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见识丛书21·人类简史：从动物到上帝
【内容简介】 十万年前，地球上至少有六种不同的人， 但今日，世界舞台为什么只剩下我们自己？ 从只能啃食虎狼吃剩残骨的猿人，到跃居食物链顶端的智人， 从雪维洞穴壁上的原始人手印，到阿姆斯特朗登上月球的脚印， 从认知革命、农业革命，到科学革命、生物科技革命， 我们是如何登上世界舞台成为万物之灵的？ 从公元前18世纪的《汉谟拉比法典》，到18世纪的美国独立宣言， ... -
Woman on the Edge of Time - Marge Piercy
Connie Ramos, a woman in her mid-thirties, has been declared insane. But Connie is overwhelmingly sane, merely tuned to the future, and able to communicate with the year 2137. As h... -
While the Light Lasts - Agatha Christie
These five early stories, unpublished since their first magazine appearances in the '20s and '30s, were finally unearthed 21 years after Agatha Christie's death. Smartly jacketed i... -
The Twelfth Insight - James Redfield
On 21 December 2012, the Mayan calendar will end. Many see it as an apocalyptic sign. But is it? In THE TWELFTH INSIGHT, the long-awaited fourth book in the beloved Celestine serie... -
The Owl Killers - Karen Maitland
SUMMARY: In 1321, the English town of Ulewic teeters between survival and destruction, faith and doubt, God and demons. Against this intense backdrop, a group of women have formed ... -
The Hollow - Nora Roberts
From BooklistEvery seven years for seven days the citizens of Hawkins Hollow go crazy. It all began 21 years earlier when three friends—Fox O’Dell, Caleb Hawkins, and Gage Turner—s... -
The Fearsome Particles - Trevor Cole
Review“Trevor Cole has written an Ordinary People for the 21st century.” — Maclean’s “Cole’s writing is reminiscent of that of Carol Shields: he can be hilar... -
The Deep Range - Arthur C. Clarke
Since the beginning of time it had worked its will on humanity, and for as long as man could remember, he had struggled against its power. But in the 21st century the battle was... -
The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber
Amazon.com ReviewAlthough it's billed as "the first great 19th-century novel of the 21st century," The Crimson Petal and the White is anything but Victorian. The story of a well-r.... -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to 2 - Dr. Synthia Andrews
The final countdown?On December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar will complete its thirteenth cycle. According to the Mayan belief system, the world will end. And if you don't believe ...