It is a tale as familiar as our history primers: A derangedactor, John Wilkes Booth, killed Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre,escaped on foot, and eluded capture for twelve days until he methis fiery end in a Virginia tobacco barn. In the national hysteriathat followed, eight others were arrested and tried; four of thosewere executed, four imprisoned. Therein lie all the classicelements of a great thriller. But the untold tale is even morefascinating. Now, in American Brutus, Michael W. Kauffman, one of the foremostLincoln assassination authorities, takes familiar history to adeeper level, offering an unprecedented, authoritative account ofthe Lincoln murder conspiracy. Working from a staggering array ofarchival sources and new research, Kauffman sheds new light on thebackground and motives of John Wilkes Booth, the mechanics of hisplot to topple the Union government, and the trials and fates ofthe conspirators. Piece by piece, Kauffman explains and corrects commonmisperceptions and analy

From Wonder Bowls to Ice-Tup molds to Party Susans, Tupperwarehas become an icon of suburban living. Tracing the fortunes of EarlTupper's polyethylene containers from early design to globaldistribution, Alison J. Clarke explains how Tupperware tapped intopotent commercial and social forces, becoming a prevailing symbolof late twentieth-century consumer culture. Invented by Earl Tupper in the 1940s to promote thrift andcleanliness, the pastel plasticwares were touted as essential to apostwar lifestyle that emphasized casual entertaining andcelebrated America's material abundance. By the mid-1950s theTupperware party, which gathered women in a hostess's home forlively product demonstrations and sales, was the foundation of amultimillion-dollar business that proved as innovative as thecontainers themselves. Clarke shows how the “party plan” directsales system, by creating a corporate culture based on women'sdomestic lives, played a greater role than patented seals andstreamlined design in the su

The myths of the ancient Greeks have inspired us for thousandsof years. Where did the famous stories of the battles of their godsdevelop and spread across the world? The celebrated classicistRobin Lane Fox draws on a lifetime’s knowledge of the ancientworld, and on his own travels, answering this question by pursuingit through the age of Homer. His acclaimed history explores how theintrepid seafarers of eighth-century Greece sailed around theMediterranean, encountering strange new sights—volcanic mountains,vaporous springs, huge prehistoric bones—and weaving them into themyths of gods, monsters and heroes that would become thecornerstone of Western civilization.

In this gripping memoir, the daughter of a man who conspiredto assassinate Hitler tells the story of three generations of herfamily and offers unparalleled insight into the German experiencein the last century. On August 15, 1944, Major Hans Georg Klamroth was tried fortreason for his part in the July Plot to kill Hitler. Eleven dayslater, he was executed. His youngest daughter, Wibke Bruhns, wassix years old. Decades later, watching a documentary about theevents of July 20, she saw images of her father in court suddenlyappear on-screen. “I stare at this man with the empty face. I don'tknow him. But I can see myself in him.” How could her familysuccumb to Nazi sympathies? And what made her father finallyrenounce Hitler?

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。

Robert V. Brulle, who flew seventy ground support missionswith the 366th Fighter Group, links his daily experiences in thecockpit not only with the battles in which he participated but alsowith events in the wider European theater. Combining anecdotes fromhis personal diary, research in US and German records, andinterviews with participants from both sides, Brulle details acombat career that began just after D-Day, when he flew columncover for Allied troops as they chased the German military out ofFrance. He then describes the brutal, six-week Hürtgen Forestcampaign, during which his fighter group lost 15 pilots and 18aircraft. He also tells how the otherwise bitterly fought Battle ofthe Bulge provided the 366th with an opportunity to successfullyengage 60 Luftwaffe airplanes in a dogfight directly over theirairfield. Angels Zero combines both personal and historical detail tovividly re-create a lesser-known aspect of the air war inEurope.

In Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Marine Corps’ ground campaignup the Tigris and Euphrates was notable for speed andaggressiveness unparalleled in military history. Little has beenwritten, however, of the air support that guaranteed the drive’ssuccess. Paving the way for the rush to Baghdad was “the hammerfrom above”–in the form of attack helicopters, jet fighters,transport, and other support aircraft. Now a former Marine fighterpilot shares the gripping never-before-told stories of the Marineswho helped bring to an end the regime of Saddam Hussein. As Jay Stout reveals, the air war had actually been in theplanning stages ever since the victory of Operation Desert Storm,twelve years earlier. But when Operation Iraqi Freedom officiallycommenced on March 20, 2003, the Marine Corps entered the fightwith an aviation arm at its smallest since before World War II.Still, with the motto “Speed Equals Success,” the separate air andground units acted as a team to get the job done. Drawing

In the tradition of Galileo's Daughter and Brunelleschi'sDome, this exciting story illuminates the captivating world of thelate Renaissance—in this case its plagues, remedies, andalchemy—through the life of Leonardo Fioravanti, a brilliant,remarkably forward-thinking, and utterly unconventional doctor.Fioravanti's marvelous cures and talent for self-aggrandizementearned him the adoration of the people, the scorn of the medicalestablishment, and a reputation as one of the age's most colorful,combative figures. Written by Pulitzer-prize nominated historianWilliam Eamon, The Professor of Secrets entices readers into adangerous scientific underworld of sorcerers and surgeons.Meticulously researched and engagingly written, this grippingnarrative will appeal to those interested in Renaissance history,the development of science, and the historical thrillers so populartoday.

Beginning beneath the walls of Troy and culminating in 1930sEurope, a magisterial exploration of the nature of heroism inWestern civilization. In this riveting and insightful cultural history, LucyHughes-Hallett brings to life eight exceptional men from historyand myth to explore our timeless need for heroes. As she re-createsthese extraordinary lives, Hughes-Hallett illuminates theattractions and dangers of hero worship. This is a fascinating bookabout dictatorship and democracy, seduction and mass hysteria,politics and culture, and the tensions between being good and beinggreat.

The world's best known reporters tell the story of what reallyhappened in Iraq in a gripping and gritty narrative history of thewar. Included are contributions from fifty international journalists,including Dexter Filkins, The New York Times correspondent who wonwidespread praise for his coverage of Fallujah; RajivChandrassekaran, author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City;Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post, who won the Pulitzer Prizefor his war coverage; Richard Engel of NBC; Anne Garrels of NPR,and other star reporters from both the print and broadcast world,not to mention their translators, photo journalists, and a militaryreporter. All come together to discuss the war from its beginning on, andthey hold back nothing on the violence they faced—Farnaz Fassihi ofthe Wall Street Journal talks about her near–kidnapping by "fivemen with AK–47s" chasing her car. ("I kept thinking, 'This isit.'") Nor do they hold back discussing how this impacted theirwork—British reporter Patrick C

This sweeping history provides the reader with a betterunderstanding of America’s consumer society, obsession withshopping, and devotion to brands. Focusing on the advertisingcampaigns of Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, Wrigley’s, Gillette, and Kodak,Strasser shows how companies created both national brands andnational markets. These new brands eventually displaced genericmanufacturers and created a new desire for brand-name goods. Thebook also details the rise and development of department storessuch as Macy’s, grocery store chains such as A P and PigglyWiggly, and mail-order companies like Sears Roebuck and MontgomeryWard.

In The Greatest Generation, his landmark bestseller, TomBrokaw eloquently evoked for America what it meant to come of ageduring the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, inBoom!, one of America’s premier journalists gives us an epicportrait of another defining era in America as he brings to lifethe tumultuous Sixties, a fault line in American history. Thevoices and stories of both famous people and ordinary citizens cometogether as Brokaw takes us on a memorable journey through aremarkable time, exploring how individual lives and the nationalmindset were affected by a controversial era and showing how theaftershocks of the Sixties continue to resound in our lives today.In the reflections of a generation, Brokaw also discovers lessonsthat might guide us in the years ahead. Boom! One minute it was Ike and the man in the grey flannel suit,and the next minute it was time to “turn on, tune in, drop out.”While Americans were walking on the moon, Americans were dying inVietnam. Nothing w

“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.

Fighter Pilot's Heaven presents the dramatic inside story ofthe American military's transition into the jet age, as told by aflyer whose life depended on its success. With colorful anecdotesabout fellow pilots as well as precise technical information,Donald S. Lopez describes how it was to be “behind the stick” as atest pilot from 1945 to 1950, when the U.S. military was shiftingfrom war to peacetime operations and from propeller to jetaircraft. An ace pilot who had served with Gen. Claire Chennault's FlyingTiger Fighter Group, Lopez was assigned at the close of World WarII to the elite Proof Test Group of the Air Proving Ground Command.Located at Eglin Field (later Eglin Air Force Base) in Florida, thegroup determined the operational suitability of Air Force weaponssystems and aircraft and tested the first operational jet, the P-80Shooting Star. Jet fighters required new techniques, tactics, andweaponry. Lopez recounts historic test flights in the P-59, P-80,and P-84, among other planes, des

From 1942 to 1944, twelve thousand children passed through theTheresienstadt internment camp, near Prague, on their way toAuschwitz. Only a few hundred of them survived the war. In TheGirls of Room 28, ten of these children—mothers and grandmotherstoday in their seventies—tell us how they did it. The Jews deported to Theresienstadt from countries all overEurope were aware of the fate that awaited them, and they decidedthat it was the young people who had the best chance to survive.Keeping these adolescents alive, keeping them whole in body, mind,and spirit, became the priority. They were housed separately, indormitory-like barracks, where they had a greater chance of stayinghealthy and better access to food, and where counselors (young menand women who had been teachers and youth workers) created adisciplined environment despite the surrounding horrors. Thecounselors also made available to the young people the talents ofan amazing array of world-class artists, musicians, andplaywrights–Euro

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 is the definitive report on Fragments, BinjaminWilkomirski's invented "memoir" of a childhood spent inconcentration camps, which created international turmoil. In 1995 Fragments, a memoir by a Swiss musician named BinjaminWilkomirski, was published in Germany. Hailed by critics, who compared it with themasterpieces of Primo Levi and Anne Frank, the book received majorprizes and was translated into nine languages. The English-languageedition was published by Schocken in 1996. In Fragments,Wilkomirski described in heartwrenching detail how as a small childhe survived internment in Majdanek and Birkenau and was eventuallysmuggled into Switzerland at the war's end. But three years after the book was first published, articlesbegan to appear that questioned its authenticity and the author'sclaim that he was a Holocaust survivor. Stefan Maechler, aSwiss historian and expert on anti-Semitism and Switzerland's treatmentof refugees during and after World War II, was commissioned onbe