Stalingrad was one of the largest, bloodiest, and most famous battles in history as well as one of the major turning points of World War II. For four winter months during the battle, German and Soviet forces fought over a single factory inside the city of Stalingrad. Lavishly illustrated with photos and maps, Island of Fire presents a day-by-day—at times hour-by-hour—chronicle ...(展开全部)

Five months, one week and three days of hell. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in August 1942, using the 6th Army and elements of the 4th Panzer Army. The attack was supported by intense bombing that reduced much of the city to rubble. The battle degenerated into house-to-house fighting, as both sides poured reinforcements in. By mid-November, the Germans had pu...(展开全部)

The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler's Third Reich -- newly in print for the 50th anniversary of VE Day. The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and brought the Nazi leviathan to its downfall. It was also...(展开全部)

汤姆·霍兰（Tom Holland）英国畅销历史作家，尤其擅长古典历史文学写作。他曾就读于剑桥大学，取得了英语、拉丁语两科一等荣誉学位。 汤姆·霍兰著有多部畅销历史作品，他的代表作《卢比孔河》与《波斯战火》出版后，被《星期日泰晤士报》《每日电讯报》《独立报》《卫报》《观察家报》等多家媒体评选为年度最佳图书，《卢比孔河》被授予赫塞尔—蒂尔特曼历史学奖，并被提名塞缪尔·约翰逊奖，《波斯战火》被授予“朗西曼奖”。 汤姆·霍兰为英国广播公司第4频道改编过《荷马》《希罗多德》《修昔底德》《维吉尔》等历史节目，为“企鹅古典系列”翻译过希罗多德《历史》。他曾担任英国作家协会主席，目前是英国古典协会委员。

In 480 B.C., Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory—rapid, spectacular victory—had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities, putting together an empire whic...(展开全部)

汤姆·霍兰（Tom Holland）英国畅销历史作家，尤其擅长古典历史文学写作。他曾就读于剑桥大学，取得了英语、拉丁语两科一等荣誉学位。 汤姆·霍兰著有多部畅销历史作品，他的代表作《卢比孔河》与《波斯战火》出版后，被《星期日泰晤士报》《每日电讯报》《独立报》《卫报》《观察家报》等多家媒体评选为年度最佳图书，《卢比孔河》被授予赫塞尔—蒂尔特曼历史学奖，并被提名塞缪尔·约翰逊奖，《波斯战火》被授予“朗西曼奖”。 汤姆·霍兰为英国广播公司第4频道改编过《荷马》《希罗多德》《修昔底德》《维吉尔》等历史节目，为“企鹅古典系列”翻译过希罗多德《历史》。他曾担任英国作家协会主席，目前是英国古典协会委员。

In 480 B.C., Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory—rapid, spectacular victory—had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities, putting together an empire whic...(展开全部)

In the bestselling tradition of Steven Pressfield, Bernard Cornwell, and Conn Iggulden, a blockbuster set in gladiatorial Rome Already a bestseller in the U.K., "Fire in the East" is the first gripping installment in an immense grand narrativeathe Warrior of Rome series. In this awell-constructed, well-paced and gripping accounta (Times Literary Supplement) Harry Sidebottom co...(展开全部)

?A book not to be missed, just plain good reading about the drama of the Kids next door turning their dreams into millions.?~ ùThe New York Times~?Swaine and Freiberger capture the communal spirit of

伊恩‧歐佛頓 Iain Overton 畢業於劍橋大學唐寧學院，在倫敦的慈善機構「對武裝暴力採取行動」(Action on Armed Violence)擔任主席，並於劍橋大學擔任客座講師，同時也是調查記者兼戰地記者，於全世界超過八十國工作，在柬埔寨、伊拉克和索馬利亞等殺戮地區報導新聞。他也以製片的身分，為BBC、ITN和Al Jazeera等導演紀錄片，並且和《衛報》(the Guardian)、《獨立報》(the Independent)、《周日時報》(Sunday Times)等合作。他的報導曾榮獲皮博迪獎(Peabody Award)，兩度獲得國際特赦組織獎(Amnesty Award)以及一座英國電影和電視藝術學院蘇格蘭獎(BAFTA Scotland)。他成立調查新聞報導局(Bureau of Investigative Journali...(展开全部)