A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexan...(展开全部)

A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexan...(展开全部)

Painters of the Great Ming is the most thorough western language book on the Ming painting academy and the Zhe School. For Northern Song court art, see Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Accumulating Culture: the Collections of Emperor Huizong (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008) N5285 .C52 S664 2008. For Southern Song, see Hui-shu Li’s Empresses, Art, and Agency in Song Dynast...(展开全部)

Dazzling in its originality, witty and perceptive in unearthing patterns of behavior that history has erased, RITES OF SPRING probes the origins, the impact, and the aftermath of World War I -- from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. "The Great War," as Modris Eksteins writes, "was the psychological turning point . . ....(展开全部)

【作者简介】 莫德里斯•埃克斯斯坦是多伦多大学历史系荣休教授。他受人称道的畅销书《春之祭》曾在九个国家出版，并荣获华莱士•K. 弗格森奖和延龄草图书奖，还被《环球邮报》和《纽约时报》列为当年的优秀图书之一。《漫步天明后》(Walking Since Daybreak)也是一部全国畅销书，获得过皮尔逊作家信托基金非虚构图书奖，并被《泰晤士报文学增刊》、《洛杉矶时报》和《环球邮报》列为2000年优秀图书之一。他备受期待的《春之祭》续篇《太阳舞》(Solar Dance)也已出版。 【译者简介】 李晓江，北京大学哲学博士。爱书。教书、读书之余，亦以译书为乐。译有《失败的帝国：从斯大林到戈尔巴乔夫》《朱可夫：斯大林的将军》《斯大林的战争》。

【作者简介】 莫德里斯•埃克斯斯坦是多伦多大学历史系荣休教授。他受人称道的畅销书《春之祭》曾在九个国家出版，并荣获华莱士•K. 弗格森奖和延龄草图书奖，还被《环球邮报》和《纽约时报》列为当年的优秀图书之一。《漫步天明后》(Walking Since Daybreak)也是一部全国畅销书，获得过皮尔逊作家信托基金非虚构图书奖，并被《泰晤士报文学增刊》、《洛杉矶时报》和《环球邮报》列为2000年优秀图书之一。他备受期待的《春之祭》续篇《太阳舞》(Solar Dance)也已出版。 【译者简介】 李晓江，北京大学哲学博士。爱书。教书、读书之余，亦以译书为乐。译有《失败的帝国：从斯大林到戈尔巴乔夫》《朱可夫：斯大林的将军》《斯大林的战争》。

This spectacularly illustrated book is a comprehensive exploration of astronomy through the eyes of the world's observatories and spacecraft missions. Featuring the latest and most stunning images, it provides a magnificent portrayal of the beauty of the cosmos. The accompanying text is an accessible guide to the science behind the wonders, with clear explanations of all the ma...(展开全部)

This spectacularly illustrated book is a comprehensive exploration of astronomy through the eyes of the world's observatories and spacecraft missions. Featuring the latest and most stunning images, it provides a magnificent portrayal of the beauty of the cosmos. The accompanying text is an accessible guide to the science behind the wonders, with clear explanations of all the ma...(展开全部)

For decades, James MacGregor Burns has been one of the great masters of the study of power and leadership in America. Now he turns his eye to an institution of government that he believes has become more powerful, and more partisan, than the founding fathers ever intended—the Supreme Court. Much as we would like to believe that the Court remains aloof from ideological politics,...(展开全部)