Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? Credited by some with ...(展开全部)

Celebrated in his own time as well as the present,Rembrandt's works have remarkable staying power. His output was prodigious, totalling around 600 paintings, 300 etchings and 2,000 drawings ranging from commissioned portraits to landscapes to religious allegories. In spite of his longstanding popularity, however, authoritative accounts of Rembrandt's life and work have been dif...(展开全部)

莫里斯·罗萨比 （orris Rossabi），国际知名的远东史研究专家，纽约市立大学杰出教授兼哥伦比亚大学教授，中国及中亚史研究专家，对远东乃至整个亚洲的艺术在西方的传播起到了积极的作用。他一生著作等身，主要集中在对蒙古民族历史的研究上。代表作有：《忽必烈和他的世界帝国》、《元明时期的女真人》、《1368年以来的中国和中亚》等。

莫里斯·罗萨比 （orris Rossabi），国际知名的远东史研究专家，纽约市立大学杰出教授兼哥伦比亚大学教授，中国及中亚史研究专家，对远东乃至整个亚洲的艺术在西方的传播起到了积极的作用。他一生著作等身，主要集中在对蒙古民族历史的研究上。代表作有：《忽必烈和他的世界帝国》、《元明时期的女真人》、《1368年以来的中国和中亚》等。

Few have left a deeper impression on the world of typography than Jan Tschichold (1902â74), one of the most outstanding and influential designers of the 20th century. Not only was he was a master in his field, but he wrote a number of highly influential books and became instrumental in promoting the modernist design strategy called the New Typography. This substantial volume co...(展开全部)

Few have left a deeper impression on the world of typography than Jan Tschichold (1902â74), one of the most outstanding and influential designers of the 20th century. Not only was he was a master in his field, but he wrote a number of highly influential books and became instrumental in promoting the modernist design strategy called the New Typography. This substantial volume co...(展开全部)

A new biography with all accessible paintings illustrated in colour. <br />Traces the life and career of the seventeenth-century painter, shows all of his works, and offers a fresh analysis of each painting.

Michel Foucault and Paul Veyne: the philosopher and the historian. Two major figures in the world of ideas, resisting all attempts at categorization. Two timeless thinkers who have long walked and fought together. In this short book Paul Veyne offers a fresh portrait of his friend and relaunches the debate about his ideas and legacy. ‘Foucault is not who you think he is’, write...(展开全部)

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) was one of America's most famous economists for good reason. From his acerbic analysis of America's "private wealth and public squalor" to his denunciation of the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, Galbraith consistently challenged "conventional wisdom" (a phrase he coined). He did so as a witty commentator on America's political follies and as a versa...(展开全部)