The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out to redraw the map of the Middle East in the wake of the First World War and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The summit established the states of Iraq and Jordan as part of the Sherifian Sol...(展开全部)

埃勒里·奎因（ElleryQueen）： 美国推理小说的同义词，黄金时代三大家之一，推理王朝的建立者。 埃勒里·奎因是一对表兄弟合用的笔名。这对表兄弟在美国纽约出生。表哥是出生于一九。五年一月十一日的曼弗德·里波夫斯基，表弟是出生于同年十月二十日的丹尼尔·纳森。成年之后，表哥改名为曼弗雷德·班宁顿·李，表弟改名为弗雷德里克·丹奈。 李和丹奈虽是兄弟，性格却截然不同。李内向沉稳，是个智慧型的学者·丹奈则张扬热情，拥有发泄不完的能量。两个人碰到一起所做的唯一一件事就是争吵，而且一吵就是几十年。李说过：“基本上，我们对于推理小说的看法完全不同。”丹奈则说：“我们对任何事的看法根本上都不相同。”就是这样一对冤家，却成为了推理小说创作领域的第一搭档。

埃勒里·奎因（ElleryQueen）： 美国推理小说的同义词，黄金时代三大家之一，推理王朝的建立者。 埃勒里·奎因是一对表兄弟合用的笔名。这对表兄弟在美国纽约出生。表哥是出生于一九。五年一月十一日的曼弗德·里波夫斯基，表弟是出生于同年十月二十日的丹尼尔·纳森。成年之后，表哥改名为曼弗雷德·班宁顿·李，表弟改名为弗雷德里克·丹奈。 李和丹奈虽是兄弟，性格却截然不同。李内向沉稳，是个智慧型的学者·丹奈则张扬热情，拥有发泄不完的能量。两个人碰到一起所做的唯一一件事就是争吵，而且一吵就是几十年。李说过：“基本上，我们对于推理小说的看法完全不同。”丹奈则说：“我们对任何事的看法根本上都不相同。”就是这样一对冤家，却成为了推理小说创作领域的第一搭档。

The Age of Empire was driven by coal, and the Middle East—as an idea—was made by coal. Coal’s imperial infrastructure presaged the geopolitics of oil that wreaks carnage today, as carbonization threatens our very climate. Powering Empire argues that we cannot promote worldwide decarbonization without first understanding the history of the globalization of carbon energy. How did...(展开全部)

The Age of Empire was driven by coal, and the Middle East—as an idea—was made by coal. Coal’s imperial infrastructure presaged the geopolitics of oil that wreaks carnage today, as carbonization threatens our very climate. Powering Empire argues that we cannot promote worldwide decarbonization without first understanding the history of the globalization of carbon energy. How did...(展开全部)

Lushly illustrated, compellingly written―David Thomson's choice of the key moments in movie history In his first fully illustrated work, David Thomson breaks new ground by focusing in on a series of moments―which his readers will also experience in beautifully reproduced imagery―from seventy-two films across a 100-year-plus span. An indispensable counterpart to both his classic...(展开全部)

Kim Ghattas covers international affairs for the BBC as well as Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. She was the BBC's State Department correspondent from 2008 to 2013 and traveled regularly with the secretary of state. She was previously a Middle East correspondent for the BBC and the Financial Times, based in Beirut. Ghattas was part of an Emmy Award-winning BBC team cove...(展开全部)

Kim Ghattas covers international affairs for the BBC as well as Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. She was the BBC's State Department correspondent from 2008 to 2013 and traveled regularly with the secretary of state. She was previously a Middle East correspondent for the BBC and the Financial Times, based in Beirut. Ghattas was part of an Emmy Award-winning BBC team cove...(展开全部)

In 1967 the future of the state of Israel was far from certain. But with its swift and stunning military victory against an Arab coalition led by Egypt in the Six Day War, Israel not only preserved its existence but redrew the map of the region, with fateful consequences. The Camp David Accords, the assassinations of Anwar Sadat and Yitzhak Rabin, the intifada, and the current ...(展开全部)