蒲慕州 蒲慕州，1952年生，台湾大学历史系毕业，美国布朗大学埃及学研究所、约翰霍浦金斯大学近东研究所硕士，埃及学博士。 现任台湾“中央研究院”历史语言研究所研究员，台湾大学历史系兼职教授。著有《尼罗河畔的文采》、《墓葬与生死：中国古代宗教之省思》、《中国文化史》等。

The civilization of ancient Egypt continues to cast its spell across the millenia. This is undoubtedly due to the astonishing architectural, artistic, and technological achievements of that culture, as well as its advanced system of writing and the quality of its literature. An international team of scholars has come together for this book in order to present the extraordinary ...(展开全部)

Very few cultures have left behind as many familiar objects and buildings as Ancient Egypt. The Great Pyramid and Sphinx, the Valley of the Kings, the Colossi of Memnon, the plaster bust of Nefertiti, the gold mask of Tutankhamun, the rock-cut temples at Abu Simbel, and the Rosetta Stone all are immediately recognizable. The exceptional beauty of Ancient Egypt's temples, tombs ...(展开全部)

In this superbly illustrated volume, distinguished Egyptologist Zahi Hawass guides you through the architectural landscape of ancient Egypt. From houses and palaces, to the temples of the gods, to the tombs, hundreds of photographs and a compelling text unveil the mysteries of ancient Egypt as unearthed through major excavations. As it leads you on a tour of important sites—th...(展开全部)

In this superbly illustrated volume, distinguished Egyptologist Zahi Hawass guides you through the architectural landscape of ancient Egypt. From houses and palaces, to the temples of the gods, to the tombs, hundreds of photographs and a compelling text unveil the mysteries of ancient Egypt as unearthed through major excavations. As it leads you on a tour of important sites—th...(展开全部)

阿绮波德·立德(Archibald Little，1845～926)，英国在华著名商人立德之妻，习称立德夫人。立德夫人1887年到达中国，她与丈夫在中国生活了20年，几乎走遍了中国南方的所有通商口岸。她努力了解中国家庭，研究中国的政治及教育制度。主要著作有：《在中国的婚事》(1899)、《亲密接触中国》(1899)、《穿蓝色长袍的国度》(1901)、《北京指南》(1904)，《李鸿章，他的生平和时代》、《北京我家花园的周围》(1905)等。游历、写作之外，立德夫人还对中国妇女饱受缠足陋习的荼毒极为同情，因而全力投入清末的反缠足运动。 1906年，立德夫妇离开中国，返回英国。1926年，81岁的立德夫人走完了她作为作家、旅游家和社会改革家的一生。

Mistrusted and derided, instrumentalised and adored - the story of football in Tsarist and early Soviet Russia is as wild and intriguing as that of the country itself. In many ways it is the same story… Football in the Land of the Soviets offers a fresh perspective on a momentous chapter in modern political history. Carles Viñas shows how the Russian game was transformed in jus...(展开全部)

迄今为止，拉尔夫・伊利斯已经出版了两个系列涉及考古学和神学主题的普及型专著，分别是《透特――宇宙的建筑师》和《K2――导解众神》、《耶稣――最后的法老》和《大风暴与出埃及》。这两套书甫一面市即轰动学界，震惊世人。特别在《耶稣――最后的法治》一书中，拉尔夫伊利斯以其丰富的神学、埃及学、犹太学、考古学、语言学和天文学知识，对《圣经》做出了大胆的全新诠释，惊世骇俗地勾勒出一幅背离正史的生动画卷，令人耳目一新，启迪无限思维。在《圣经》影响深远厚重的欧美国家里，此书以其巨大的冲击力当之无愧地成为了上榜畅销书，并引发了重新认识西方宗教本质和起源的风潮。2002年底，伊利斯更是集中最新考古发现的成果，发表了400页的史诗般作品《所罗门―示巴女王之鹰》，它重写了《圣经》的和世俗的历史，被称为是有史以来出版的观点最激进、结论最惊人的《圣经》历史专著。

DECEMBER 1962, THE WEST COUNTRY. Local doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage. Across the field, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of a past life her husband prefers to ignore. He's been up for hours, tending to the needs of the small dairy farm where he hope...(展开全部)

A.亨利·萨维奇·兰道尔（A. Henry Savage Landor 1865～1924），英国著名探险家、人类学家、画家和作家，1892年入选英国皇家地理学会，1897年成为英国皇家学会会员，曾受维多利亚女王、沙皇尼古拉二世、日本内阁总理大臣黑田清隆、朝鲜大使闵泳焕等多国政要接见，著述颇丰，一生出版过12部记录自己探险历程的著作，其中大部分都是讲述他在东亚及中亚的探险经历。