Since its first publication in 1945? Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject -- unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the t...(展开全部)

Since its first publication in 1945? Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject -- unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the t...(展开全部)

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, advocate for social reform, and pacifist. Although he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died.

No country’s past can match Egypt’s in antiquity, richness, and variety. Rarely, however, is this nation’s history presented as a comprehensive panorama, since scholars tend to divide it into distinct eras―pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, medieval Islamic, Ottoman, and modern―that are rarely studied in connection to each other, despite the strong elements of continuity running t...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 [埃及] 杰森·汤普森（Jason Thompson） 美国科尔比学院教授，埃及知名历史学家，对埃及史的研究广博而深入，以讲述通俗历史而著名。著有《加德纳·威尔金森爵士和他的圈子》（Sir Cardiner Wilkinson and His Circle），编有《埃及谈》（Description of Egypt）《漫谈现代埃及人的风俗文化》（An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians）等作品。 —————————— 【译者简介】 刘梦迪 苏州大学外国语学院英语翻译硕士，利物浦大学社会语言学博士在读，研究方向为多语、语言与身份构建、翻译理论与实践、中国文化翻译与对外传播。

The result of a lifetime’s knowledge of Russia and its people, this monumental and authoritative work has been acclaimed as the definitive single-volume history of Russia

Geoffrey Hosking is one of the foremost historians of Russia and its people. The result of a lifetime's knowledge, this monumental and authoritative work has been acclaimed as the definitive single-volume history of Russia, tracing its story from the settlement of Kiev through to the present day. This second edition is updated throughout, with a new chapter on the recent role o...(展开全部)

The formation of the modern state, the rise of capitalism, the Renaissance and Reformation, the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment - all these have been credited to the "early modern" period. Nearly everything about its history remains controversial, but one thing is certain: it left a rich and provocative legacy of political ideas unmatched in Western history. ...(展开全部)

No one has hitherto had the breadth of imagination and intellectual boldness to describe and analyse government throughout recorded history and throughout the world. This unique study of government is the culmination of the work of the late S. E. Finer, one of the leading political scientists of the twentieth century. Ranging over 5,000 years, from the Sumerian city state to th...(展开全部)

Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms to grand cathedrals – those vast reservoirs of silence. Philosophers and novelists have long sought solitude and inspiration in...(展开全部)