One of the world's leading specialists in Indo-European religion and society, Bruce Lincoln expresses in these essays his severe doubts about the existence of a much-hypothesized prototypical Indo-European religion. Written over fifteen years, the essays--six of them previously unpublished--fall into three parts. Part I deals with matters "Indo-European" in a relatively unprobl...(展开全部)

One of the world's leading specialists in Indo-European religion and society, Bruce Lincoln expresses in these essays his severe doubts about the existence of a much-hypothesized prototypical Indo-European religion. Written over fifteen years, the essayssix of them previously unpublishedfall into three parts. Part I deals with matters "Indo-European" in a relatively unproblemat...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize War & War begins at a point of danger: on a dark train platform Korim is on the verge of being attacked and robbed by thuggish teenagers. From here, we are carried along by the insistent voice of this nervous clerk. Desperate, at times almost mad, but also keenly empathic, Korim has discovered in a small Hungarian town's archive...(展开全部)

威廉·卡费罗(William Caferro)，美国范德堡大学历史系教授，专长为欧洲中世纪史，尤其是意大利史研究，于2010年荣获古根海姆奖。代表作有《雇佣兵公司与锡耶纳的衰落》《佛罗伦萨的斯皮内利家族：文艺复兴时期商人家族的财富》《约翰·霍克伍德：14 世纪意大利的英格兰雇佣兵》《彼持拉克的战争：黑死病阴霾下的佛罗伦萨》等。

One of the most famous psychological studies of the late twentieth century, "On Death and Dying" grew out of an interdisciplinary seminar on death, originated and conducted by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. In "On Death and Dying, " Dr. Kubler-Ross first introduced and explored the now-famous idea of the five stages of dealing with death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, de...(展开全部)

德鲁•吉尔平•福斯特（1947—） 美国历史学家，曾担任哈佛拉德克里夫高等研究院院长，同时兼任林肯历史讲座教授。2007年至今任哈佛大学校长，获选美国《时代》杂志2007年度百大最具影响力人物。福斯特是哈佛大学历史上第一位女校长，也是自1672年以来第一位没有哈佛学习经历的哈佛校长。她的著作包括《创造之母：美国内战期间蓄奴南部的女性》、《这受难的国度：死亡与美国内战》等。她与丈夫现居马萨诸塞州的坎布里奇（剑桥）。

More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. In This Republic of Suffering , Drew Gilpin Faust reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation, describing how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religiou...(展开全部)

An illuminating study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and practicalities of death in the face of the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War. During the war, approximately 620,000 soldiers lost their lives. An equivalent proportion of today’s population would be six million. This Republic of Suffering explores the impact of this enormous death toll from eve...(展开全部)

A trenchant analysis of sacrifice as the foundation of the modern, as well as the ancient, social order. The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual natures of sacrifice, embodying both ritual slaughter and moral rectitude, were a...(展开全部)

A trenchant analysis of sacrifice as the foundation of the modern, as well as the ancient, social order. The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual natures of sacrifice, embodying both ritual slaughter and moral rectitude, were a...(展开全部)