If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably turn to authoritarianism. This is the central idea of Escape from Freedom, a landmark work by one of the most distinguished thinkers of our time, and a book that is as timely now as when first published in 1941. Few books have thrown such light upon the forces that shape modern s...(展开全部)

Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel and far-flung consolidation. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewellery, kingshi...(展开全部)

This classic focuses on the gathering, handling, and interpretation of numerical data from zoological investigations. Contents include types and properties of numerical data, mensuration, frequency distributions and grouping, patterns of frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion and variability, populations and samples, and probability. "Exce...(展开全部)

弗兰克•威廉•沃尔班克（F. W. Walbank，1909-2008），生前为利物浦大学名誉退休教授、不列颠学会会员。曾在剑桥大学的彼得豪斯学院（Peterhouse）学习古典学，从1951年到1977年间，一直是利物浦大学的古代史和古典考古学的拉思伯恩（Rathbone）教授，他也是匹兹堡大学访问学者、加州大学伯克利分校的访问学者、普林斯顿高级研究院的成员。其出版的著作包括《马其顿的腓力五世》、《波里比阿》、《有关波里比阿的历史注释》（3卷）、《可怕的革命》（与N. G. L. Hammond合著）以及《马其顿史，公元前336-前167年》（第3卷）。他也是《剑桥古代史》第7卷、第8卷的主编之一。

This is the classic book on war as we know it. During his long life, Basil H. Liddell Hart was considered one of the world's foremost military thinkers--a man generally regarded as the "Clausewitz of the 20th century." Liddell Hart stressed movement, flexibilty, surprise. He saw that in most military campaigns dislocation of the enemy's psychological and physical balance is p...(展开全部)

Born in poverty in India, Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) became a leading spiritual and philosophical thinker whose ideas continue to influence us today. George Bernard Shaw declared that he was the most beautiful human being he had ever seen and Aldous Huxley was one of his close friends. Whether debating politics with Nehru, discussing theories with Rupert Sheldrake and Iris ...(展开全部)

Krishnamurti shows how people can free themselves radically and immediately from the tyranny of the expected, no matter what their age--opening the door to transforming society and their relationships.

Now in its eighth edition, this continues to be the indispensable guide to understanding the world we make and the lives we lead. Revised and updated throughout, it remains unrivalled in its vibrant, engaging and authoritative introduction to sociology. The authors provide a commanding overview of recent global developments and new ideas in sociology. Classic debates are also g...(展开全部)