《格瓦拉日记》是格瓦拉以古巴现实，文化，特性和政治现实为基础而慢慢写就的手资料。虽然这些在时间写下的文字只是主观而不完整的记述，无法展现那段历史的全景，但切对诸多历史事件和历史人物的描写，却无比真实的反映出他在古巴人民争取自由的斗争中所肩负的责任和付出的努力。
《利玛窦》是一个人的传奇，更是一个时代的剪影。十六世纪地理大发现之后.中西文化交流进入了一个全新的时代。一五八三年.意大利传教士利玛窦运用“文化适应”的传教策略，成功地进入了中国内地，从而揭开了明末清初中西文化交流的高潮。《利玛窦》讲述的就是这位传奇人物为了实现他在晚明中国传教的梦想，不断认识、不断适应中国文化的故事。 面对当今中西文化交流的诸多困惑，把眼光放长一点，回到利玛窦时代，来重新认识与思考中西文化的异同.这可以让我们用一种历史的、客观的眼光来给传统文化定位，用开放的、发展的眼光来看待文化交流与冲突。
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《格瓦拉日记》是格瓦拉以古巴现实，文化，特性和政治现实为基础而慢慢写就的手资料。虽然这些在时间写下的文字只是主观而不完整的记述，无法展现那段历史的全景，但切对诸多历史事件和历史人物的描写，却无比真实的反映出他在古巴人民争取自由的斗争中所肩负的责任和付出的努力。
A wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatestminds, and greatest books of all time -- listed in accessible andsuccinct form -- by one of the world's greatest scholars. From the "Hundred Best Books" to the "Ten Greatest Thinkers" tothe "Ten Greatest Poets," here is a concise collection of theworld's most significant knowledge. For the better part of acentury, Will Durant dwelled upon -- and wrote about -- the mostsignificant eras, individuals, and achievements of human history.His selections have finally been brought together in a single,compact volume. Durant eloquently defends his choices of thegreatest minds and ideas, but he also stimulates readers intoforming their own opinions, encouraging them to shed theirsurroundings and biases and enter "The Country of the Mind," atimeless realm where the heroes of our species dwell. From a thinker who always chose to exalt the positive in thehuman species, The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time stays true to Durant's optimism. This is a book c
“The infantryman’s war is . . . without the slightest doubtthe dirtiest, roughest job of them all.” He went in as a military history buff, a virgin, and ateetotaler. He came out with a war bride, a taste for German beer,and intimate knowledge of one of the darkest parts of history. Hisname is Dean Joy, and this was his war. For two months in 1945, Joy endured and survived the everydaydeprivations and dangers of being a frontline infantryman. Hisamazingly detailed memoir, self-illustrated with numerous scenesJoy remembers from his time in Europe, brings back the sights,sounds, and smells of the experience as few books ever have. Hereis the story of a young man who dreamed of flying fighter aircraftand instead was chosen to be cannon fodder in France and Germany .. . who witnessed the brutality of Nazis killing Allied medics byusing the cross on their helmets as targets . . . and who narrowlyescaped being wounded or killed in several “near miss” episodes,the last of which occurred o
America’s first frontier was not the West; it was thesea—and no one writes more eloquently about that watery wildernessthan Nathaniel Philbrick. In his bestselling In the Heart of theSea Philbrick probed the nightmarish dangers of the vastPacific. Now, in an epic sea adventure, he writes about one of themost ambitious voyages of discovery the Western world has everseen—the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838– 1842. On a scale thatdwarfed the journey of Lewis and Clark, six magnificent sailingvessels and a crew of hundreds set out to map the entire PacificOcean—and ended up naming the newly discovered continent ofAntarctica, collecting what would become the basis of theSmithsonian Institution, and much more.
The secretive Mysteries conducted at Eleusis in Greece fornearly two millennia have long puzzled scholars with strangeaccounts of initiates experiencing otherworldly journeys. In thisgroundbreaking work, three experts—a mycologist, a chemist, and ahistorian—argue persuasively that the sacred potion given toparticipants in the course of the ritual contained a psychoactiveentheogen. The authors then expand the discussion to show thatnatural psychedelic agents have been used in spiritual ritualsacross history and cultures. Although controversial when firstpublished in 1978, the book’s hypothesis has become more widelyaccepted in recent years, as knowledge of ethnobotany has deepened.The authors have played critical roles in the modern rediscovery ofentheogens, and The Road to Eleusis presents an authoritativeexposition of their views. The book’s themes of the universality ofexperiential religion, the suppression of that knowledge byexploitative forces, and the use of psychedelics to reconcile theh
In this luminous portrait of Paris, celebrated historianAlistair Horne gives us the history, culture, disasters, andtriumphs of one of the world’s truly great cities. Horne makesplain that while Paris may be many things, it is neverboring. From the rise of Philippe Auguste through the reigns of Henry IVand Louis XIV (who abandoned Paris for Versailles); Napoleon’s riseand fall; Baron Haussmann’s rebuilding of Paris (at the cost ofmuch of the medieval city); the Belle Epoque and the Great War thatbrought it to an end; the Nazi Occupation, the Liberation, and thepostwar period dominated by de Gaulle--Horne brings the city’shighs and lows, savagery and sophistication, and heroes andvillains splendidly to life. With a keen eye for the tellinganecdote and pivotal moment, he portrays an array of vividincidents to show us how Paris endures through each age, is alteredbut always emerges more brilliant and beautiful than ever. TheSeven Ages of Paris is a great historian’s tribute to a city helov
The Roman Empire did not meet its end when barbarians sackedthe City of Seven Hills, but rather a thousand years later with thefall of Constantinople, capital of the surviving Eastern Empire.The Ottoman Turks who conquered the city aslo known to us asByzantium would force a tense centruy of conflict in theMediterranean culminating in the famous Battle of Lepanto. Thefirst book in a triptych depicting this monumental confrontationbetween a Muslim empire and Christendom, The Fall of Constantinoplebrilliantly captures a defning moment in the two creeds' historytoo often eclipsed by the Crusades.
《利玛窦》是一个人的传奇，更是一个时代的剪影。十六世纪地理大发现之后.中西文化交流进入了一个全新的时代。一五八三年.意大利传教士利玛窦运用“文化适应”的传教策略，成功地进入了中国内地，从而揭开了明末清初中西文化交流的高潮。《利玛窦》讲述的就是这位传奇人物为了实现他在晚明中国传教的梦想，不断认识、不断适应中国文化的故事。面对当今中西文化交流的诸多困惑，把眼光放长一点，回到利玛窦时代，来重新认识与思考中西文化的异同.这可以让我们用一种历史的、客观的眼光来给传统文化定位，用开放的、发展的眼光来看待文化交流与冲突。
Gibbon'sDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire,publishedbetween1776and1788,istheundisputedmasterpieceofEnglishhistoricalwritingwhichcanonlyperishwiththelanguageitself.Itslengthaloneisameasureofitsmonumentalquality:seventy-onechapters,ofwhichtwenty-eightappearinfullinthisedition.Withstyle,learningandwit,GibbontakesthereaderthroughthehistoryofEuropefromthesecondcenturyADtothefallofConstantinoplein1453-anenthrallingaccountby'thegreatestofthehistoriansoftheEnlightenment'.ThiseditionincludesGibbon'sfootnotesandquotations,heretranslatedforthefirsttime,togetherwithbriefexplanatorycomments,aprecisofthechaptersnotincluded,16maps,aglossary,andalistofemperors. 爱德华·吉本出身于一个拥有大地产的资产阶级家族。据他追记，其家 族在 14 世纪时开始拥有土地。到 16 世纪后期，其远祖已获得缙绅的称号。当时风气，农村殷实之家，大都把子弟送往城市习商。这个家族已有几代人 到伦敦从事商业活动，并出现过一位周游西欧并远游美洲
“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from whichsurvival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.” With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copelandaddressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts onthe morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island ofSamar. On the horizon loomed the mightiest ships of the Japanesenavy, a massive fleet that represented the last hope of astaggering empire. All that stood between it and DouglasMacArthur’s vulnerable invasion force were the Roberts and theother small ships of a tiny American flotilla poised to charge intohistory. In the tradition of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of OurFathers, James D. Hornfischer paints an unprecedented portrait ofthe Battle of Samar, a naval engagement unlike any other in U.S.history—and captures with unforgettable intensity the men, thestrategies, and the sacrifices that turned certain defeat into alegendary victory. From the Hardcover edition.
In AD 476 the Roman Empire fell–or rather, its western halfdid. Its eastern half, which would come to be known as theByzantine Empire, would endure and often flourish for anothereleven centuries. Though its capital would move to Constantinople,its citizens referred to themselves as Roman for the entireduration of the empire’s existence. Indeed, so did its neighbors,allies, and enemies: When the Turkish Sultan Mehmet II conqueredConstantinople in 1453, he took the title Caesar of Rome, placinghimself in a direct line that led back to Augustus. For far too many otherwise historically savvy people today, thestory of the Byzantine civilization is something of a void. Yet formore than a millennium, Byzantium reigned as the glittering seat ofChristian civilization. When Europe fell into the Dark Ages,Byzantium held fast against Muslim expansion, keeping Christianityalive. When literacy all but vanished in the West, Byzantium madeprimary education available to both sexes. Students debated themerits
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In this imaginative book, Maya Jasanoff uncovers theextraordinary stories of collectors who lived on the frontiers ofthe British Empire in India and Egypt, tracing their exploits totell an intimate history of imperialism. Jasanoff delves beneaththe grand narratives of power, exploitation, and resistance to lookat the British Empire through the eyes of the people caught up init. Written and researched on four continents, Edge ofEmpire enters a world where people lived, loved, mingled, andidentified with one another in ways richer and more complex thanprevious accounts have led us to believe were possible. And as thisbook demonstrates, traces of that world remain tangible—andtopical—today. An innovative, persuasive, and provocative work ofhistory.
This acclaimed book on the Wright Brothers takes the readerstraight to the heart of their remarkable achievement, focusing onthe technology and offering a clear, concise chronicle of preciselywhat they accomplished and how they did it. This book deals withthe process of the invention of the airplane and how the brothersidentified and resolved a range of technical puzzles that othershad attempted to solve for a century. Step by step, the book details the path of invention (includingthe important wind tunnel experiments of 1901) which culminated inthe momentous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the first majormilestone in aviation history. Enhanced by original photos,designs, drawings, notebooks, letters and diaries of the WrightBrothers, Visions of a Flying Machine is a fascinating book thatwill be of interest to engineers, historians, enthusiasts, oranyone interested in the process of invention.
Containing over 120 combat photographs- including shots of theflag-raising by other photographers-quotes from survivors,newspapers and magazines, battle reports and Medal of Honorcitations, here is a grunt's eye view of the bloodiest battle inU.S. Marine Corps history. It also recounts "the photograph's"enduring legacy in popular culture, and reveals the fates of theflag raisers- men who became a fixture in their country'shistory.
John Keegan, whose many books, including classic histories ofthe two world wars, have confirmed him as the premier miltaryhistorian of our time, here presents a masterly look at the valueand limitations of intelligence in the conduct of war. Intelligence gathering is an immensely complicated and vulnerableendeavor. And it often fails. Until the invention of the telegraphand radio, information often traveled no faster than a horse couldride, yet intelligence helped defeat Napoleon. In the twentiethcentury, photo analysts didn’t recognize Germany’s V-2 rockets forwhat they were; on the other hand, intelligence helped lead tovictory over the Japanese at Midway. In Intelligence inWar , John Keegan illustrates that only when paired withforce has military intelligence been an effective tool, as it mayone day be in besting al-Qaeda.
