The Hungarian defeat to the Ottoman army at the pivotal Battle of Mohács in 1526 led to the division of the Kingdom of Hungary into three parts, altering both the shape and the ethnic composition of Central Europe for centuries to come. Hungary thus became a battleground between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires. In this sweeping historical survey, Géza Pálffy takes readers thro...(展开全部)

The Hungarian defeat to the Ottoman army at the pivotal Battle of Mohács in 1526 led to the division of the Kingdom of Hungary into three parts, altering both the shape and the ethnic composition of Central Europe for centuries to come. Hungary thus became a battleground between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires. In this sweeping historical survey, Géza Pálffy takes readers thro...(展开全部)

看完了聂华苓的桑青与桃红。原本讲的就是一个精神分裂的故事，所以看得时候就尤其地痛苦，似乎都能听见自己脑袋分裂的声音。 现在看书还是会像小时候那样来个二分法，好人和坏人，男人和女人，喜欢的和不喜欢的（不一定就是喜欢好人不喜欢坏人。。。），或者说，悲剧喜剧，等等等等。这个讲一个精神分裂女子的故事的故事，却给了我难题，虽然一直处于分裂中，却分不出我更喜欢谁，谁是好人谁是坏人。 桑青代表了传统的中国女子道德观念。桃红，看看这个香艳的名字就知道，它和桑青是对立的。但是桃红就一定隐喻是“美国梦”吗？我觉得它更多地是一个女子要求自由的意愿吧。 就好像一根丝线，即使再坚韧，由桑青和桃红两个力量在两端猛力地拉扯，再坚强的神经也会绷断的。 我喜欢桑青。我赞美中国传统女性的含蓄，矜持。很清楚，我自己有时候也是按照这样的标准来要求自己的，或者...(展开全部)

"Between Two Worlds" is an authoritative commentary on - and powerful reinterpretation of - the founding work of modern philosophy, "Descartes' Meditations". Philosophers have tended to read Descartes' seminal work in an occasional way, examining its treatment of individual topics while ignoring other parts of the text. In contrast, John Carriero provides a sustained, systemati...(展开全部)

This anthology presents substantial selections from the work of twenty Manchu women poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The poems, inspired by their daily life and reflections, provide fascinating insights into the experiences and emotions of these women, most of whom belonged to the elite families of Manchu society. Each selection is accompanied by biographical m...(展开全部)

Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by other historians. His careful analysis of medieval as well as modern historiography from the perspective of a cultural historian demonstrates how ethnic, tribal, linguistic, religious, and political affiliations were all at play in the struggle for power in Anato...(展开全部)

A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s journey from diagnosis to remission and, ultimately, a road trip of healing and self-discovery. In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter “the real world.” She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dr...(展开全部)