‘History clings tight but it also kicks loose,’ writes Simon Schama at the outset of this, the first book in his three-volume journey into Britain’s past. ‘Disruption as much as persistence is its proper subject. So although the great theme of British history seen from the twentieth century is endurance, its counter-point, seen from the twenty-first, must be alteration.’ C...(展开全部)

西蒙·沙玛（Simon Schama)，英国国家学术院院士、皇家文学学会会员。他1945年出生于伦敦，21岁在剑桥大学以优等生身份毕业，随后在剑桥大学和牛津大学教书。1977 年，他出版第一部专著《爱国者和解放者》，即获沃尔夫森历史奖。1980年，在哈佛大学谋得教席，后“转会”至哥伦比亚大学担任教授。在美国期间，他陆续出版了多本学术著作，获得了学界的极大关注和大批读者的认可。其中《财富的窘境》（1987）、《公民们》（1989）分别获得当年的《纽约时报书评》年度好书奖，《风景与记忆》（1995）获得W.H.史密斯文学奖。 1995年，沙玛受邀将《风景与记忆》改编为系列电视片，充分展示了其叙事功底和画面意识。之后，BBC邀请沙玛编写并主持大型纪录片《英国史》。沙玛特地迁回英国，专心投身于《英国史》的创作。这部15集的电视片于2000年开播，赢得如潮好评...(展开全部)

西蒙·沙玛（Simon Schama)，英国国家学术院院士、皇家文学学会会员。他1945年出生于伦敦，21岁在剑桥大学以优等生身份毕业，随后在剑桥大学和牛津大学教书。1977 年，他出版第一部专著《爱国者和解放者》，即获沃尔夫森历史奖。1980年，在哈佛大学谋得教席，后“转会”至哥伦比亚大学担任教授。在美国期间，他陆续出版了多本学术著作，获得了学界的极大关注和大批读者的认可。其中《财富的窘境》（1987）、《公民们》（1989）分别获得当年的《纽约时报书评》年度好书奖，《风景与记忆》（1995）获得W.H.史密斯文学奖。 1995年，沙玛受邀将《风景与记忆》改编为系列电视片，充分展示了其叙事功底和画面意识。之后，BBC邀请沙玛编写并主持大型纪录片《英国史》。沙玛特地迁回英国，专心投身于《英国史》的创作。这部15集的电视片于2000年开播，赢得如潮好评...(展开全部)

西蒙·沙玛（Simon Schama)，英国国家学术院院士、皇家文学学会会员。他1945年出生于伦敦，21岁在剑桥大学以优等生身份毕业，随后在剑桥大学和牛津大学教书。1977 年，他出版第一部专著《爱国者和解放者》，即获沃尔夫森历史奖。1980年，在哈佛大学谋得教席，后“转会”至哥伦比亚大学担任教授。在美国期间，他陆续出版了多本学术著作，获得了学界的极大关注和大批读者的认可。其中《财富的窘境》（1987）、《公民们》（1989）分别获得当年的《纽约时报书评》年度好书奖，《风景与记忆》（1995）获得W.H.史密斯文学奖。 1995年，沙玛受邀将《风景与记忆》改编为系列电视片，充分展示了其叙事功底和画面意识。之后，BBC邀请沙玛编写并主持大型纪录片《英国史》。沙玛特地迁回英国，专心投身于《英国史》的创作。这部15集的电视片于2000年开播，赢得如潮好评...(展开全部)

Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the continents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this truly global journey Andrew Marr revisits some of traditional histories, which have tended to be Eurocentric, telling mankind's story through tales of Greece and Rome and the crowned heads of Europe's oldest monarchies. Here he widen...(展开全部)

Even the most enthusiastic of maths students probably at one time wondered when exactly it would all prove useful in ‘real life’. Well, maths reaches so far and wide through our world that, love it or hate it, we’re all doing maths almost every minute of every day. David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee go in search of the perfect labyrinth, journey back to the second century in pur...(展开全部)

Even the most enthusiastic of maths students probably at one time wondered when exactly it would all prove useful in ‘real life’. Well, maths reaches so far and wide through our world that, love it or hate it, we’re all doing maths almost every minute of every day. David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee go in search of the perfect labyrinth, journey back to the second century in pur...(展开全部)

Beginning with an unlikely stowaway's account of life on board Noah's Ark, "A History of the World in 10 Chapters" presents a surprising, subversive, fictional history of earth told from several kaleidoscopic perspectives. Noah disembarks from his ark but he and his Voyage are not forgotten: they are revisited in on other centuries and other climes - by a Victorian spinster mou...(展开全部)

This is, in short, a complete, unsettling, and frequently exhilarating vision of the world, starting with the voyage of Noah's ark and ending with a sneak preview of heaven!

This is, in short, a complete, unsettling, and frequently exhilarating vision of the world, starting with the voyage of Noah's ark and ending with a sneak preview of heaven!