An inspirational book to foster the spirit of exploration and travel. It's about appreciating and seeking out adventure in all travel experiences, whether in the remote regions of Russia or the chaotic streets of Shanghai.

In The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, Geraldine Heng questions the common assumption that the concepts of race and racisms only began in the modern era. Examining Europe's encounters with Jews, Muslims, Africans, Native Americans, Mongols, and the Romani ('Gypsies'), from the 12th through 15th centuries, she shows how racial thinking, racial law, racial practice...(展开全部)

A homage to the city of Trieste, rich with history and tinged with the melancholy of remembrance. "Morris at the peak of her form." - The Atlantic Monthly . Here's a book for lovers of all things Italian. This city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as...(展开全部)

简·莫里斯（Jan Morris），被欧洲文学界誉为“20世纪最优秀的叙事作家”。其个人经历颇为传奇：生于英国威尔士的他，原名詹姆斯·莫里斯（James Morris），1972年进行变性手术后，改名为简·莫里斯（Jan Morris），从“他”变成了“她”！ 她著作等身，超过三十余部，包括小说、历史与旅行文学作品。她是英国皇家文学学会会员，曾获大英帝国勋章（OBE）。 2008年1月，莫里斯被《泰晤士报》评选为英国战后最伟大的十五名作家之一。 简·莫里斯从未停止过旅行、写作。她的创作是真实生命的沉潜，而不是浮光掠影式的舞台表演。生活中的她，是个勇敢地忠实于自己内心渴望的人；写作时的她，则是一位内心复杂而丰盛的作者。

雅克·勒戈夫（Jacques Le Goff, 1924- ），法国著名史学家，著述宏富，是“新史学派”在欧洲的代表，现任巴黎高等社会科学院（Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales）院长。

【作者】 理查德·G.纽豪瑟（Richard G. Newhauser） 亚利桑那州立大学（Arizona State University）英语与中世纪研究教授，其研究方向是道德传统与感官史。他的著作包括：《贪婪的早期历史》（The Early History of Greed ，2000；再版于2006年）；《罪恶：西欧中世纪道德传统论集》（Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages，2007）；（合编）《中世纪和近代早期文化中的罪恶观》（Sin in Medieval and Early Modern Culture，2012）等。 【译者】 钱文逸，艺术史学者、译者。早年求学于英国伦敦大学学院，获艺术史与材料研究学士学位（2014年）和艺术史硕士学位（2015年）...(展开全部)

【作者】 理查德·G.纽豪瑟（Richard G. Newhauser） 亚利桑那州立大学（Arizona State University）英语与中世纪研究教授，其研究方向是道德传统与感官史。他的著作包括：《贪婪的早期历史》（The Early History of Greed ，2000；再版于2006年）；《罪恶：西欧中世纪道德传统论集》（Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages，2007）；（合编）《中世纪和近代早期文化中的罪恶观》（Sin in Medieval and Early Modern Culture，2012）等。 【译者】 钱文逸，艺术史学者、译者。早年求学于英国伦敦大学学院，获艺术史与材料研究学士学位（2014年）和艺术史硕士学位（2015年）...(展开全部)

In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region’s crucial role in the conflict. A sweeping narrative of battles and political intrigue from Gallipoli to Arabia, The Fall of the Ottomans is essential reading for anyone seekin...(展开全部)

In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nationalist and Italian forces. But in the aftermath of the assassination in Sarajevo, the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and not even the Middle East could escape the vast and enduring consequences of one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. The G...(展开全部)

The Autumn of the Middle Ages is Johan Huizinga’s classic portrait of life, thought, and art in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century France and the Netherlands. Few who have read this book in English realize that The Waning of the Middle Ages, the only previous translation, is vastly different from the original Dutch, and incompatible will all other European-language translations....(展开全部)