作者50年代后期进入哈佛大学攻读中国史，60年代初到台湾从事博士论文考察和进修汉语，以后10年先后任《纽约时报》驻台湾临时记者、驻越南和香港特派记者，期间发表有关白宫和越战内幕的专著，获1978年普利策新闻大奖。他自1979年初至1980年末任该报驻北京首席记者，在此期间，足迹遍及中国大陆各省市自治区，采访了工农兵学商各界人士，对我国遭受文革浩劫后的百废待兴局面感触尤甚。离任回国后历时一年有余著成此书，于1982年在美国问世，随后风靡欧美，备受西方读者欢迎，对一般群众的影响也较大。

作者50年代后期进入哈佛大学攻读中国史，60年代初到台湾从事博士论文考察和进修汉语，以后10年先后任《纽约时报》驻台湾临时记者、驻越南和香港特派记者，期间发表有关白宫和越战内幕的专著，获1978年普利策新闻大奖。他自1979年初至1980年末任该报驻北京首席记者，在此期间，足迹遍及中国大陆各省市自治区，采访了工农兵学商各界人士，对我国遭受文革浩劫后的百废待兴局面感触尤甚。离任回国后历时一年有余著成此书，于1982年在美国问世，随后风靡欧美，备受西方读者欢迎，对一般群众的影响也较大。

China’s rise has upset the global balance of power, and the first place to feel the strain is Beijing’s back yard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions have smoldered in the region, but today the threat of a direct confrontation among superpowers grows ever more likely. This important book is the first to make clear sense of the South Sea disputes. Bill Hayton, a journalis...(展开全部)

China’s rise has upset the global balance of power, and the first place to feel the strain is Beijing’s back yard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions have smoldered in the region, but today the threat of a direct confrontation among superpowers grows ever more likely. This important book is the first to make clear sense of the South Sea disputes. Bill Hayton, a journalis...(展开全部)

The early history of the maritime trade of China had been largely studied (at the time of this 1954 study) from the Western point of view, that is, as the eastern terminal point of a trade carried and dominated by Indians, Persians and Arabs. This had also been true of the early history of Southeast Asia. Historians, both of China and of Southeast Asia, had seen the trade mainl...(展开全部)

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The Ho...(展开全部)

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light. The Ho...(展开全部)

The Sea, the Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Murdoch's novel exposes the jumble of motivations that drive her characters - the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguis...(展开全部)

The Sea, the Sea is a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a self-satisfied playwright and director as he begins to write his memoirs. Played out against a vividly rendered landscape and filled with allusions to myth and magic, Murdoch's novel exposes the jumble of motivations that drive her characters - the human vanity, jealousy, and lack of compassion behind the disguis...(展开全部)

Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into ...(展开全部)