Winston Churchill (1874–1965) is often proclaimed as the greatest Briton in history and one of the world’s eminent leaders. Born into a dazzling political family, Churchill was awkward and eccentric as a young man but flourished in the army, where he served in the North West Frontier, Sudan and during the Second Boer War as a successful war correspondent. As a politician he was...(展开全部)

Winston Churchill (1874–1965) is often proclaimed as the greatest Briton in history and one of the world’s eminent leaders. Born into a dazzling political family, Churchill was awkward and eccentric as a young man but flourished in the army, where he served in the North West Frontier, Sudan and during the Second Boer War as a successful war correspondent. As a politician he was...(展开全部)

罗伊·詹金斯（1920—2003），英国政治家、传记作家，1948年以工党议员的身份进入下议院，先后任职航空大臣、内政大臣及财政大臣，1970年成为工党副领袖，1977至1981年出任欧洲共同体（今欧盟）委员会主席，1987年成为牛津大学名誉校长，以黑尔海德的詹金斯男爵身份进入上议院。此外，他还担任过英国皇家文学学会的主席一职。1941年他在父亲的引见下第一次见到丘吉尔，1948年开始与丘吉尔在下议院共事16年。 詹金斯一生写了21部作品，主要有《丘吉尔传》《阿斯奎斯传》《鲍德温传》《格莱斯顿传》《大臣》《杜鲁门传》《罗斯福传》等。 其中《丘吉尔传》获2001年英国图书奖传记奖、《格莱斯顿》获1995年惠特布莱德传记奖。 译者简介： 徐海幈，先后在《中国新闻周刊》《三联生活周刊》《时代人物周报》等杂志工作。 从2011年开始，以自由译者的身份开始从事...(展开全部)

In Churchill, Roy Jenkins provides a comprehensive portrait of Winston Churchill from his childhood to the critical World War II period and beyond in a single, definitive volume. Roy Jenkins combines unparalleled command of British political history and his own high level government experience in a narrative account of Churchill's astounding career that is unmatched in its shre...(展开全部)

A fresh perspective on Churchill and wartime life through the eyes of the nurse charged with looking after the Prime Minister. In February 1943, when the course of the Second World War hung in the b

The text argues that cities are open to many forms of order and disorder both from within the city and outside. They represent cities potentials as well as their problems. It challenges the assumption that cities are threatened by disorder from below and that they might be ruled by 'order' imposed from above.

Cities are places of mixing and meeting - places where different worlds encounter one another on the streets. Yet cities are all too often seen as unruly places in need of government and control. This work asks questions about the ways in which cities mix different worlds. Taking a fresh approach to issues of order and disorder and extending spatial understanding of cities, the...(展开全部)

Cities are places of mixing and meeting - places where different worlds encounter one another on the streets. Yet cities are all too often seen as unruly places in need of government and control. This work asks questions about the ways in which cities mix different worlds. Taking a fresh approach to issues of order and disorder and extending spatial understanding of cities, the...(展开全部)

The text argues that cities are open to many forms of order and disorder both from within the city and outside. They represent cities potentials as well as their problems. It challenges the assumption that cities are threatened by disorder from below and that they might be ruled by 'order' imposed from above.

Diana Athill's Stet is "a beautifully written, hardheaded, and generally insightful look back at the heyday of postwar London publishing by a woman who was at its center for nearly half a century" (The Washington Times). A founding editor of the prestigious publishing house Andre Deutsch, Ltd., Athill takes us on a guided tour through the corridors of literary London, offering ...(展开全部)