A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'Burning the Books is fascinating, thought-provoking and very timely. No one should keep quiet about this library history' IAN HISLOP Opening with the notorious bonfires of 'un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of intentions, Burning the Books takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge ...(展开全部)

『著者简介』 理查德•奥文登（Richard Ovenden），毕业于杜伦大学和伦敦大学学院，并在牛津大学贝利奥尔学院担任研究员。他自2014年起任牛津大学博德利图书馆的馆长。在此之前，他曾在杜伦大学图书馆、上议院图书馆、苏格兰国家图书馆和爱丁堡大学任职。他是古文物研究学会和皇家艺术学会的会员，美国哲学学会的成员，还是《摄影师约翰•汤姆森（1837—1921）》的作者。他于2019年英国女王寿辰荣获大英帝国勋章。 『译者简介』 刘佳玥，伦敦大学学院硕士，近代早期研究专业，主要研究方向为英国17世纪女性作者的手稿和出版物。

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'Burning the Books is fascinating, thought-provoking and very timely. No one should keep quiet about this library history' IAN HISLOP Opening with the notorious bonfires of 'un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of intentions, Burning the Books takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge ...(展开全部)

『著者简介』 理查德•奥文登（Richard Ovenden），毕业于杜伦大学和伦敦大学学院，并在牛津大学贝利奥尔学院担任研究员。他自2014年起任牛津大学博德利图书馆的馆长。在此之前，他曾在杜伦大学图书馆、上议院图书馆、苏格兰国家图书馆和爱丁堡大学任职。他是古文物研究学会和皇家艺术学会的会员，美国哲学学会的成员，还是《摄影师约翰•汤姆森（1837—1921）》的作者。他于2019年英国女王寿辰荣获大英帝国勋章。 『译者简介』 刘佳玥，伦敦大学学院硕士，近代早期研究专业，主要研究方向为英国17世纪女性作者的手稿和出版物。

From the bestselling author of The Swallows of Kabul comes this timely and haunting novel that powerfully illuminates the devastating human costs of terrorism.Dr. Amin Jaafari is an Arab-Israeli surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. As an admired and respected member of his community, he has carved a space for himself and his wife, Sihem, at the crossroads of two troubled societ...(展开全部)

Ammine, a surgeon in a Jerusalem hospital, struggles to cope with the mangled bodies of victims of a suicide bombing in a downtown Jerusalem pizza restaurant. He is harassed, well-meaning, utterly dedicated and professional – and a naturalised Israeli Arab. When the police pin responsibility the suicide attack on Ammine's wife, he is at first baffled, disbelieving and angr...(展开全部)

Ammine, a surgeon in a Jerusalem hospital, struggles to cope with the mangled bodies of victims of a suicide bombing in a downtown Jerusalem pizza restaurant. He is harassed, well-meaning, utterly dedicated and professional – and a naturalised Israeli Arab. When the police pin responsibility the suicide attack on Ammine's wife, he is at first baffled, disbelieving and angr...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of The Swallows of Kabul comes this timely and haunting novel that powerfully illuminates the devastating human costs of terrorism.Dr. Amin Jaafari is an Arab-Israeli surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. As an admired and respected member of his community, he has carved a space for himself and his wife, Sihem, at the crossroads of two troubled societ...(展开全部)

Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, had a dream in which a tree sprouted from his navel. As the tree grew, its shade covered the earth; as Osman’s empire grew, it, too, covered the earth. This is the most widely accepted foundation myth of the longest-lasting empire in the history of Islam, and offers a telling clue to its unique legacy. Underlying every aspect of the Ott...(展开全部)