This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while giving weight to the characteristics of each country. This narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath" to connect leaders with the lives of those they ruled. The result is a tapestry from which...(展开全部)

Between the Han dynasty, founded in 206 B.C.E., and the Sui, which ended in 618 C.E., Chinese authors wrote many thousands of short textual items, each of which narrated or described some phenomenon deemed "strange."Most items told of encounters between humans and various denizens of the spirit-world, or of the miraculous feats of masters of esoteric arts; some described the wo...(展开全部)

Between the Han dynasty, founded in 206 B.C.E., and the Sui, which ended in 618 C.E., Chinese authors wrote many thousands of short textual items, each of which narrated or described some phenomenon deemed "strange."Most items told of encounters between humans and various denizens of the spirit-world, or of the miraculous feats of masters of esoteric arts; some described the wo...(展开全部)

Personal accounts help us understand notions of self, interpersonal relations, and historical events. Chinese Autobiographical Writing contains full translations of works by fifty individuals that illuminate the history and conventions of writing about oneself in the Chinese tradition. From poetry, letters, and diaries to statements in legal proceedings, these engaging and read...(展开全部)

尼古拉斯•贝斯特（Nicholas Best）在英国和都柏林的圣三一学院接受教育。他曾在英国近卫步兵第一团服役，后在伦敦当记者。他为英国《金融时报》担任小说评论员长达十年时间，并著有讲述第一次世界大战结束时的故事的《历史上最伟大的一天》。

英媒：二战背景下引人关注的人物故事 2012年03月26日 12:24:22 来源： 新华网 上周出版的《震惊世界的五天》为英国—爱尔兰混血作家尼古拉斯·贝斯特所著，它从1945年4月28日上午开始讲起：意大利游击队员叫醒贝尼托·墨索里尼，然后用车把他及其情妇克拉拉·佩塔奇带到科莫湖边枪决。全书以1945年5月2日结束，随着希特勒在地堡中自杀的消息传遍全世界，柏林最后的守卫者缴械投降。英媒称，一本新书透过二战高潮时期的数十个人物的故事，从一个吸引人的角度让人们对这场冲突有了全新的了解。 据英国《泰晤士报》报道，《震惊世界的五天》以重大事件为背景，像拍快照一样介绍了一些重要人物当时身在何处，在做些什么。 在那不勒斯，10岁的索菲娅·罗兰与母亲和妹妹生活在极度贫困之中，她的一边脸颊在空袭中为弹片所伤。一个年轻的美国大兵与这家人成了朋友。他在日记中写道...(展开全部)

Europeans may be said to have first encountered the Chinese garden in Marco Polo's narrative of his travels through the Mongol Empire and his years at the court of Kublai Khan. His account of a man-made lake abundant with fish, a verdant green hill lush with trees, raised walkways, and a plethora of beasts and birds took root in the European imagination as the description of a ...(展开全部)

What counts? In work, as in other areas of life, it is not always clear what standards we are being judged by or how our worth is being determined. This can be disorienting and disconcerting. Because of this, many organizations devote considerable resources to limiting and clarifying the logics used for evaluating worth. But as David Stark argues, firms would often be better of...(展开全部)

What counts? In work, as in other areas of life, it is not always clear what standards we are being judged by or how our worth is being determined. This can be disorienting and disconcerting. Because of this, many organizations devote considerable resources to limiting and clarifying the logics used for evaluating worth. But as David Stark argues, firms would often be better of...(展开全部)

Legendary comics writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell have created a gripping, hallucinatory piece of crime fiction about Jack the Ripper. Detailing the events that led up to the Whitechapel murders and the cover-up that followed, From Hell has become a modern masterpiece of crime noir and historical fiction.