The life of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world’s rst transatlantic empire, com...(展开全部)

The life of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world’s rst transatlantic empire, com...(展开全部)

Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, is one of the most extraordinary figures ever to rule an empire. Driven by unremitting physical energy and intellectual curiosity, he was a man of many parts, a warlord and conqueror, a judge who promised "for each their law and justice," a defender of the Latin Church, a man of flesh and blood. In the twelve centuries since his death, war...(展开全部)

珍妮特・Ｌ・妮爾森女爵士Janet L. Nelson DBE 倫敦國王學院的中世紀史榮譽教授，她已在該校執教多年。她曾針對中世紀早期的歐洲進行大量書寫和翻譯，其著作包括《禿頭查理》（Charles the Bald，一九九二年出版）、《法蘭克人的世界》（The Frankish World，一九九六年出版），以及《中世紀早期的宮廷、菁英與性別化的權力》（Courts, Elites, and Gendered Power in the Early Middle Ages，二〇〇七年出版）。她居住在倫敦。 【附註：DBE女性爵級司令勳章（Knight/Dame Commander）】 相關著作：《查理大帝：從法蘭克國王到「羅馬人的皇帝」，歐洲之父傳奇之路（上冊）》《查理大帝：從法蘭克國王到「羅馬人的皇帝」，歐洲之父傳奇之路（下冊）》 譯者簡介 李易安...(展开全部)

珍妮特・Ｌ・妮爾森女爵士Janet L. Nelson DBE 倫敦國王學院的中世紀史榮譽教授，她已在該校執教多年。她曾針對中世紀早期的歐洲進行大量書寫和翻譯，其著作包括《禿頭查理》（Charles the Bald，一九九二年出版）、《法蘭克人的世界》（The Frankish World，一九九六年出版），以及《中世紀早期的宮廷、菁英與性別化的權力》（Courts, Elites, and Gendered Power in the Early Middle Ages，二〇〇七年出版）。她居住在倫敦。 【附註：DBE女性爵級司令勳章（Knight/Dame Commander）】 相關著作：《查理大帝：從法蘭克國王到「羅馬人的皇帝」，歐洲之父傳奇之路（上冊）》《查理大帝：從法蘭克國王到「羅馬人的皇帝」，歐洲之父傳奇之路（下冊）》 譯者簡介 李易安...(展开全部)

Charles I, often known as Charlemagne, remains one of the most extraordinary figures ever to rule an empire. Janet Nelson’s wonderful book brings together everything we know about Charles I, sifting through the available evidence, literary and material, to paint a vivid portrait of the man and his motives. Building on Nelson’s own extraordinary knowledge, this biography is a so...(展开全部)

Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, but most of all a great novelist - the creator of characters who live immortally in the English imagination: the Artful Dodger, Mr Pickwick, Pip, David Copperfield, Little Nell, Lady Dedlock, and many more. At t...(展开全部)

The tumultuous life of England's greatest novelist, beautifully rendered by unparalleled literary biographer Claire Tomalin. When Charles Dickens died in 1870, The Times of London successfully campaigned for his burial in Westminster Abbey, the final resting place of England's kings and heroes. Thousands flocked to mourn the best recognized and loved man of nineteenth-cent...(展开全部)

The New York Times and international bestseller-now updated with the latest research Anticancer has been a bestselling phenomenon since Viking first published it in fall 2008. Now, a new edition addresses current developments in cancer research and offers more tips on how people living with cancer can fight it and how healthy people can prevent it. The new edition of ...(展开全部)

Would it surprise you to hear that one in four people are affected by cancer? If you knew that simple lifestyle changes could significantly reduce your chances of developing the disease, would you take advantage of your natural defences? 'I had cancer. I was diagnosed for the first time 15 years ago. I received conventional treatment and the cancer went into remission, but I re...(展开全部)