It is 1930 and piracy is rampant on the South China seas. Murderous bands of cutthroats roam the Pearl River Delta and coastal shipping routes, an ever-present menace to the trade of Hong Kong and beyond. Globetrotting journalist Aleko E. Lilius sets out to infiltrate these mysterious pirate gangs and is eventually taken into the confidence of South China's notorious pirate que...(展开全部)

The year 1995, when the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, marks a historical milestone in the development of the Chinese feminist movement. In the decades that followed, three distinct trends emerged: first, there was a rise in feminist NGOs in mainland China and a surfacing of LGBTQ movements; second, social and economic developments nurtured new female age...(展开全部)

The year 1995, when the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, marks a historical milestone in the development of the Chinese feminist movement. In the decades that followed, three distinct trends emerged: first, there was a rise in feminist NGOs in mainland China and a surfacing of LGBTQ movements; second, social and economic developments nurtured new female age...(展开全部)

英国皇家海军退伍军官。1937年生于伦敦，几个月后被父母带到中国。第二次世界大战爆发后，回到英国。1953年加入英国皇家海军；1957年在“钻石”号驱逐舰上服役于地中海海域；1959年，在“纽芬兰”号上担任航海指挥官，服役于远东海域；1960年，调到“决心”号战略导弹核潜艇，任作战官；1968年，担任“鳁鲸”号潜艇艇长，被授予海军中校军衔，执行全球航行访问任务。在皇家海军的服役期间，他曾率舰沿着伟大的航海家哥伦布、迪亚斯、卡布拉尔和达·伽马的航线行遍世界。退伍之后，他曾多次走访中国与亚洲各国，专注于研究郑和率领的中国舰队先于欧洲航海家发现新大陆的传奇旅程。

One thing that greatly puzzled me when writing 1421 was the lack of curiosity among many professional historians. After all, Christopher Columbus supposedly discovered America in 1492. Yet 18 years before he set sail, Columbus had a map of the Americas, which he later acknowledged in his logs. Indeed, even before his first voyage, Columbus signed a contract with the King and Qu...(展开全部)

颜鸿森，为美国普渡大学机械工程学系博士，曾任美国纽约州立大学石溪分校副教授、成功大学机械工程学系教授、台湾科学工艺博物馆馆长及大叶大学校长等职。

比尔·波特，美国当代作家、翻译家和著名汉学家。他把中国古代大量的佛教典籍翻译成英文，在欧美引起了极大的反响。他曾经以“赤松”的笔名翻译出版了《寒山诗集》《石屋山居诗集》《菩提达摩禅法》等英文著作。从1972年起，他一直生活在中国台湾和香港地区，经常在中国大陆旅行，并写了大量介绍中国风土人文的作品，《空谷幽兰》是其中最著名的一本，它在欧美各国掀起了一股学习中国传统文化的热潮。

比尔·波特，美国当代作家、翻译家和著名汉学家。他把中国古代大量的佛教典籍翻译成英文，在欧美引起了极大的反响。他曾经以“赤松”的笔名翻译出版了《寒山诗集》《石屋山居诗集》《菩提达摩禅法》等英文著作。从1972年起，他一直生活在中国台湾和香港地区，经常在中国大陆旅行，并写了大量介绍中国风土人文的作品，《空谷幽兰》是其中最著名的一本，它在欧美各国掀起了一股学习中国传统文化的热潮。

“Lucky for me, Taipei was in the midst of transforming itself into a food lover’s paradise at the exact time I appeared on the scene.” So begins Carolyn Phillips’s journey as a language student in 1970s Taiwan that culminated with her becoming a traditional Chinese family’s eldest daughter- in- law. Through beguiling stories that stretch across four decades, she recalls how she...(展开全部)