This series depicts worldwide events of the twentieth century in a novel way. Fascinating black-and-white photographs from the Getty Images collection put images of the power of an event or the zaniness of new trends right before the viewersa?? eyes. The force of wars and political conflicts is just as important a theme in these comprehensive volumes as world-shaking innovations in science and technology. These are accompanied by portraits of great personalities in art, politics, and society. The lives of everyday people with their (at the time) common and not-so-common curiosities also comprise an extensive part of each book: sailing on roller skates in 1929, painted-on nylon stockings in 1947, or a dry cleanera??s where the charge for miniskirts varies according to their length.

"So much nonsense has been written on suburban life and mores that it comes as a considerable shock to read a book by someone who seems to have his own ideas on the subject and who pursues them relentlessly to the bitter end," said LJ's reviewer (LJ 2/1/61) of this novel of unhappy life in the burbs. It is reminiscent of the popular film American Beauty in its depiction of white-collar life as fraught with discontent. Others have picked up on this theme since, but Yates remains a solid read.

Firearms includes a detailed historical overview of firearms from the medievel period to the present day,along with entries on individual weapons,and technical spreads explaining how weapons work. Each weapon is accompanied by a photograph or illustration and a full specification. Includes 350 weapons divided into 5 sections:handguns,muskets and rifles,sub-machine guns,machine guns and shotguns. Features 20 technical spreads showing how small arms work and cutaway diagrams

Josephus' account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity isa superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellionagainst Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader,Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become aRome-appointed negotiator, and so was uniquely placed to observethese turbulent events, from the siege of Jerusalem to the finalheroic resistance and mass suicides at Masada. His account providesmuch of what we know about the history of the Jews under Romanrule, with vivid portraits of such key figures as the EmperorVespasian and Herod the Great. Often self-justifying and divided inits loyalties, "The Jewish War" nevertheless remains one of themost immediate accounts of war, its heroism and its horrors, everwritten.

This book describes the weapons and vehicles of all the countries that fought in World War Ⅱ in a clear and comprehensive manne~It offers an excellent overview of the diverse weaponry used by both the Axis Powers and lhe Allies． The weapons described here range from the pistol to the 75t battle tank and from singleengine fighter planes to the largest．heaviest battleships ever to have sailed the seas-1his book examines every major area of military technology ftom infantry arms to submarines and includes a chapter on special weapons． Everything you might want to know about the development and deployment of each type of weapon can be found here along with the relevant technicaI specifications．Furthermore，these historically and technically precise profiles are brought to Life by over 500 photog~phs and technicaI drawings． Thanks to its clear structure．informative text and wealth of facts，this book is a treasure trove for anyone interested in history or military history wishing to

From the author of Undaunted Courage and D-Day comes this celebration of male friendship, taken both from the pages of history and from Ambrose's own life. Acclaimed historian Stephen Ambrose begins his examination with a glance inward -- he starts this book with his brothers, his first and forever friends, and the shared experiences that join them for a lifetime, overcoming distance and misunderstandings. He writes of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had a golden gift for friendship and who shared a perfect trust with his younger brother Milton in spite of their apparently unequal stations. With great feeling, Ambrose brings to life the relationships of the young soldiers of Easy Company who fought and died together from Normandy to Germany, and he describes with admiration three who fought in different armies on different sides in that war and became friends later. He recounts the friendships of Lewis and Clark and of Crazy Horse and He Dog, and he tells the story of the Custer brothers who died together at t

The 1914-18 conflict was called 'the war to end all wars'. World War I: A Photographic History charts the course of this epic struggle, from the assassin's bullet in Sarajevo which sparked the conflict to the flawed Treaty of Versailles which ended it. Superbly illustrated with photographs from the Daily Mail archives, many reproduced for the first time, these pages capture a defining moment in world history.

Menzies makes the fascinating argument that the Chinese discovered the Americas a full 70 years before Columbus. Not only did the Chinese discover America first, but they also, according to the author, established a number of subsequently lost colonies in the Caribbean. Furthermore, he asserts that the Chinese circumnavigated the globe, desalinated water, and perfected the art of cartography. In fact, he believes that most of the renowned European explorers actually sailed with maps charted by the Chinese. Though most historical records were destroyed during centuries of turmoil in the Far East, he manages to cobble together some feasible evidence supporting his controversial conclusions. Sure to cause a stir among historians, this questionable tale of adventure on the high seas will be hotly debated in academic circles. Margaret Flanagan

This "New York Times" bestseller tells the harrowing true story of nine American airmen shot down over the Pacific. One of them, George H.W. Bush, was miraculously rescued. This edition features the same Afterword by the author that appeared in the trade paperback edition. 作者简介： James Bradley is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our Fathers and the son of one of the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. The story of the events on Chichi Jima was first brought to his attention after the publication of that book and involved several years of research, travel, and writing-including a return trip to Chichi Jima with President George H. W. Bush. This is Bradley's second book. He lives in New York.

Over the centuries, the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. In this classic work, Peter Mansfield follows the historic struggle of the region over the last two hundred years. This new edition updates recent developments in the Middle East, including the turbulent events in Afghanistan, the troubled relationship between the U.S. and Iraq, the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict, and the rise of Islamic Jihad

More than fifteen million Americans currently practice yoga (according to Yoga Journal ), but how many of them know the true story of how Downward Dog first captivated America? Resurrecting a fascinating and forgotten tale, journalist Robert Love returns to the Gilded Age, when Dr. Pierre Bernard (n Perry Baker in Iowa) revived a discipline banned in Victorian India, packaged it for Americans, and taught legions of followers, who bankrolled his luxurious Hudson River ashram- the first in the nation. Filled with Jazz Age celebrities, heiresses, spies, and outraged clergy, The Great Oom is the enthralling life story of the unlikeliest of gurus, and a stunning saga of mysticism, intrigue, and the American dream.

This memoir of young American film-man Marvin Farkas's life inHong Kong of the 1950s and 1960s looks set to be one of the biggestAsia books of 2011. Full of vivid stories and characters, the bookis a classic tale of a young man's rite of passage, but also afirst-hand account of some of the key events and personalities of anow lost era. Arriving in Hong Kong in 1954 on the cargo shipEastern Saga, Marvin took up lodgings at the ForeignCorrespondent's Club (FCC) as he started out building a career withonly US$200 and the camera which he had taken from his father's newYork studio. An Eastern Saga covers Marvin's experiences of eventsranging from the expulsion of the Dutch from Indonesia, toMalaysian independence and the early years of the Vietnam war, andhis meetings with key figures including Zhou Enlai, Sukarno, AliBhutto, and legendary director Satyajit Ray. Above all though, thisis a charming account of a now lost era.

"It's all here-Islam, the family tree, a sea of oiland money to match, palace intrigue...This is high drama and anepic tale." -Tom Brokaw Though Saudi Arabia sits on one of therichest oil deposits in the world, it also produced fifteen of thenineteen 9/11 hijackers. In this immensely important book,journalist Robert Lacey draws on years of access to every circle ofSaudi society giving readers the fullest portrait yet of a landstraddling the worlds of medievalism and modernity. Moving from thebloody seizure of Mecca's Grand Mosque in 1979, through the PersianGulf War, to the delicate U.S.-Saudi relations in a post 9/11world, Inside the Kingdom brings recent history to vividlife and offers a powerful story of a country learning how not tobe at war with itself.

With all the financial know-how and experience of the wizards on Wall Street and elsewhere, how is it that the market still goes boom and bust? How can people be so willing to get caught up in the mania of speculation when history tells us that a collapse is almost sure to follow? In this primer, the renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith reviews the major speculative episodes of the last three centuries - from the 17th century tulip craze to the calamitous junk-bond follies of the 1980s. His insights provide important lessons on speculative economics, and demonstrate conclusively that money and intelligence are not necessarily linked.

This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies. First published as a lavish colour coffeetable book, this new expanded paperback edition has double the original number of contributions from many celebrities including Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry, Sebastian Faulks, Kate Adie, Kevin Spacey, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Richard Mabey , Simon Jenkins, John Sergeant, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joan Bakewell, Antony Beevor, Libby Purves, Jonathan Dimbleby, and many more: and a new preface by HRH Prince Charles.

As the title suggests, bestselling author Bryson (In a Sunburned Country) sets out to put his irrepressible stamp on all things under the sun. As he states at the outset, this is a book about life, the universe and everything, from the Big Bang to the ascendancy of Homo sapiens. "This is a book about how it happened," the author writes. "In particular how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also what happened in between and since." What follows is a brick of a volume summarizing moments both great and curious in the history of science, covering already well-trod territory in the fields of cosmology, astronomy, paleontology, geology, chemistry, physics and so on. Bryson relies on some of the best material in the history of science to have come out in recent years. This is great for Bryson fans, who can encounter this material in its barest essence with the bonus of having it served up in Bryson's distinctive voice. But re

To help you get the most out of your course, A History of Western Society, Fifth Guide. The Study Guide contains key terms and concepts, sample test questions, understanding history through the arts, map exercises, and problems for further manager about how to obtain this valuable resource.

Product De*ion Terrorism and violence from Beirut to Belfast, from Cyprus to Soweto, from Munich to Mogadishu. The Ayatollah Khomeini, Tricky Dicky Nixon, General Amin, Pol Pot, - young Michael Jackson and ageing Elvis - explosively revealed by the Camera's silent witness.

In The War with Hannibal, Livy (59 BC AD 17) chronicles theevents of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, until theBattle of Zama in 202 BC. He vividly recreates the immense armiesof Hannibal, complete with elephants, crossing the Alps; the panicas they approached the gates of Rome; and the decimation of theRoman army at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. Yet it is also theclash of personalities that fascinates Livy, from great debates inthe Senate to the historic meeting between Scipio and Hannibalbefore the decisive battle. Livy never hesitates to introduce bothintense drama and moral lessons into his work, and here he brings aturbulent episode in history powerfully to life.

It is the biggest treasure hunt in history with contesting nations involved in a headlong race to locate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 4500 years ago, a magnificent golden capstone sat at the peak of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was a source of immense power, reputedly capable of bestowing upon its holder absolute global power. But then it was divided into seven pieces and hidden, each piece separately, within the seven greatest structures of the age. Now it's 2006 and the coming of a rare solar event means it's time to locate the seven pieces and rebuild the capstone. Everyone wants it – from the most powerful countries on Earth to gangs of terrorists . . . and one daring coalition of eight small nations. Led by the mysterious Captain Jack West Jr, this determined group enters a global battlefield filled with booby-trapped mines, crocodile-infested swamps, evil forces and an adventure beyond imagining.

With stylistic brilliance and historical imagination, the firstfive books of Livy's monumental history of Rome record events fromthe foundation of Rome through the history of the seven kings, theestablishment of the Republic and its internal struggles, up toRome's recovery after the fierce Gallic invasion of the fourthcentury bc. Livy vividly depicts the great characters, legends, andtales, including the story of Romulus and Remus. Reprinting RobertOgilvie's lucid 1971 introduction, this highly regarded edition nowboasts a new preface, examining the text in light of recent Livyscholarship, informative maps, bibliography, and an index. Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt with an introduction by RobertOgilvie.

Her enthusiasm for animals and travel has led her to visit many countries around the world where she can indulge her passion for watching and photographing wildlife. She is a[so author of Africa: Natural Spirit of the African Continent, Spirit of the Jungle, Spirit of the Elephant and Spirit of India in this series. Gill currently lives in a converted barn by the coast in Pembrokeshire with her graphic designer husband and three cats.

"Something really bad happened here." So begins Armyinterrogator Tony Lagouranis's first briefing at Abu Ghraib. WhileLagouranis's training stressed the rules of the Geneva Conventions,once in Iraq, he discovered that pushing the legal limits ofinterrogation was encouraged. Under orders, he-along with numerousother soldiers-abused and terrorized Iraqis by adding"enhancements" like dogs, hypothermia, and other techniques to"Fear Up Harsh"-the official tactic designed to frighten prisonersinto revealing information. And he saw others do far worse. The first Army interrogator to publicly step forward and breakthe silence surrounding these tactics, Lagouranis reveals what wenton in Iraqi prisons- raising crucial questions about Americanconduct abroad.

这是一部有关现代科学发展史的既通俗易懂又引人入胜的书，作者用清晰明了、幽默风趣的笔法，将宇宙大爆炸到人类文明发展进程中所发生的繁多妙趣横生的故事一一收入笔下。惊奇和感叹组成了本书，历历在目的天下万物组成了本书，益于人们了解大千世界的无穷奥妙，掌握万事万物的发展脉络。 书中回溯了科学史上那些伟大与奇妙的时刻，引用了近年来发现的最新科学史料，几乎每一个被作者描述的事件都奇特而且惊人：宇宙起源于一个要用显微镜才能看得见的奇点；全球气候变暖可能会使北美洲和欧洲北部地区变得更加寒冷；1815年印度尼西亚松巴哇岛坦博士拉火山喷发，喷涌而出的熔岩以及相伴而来的海啸夺走了10万人的生命；美国黄石国家公园是“世界上最大的活火山”……而那些沉迷于科学的科学家们也是千奇百怪：达尔文居然为蚯蚓弹起了