The first history of Italian football to be written in English, 'Calcio' is a mix of serious analysis and comic storytelling, with vivid descriptions of games, goals, dives, missed penalties, riots and scandals in the richest and toughest league in the world. 'Calcio' tells the story of Italian football from its origins in the 1890's to the present day. It takes us through a h...(展开全部)

With the aim of providing a comprehensive history of Italian drama from its origins to the time of its publication in 2006, this book treats theatre in its widest sense, discussing the impact of all the elements and figures integral to the collaborative process of theatre-making. The impact of designers, actors, directors and impresarios as well as of playwrights is subjected t...(展开全部)

The extraordinary creative energy of Renaissance Italy lies at the root of modern Western culture. In her elegant new introduction, Virginia Cox offers a fresh vision of this iconic moment in European cultural history, when between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries Italy led the world in painting, building, science and literature. Her book explores key artistic, literary a...(展开全部)

约翰·克鲁伊夫（Johan Cruyff，1947.4.25－2016.3.24），荷兰足球运动员、教练员。 克鲁伊夫是足球史上具影响力的人物之一，是把球员和教练两件事都做到世界的足球传奇，人称“球圣”。球员时期，他是荷兰全攻全守足球的标志，让橙色风暴席卷全球；教练员时期，他是巴塞罗那俱乐部的教父，建立拉玛西亚青训营，带领巴萨获得一座欧冠奖杯，让巴萨真正走向辉煌。 没有他倡导的足球风格及哲学，就不会有瓜迪奥拉、温格、梅西或坎通纳。在很多人看来，西班牙足球近些年在俱乐部及国家队层面的成功，证明了克鲁伊夫对现代足球的影响。 在同肺癌短暂斗争之后，克鲁伊夫于2016年3月去世。 译者—— 陈文江，CCTV5《天下足球》栏目制片人。大学就读于北京广播学院外语系，主修国际新闻。自幼酷爱足球，1999年毕业后进入电视台体育频道工作，2000年加入《天下足球》栏目...(展开全部)

An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern scholarly discipline of art history. Synthesizing and assessing a vast array of wr...(展开全部)

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...(展开全部)

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...(展开全部)

Renowned historian, and author of A Short History of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich's classic history of Venice A History of Venice tells the story of this most remarkable of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for over a thousand years as one of the world's busiest and most powerful city states, until its fall at the hands of Napoleon i...(展开全部)

This is a contemporary and engaging student friendly text with a multinational focus conveys the dynamism of the science of psychology. Student focused features offer social context, explore interdisciplinary relationships, reinforce critical thinking and ultimately show the impact and application of the science. Each chapter of this title begins with a highly engaging vignette...(展开全部)

约翰•朱利叶斯•诺威奇于1929年生于英国。服完兵役后，他在牛津大学新学院攻读了法语和俄语文学专业。 诺威奇著述颇丰，包括《征服，1016—1130》（The Normans in the South,1967)、《王国，1130—1194》（The Kingdom in the Sun,1970）、《地中海史》（The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean,2006）、《教皇史》（¬The Popes: A History,2011）、《四君主》（Four Princes, 2017）等。 他还写了多部关于旅游、建筑和音乐的著作。此外，他曾为英国广播公司的约30部纪录片撰稿。 ★译者简介 陈薇薇，浙江杭州人，自由译者。从事翻译十余载，译有《北方的观念》《蒙娜丽莎传奇》《概率统治世界》等。