作者簡介 凱瑟琳•皮特拉斯 Kathryn Petras 羅斯•皮特拉斯 Ross Petras 凱瑟琳與羅斯是一對兄妹寫作搭檔，其作品銷售超過五百三十萬本，包括《紐約時報》暢銷書「單字迷」書籍《你唸錯了》（You’re Saying It Wrong.）。他們一同在全國公共廣播電台（NPR的KMUW）主持同名播客，節目主題與字彙、文法和字源學有關。他們從孩童時期在埃及開羅時即開始合作，如今雖然一個在西班牙格拉納達，一個在加拿大多倫多，仍一同開心工作……儘管偶爾會有時差的問題。 譯者簡介 林楸燕 英美文學博士，現職為大學教授，兼職翻譯。學術專長為中世紀英國歷史與文學、文藝復興時期劇作。著有《關於人生，莎士比亞的神回覆》；譯作《文藝復興並不美》、《教養是一種可怕的發明》、《讓我們假裝沒發生過！》、《我們的婚姻診斷書：百年好合的八堂基本課》以及...(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)

We in the west share a common narrative of world history—that runs from the Nile Valley and Mesopotomia, through Greece and Rome and the French Revolution, to the rise of the secular state and the triumph of democracy. But our story largely omits a whole civilization that until quite recently saw itself at the center of world history, and whose citizens shared an entirely diffe...(展开全部)

作者簡介 塔米‧安薩里（Tamim Ansary，1948-） 塔米‧•安薩里生於阿富汗喀布爾，並且在當地接受中壆育直到移民美國奧勒岡州。他所著的回憶錄《喀布爾之西，紐約之東（West of Kabul， East of New York）》被選為舊金山2008年當年度的選書(ONE BOOK ONE CITY)，另外和阿富汗地雷爆炸的遇難者法拉•阿瑪迪（Farah Ahmadi）共同寫作了紐約時報暢銷書《另一邊的天空（The Other Side of the Sky）》。塔米姆•安薩里是一些小學歷史教科書的主要作者。他每個月都會為Encarta.com網站撰寫專欄文章，並且在San Francisco Chronicle，Salon，Alternet， TomPaine.com, Edutopia, Parade, L.A. Time等媒體...(展开全部)

We in the west share a common narrative of world history—that runs from the Nile Valley and Mesopotomia, through Greece and Rome and the French Revolution, to the rise of the secular state and the triumph of democracy. But our story largely omits a whole civilization that until quite recently saw itself at the center of world history, and whose citizens shared an entirely diffe...(展开全部)

作者簡介 塔米‧安薩里（Tamim Ansary，1948-） 塔米‧•安薩里生於阿富汗喀布爾，並且在當地接受中壆育直到移民美國奧勒岡州。他所著的回憶錄《喀布爾之西，紐約之東（West of Kabul， East of New York）》被選為舊金山2008年當年度的選書(ONE BOOK ONE CITY)，另外和阿富汗地雷爆炸的遇難者法拉•阿瑪迪（Farah Ahmadi）共同寫作了紐約時報暢銷書《另一邊的天空（The Other Side of the Sky）》。塔米姆•安薩里是一些小學歷史教科書的主要作者。他每個月都會為Encarta.com網站撰寫專欄文章，並且在San Francisco Chronicle，Salon，Alternet， TomPaine.com, Edutopia, Parade, L.A. Time等媒體...(展开全部)

We in the west share a common narrative of world history—that runs from the Nile Valley and Mesopotomia, through Greece and Rome and the French Revolution, to the rise of the secular state and the triumph of democracy. But our story largely omits a whole civilization that until quite recently saw itself at the center of world history, and whose citizens shared an entirely diffe...(展开全部)

We in the west share a common narrative of world history—that runs from the Nile Valley and Mesopotomia, through Greece and Rome and the French Revolution, to the rise of the secular state and the triumph of democracy. But our story largely omits a whole civilization that until quite recently saw itself at the center of world history, and whose citizens shared an entirely diffe...(展开全部)

Great conquerors appear in the dim light of that distant time and pass, Tushratta, King of Mitanni, who captured Nineveh, Tiglath Pileser I of Assyria who conquered Babylon. At last the Assyrians became the greatest military power of the time. Tiglath Pileser III conquered Babylon in 745 B.C. and founded what historians call the New Assyrian Empire. Iron had also come now into ...(展开全部)

R.R. 帕尔默（R.R.Palmer，1909—2002），美国著名历史学家，1934 年获康奈尔大学博士学位，1936—1977年间先后执教于普林斯顿大学、华盛顿大学和耶鲁大学。作为法国大革命研究权威，以及美法两国革命比较研究的先驱，帕尔默曾先后担任美国法国史研究协会主席（1961），美国历史学会主席（1970），同时也是美国哲学学会、美国艺术与科学学院的活跃成员，并被欧美多所大学授予荣誉学位。1990 年，帕尔默被意大利林琴科学院授予费尔特里内利奖。本书是帕尔默的代表作，此外他还著有《18 世纪法国的天主教徒和不信教者》（1939），《民主革命的年代：美国与欧洲的政治史》（1959）等。 乔• 科尔顿（Joel Colton），哥伦比亚大学哲学博士，1950—1989 年任教于杜克大学历史系，曾任洛克菲勒人文科学奖学金与研究项目主席，美国艺术与...(展开全部)