《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。

The first authorized inside account of one of the mostdaring—and successful—military operations in recent history From the earliest days of his dictatorship, Saddam Hussein hadvowed to destroy Israel. So when France sold Iraq a top-of-the-linenuclear reactor in 1975, the Israelis were justifiablyconcerned—especially when they discovered that Iraqi scientists hadalready formulated a secret program to extract weapons-gradeplutonium from the reactor, a first critical step in creating anatomic bomb. The reactor formed the heart of a huge nuclear plantsituated twelve miles from Baghdad, 1,100 kilometers from Tel Aviv.By 1981, the reactor was on the verge of becoming “hot,” andIsraeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin knew he would have toconfront its deadly potential. He turned to Israeli Air Forcecommander General David Ivry to secretly plan a daring surgicalstrike on the reactor—a never-before-contemplated mission thatwould prove to be one of the most remarkable military operations ofall time. Written

A renowned historian contends "that the Americanwarrior, not technology, wins wars." (Patrick K. O'Donnell, authorof Give Me Tomorrow ) John C. McManus coverssix decades of warfare in which the courage of American troopsproved the crucial difference between victory and defeat. Based onyears of archival research and personal interviews with veterans,Grunts demonstrates the vital, and too often forgotten, importanceof the human element in protecting the American nation, andadvances a passionate plea for fundamental change in ourunderstanding of war.

“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

Includes a complete copy of the Constitution.Fifty-five menmet in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create acountry and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of thatfateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popularhistory of the Constitutional Convention available."--LibraryJournal From the Paperback edition.

Around 330 b.c., a remarkable adventurer named Pytheas set outfrom the Greek colony of Massalia (now Marseille) on theMediterranean Sea to explore the fabled, terrifying lands ofnorthern Europe. Renowned archaeologist Barry Cunliffe herere-creates Pytheas's unprecedented journey, which occurred almost300 years before Julius Caesar landed in Britain. Beginning with aninvaluable pocket history of early Mediterranean civilization,Cunliffe illuminates what Pytheas would have seen andexperienced-the route he likely took to reach Brittany, thenBritain, Iceland, and Denmark; and evidence of the ancient cultureshe would have encountered on shore. The discoveries Pytheas madewould reverberate throughout the civilized world for years to come,and in recounting his extraordinary voyage, Cunliffe chronicles anessential chapter in the history of civilization.

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.”

A New York Times Editors Choice for Book of theYear Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award Winner of the PEN West Creative Nonfiction Award "No one has evoked with greater power the marriage of land andsky that gives this country both its beauty and its terror. " --Washington Post Book World In 1909 maps still identified eastern Montana as the GreatAmerican Desert. But in that year Congress, lobbied heavily byrailroad companies, offered 320-acre tracts of land to anyone boldor foolish enough to stake a claim to them. Drawn by shamelesslyinventive brochures, countless homesteaders--many of themimmigrants--went west to make their fortunes. Most failed. In BadLand, Jonathan Raban travels through the unforgiving country thatwas the scene of their dreams and undoing, and makes their storycome miraculously alive. In towns named Terry, Calypso, and Ismay (which changed its nameto Joe, Montana, in an effort to attract football fans), and in thelandscape in betwee

This painstakingly researched volume covers the armament andammunition that have served the SEALs, tracing each weapon from thedevelopment stage to its current form. Also included are exclusiveaccounts from those who first witnessed these weapons in action.Written with the cooperation of the UDT/SEAL Museum Association inFlorida, and packed with detailed information and photos, this bookoffers fresh insight into the technology that has for decadessustained the Navy SEALs as an unstoppable military force-andcontinues to make them the most dangerous warriors in theworld.

Pliny's "Natural History" is an astonishingly ambitious workthat ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology.Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers afascinating view of the world as it was understood in the firstcentury AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges,the first water-clock, or the use of asses' milk to removewrinkles. Pliny himself died while investigating the volcaniceruption that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, and the natural curiositythat brought about his death is also very much evident in the"Natural History" - a book that proved highly influential right upuntil the Renaissance and that his nephew, Pliny the younger,described 'as full of variety as nature itself'.

A bestselling historian recounts the epic clash thatended the Renaissance and pushed Islam to the gates of Vienna In Warriors of God and Dogs of God ,James Reston, Jr., brought two epochal events in the strugglebetween Islam and Christendom to readers eager to understand theroots of the present-day conflict. With his unwavering eye fordetail, Reston now weaves a captivating narrative that examines apivotal period in that centuries- long war, which found Europe atits most vulnerable and Islam on the attack. This saga of collidingworlds is propelled by two astonishing young sovereigns-the HolyRoman Emperor Charles V and the Turkish sultan Suleyman theMagnificent-and is supported by a wide range of larger-than-lifecharacters, who lend this meticulously researched history a novel'sworth of suspense and brio.

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Rome’s famed historian illuminates the twilight of the oldRoman Republic from 157 to 43 BC in succinct accounts of thegreatest politicians and statesmen of the classical period.

Two of the most influential figures in American history. Twoopposing political philosophies. Two radically different visionsfor America. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were without question twoof the most important Founding Fathers. They were also the fiercestof rivals. Of these two political titans, it is Jefferson—–therevered author of the Declaration of Independence and our thirdpresident—–who is better remembered today. But in fact it isHamilton’s political legacy that has triumphed—–a legacy that hassubverted the Constitution and transformed the federal governmentinto the very leviathan state that our forefathers fought againstin the American Revolution. How did we go from the Jeffersonian ideal of limited governmentto the bloated imperialist system of Hamilton’s design? Acclaimedeconomic historian Thomas J. DiLorenzo provides the troublinganswer in Hamilton’s Curse. DiLorenzo reveals how Hamilton, first as a delegate to theConstitutional Convention and

Africa has witnessed the birth of many important developmentsin history. Human evolution, including the use of fire, foodproduction via plant cultivation and animal domestication, as wellas the creation of sophisticated tools and hunting weapons fromiron took place in Africa. Other historical events such as theslave trade, which played a critical role in Western economicpower, the rise of Islam as one of the world's dominant religions,and colonization and struggles for independence occurred on Africansoil. Africans and Their History chronicles in fascinating detailAfrican history from prehistoric times through the present. Thisconcise and authoritative overview of the diverse peoples andsocieties of Africa now covers recent events, including theemergence of a free South Africa and its landmark enactment of aconstitution that recognizes even more rights than the Americanconstitution. The dynamic history and the relationship Africanshave with the rest of the world is revealed in Africans and TheirHistory

Indispensible biographies of major figures in Romanhistory. A mathematician and philosopher, Plutarch was also an acclaimedbiographer and historian. Bringing together nine biographies fromhis Parallel Lives series, Rome in Crisis examines the lives ofsome of the most important people in the roman empire- TiberiusGracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Lucullus, Younger Cato,Brutus, Antony, Galba, and Otho, a reckless young noble whoconsorted with the tyrannical, debauched emperor Nero beforebriefly becoming emperor himself. Each biography is preceded by aninsightful introduction by the distinguished historian ChristopherPelling. Taken together, these portraits provide a wonderfullycompelling picture of the ancient world.

During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearlytwo million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities,killing more than half a million German citizens, and leaving80,000 pilots dead. But the terrible truth is that much of thebombing was carried out against the expressed demands of theAllied military leadership, leading to the needless deaths ofhundreds of thousands of civilians. Focusing on the crucial period from 1942 to 1945, Fire andFury tells the story of the American and British bombingcampaign through the eyes of those involved: the military andcivilian command in America, Britain, and Germany, the aircrews inthe skies who carried out their orders, and civilians on the groundwho felt the fury of the Allied attacks. Here, for the first time,the story of the American and British air campaigns is told-and thecost accounted for...

After Pearl Harbor, the United States was struggling to bringitself up to fighting strength for World War II when aspecially-trained force-based upon the famed British commandosquads-was formed. It would become known as the Rangers. Before their training was complete, the Rangers were thrust intobattle, taking part in an assault on the German-held French port ofDieppe. Plagued by politics and inter-service rivalry, the raidwould become one of the greatest debacles of the war. Allied lossesincluded several Rangers killed or wounded-the first American bloodspilled on European soil in the war.

Known as "the GI's general" and "Lightning Joe," General J.Lawton Collins played no less than a global part in the Alliedvictory of World War II. Here, for the first time, is the story of an American hero andpatriot- a man who earned the admiration of the grunts with whom heshared foxholes and the respect of the highest-ranking generals.Collins was a true leader of men with his iron-clad devotion toduty, his genuine concern for those under his command, and hisseemingly unending drive to defend his nation against allenemies-no matter where the fight took him...

During World War Two, 131 German cities and towns weretargeted by Allied bombs, a good number almost entirely flattened.Six hundred thousand German civilians died—a figure twice that ofall American war casualties. Seven and a half million Germans wereleft homeless. Given the astonishing scope of the devastation, W.G. Sebald asks, why does the subject occupy so little space inGermany’s cultural memory? On the Natural History of Destructionprobes deeply into this ominous silence.

Four Queens is a rich pageant of glamour, intrigue, andfeminine power at a time when women were thought to have playedlimited roles. In thirteenth-century Europe, four sisters from asingle family-Marguerite, Eleanor, Sanchia, and Beatrice ofProven?e-rose from obscurity to become the queens of, respectively,France, England, Germany, and Sicily. All four were beautiful,cultured, and ambitious, and their stories offer a window into theera of chivalry, crusades, poetry, knights, and monarchs that willappeal to fans of Alison Weir and Antonia Fraser.

In 1790, America was in enormous debt, having depleted whatlittle money and supplies the country had during its victoriousfight for independence. Before the nation's greatest asset, theland west of the Ohio River, could be sold it had to be measuredout and mapped. And before that could be done, a uniform set ofmeasurements had to be chosen for the new republic out of themorass of roughly 100,000 different units that were in use in dailylife. Measuring America tells the fascinating story of how weultimately gained the American Customary System-the lasttraditional system in the world-and how one man's surveying chainindelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and onour culture from coast to coast.

"A finely written, brave, and very personal book."-Orhan Pamuk In 2001, Christopher de Bellaiguewrote a story for The New York Review of Books , in which hebriefly discussed the killing and deportation of half a millionArmenians from Turkey in 1915. These massacres, he suggested, werebest understood as part of the struggles that attended the end ofthe Ottoman Empire. Upon publication, the Review wasbesieged with letters asserting that this was not war but genocide.How had he gotten it so wrong? De Bellaigue set out for Turkey'stroubled southeast to discover what really happened. What emergedis both an intellectual detective story and a reckoning with memoryand identity. Rebel Land unravels the enigma of the Turkishtwentieth century-a time that contains the death of an empire, thefounding of a nation, and the near extinction of a people.

As the peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its kneesat the Battle of Little Bighorn, Crazy Horse remains one of themost perennially fascinating figures of the American West. NowJoseph Marshall—a masterful storyteller, historian, and descendantof the same Lakota community that raised Crazy Horse—goes beyondthat image in this one-of-a-kind portrait of the legendary leader.Drawing on extensive research and a rich oral tradition that israrely shared outside the Native American community, Marshall givesus a uniquely complete portrait of Crazy Horse, from the powerfulvision that spurred him into battle to the woman he loved but lostto circumstance. The Journey of Crazy Horse celebrates along-standing community’s enduring culture and gives vibrant lifeto its most trusted and revered hero.