David Kherdian re-creates his mother's voice in telling the true story of a childhood interrupted by one of the most devastating holocausts of our century. Vernon Dumehjian Kherdian was born into a loving and prosperous family. Then, in the year 1915, the Turkish government began the systematic destruction of its Armenian population.

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary o...(展开全部)

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary o...(展开全部)

Born in A.D. 76, Hadrian lived through and ruled during a tempestuous era, a time when the Colosseum was opened to the public and Pompeii was buried under a mountain of lava and ash. Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt vividly recounts Hadrian’s thrilling life, in which the emperor brings a century of disorder and costly warfare to a peaceful conclusion while demonstrating how a m...(展开全部)

安东尼·埃弗里特（Anthony Everitt，1940— ），英国作家，剑桥大学英语文学专业毕业，现为诺丁汉特伦特大学客座教授，达廷顿艺术学院荣誉会员，《卫报》与《金融时报》撰稿人。著有《罗马的崛起》（The Rise of Rome）、《雅典的胜利》（The Rise of Athens）、《西塞罗传》（Cicero）及《奥古斯都传》（Augustus）等。

Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt, whose Augustus was praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a narrative of sustained drama and skillful analysis,” is the rare writer whose work both informs and enthralls. In Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome–the first major account of the emperor in nearly a century–Everitt presents a compelling, richly researched biography of the man whom ...(展开全部)

奥兰多•费吉斯（Orlando Figes，1959— ），英国人，剑桥大学三一学院博士，现为英国伦敦大学伯贝克学院历史学教授。俄国生活的方方面面，不论是文学艺术，还是政治经济，他都烂熟于心，无人能出其右。其一系列解读沙俄及苏联历史的著作《耳语者：斯大林时代苏联的私人生活》、《娜塔莎之舞：俄罗斯文化史》、《农民俄罗斯，内战》、《一个民族的悲剧》、《克里米亚战争》、《革命的俄国，1891—1991》等取得非凡的成就，是当今英语世界俄罗斯研究的一流大家。作品曾获沃尔夫森奖、NCR图书奖等，入围萨缪尔·约翰逊奖、达夫·库珀奖等，并已被翻译成20多种文字出版。 李广平，意大利佛罗伦萨大学研究生院毕业，已出版译作：《儿子，你要活下去》、《永远的叛逆者：茨维塔耶娃的一生》。

奥兰多•费吉斯（Orlando Figes，1959— ），英国人，剑桥大学三一学院博士，现为英国伦敦大学伯贝克学院历史学教授。俄国生活的方方面面，不论是文学艺术，还是政治经济，他都烂熟于心，无人能出其右。其一系列解读沙俄及苏联历史的著作《耳语者：斯大林时代苏联的私人生活》、《娜塔莎之舞：俄罗斯文化史》、《农民俄罗斯，内战》、《一个民族的悲剧》、《克里米亚战争》、《革命的俄国，1891—1991》等取得非凡的成就，是当今英语世界俄罗斯研究的一流大家。作品曾获沃尔夫森奖、NCR图书奖等，入围萨缪尔·约翰逊奖、达夫·库珀奖等，并已被翻译成20多种文字出版。 李广平，意大利佛罗伦萨大学研究生院毕业，已出版译作：《儿子，你要活下去》、《永远的叛逆者：茨维塔耶娃的一生》。