A portrait of world civilization told through the fascinating stories of the world’s greatest cities. A work of history, but also about art and architecture, trade and commerce, travel and exploration, economics and politics, this is above all a book about people and how, over the millennia, they have managed to live closely together. From the origins of urbanization in Mesopot...(展开全部)

A portrait of world civilization told through the stories of the world's greatest cities from ancient times to the present. Today, for the first time in history, the majority of people in the world live in cities. The implications and challenges associated with this fact are enormous. But how did we get here? From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global met...(展开全部)

This collection of compelling eye-witness accounts showcases the very best writing on the Antarctic, from Ernest Shackleton on the loss of the Endurance to Lynne Cox on her epic, icy swim in 2002. Includes 35 first-hand accounts of men and women challenging one of the Earth's last true wildernesses, encompassing both legendary tales of heroism and shocking contemporary accounts...(展开全部)

The culmination of a lifetime's field work and research, William Lindesay selects 50 artefacts to tell the story of the Great Wall from the 2nd century B.C. to the late-twentieth century. Much like an excavation, from the survey beforehand to the foundations, the core, and eventually the ruins, Lindesay explores the majesty of the Wall through the objects it has inspired such a...(展开全部)

Fraud permeates all types of institutions today and now the world of science, the last bastion of respect and trust, is no exception. Dozens of cases have been uncovered in the past quarter-century-and the headlines continue. We can no longer shrug off fraud in science as the work of aberrant individual scientists, Horace Freeland Judson argues. Instead, we must look for its ca...(展开全部)

Fraud permeates all types of institutions today and now the world of science, the last bastion of respect and trust, is no exception. Dozens of cases have been uncovered in the past quarter-century-and the headlines continue. We can no longer shrug off fraud in science as the work of aberrant individual scientists, Horace Freeland Judson argues. Instead, we must look for its ca...(展开全部)

Herbert O. Yardley is one of the legendary figures in the history of espionage. He founded and directed the famous 'American Black Chamber' in World War I and thereafter. When Secretary of State Stimson in 1929 issued the infamous directive 'Gentlemen do not read each other's mail,' he destroyed the Black Chamber and with it much of America's intelligence capability. Yardley, t...(展开全部)

吴芳思（弗朗西丝 ? 伍德）曾在剑桥大学、北京大学以及伦敦大学学习过中文，并且作为大英图书馆中文典藏部主任直至2013年。她出版了众多关于中国的书籍，包括《蓝牌中国指南》《马可波罗到过中国吗？》《丝绸之路：亚洲中心的二千年》《紫禁城》《口岸往事：海外侨民在中国的迷梦与生活》和《禁止野餐：一战期间乱象中国的外交》。 克里斯托弗 ? 阿南德尔转入金融、咨询行业之前，在英、美都教授过古典文学。退休之后，他投入了编、写书籍的工作，作品包括讲述美国奥因银行（Orion Bank）和联合财团的《带上你的合作伙伴》（直译）、《国际化思维，本地化消费》，以及两本中英双语配图的谚语集，包括《空中楼阁》（和吴芳思合作撰写）。他还主编了《克劳福德勋爵的一战日记》（笔与剑出版社于 2014年出版）。

吴芳思（弗朗西丝 ? 伍德）曾在剑桥大学、北京大学以及伦敦大学学习过中文，并且作为大英图书馆中文典藏部主任直至2013年。她出版了众多关于中国的书籍，包括《蓝牌中国指南》《马可波罗到过中国吗？》《丝绸之路：亚洲中心的二千年》《紫禁城》《口岸往事：海外侨民在中国的迷梦与生活》和《禁止野餐：一战期间乱象中国的外交》。 克里斯托弗 ? 阿南德尔转入金融、咨询行业之前，在英、美都教授过古典文学。退休之后，他投入了编、写书籍的工作，作品包括讲述美国奥因银行（Orion Bank）和联合财团的《带上你的合作伙伴》（直译）、《国际化思维，本地化消费》，以及两本中英双语配图的谚语集，包括《空中楼阁》（和吴芳思合作撰写）。他还主编了《克劳福德勋爵的一战日记》（笔与剑出版社于 2014年出版）。