In conjunction with the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund in New Delhi, Oxford proudly announces the reissue of Glimpses of World History and The Discovery of India, two famous works by Jawaharlal Nehru. One of modern day's most articulate statesmen, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a on a wide variety of subjects. Describing himself as "a dabbler in many things," he committed his life not ...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2009 John Whiting Award for drama. An incredibly bold and mature first play, reminiscent of Noel Coward's Design For Living and Kevin Elyot's My Night With Reg. Alternating between 1958 and 2008, and featuring the same three people, forever thirty-something, living similar but radically different lives, The Pride examines changing attitudes to sexuality over a per...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2009 John Whiting Award for drama. An incredibly bold and mature first play, reminiscent of Noel Coward's Design For Living and Kevin Elyot's My Night With Reg. Alternating between 1958 and 2008, and featuring the same three people, forever thirty-something, living similar but radically different lives, The Pride examines changing attitudes to sexuality over a per...(展开全部)

Five millennia of civilization masterfully condensed into an absorbing, fast-paced narrative of how India became the world’s largest democracy and a rising global power India is an amalgam of customs, races, castes, languages, and spiritual beliefs— woven together throughout the ages into a colossal history. From ancient migrations and the Harappān civilization to Muslim invade...(展开全部)

An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCE When the Greeks and Macedonians in Alexander’s army reached India in 326 BCE, they entered a new and strange world. They knew a few legends and travelers’ tales, but their categories of thought were inadequate to encompass what they witnessed. The plants were unrecognizab...(展开全部)

From one of America's most acclaimed comics writers a startlingly original look at life on the streets of Baghdad during the Iraq War inspired by true events. In the spring of 2003, a pride of lions escaped from the Baghdad Zoo during an American bombing raid. Lost and confused, hungry but finally free, the four lions roamed the decimated streets of Baghdad in a desperate strug...(展开全部)

勒内•格鲁塞（1885－1952），法国著名历史学家、亚洲史学界泰斗。1885年生于格勒诺贝尔，毕业于蒙彼利埃大学历史系，1925年出任吉美国立亚洲艺术博物馆助理监管人及杂志《亚洲学报》秘书，1993年任色努斯基博物馆馆长及亚洲艺术藏品负责人，1946年成为法兰西学院院士，1952年病逝于巴黎。他一生潜心研究东方历史与文化，著述甚丰，其中尤以《成吉思汗》《草原帝国》为著名，是重要的世界历史名著。 常任侠，我国著名的文史专家，尤其在印度艺术史及相关文物的搜集与研究方面享有盛名。

When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I's first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage. Roe was representing a kingdom that was beset by financial woes and deeply conflicted about i...(展开全部)

The British engagement with India was an intensely visual one. Images of the subcontinent, produced by artists and travelers in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century heyday of the East India Company, reflect the increasingly important role played by the Company in Indian life. And they mirror significant shifts in British policy and attitudes toward India. The Company's story ...(展开全部)

石田衣良（Ishida Ira） 1960年出生于东京，成蹊大学经济系毕业。曾任职日本广告公司，并以自由文案工作者活跃于业界。 1997年以《池袋西口公园》获得小说杂志《ALL读物》第36届推理小说新人奖，同作品于2000年改编成日剧，由长濑智也、洼冢洋介、妻夫木聪、山下智久等人担纲主演，成为2000年日本最受欢迎的剧集。其作品题材广泛，包括青春小说、经济犯罪悬疑小说，以及爱情小说等。 《池袋西口公园》一书于1997年出版后，旋即登上日贩畅销书籍排行榜第一名的宝座，此后一路攻占连续剧、漫画领域，甚至影响日本新一代的精神层面，以“IWGP”的旗帜在青少年间引起一股热潮。 2001年的《娼年》及2002年的《骨音》（“池袋西口公园”之三）分别入围126届及128届直木奖，2003年以《十四岁》（4TEEN）获第129届直木奖。