Devoted to the Khmer empire, one of the most powerful and fascinating in Indochina, this text reconstructs its history, daily life, religious beliefs, myths and social structure.

Magnum photographer Steve McCurry has beautifully and evocatively photographed the temples of Angkor in Cambodia, among the world's most impressive monuments. Published for the first time in paperback ,over one hundred of his images of the site are collected in this stunning book, which documents a magical world of carved gods, weathered masonry, tangled vegetation and orange-r...(展开全部)

The history of Israel is as ancient as the history of humanity. From the desert sands to the shadowy depths of the caves overlooking the Dead Sea to the buried cities whose splendor has been dimmed by the centuries, it is truly a cradle of civilization and a setting of incomparable beauty.This spectacular book journeys along the valley of the River Jordan and among the hills of...(展开全部)

威尔•杜兰特（Will Durant，1885-1981），先后在美国圣彼得学院和哥伦比亚大学接受高等教育，后来进入哥伦比亚大学研究生物学，并在杜威的指导下攻读哲学，1971年获哥大博士学位。1926年，他出版了《哲学的故事》，获得出乎意料的成功，随后，他花了四十余年的 时间完成了广受好评的重要著作——11卷的《世界文明史》。 他于1968年获得普利策奖，1977年获得自由勋章奖。终其一生，杜兰特都致力于将哲学和知识从学术的象牙塔中解放出来。

威尔•杜兰特（Will Durant，1885-1981），先后在美国圣彼得学院和哥伦比亚大学接受高等教育，后来进入哥伦比亚大学研究生物学，并在杜威的指导下攻读哲学，1971年获哥大博士学位。1926年，他出版了《哲学的故事》，获得出乎意料的成功，随后，他花了四十余年的 时间完成了广受好评的重要著作——11卷的《世界文明史》。 他于1968年获得普利策奖，1977年获得自由勋章奖。终其一生，杜兰特都致力于将哲学和知识从学术的象牙塔中解放出来。

This lovingly crafted first novel by former 'Washington Post' correspondent John Burgess revives the rites and rhythms of the ancient culture that built the temples of Angkor, then abandoned them to the jungle. In telling her tale, Sray takes the reader to a hilltop monastery, a concubine pavilion and across the seas to the throne room of imperial China. She witnesses the const...(展开全部)

For survey courses in the History of Asia and the History of Japan. This brief survey of the long and rich history of Japan, written by one of the world's leading scholars in the field, provides an overall framework for understanding this great nation from its origins to the present day. The book explores the arts and literature, political change, economic advancement, and...(展开全部)

阿尔伯特·克雷格（Albert M.Craig），哈佛燕京学社社长，赖肖尔日本研究所主席，哈佛东亚研究中心副主任。1949年毕业于美国西北大学哲学系，1959年获得哈佛大学博士学位。曾荣获古根海姆奖学金、富布莱特奖学金，先后前往日本京都大学、东京大学、庆应大学访学，1988年被日本政府授予旭日章。代表著作：《明治维新时期的长州》（1961）、《东亚文明：传统与变革》（1989，与费正清、赖肖尔合著）、《世界文明的遗产》（2000）《中国文明的遗产》（2001）、《日本文明的遗产》（2002）、《文明与启蒙：福泽渝吉早期思想探析》（2009）等。 李虎，青年翻译家，北京大学硕士，现就职于国家海洋局第三海洋研究所。从事海洋科学、生物多样性和科学史的翻译工作。译著《地球上最伟大的表演：进化的证据》、《众病之王：癌症传》、《物种源始》（第1版）、《忧天:全球...(展开全部)

In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest’s place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us so urgently. Consistently insightful and beautifully written, this work is especially compelling at a time when the forest, as...(展开全部)

This volume outlines the earliest civilization of Europe. It covers the Orient, Crete, the Aegean, Maritime Civilization, Greece, the Balkans, the Danube, Eurasia, Northern Cultures, Forest Cultures, Islands of the Western Mediterranean, Iberia, Alpine Culture, and the British Isles.