《中国宫殿史（修订本）》是在原版的基础上增补和修订而成的，该书选用新材料，吸纳新成果，求真求实，探索中国宫殿的发展轨迹，为我们展示了一幅中国宫殿的新画卷。全书共分10个章节，具体内容包括传说时代的宫室及夏商宫殿、周秦的都城与宫殿、两汉宫室、魏晋南北朝的都城与宫殿、隋唐宫殿等。《中国宫殿史》曾于1995年在初版，迄今已十余年了。十余年来。有关的文物考古材料又有新的发现，其研究成果亦堪称丰硕。

《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。

有关苯教的宇宙观、其世界相、世界的构造及其位置、神袛及人类起源神话及其繁衍、各氏族的始祖及派系与其分布情况、地域的分布、各氏族的风俗文化及其起源、外国的列举及其地理、应用一些重要的历史书书名、有关苯教的重要人物、受到佛教影响的痕迹等等。从另一个角度来看，它是一本西藏文学史及民族风俗史上也具有研究价值的宝贵古文献。跟《卓浦文献》比较起来，《黑头凡人的起源》显得一样重要，是不可缺少的一本研究西藏历史等的重要古文献。《苯教古文献之汉译及其研究》作者金东柱以融会哲学、宗教、历史与文献学的方法来研究此文献，显得新颖、完整和全面，很有见地。

The Taste of Conquest offers up a riveting, globe-trottingtale of unquenchable desire, fanatical religion, raw greed, ficklefashion, and mouthwatering cuisine–in short, the very stuff ofwhich our world is made. In this engaging, enlightening, andanecdote-filled history, Michael Krondl, a noted chef turned writerand food historian, tells the story of three legendarycities–Venice, Lisbon, and Amsterdam–and how their single-mindedpursuit of spice helped to make (and remake) the Western diet andset in motion the first great wave of globalization. Sharing mealsand stories with Indian pepper planters, Portuguese sailors, andVenetian foodies, Krondl takes every opportunity to explore theworld of long ago and sample its many flavors. Along the way, hereveals that the taste for spice of a few wealthy Europeans ledto great crusades, astonishing feats of bravery, and even wholesaleslaughter. As stimulating as it is pleasurable, and filled with surprisinginsights, The Taste of Conquest offers a compell

master historian gives readers a fresh new picture of theCivil War as it really was. Buell examines three pairs ofcommanders from the North and South, who met each other in battle.Following each pair through the entire war, the author reveals thehuman dimensions of the drama and brings the battles to life. 38b w photos. From the Hardcover edition.

The greatest military historian of our time gives a peerlessaccount of America’s most bloody, wrenching, and eternallyfascinating war. In this long-awaited history, John Keegan shares his original andperceptive insights into the psychology, ideology, demographics,and economics of the American Civil War. Illuminated by Keegan’sknowledge of military history he provides a fascinating look at howcommand and the slow evolution of its strategic logic influencedthe course of the war. Above all, The American Civil War gives an intriguing account of how the scope of the conflictcombined with American geography to present a uniquely complex andchallenging battle space. Irresistibly written and incisive in itsanalysis, this is an indispensable account of America’s greatestconflict.

Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson led the design of such crucialaircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be moreremembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinaryleadership of the Lockheed “Skunk Works” cemented his reputation asa legendary figure in American aerospace management.

This groundbreaker by one of the premier historians of this century takes an anti-ethnocentric approach to the history of civilizations. This book focuses on the broad sweep of history rather than on the famous events. It covers historical developments in almost every corner of the globe, from the Muslim world and the Far East to Europe and the Americas. Includes maps.

This stimulating book asks key questions about the twentiethcentury's leading American generals and, by analysing theircharacter and personality, outlines the qualities which went intomaking officers such as Patton, Eisenhower and Schwarzkopfdistinctive and successful in combat. Based on frank discussionsand interviews with American generals and their staffs, and adetailed analytical study of official records and personalrecollections, American Generalship pinpoints how well eachparticular general responded to the demands of war in World War II,Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War. Edgar Puryear examines how eachcommander stood up to the heavy responsibility of command, overcamethe rigours of campaign and performed on the field of battle. Heconcludes that, despite different techniques and conditions,outstanding American generals all had 'character' in common andshone because of their personal qualities and strength ofpersonality.

This book explains why the "good old days" were only good fora priviledged few and why they were unrelentingly hard for most.Sobering, actually. Check it out.

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 single indispensable volume, one of Americas rankingscholars combines a lifes work of research and teaching with theart of lively narration. Both authoriatative and beautifully told,THE MIDDLE AGES is the full story of the thousand years between thefall of Rome and the Renaissance a time that saw the rise of kingsand emperors, the flowering of knighthood, the development ofEurope, the increasing power of the Church, and the advent of themiddle class. With exceptional grace and wit, Morris Bishop vividlyreconstructs this distinctive era of European history in a workthat will inform and delight scholars and general readersalike.

A New York Times Notable Book and a San JoseMercury News Top 20 Nonfiction Book of 2003 In 1606,approximately 105 British colonists sailed to America, seeking goldand a trade route to the Pacific. Instead, they found disease,hunger, and hostile natives. Ill prepared for such hardship, themen responded with incompetence and infighting; only the leadershipof Captain John Smith averted doom for the first permanent Englishsettlement in the New World.The Jamestown colony is one of thegreat survival stories of American history, and this book brings itfully to life for the first time. Drawing on extensive originaldocuments, David A. Price paints intimate portraits of the majorfigures from the formidable monarch Chief Powhatan, to theresourceful but unpopular leader John Smith, to the spiritedPocahontas, who twice saved Smith’s life. He also gives a rarebalanced view of relations between the settlers and the natives anddebunks popular myths about the colony. This is a superb work ofhistory, reminding us of the

《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。

At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across thenight sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to theArctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning ofdoom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrimsprepared to sail across the Atlantic on board the Mayflower, theatmosphere remained charged with fear and expectation. Men andwomen readied themselves for war, pestilence, or divineretribution. Against this background, and amid deep economicdepression, the Pilgrims conceived their enterprise of exile. Within a decade, despite crisis and catastrophe, they built athriving settlement at New Plymouth, based on beaver fur, corn, andcattle. In doing so, they laid the foundations for Massachusetts,New England, and a new nation. Using a wealth of new evidence fromlandscape, archaeology, and hundreds of overlooked or neglecteddocuments, Nick Bunker gives a vivid and strikingly originalaccount of the Mayflower project and the first decade of thePlymouth Colon

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.