CAN ARCHAEOLOGY’S GREATEST MYSTERIES BE TRACED BACK TO THE LOST CIVILIZATION OF ATLANTIS? The Great Pyramid. Stonehenge. Machu Picchu. For centuries, theseand other sacred sites have attracted pilgrims, scholars, andadventurers drawn by the possibility that their true spiritual andtechnological secrets remain hidden. Who could have built theseelaborate monuments? How did they do it? And what were theirincomprehensible efforts and sacrifices designed toaccomplish? Now comes a revolutionary theory that connects these mysteries toreveal a hidden global pattern--the ancient work of an advancedcivilization whose warnings of planetary cataclysm now reverberateacross one hundred millennia. Here is startling evidence of anintelligent society dating back as much as 100,000 years--one thatsailed the oceans of the world, building monuments to preserve andcommunicate its remarkable wisdom. The Atlantis Blueprint is the authors’ term for a complex networkof connections between thes
Every few months you'll read a newspaper story of thediscovery of some long-lost art treasure hidden away in a Germanbasement or a Russian attic: a Cranach, a Holbein, even, not longago, a da Vinci. Such treasures ended up far from the museums andchurches in which they once hung, taken as war loot by Allied andAxis soldiers alike. Thousands of important pieces have never beenrecovered. Lynn Nicholas offers an astonishingly good account ofthe wholesale ravaging of European art during World War II, of howteams of international experts have worked to recover lostmasterpieces in the war's aftermath and of how governments "arestill negotiating the restitution of objects held by theirrespective nations." --This text refers to an out of print orunavailable edition of this title.
本书包括两个单元：“历史主义”与“历史理论”。“历史主义”原是作者就读台大史研所的硕士论文经补充修改而成。“历史理论”主要涉及“分析式历史哲学”的讨论。
《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。
What is fascism? Many authors have proposed definitions, butmost fail to move beyond the abstract. The esteemed historianRobert O. Paxton answers this question for the first time byfocusing on the concrete: what the fascists did, rather than whatthey said. From the first violent uniformed bands beating up“enemies of the state,” through Mussolini’s rise to power, toGermany’s fascist radicalization in World War II, Paxton showsclearly why fascists came to power in some countries and notothers, and explores whether fascism could exist outside theearly-twentieth-century European setting in which it emerged. The Anatomy of Fascism will have a lasting impact on ourunderstanding of modern European history, just as Paxton’s classicVichy France redefined our vision of World War II. Based on alifetime of research, this compelling and important book transformsour knowledge of fascism–“the major political innovation of thetwentieth century, and the source of much of its pain.”
Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman inEurope, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor ofAquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. At atime when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanormanaged to defy convention as she exercised power in the politicalsphere and crucial influence over her husbands and sons. In thisbeautifully written biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrantportrait of this truly exceptional woman, and provides new insightsinto her intimate world. Eleanor of Aquitaine lived a long life ofmany contrasts, of splendor and desolation, power and peril, and inthis stunning narrative, Weir captures the woman— and the queen—inall her glory. With astonishing historic detail, mesmerizingpageantry, and irresistible accounts of royal scandal and intrigue,she recreates not only a remarkable personality but a magnificentpast era.
“Reads like a novel. A fast-paced page-turner, it haseverything: sex, wit, humor, and adventures. But it is animpressively researched and important story.” —David Fromkin, author of Europe’s Last Summer Vienna, 1814 is an evocative and brilliantly researched accountof the most audacious and extravagant peace conference in modernEuropean history. With the feared Napoleon Bonaparte presumablydefeated and exiled to the small island of Elba, heads of some 216states gathered in Vienna to begin piecing together the ruins ofhis toppled empire. Major questions loomed: What would be done withFrance? How were the newly liberated territories to be divided?What type of restitution would be offered to families of thedeceased? But this unprecedented gathering of kings, dignitaries,and diplomatic leaders unfurled a seemingly endless stream ofpersonal vendettas, long-simmering feuds, and romanticentanglements that threatened to undermine the crucial work athand, even as their hard-fought policy dec
In THE RETURN OF KING ARTHUR, Diana Durham deciphers the deepest meaning of the Arthurian myths as they relate to our modern lives, and in the process uncovers the reasons why they have held our fascination for so long. She explains how the quest for the Holy Grail is the story of the individual's path for wholeness, while the King Arthur legends represent a collective narrative of humanity. In this illuminating modern-day Jungian interpretation of an age-old story, Durham offers readers insights into how they can have a more satisfying existence by analyzing the key symbols from the intertwined Arthurian myths. Woven through the narrative are discoveries from her personal search for wholeness when she was living in association with a spiritual community and fully embracing a shared lifestyle. Her exploration of bow our modern lives can mirror the Grail quest and the court of King Arthur will enlighten and inspire readers fascinated by these ageless myths. 作者简介： DIANA URHAM is a writer
FREDERICKSBURG TO MERIDIAN "Gettysburg...is described with such meticulous attention toaction, terrain, time, and the characters of the various commandersthat I understand, at last, what happened in that battle.... Mr.Foote has an acute sense of the relative importance of events and anovelist's skill in directing the reader's attention to the men andthe episodes that will influence the course of the whole war,without omitting items which are of momentary interest. Hisorganization of facts could hardly bebetter."-- Atlantic
Why are Mexicans so successful in individual sports, butdeficient in team play? Why do Mexicans dislike living inskyscrapers? Why do Mexicans love to see themselves as victims, butalso love victims? And why, though the Mexican people traditionallyavoid conflict, is there so much violence in a country where manyleaders have died by assassination? In this shrewd and fascinating book, the renowned scholar andformer foreign minister Jorge Casta?eda sheds much light on thepuzzling paradoxes of his native country. Here’s a nation of 110million that has an ambivalent and complicated relationship withthe United States yet is host to more American expatriates than anycountry in the world. Its people tend to resent foreigners yet havemade the nation a hugely popular tourist destination. Mexicanindividualism and individual ties to the land reflect a desire toconserve the past and slow the route to uncertain modernity. Casta?eda examines the future possibilities for Mexico as itbecomes more diverse i
“WEIR’S BOOK OUTSHINES ALL PREVIOUS STUDIES OF HENRY.Beautifully written, exhaustive in its research, it is a gem. . . .She succeeds masterfully in making Henry and his six wives . . .come alive for the reader.” –Philadelphia Inquirer Henry VIII, renownedfor his command of power and celebrated for his intellect, presidedover one of the most magnificent–and dangerous–courts inRenaissance Europe. Never before has a detailed, personal biographyof this charismatic monarch been set against the cultural, social,and political background of his glittering court. Now Alison Weir,author of the finest royal chronicles of our time, brings tovibrant life the turbulent, complex figure of the King. Packed withcolorful de*ion, meticulous in historical detail, rich inpageantry, intrigue, passion, and luxury, Weir brilliantly rendersKing Henry VIII, his court, and the fascinating men and women whovied for its pleasures and rewards. The result is an absolutelyspellbinding read.
I have never read a better, more vivid, more understandableaccount of the savage battling between Grant's and Lee's armies....Foote stays with the human strife and suffering, and unlike mostSouthern commentators, he does not take sides. In objectivity, inrange, in mastery of detail in beauty of language and feeling forthe people involved, this work surpasses anything else on thesubject.... It stands alongside the work of the best ofthem.-- New Republic
“Much more than a military history, this book is a detailedde*ion of daily life in wartime China.”— Air SpaceMagazine "A fine addition to our knowledge ofWorld War II, especially war in the Far East. . . Relatively fewFlying Tigers have written and published their view of 'how itreally was.' For readers interested in the China-Burma-Indiatheater in World War II or for those interested in exploring theflexibility of airpower, this book is a must.”— Air SpacePower Journal
In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte, only twenty-eight, set sail forEgypt with 335 ships, 40,000 soldiers, and a collection ofscholars, artists, and scientists to establish an eastern empire.He saw himself as a liberator, freeing the Egyptians fromoppression. But Napoleon wasn’t the first—nor the last—whotragically misunderstood Muslim culture. Marching across seeminglyendless deserts in the shadow of the pyramids, pushed to the limitsof human endurance, his men would be plagued by mirages, suicides,and the constant threat of ambush. A crusade begun in honor woulddegenerate into chaos. And yet his grand failure also yielded atreasure trove of knowledge that paved the way for modernEgyptology—and it tempered the complex leader who believed himselfdestined to conquer the world.
When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730sheld a series of mock trials and then hanged all the cats theycould lay their hands on, why did they find it so hilariously funnythat they choked with laughter when they reenacted it in pantomimesome twenty times? Why in the eighteenth-century version of LittleRed Riding Hood did the wolf eat the child at the end? What did theanonymous townsman of Montpelier have in mind when he kept anexhaustive dossier on all the activities of his native city? Theseare some of the provocative questions Robert Darnton answers inthis classic work of European history in what we like to call TheAge of Enlightenment.
A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an UnnecessaryWar Most Americans consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatestpresident in history. His legend as the Great Emancipator has grownto mythic proportions as hundreds of books, a national holiday, anda monument in Washington, D.C., extol his heroism and martyrdom.But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? Whatif, instead of an American hero who sought to free the slaves,Lincoln were in fact a calculating politician who waged thebloodiest war in american history in order to build an empire thatrivaled Great Britain's? In The Real Lincoln, author Thomas J.DiLorenzo uncovers a side of Lincoln not told in many history booksand overshadowed by the immense Lincoln legend. Through extensive research and meticulous documentation,DiLorenzo portrays the sixteenth president as a man who devoted hispolitical career to revolutionizing the American form of governmentfrom one that was very limited in scope and highly decentralize
A lively...generously illustrated (Washington Post Book World)survey of how, over the past four thousand years, religiousleaders, artists, writers, and ordinary people in the West havevisualized Hell-its location, architecture, purpose, andinhabitants. Illustrations; full-color inserts.
Mining newspaper files and the deep archives and journalisticexpertise of the Newseum, an interactive museum of news located inWashington, D.C., Outrage, Passion and Uncommon Sense examinesdecisive issues and events in U.S. history through the nation'seditorial pages. Approximately fifty editorials are reprinted hereon topics ranging from suffrage and race to war and politics—evenChristmas—with probing analysis by Gartner. "Editorials are the soul of the newspaper," Gartner says in thebook's introduction. "Maybe the heart and the soul. And, on a goodnewspaper that knows and understands and loves its hometown, or itshome country, the editorial is the heart and the soul of the town,or the nation, as well." Readers will also see a visual account of the era throughtwo-color illustrations, showcasing editorial cartoons, photographsand typographic details from period newspapers. Outrage, Passionand Uncommon Sense is a vital, significant collection that portraysthe undeniable influence one edi
A History of Queensland is the first single volume analysis ofQueensland's past, stretching from the time of earliest humanhabitation up to the present. It encompasses pre-contact Aboriginalhistory, the years of convictism, free settlement and subsequenturban and rural growth. It takes the reader through the tumultuousfrontier and Federation years, the World Wars, the Cold War, thecontroversial Bjelke-Petersen era and on, beyond the beginning ofthe new millennium. It reveals Queensland as a sprawling, harsh,diverse and conflictual place, where the struggles of race,ethnicity, class, generation and gender have been particularlypronounced, and political and environmental encounters haveremained intense. It is a colourful, surprising and at timesdisturbing saga, a perplexing and diverting mixture of ferocity,endurance and optimism.
The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the mostpolitically creative era in American history, when a dedicatedgroup of men undertook a bold experiment in political ideals. Itwas a time of both triumphs and tragedies—all of which contributedto the shaping of our burgeoning nation. Ellis casts an incisiveeye on the gradual pace of the American Revolution and thecontributions of such luminaries as Washington, Jefferson, andMadison, and brilliantly analyzes the failures of the founders toadequately solve the problems of slavery and the treatment ofNative Americans. With accessible prose and stunning eloquence,Ellis delineates in American Creation an era of flawed greatness,at a time when understanding our origins is more important thanever.
Like all of V. S. Naipaul’s “travel” books, The Masque ofAfrica encompasses a much larger narrative and purpose: tojudge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreignreligions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders andmythical history) upon the progress of civilization. From V. S. Naipaul: “For my travel books I travel on a theme. Andthe theme of The Masque of Africa is African belief. I beginin Uganda, at the center of the continent, do Ghana and Nigeria,the Ivory Coast and Gabon, and end at the bottom of the continent,in South Africa. My theme is belief, not political or economicallife; and yet at the bottom of the continent the politicalrealities are so overwhelming that they have to be taken intoaccount. “Perhaps an unspoken aspect of my inquiry was the possibility ofthe subversion of old Africa by the ways of the outside world. Thetheme held until I got to the South, when the clash of the two waysof thinking and believing became far too one-sided. The skyscrapersof J
