“Most books on the Hellenistic world begin by lamenting the state of our evidence for the period. This is nonsense. On almost any criterion, we know far more about Hellenistic history than we do about the Archaic or Classical Greek world” (p. 9-10). This statement serves to summarise the enthusiastic and lively tone of P. Thonemann’s The Hellenistic Age. Thonemann, an Associate...(展开全部)

约翰·伯里（1861—1927），爱尔兰著名的历史学家和古典学家，生前担任剑桥大学担任近代史钦定教授，代表性著作有《从阿卡迪乌斯到伊琳娜的晚期罗马帝国》《思想自由史》等，主编有《剑桥古代史》等重要著作。

约翰·伯里（1861—1927），爱尔兰著名的历史学家和古典学家，生前担任剑桥大学担任近代史钦定教授，代表性著作有《从阿卡迪乌斯到伊琳娜的晚期罗马帝国》《思想自由史》等，主编有《剑桥古代史》等重要著作。

The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes ...until the Inquisition, when the Knights were wiped from the face of the earth, their riches left hidden -- forever?Cotton Malone is enjoying his quiet new life as an antiquarian book dealer in Copenhagen, when he is unexpectedly plunged back into the cloak-and-dagger worl...(展开全部)

约翰·伯里（1861—1927），爱尔兰著名的历史学家和古典学家，生前担任剑桥大学担任近代史钦定教授，代表性著作有《从阿卡迪乌斯到伊琳娜的晚期罗马帝国》《思想自由史》等，主编有《剑桥古代史》等重要著作。

A full account of the philosophy of the Greek and Roman worlds from the last days of Aristotle (c.320 BC) until 100 BC. Hellenistic philosophy, for long relatively neglected and unappreciated, has over the last decade been the object of a considerable amount of scholarly attention. Now available in paperback, this 1999 volume is a general reference work which pulls the subject ...(展开全部)

Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alexander created but did not live to see. •Comprises 29 original essays by leading international scholars. •Essential reading for courses on Hellenistic history. •Combines narrative and themati...(展开全部)

Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of rediscovery in recent times is evident in Euro...(展开全部)

In this lucid and entertaining book, Mel Greaves argues that evolutionary biology offers a new perspective that can help us unravel the riddle of cancer. Why, for example, have women always had such a raw deal in the cancer stakes? And why are some cancers, such as prostate cancer, increasing in incidence? Greaves argues that Darwinian selection millions of years ago has endowe...(展开全部)