An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history, the greatest statesmen of their generation--and perhaps any--came together to define t...(展开全部)

In this landmark work of history, the National Book Award—winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals–Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison–confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our nation. The United States was more a fragile hope than a reality in 179...(展开全部)

An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. During the 1790s, which Ellis calls the most decisive decade in our nation's history, the greatest statesmen of their generation--and perhaps any--came together to define t...(展开全部)

In this landmark work of history, the National Book Award—winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals–Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison–confronted the overwhelming challenges before them to set the course for our nation. The United States was more a fragile hope than a reality in 179...(展开全部)

约瑟夫•J. 埃利斯著有多部美国历史著作，包括《激情满怀的圣人：约翰•亚当斯的品性和遗产》（Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams）和《美国的斯芬克斯：托马斯•杰斐逊的品性》（American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson），这本书赢得了1997年国家图书奖。埃利斯毕业于威廉•玛丽学院和耶鲁大学，他与妻子和三个儿子一起居住在马塞诸塞州的阿默斯特。 邓海平，律师，北京大学法学学士及硕士，美国佐治亚大学LL.M。 邓友平，律师，武汉大学理学士，北京大学法学硕士和加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学M.A。

约瑟夫•J. 埃利斯著有多部美国历史著作，包括《激情满怀的圣人：约翰•亚当斯的品性和遗产》（Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams）和《美国的斯芬克斯：托马斯•杰斐逊的品性》（American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson），这本书赢得了1997年国家图书奖。埃利斯毕业于威廉•玛丽学院和耶鲁大学，他与妻子和三个儿子一起居住在马塞诸塞州的阿默斯特。 邓海平，律师，北京大学法学学士及硕士，美国佐治亚大学LL.M。 邓友平，律师，武汉大学理学士，北京大学法学硕士和加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学M.A。

Set in the great Brazilian port of Manaus during the golden decades of the Rubber Boom in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this is the story of identical twin brothers who battle for the love of their mother. It is also a portrait of a city built over the confluence of two great rivers in the middle of the Amazon rainforest.

Beethoven’s political ideals, inspired by the French Revolution and Napoleon, radiate through his ground-breaking compositions. Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas in Bonn where they were fervently discussed in cafés and at the university. At the age of 21, he moved to Vienna to study with Haydn, gaining renown as a master pianist and innovative composer. In...(展开全部)

Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe what had happened: the age of fli...(展开全部)