「美國書卷獎」得獎之作，「美國國家書評獎」決選作品。 最有成就的黑人音樂評論家針對震撼全世界的流行文化現象所做的權威剖析。──《華盛頓郵報》書評 少有嘻哈文化的記錄者像尼爾遜．喬治一般頭腦清晰、態度客觀。《嘻哈美國》交織評論與報導，成為極具可讀性的饒舌音樂及其文化震撼性的調查報告。──《費城詢問報》 引人入勝、資料豐富。它給嘻哈追隨者一個完整架構與歷史，給了畏懼嘻哈者詳盡解釋與理解途徑。──《休士頓記事報》 充滿知識、堅持己見，迷人……對嘻哈的熱情讓此書充滿生氣。──Michiko Kakutani，《紐約時報》 《嘻哈美國》一書裡，尼爾遜．喬治（舉世最具洞見的嘻哈文化作家──《滾石雜誌》語）以第一人稱帶領我們進行一場嘻哈歷史之旅。從它的七０年代源頭到它竄起成為一股文化力量，再到今日它的影響力顯現在電影、時裝、廣告與運動各領域裡。它探索黑人...(展开全部)

彼得·贝雷斯福德·埃利斯 Peter Berresford Ellis 英国历史学家、小说家，英国皇家历史学会会员，爱尔兰皇家文物学会会员。作为国际知名的凯尔特学巨擘，曾担任国际凯尔特联盟主席，编有《爱尔兰神话辞典》《凯尔特神话辞典》，著有《凯尔特帝国》《凯尔特人与撒克逊人》《凯尔特人与希腊人》《凯尔特人与罗马人》《凯尔特人的古代世界》《凯尔特神话全书》《凯尔特简史》等书。他以公元7世纪的爱尔兰为背景，用笔名彼得·特里梅因（Peter Tremayne）创作了系列畅销小说《菲德尔玛修女探案集》。 ———————— 玖羽 文学译者，译有《近代能乐集》《平安朝的生活与文学》《幻兽动物园》等书。

Copan in modern Honduras was one of the great cities of the Classic Maya. Abandoned to the rain forest for nearly a thousand years, it was rediscovered in the early 1800s. Now, two centuries later, an international team of scholars is solving the puzzle of Copan and the ancient Maya. William Fash, himself one of the key contributors to the recent breakthroughs, describes how de...(展开全部)

Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will prosper in the 21st century and beyond. In Good to Great, the most widely anticipated management book of the year, Jim Collins prese...(展开全部)

Audacious and genre-defying, Black and Blue is steeped in melancholy, in the feeling of being blue, or, rather, black and blue, with all the literality of bruised flesh. Roland Barthes and Marcel Proust are inspirations and subjects of Carol Mavor's exquisite, image-filled rumination on efforts to capture fleeting moments and to comprehend the incomprehensible. At the book's he...(展开全部)

The Greek word melancholia (literally meaning 'black bile') defines our sense of depression and black moods. Yet the little black dress is the epitome of chic and has positive meanings. From ancient and classical times to today black has been used as a symbol, a tool and a metaphor in a plethora of startling and often problematic ways. The Story of Black is an exploration of ou...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 On the luxurious Blue Train, beautiful American heiress Ruth Kettering's dire predictions come true-she's murdered. With few clues, Hercule Poirot must look into Ruth's startling secret life.