A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in the first truly definitive biography of the elusive 35th president. By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power the world had ever seen, a booming American nation he had steered through some of the most perilous diplomati...(展开全部)

弗雷德里克·罗格瓦尔(FredrikLogevall) 哈佛大学国际事务研究中心劳伦斯·D.贝尔弗教授、历史学教授，美国外交关系史和当代国际史专家。其著作《战争的余烬》曾获普利策历史奖和美国历史学家协会弗朗西斯·帕克曼奖等。

'The most compelling biography I have read in years . . . There has been a host of JFK biographies, but this one excels for its narrative drive, fine judgments and meticulous research . . . makes the story seem a cliffhanger even though we know what is coming' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'In his utterly absorbing JFK, Fred Logevall reconstructs not only a great man, but also his...(展开全部)

В сборнике представлена документальная хроника создания и функционирования жесткой системы тотального контроля за содержанием и направлением всех видов печати и литературного творчества. Этот всеобъемлющий контроль и прямое управление творческим процессом распространялись не только на всю печать, но и на личные судьбы писателей и журналистов вплоть до решения вопроса об их жизн...(展开全部)

What do the words elderly, old, and aged really mean? How are they used by society, and how in turn do they define the generation that we are taught to respect and love but instead castigate and avoid? Most importantly, how is our treatment of this generation a reflection of our society's values and priorities? In The Coming of Age, Simone de Beauvoir seeks greater understandin...(展开全部)

From the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it. From the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space that surrounds us, those who study the universe have had to struggle against political and r...(展开全部)

From Plato's Academy in the suburbs of Athens to the latest unified theories of the origin of the universe, this superbly written nontechnical book recounts how the human species has awakened to the enormity of cosmic space and time.

James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life on Earth. He argues that the Anthropocene—the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies—is, after 300 years, coming to an end. A new age—the Novacene—has already begun. In the Novacene, new beings will emer...(展开全部)

James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life on Earth. He argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies - is, after 300 years, coming to an end. A new age - the novacene - has already begun. New beings will emerge from e...(展开全部)

This book, a prize-winning history of American law in the twentieth century, is a successor to Lawrence Friedman's landmark work A History of American Law. It chronicles the explosion of law over the past century into almost every aspect of American life and the extent to which social transformation has contributed to significant shifts within the legal system.