As part of the Allied forces, thousands of Kenyans fought alongside the British in World War II. But just a few years after the defeat of Hitler, the British colonial government detained nearly the entire population of Kenyas largest ethnic minority, the Kikuyusome one and a half million people. The compelling story of the system of prisons and work camps where thousands met th...(展开全部)

With this book—his most ambitious yet—Ken McGoogan delivers a vivid, comprehensive recasting of Arctic-exploration history. Dead Reckoning challenges the conventional narrative, which emerged out of Victorian England and focused almost exclusively on Royal Navy officers. By integrating non-British and fur-trade explorers and, above all, Canada’s indigenous peoples, into the his...(展开全部)

Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement, grew up in the highlands of Kenya, where fig trees cloaked the hills, fish filled the streams, and the people tended their bountiful gardens. But over many years, as more and more land was cleared, Kenya was transformed. When Wangari returned home from college in America, she found the...(展开全部)

约瑟夫·古尔登（Joseph Goulden），美国知名政治作家，曾长期从事情报分析工作，后投身新闻业，任《费城问讯报》华盛顿分社主管。古尔登在《朝鲜战争》前一部著作《黄金时代：1945-1950》（The Best Years：1945-1950）中涵盖了从美国对日战争胜利（V-J Days）到朝鲜战争的历史，被美国最权威的文化机构“每月一书俱乐部”选为力荐读物。另一著作《超级律师》（The Superlawyers）登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜达24周之久。 ★译者简介： 于滨，美国斯坦福大学博士，中国社会科学院研究生院硕士，北京外国语大学学士。现任美国文博大学政治系教授 、美国陆军战争学院访问学者，兼上海美国学会资深研究员、北京《外交观察》季刊策划。有中、英文学术著作6本，论文百余篇。 谈锋，毕业于北京大学、中国社会科学院研究生院，曾在美国斯坦...(展开全部)

约瑟夫·古尔登（Joseph Goulden），美国知名政治作家，曾长期从事情报分析工作，后投身新闻业，任《费城问讯报》华盛顿分社主管。古尔登在《朝鲜战争》前一部著作《黄金时代：1945-1950》（The Best Years：1945-1950）中涵盖了从美国对日战争胜利（V-J Days）到朝鲜战争的历史，被美国最权威的文化机构“每月一书俱乐部”选为力荐读物。另一著作《超级律师》（The Superlawyers）登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜达24周之久。 ★译者简介： 于滨，美国斯坦福大学博士，中国社会科学院研究生院硕士，北京外国语大学学士。现任美国文博大学政治系教授 、美国陆军战争学院访问学者，兼上海美国学会资深研究员、北京《外交观察》季刊策划。有中、英文学术著作6本，论文百余篇。 谈锋，毕业于北京大学、中国社会科学院研究生院，曾在美国斯坦...(展开全部)

The Panama Canal set a new course for the modern development of Central America. Cutting a convenient path from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, it hastened the currents of trade and migration that were already reshaping the Western hemisphere. Yet the waterway was built at considerable cost to a way of life that had characterized the region for centuries. In Erased, Marixa ...(展开全部)

The Panama Canal set a new course for the modern development of Central America. Cutting a convenient path from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, it hastened the currents of trade and migration that were already reshaping the Western hemisphere. Yet the waterway was built at considerable cost to a way of life that had characterized the region for centuries. In Erased, Marixa ...(展开全部)

亚当·希金博特姆（Adam Higginbotham） 1968年生于英国，《纽约客》《连线》《史密森尼》和《纽约时报杂志》主笔。 鲁伊 | 译者 旅居澳大利亚的独立译者。曾任《三联生活周刊》主笔。译作有《切尔诺贝利的午夜》《张纯如：无法忘却历史的女子》（曾获第四届中国传记文学奖翻译奖）等。

亚当·希金博特姆（Adam Higginbotham） 1968年生于英国，《纽约客》《连线》《史密森尼》和《纽约时报杂志》主笔。 鲁伊 | 译者 旅居澳大利亚的独立译者。曾任《三联生活周刊》主笔。译作有《切尔诺贝利的午夜》《张纯如：无法忘却历史的女子》（曾获第四届中国传记文学奖翻译奖）等。

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. April 25, 1986, in Chernobyl, was a turning point in world history. The disaster not only changed the world’s perception of nuclear power and the science that spawned it, but also our understanding of the planet’s delicate ecology. With the...(展开全部)