“Thoroughly engrossing . . . a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags.” —The Wall Street Journal From The New York Times–bestselling author of The Ghost Map and Extra Life, the story of a pirate who changed the world Henry Every was the seventeenth century’s most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popul...(展开全部)

史蒂文·约翰逊（Steven Johnson） 《纽约时报》畅销书作家，知名科普作家、媒体理论家，美国前总统克林顿、英国前首相布莱尔赞誉有加。 其著作多聚焦于科学、技术和创新领域，以引人入胜的观察，揭示伟大创意的起源，被称作“科技界的达尔文”。著有包括《我们如何走到今天》《伟大创意的诞生》《远见》《海盗经济》《幽灵地图》（The Ghost Map）在内的超过10部畅销书。作品被译成十多种语言，在全世界广为传播。 他创建了众多有影响力的网站，同时还是美国公共电视台和英国广播公司（BBC）系列记录片《我们如何走到今天》的主持人和联合制作人。

史蒂文·约翰逊（Steven Johnson） 《纽约时报》畅销书作家，知名科普作家、媒体理论家，美国前总统克林顿、英国前首相布莱尔赞誉有加。 其著作多聚焦于科学、技术和创新领域，以引人入胜的观察，揭示伟大创意的起源，被称作“科技界的达尔文”。著有包括《我们如何走到今天》《伟大创意的诞生》《远见》《海盗经济》《幽灵地图》（The Ghost Map）在内的超过10部畅销书。作品被译成十多种语言，在全世界广为传播。 他创建了众多有影响力的网站，同时还是美国公共电视台和英国广播公司（BBC）系列记录片《我们如何走到今天》的主持人和联合制作人。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

First published in 1921, The Story of Mankind has charmed generations of readers of all ages with its warmth, simplicity, and wisdom. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history, Hendrik van Loon's incomparable prose enlivens the characters and events of every age. His unique ability to convey history as a fascinating tale of adven...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

The dramatic, unlikely story behind the founding of Twitter, by New York Times bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent The San Francisco-based technology company Twitter has become a powerful force in less than ten years. Today it’s everything from a tool for fighting political oppression in the Middle East to a marketing must-have to the world’s living room du...(展开全部)

The dramatic, unlikely story behind the founding of Twitter, by New York Times bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent The San Francisco-based technology company Twitter has become a powerful force in less than ten years. Today it’s everything from a tool for fighting political oppression in the Middle East to a marketing must-have to the world’s living room du...(展开全部)

This book aims to demonstrate that the changing relationship between humanity and nature is key to understanding world history. Humans have been grappling with environmental problems since prehistoric times, and the environmental unsustainability of human practices has often been a decisive, if not immediately evident, shaping factor in history. The measures that societies and ...(展开全部)

This book aims to demonstrate that the changing relationship between humanity and nature is key to understanding world history. Humans have been grappling with environmental problems since prehistoric times, and the environmental unsustainability of human practices has often been a decisive, if not immediately evident, shaping factor in history. The measures that societies and ...(展开全部)