戴维·科丁利，英国航海史学家，主要研究海洋军事学与海盗史，是影片《加勒比海盗》的历史顾问。毕业于牛津大学的他曾担任英国格林威治地区的英国国家海洋博物馆展览部部长与图片管理者十二年之久，在英国国家海洋博物馆主办过一系列关于海洋军事史方面的展览，其中关于海盗的“海盗：事实与虚构”展获得极大反响和成功。

戴维·科丁利，英国航海史学家，主要研究海洋军事学与海盗史，是影片《加勒比海盗》的历史顾问。毕业于牛津大学的他曾担任英国格林威治地区的英国国家海洋博物馆展览部部长与图片管理者十二年之久，在英国国家海洋博物馆主办过一系列关于海洋军事史方面的展览，其中关于海盗的“海盗：事实与虚构”展获得极大反响和成功。

The nineteenth century saw several major innovations in naval warfare. Reliable steam engines made it so that ships no longer depended on the wind and could maneuver more freely. At the same time, new explosive shells were developed, replacing cannonballs, and no wooden ship could withstand them. In response to these shells, a new class of self-propelled, armored "ironclads" wa...(展开全部)

Eunuch and Emperor in the Great Age of Qing Rule offers a new interpretation of eunuchs and their connection to imperial rule in the first century and a half of the Qing dynasty (1644–1800). This period encompassed the reigns of three of China’s most important emperors, men who were deeply affected by the great eunuch corruption of the fallen Ming dynasty. In this groundbreakin...(展开全部)

In 1766 Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- philosopher, novelist, composer, educational and political provocateur -- was on the run from intolerance, persecution, and enemies who decried him as a madman, dangerous to society. David Hume, now recognized as the foremost philosopher in the English language, was universally lauded as a paragon of decency. Having willingly put himself unde...(展开全部)

Heroines of the Qing introduces an array of Chinese women from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who were powerful, active subjects of their own lives and who wrote themselves as the heroines of their exemplary stories. Traditionally, "exemplary women" (lienu)-heroic martyrs, chaste widows, and faithful maidens, for example-were written into official dynastic histories fo...(展开全部)

Heroines of the Qing introduces an array of Chinese women from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who were powerful, active subjects of their own lives and who wrote themselves as the heroines of their exemplary stories. Traditionally, "exemplary women" (lienu)-heroic martyrs, chaste widows, and faithful maidens, for example-were written into official dynastic histories fo...(展开全部)

A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexan...(展开全部)