The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It begins with the establishment of the first cities in the Near East in the fourth millennium BCE, and goes on to examine urban growth in the Indus River Valley in India, as well as Egypt and areas that bordered the Mediterranean Sea. Athens, A...(展开全部)

In 1545, a native Andean prospector hit pay dirt on a desolate red mountain in highland Bolivia. There followed the world’s greatest silver bonanza, making the Cerro Rico, or “Rich Hill,” and the Imperial Villa of Potosí instant legends, famous from Istanbul to Beijing. The Cerro Rico alone provided over half of the world’s silver for a century, and even in decline, it remained...(展开全部)

In 1545, a native Andean prospector hit pay dirt on a desolate red mountain in highland Bolivia. There followed the world's greatest silver bonanza, making the Cerro Rico or "Rich Hill" and the Imperial Villa of Potosi instant legends, famous from Istanbul to Beijing. The Cerro Rico alone provided over half of the world's silver for a century, and even in decline, it remained t...(展开全部)

In 1545, a native Andean prospector hit pay dirt on a desolate red mountain in highland Bolivia. There followed the world's greatest silver bonanza, making the Cerro Rico or "Rich Hill" and the Imperial Villa of Potosi instant legends, famous from Istanbul to Beijing. The Cerro Rico alone provided over half of the world's silver for a century, and even in decline, it remained t...(展开全部)

A groundbreaking current affairs book documenting the largest population move in human history, as a third of the world’s people migrate into cities, rupturing societies across the globe.

A groundbreaking current affairs book documenting the largest population move in human history, as a third of the world’s people migrate into cities, rupturing societies across the globe.

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)

巴里科（1958-），生于都灵。1991年出版个人的首部小说《愤怒的城堡》，就获了坎皮耶洛精选作品奖(PremioSelezioneCampiello)，并且被译成多国文学。以风格清新受到意大利文坛瞩目；1993年推出第二部小说《海洋，海》一跃成为意大利年轻人中风靡一时的明星作家，又为他赢得了意大利维亚雷焦文学奖(PremioViareggio)的殊荣。他是欧洲各种重要文学奖的常胜军。《海洋，海》一书在意大利赢得维多雷古文学奖和波斯克城堡文学奖；《愤怒的城堡》甫一出版就同时获得法国著名的梅迪奇外国作品奖和意大利康彼埃洛处女作奖；《蚕丝》出版后更立刻登上意大利畅销书排行榜，迅即盘踞欧洲各大文学书籍的畅销排行榜。而他1991年的新作《城市》，在出版的头几个月仅意大利就有二十万的销售量。他的剧作《海上钢琴师》（1994，Novicento）被朱塞佩·托纳托...(展开全部)

Shortlisted for the 2018 Ondaatje Prize Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year A masterful and entirely fresh portrait of great hopes and dashed dreams in a mythical city from a major new literary voice. Everything that could possibly be wrong with a city was wrong with Calcutta. When Kushanava Choudhury arrived in New Jersey at the age of twelve, he had al...(展开全部)