彼得·克拉克，英国剑桥大学英国近代史教授与剑桥大学三一学院前任院长。他的众多作品包括《大英帝国最后一千天》(The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire)、《形成中的凯恩斯革命，1924--1936》(The Keynesian Revolution in the Making，1924-1936)，以及广受赞誉的企鹅版英国史最后一卷《希望与荣耀：英国，1900--2000》(Hope and Glory：Britain l900—2000)。他与妻子——加拿大作家玛莉亚·蒂皮特——住在英格兰的萨福克郡及英属哥伦比亚省的潘德岛。

As Mark Pendergrast, author of Uncommon Grounds, said, "After reading Marjorie Shaffer's Pepper, you'll reconsider the significance of that grinder or shaker on your dining room table. The pursuit of this wizened berry with the bite changed history in ways you've never dreamed, involving extraordinary voyages, international trade, exotic locales, exploitation, brutality, diseas...(展开全部)

玛乔丽·谢弗（Marjorie Shaffer）毕业于布朗大学，在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校获生物学硕士学位。她目前是纽约大学医学院（New York University School of Medicine）的科学作家和编辑，曾为《纽约时报》、《金融时报》、《大众科学》撰稿，并曾任路透社商业记者，入选麻省理工学院奈特科学新闻班（Knight Science Journalism）成员。 ◎ 译者简介 顾淑馨，台湾大学历史系毕业、淡江大学美国研究所硕士。曾任职台湾中国广播公司、联合报系及“美国在台协会”，并曾兼任淡江大学、政治大学及东吴大学讲师。目前专事翻译，已出版译作近四十种，主要有《乐在沟通》《与成功有约》《反挫》《大外交》（合译）等，近作有《会说才会赢》《谎言教父马多夫》《逆龄社会》等。

The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart, reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history. Surprising to readers was the first person on Hart's list, Muhammad instead of Jesus or Moses. Hart asserted that Muhammad was "supremely successful" in both th...(展开全部)

This monumental new book explores the recent history of exhibition-making, looking at the radical shifts that have taken place in the practice of curating contemporary art over the last 20 years. Tracing a history of curating through its most innovative shows, renowned curator Jens Hoffmann selects the 50 key exhibitions that have most significantly shaped the practice of both ...(展开全部)

Robert Skidelsky’s three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes has been acclaimed as the authoritative account of the great economist-statesman’s life. Here, Skidelsky has revised and abridged his magnum opus into one definitive book, which examines in its entirety the intellectual and ideological journey that led an extraordinarily gifted young man to concern himself...(展开全部)

《索罗斯传》是罗伯特·斯莱特1996年版索罗斯传记的全面升级。其中增加了许多新内容，包括对索罗斯及其亲密伙伴的独家专访，深入挖掘在未来不稳定的、 变幻无常的信贷市场中的投资战略。书中描述了索罗斯的思想对2004年美国大选的作用，他在2006年《纽约时报》上对驻伊拉克美军最高指挥官裴卓斯中将 的抨击，以及他对慈善和政治活动的宏大计划。 作为世界上最成功的投资家，同时也是自由政治活动的代表人物，乔治·索罗斯是我们这个时代最吸引人、最具极端性的人物。他最初的声誉来自他非凡的投资才能，而最近十几年，索罗斯开始关注国际政治领域。 "A penniless survivor of the Nazi occupation of Hungary, George Soros is now one of the richest men in the world, ...(展开全部)

《索罗斯传》是罗伯特·斯莱特1996年版索罗斯传记的全面升级。其中增加了许多新内容，包括对索罗斯及其亲密伙伴的独家专访，深入挖掘在未来不稳定的、 变幻无常的信贷市场中的投资战略。书中描述了索罗斯的思想对2004年美国大选的作用，他在2006年《纽约时报》上对驻伊拉克美军最高指挥官裴卓斯中将 的抨击，以及他对慈善和政治活动的宏大计划。 作为世界上最成功的投资家，同时也是自由政治活动的代表人物，乔治·索罗斯是我们这个时代最吸引人、最具极端性的人物。他最初的声誉来自他非凡的投资才能，而最近十几年，索罗斯开始关注国际政治领域。 "A penniless survivor of the Nazi occupation of Hungary, George Soros is now one of the richest men in the world, ...(展开全部)

Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic rev...(展开全部)

Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic rev...(展开全部)