This is the entwined tale of two exceptional women. One was a voluptuous eleven-inch-tall beauty who debuted at the 1959 Toy Fair in New York City and quickly became the treasure of 9 out of 10 American girls and their counterparts in 150 countries. She went on to compete as an Olympic athlete, serve as an air force pilot, work as a boutique owner, run as a presidential candida...(展开全部)

The tragic and redeeming story of how one visionary woman built the biggest toy company in the world and created a global icon. Barbie and Ruth is the entwined story of two exceptional women. There's Barbie: the diminutive yet arrestingly voluptuous doll unveiled at the 1959 Toy Fair who became the treasure of 90 percent of American girls and their counterparts in 150 c...(展开全部)

A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl! In 19...(展开全部)

A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl! In 19...(展开全部)

In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, t...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介 巴里 • 施特劳斯（Barry Strauss）是美国康奈尔大学历史与西洋古典学教授，古代军事史首屈一指的专家。他撰写或编辑了多部著作，如《萨拉米斯海战》《特洛伊战争》《斯巴达克斯起义》。 ………………………… ◎ 译者简介 苏前辉，男，1959年 7月生，毕业于西南师范大学外语系，获文学学士学位，长期从事英国语言与文学教学工作，研究方向为世界历史与文化，曾赴英国利兹大学英语学院访学，现供职于云南财经大学国际语言文化学院。

◎ 作者简介 巴里 • 施特劳斯（Barry Strauss）是美国康奈尔大学历史与西洋古典学教授，古代军事史首屈一指的专家。他撰写或编辑了多部著作，如《萨拉米斯海战》《特洛伊战争》《斯巴达克斯起义》。 ………………………… ◎ 译者简介 苏前辉，男，1959年 7月生，毕业于西南师范大学外语系，获文学学士学位，长期从事英国语言与文学教学工作，研究方向为世界历史与文化，曾赴英国利兹大学英语学院访学，现供职于云南财经大学国际语言文化学院。

莉迪亚·派恩，作家兼历史学家，专注科学史与物质文化史。获亚利桑那州立大学历史学和人类学学位，也是历史和哲学博士。曾赴南非、埃塞俄比亚、乌兹别克斯坦、伊朗和美国西南等地，参与实地调查和档案研究。在《时代》《大西洋》《鹦鹉螺》《公共领域评论》上发表多篇文章和论文。现任得州大学奥斯汀分校历史研究所访问研究员。

莉迪亚·派恩，作家兼历史学家，专注科学史与物质文化史。获亚利桑那州立大学历史学和人类学学位，也是历史和哲学博士。曾赴南非、埃塞俄比亚、乌兹别克斯坦、伊朗和美国西南等地，参与实地调查和档案研究。在《时代》《大西洋》《鹦鹉螺》《公共领域评论》上发表多篇文章和论文。现任得州大学奥斯汀分校历史研究所访问研究员。

莉迪亚·派恩，作家兼历史学家，专注科学史与物质文化史。获亚利桑那州立大学历史学和人类学学位，也是历史和哲学博士。曾赴南非、埃塞俄比亚、乌兹别克斯坦、伊朗和美国西南等地，参与实地调查和档案研究。在《时代》《大西洋》《鹦鹉螺》《公共领域评论》上发表多篇文章和论文。现任得州大学奥斯汀分校历史研究所访问研究员。