This immensely popular, witty, and highly provocative book is changing people's attitudes about convenience, decor, and technology in home design and furnishing. 10 black-and-white illustrations.

With apologies to Hegel, Marx, and Lenin, the basic unit of modern society is neither the state, nor the commune, nor the party; it is the company. From this bold premise, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge chart the rise of one of history’s great catalysts for good and evil. In a “fast-paced and well-written” work (Forbes), the authors reveal how innovations such as limit...(展开全部)

[英]约翰·米克尔思韦特，《经济学人》杂志资深记者，毕业于牛津大学，作品遍及《纽约时报》《金融时报》《华尔街日报》《卫报》等主流媒体。 [英]阿德里安·伍尔德里奇，《经济学人》杂志资深记者，毕业于牛津大学，作品遍及《华盛顿邮报》《外交政策》《金融时报》《泰晤士报文学增刊》等主流媒体。

From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. “Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great ...(展开全部)

“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he ...(展开全部)

From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. “Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great ...(展开全部)

“Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he ...(展开全部)

Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Yet behind these anxieties lies an older, much deeper fear about the power that climate exerts over us. The Empire of Climate traces the history of this idea and its pervasive ...(展开全部)

Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Yet behind these anxieties lies an older, much deeper fear about the power that climate exerts over us. The Empire of Climate traces the history of this idea and its pervasive ...(展开全部)

作者簡介 休•甘迺迪Hugh Kennedy 資深著名伊斯蘭研究學者。倫敦大學亞非學院語言與文化系阿拉伯語文教授，英國學院和皇家學院研究員。他是研究哈里發制度權威，從16歲開始對此主題產生興趣，出版過多本教科書等級的哈里發相關著作，如《哈里發的宮廷》（Court of the Caliphs）。二○○○年，被選為愛丁堡皇家學會院士。二○一三年，被選為英國國家學術院院士。 譯者簡介 黃煜文 1974年生。專職譯者，譯有《讀建築》、《阿拉伯人500年史》、《耶路撒冷三千年》、《我們最幸福：北韓人民的真實生活》等書。