endured a quietly difficult childhood. Raised in humble circumstances, Richard was profoundly influenced by his withdrawn mother and by his father -- an enigma whose devotion centered not on his five children but on his mysterious career. From his father, Richard inherited an interest in the night ...(展开全部)

When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. Yet the idea of biology as destiny dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to The Bell Curve, whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated and thoroughly undermined...(展开全部)

The 'City of God' or the 'City of Man'? This is the choice St. Augustine offered 1500 years ago - and according to Pierre Manent the modern West has decisively and irreversibly chosen the latter. In this subtle and wide-ranging book on the Western intellectual and political condition, Manent argues that the West has rejected the laws of God and of nature in a quest for human au...(展开全部)

Stan Parker, with only a horse and a dog for company journeys to a remote patch of land he has inherited in the Australian hills. Once the land is cleared and a rudimentary house built, he brings his wife Amy to the wilderness. Together they face lives of joy and sorrow as they struggle against the environment.

1. "Lower than the Angels" (evolution of man from ape to 400,000 years ago) 2. "The Harvest of the Seasons" (agriculture and the first settlements) 3. "The Grain in the Stone" (tools, early human migration) 4. "The Hidden Structure" (fire, metals and alchemy) 5. "Music of the Spheres" (the language of numbers) 6. "The Starry Messenger" (Galileo's universe) 7. "The Majestic Cloc...(展开全部)