《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。

In this masterful portrait of life in Savannah before, during,and after the Civil War, prize-winning historian Jacqueline Jonestransports readers to the balmy, raucous streets of that fabledSouthern port city. Here is a subtle and rich social history thatweaves together stories of the everyday lives of blacks and whites,rich and poor, men and women from all walks of life confronting thetransformations that would alter their city forever. Deeplyresearched and vividly written, Saving Savannah is aninvaluable contribution to our understanding of the Civil Waryears.

A raw, heartfelt story of how a man of valor lost his bearingsand eventually found the courage to share his story. Shadow of theSword leaves you hoping and cheering for the happy ending thatWorkman deserves.—Bing West, author of The Strongest Tribe "In writing this moving and incredibly honest book, Workman showsat least as much courage as he did in Fallujah. His story giveshope to anyone who struggles that they, too, can overcome if theyjust keep fighting—one day at a time, one battle at a time, onevictory at a time."—Donovan Campbell, author of Joker One

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.

It is fair to say that Tom Mathews’s relations with hisfather, a veteran of World War II’s fabled 10th Mountain Division,were terrible. He came back from the war to a young son he’d barelymet and proceeded to bully and browbeat him—for his own good, hethought. In the course of puzzling out almost fifty years ofintermittent conflict, Mathews came to understand that theirproblems were not simply personal, they were generational—andwidely shared by millions of other baby boomer sons. And so, towrite this powerful book, which traces the kinetic effect of thewar on the men who fought it, their sons, and their grandsons,Mathews has uncovered nine other dramatic and telling father-sontales of veterans in some ways missing in action and how internalwar wounds shaped their lives as fathers. These include a combatinfantryman whose life was saved by the fabled Audie Murphy, and ablack member of the storied Tuskegee Airmen corps. In a movingfinal chapter, he and his father return together to Italy torevisit sc

In 1992 Italy was convulsed by two brazen Mafia assassinationsof high-ranking officials. The latest "excellent cadavers" wereGiovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the Sicilian magistrates whohad been the Cosa Nostra's most implacable enemies. Yet in theaftermath of the murders, hundreds of "men of honor" were arrestedand the government that ad protected them for nearly half a centurywas at last driven from office. This is the story that Stille tellswith such insight and immediacy in Excellent Cadavers .Combining a profound understanding of his doomed heroes with andunprecedented look into the Mafia's stringent codes and murderousrivalries, he gives us a book that has the power of a great work ofhistory and the suspense of a true thriller. "Riveting...a well-paced and highly informative account stockedwith well-drawn characters."--Philadelphia Inquirer "Masterful...[Stille] delivers a stiletto-sharp portrait of thebloodthirsty Sicilian mafia."--Business Week

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

“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.