A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain spanning the millennium between the founding of Islam in the seventh century and the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth In Kingdoms of Faith, award-winning historian Brian A. Catlos rewrites the history of Islamic Spain from the ground up, evoking the cultural splendor of al-Andalus, while offering an au...(展开全部)

Leading theatre historians and practitioners map a theatrical history that moves from the religious tropes of Medieval Iberia to the postmodern practices of twenty-first-century Spain. Considering work across the different languages of Spain, from vernacular Latin to Catalan, Galician and Basque, this history engages with the work of actors and directors, designers and publishe...(展开全部)

Amazon.com Review One can only imagine the amazement felt by L.J.M. Daguerre, when, in the summer of 1839, he gazed upon the first photograph ever made. An image of the view from his Paris apartment of the bustling Boulevard du Temple, it was remarkably detailed yet mysteriously vacant, save for a single man in the distance who appeared to be having his boots polished; the rest...(展开全部)

After more than twenty-five years in print, A New History of India continues to be the most readable and popular one-volume history of India available. Now in its eighth edition, this acclaimed text features updated scholarship and bibliographic material throughout and integrates new research on such incisive topics as the Indian diaspora, the economy, and the nuclear issue. In...(展开全部)

“Thrilling . . . a bracing summary of what we have learned [from] ‘archaeogenetics’—the study of ancient DNA . . . Krause and Trappe capture the excitement of this young field.”—Kyle Harper, The Wall Street Journal Johannes Krause is the director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and a brilliant pioneer in the field of archaeogenetics—archaeology augment...(展开全部)

艾克敏，前美国《时代周刊》资深记者，中国、俄罗斯和中东地区的专家。在《美国时代周刊》工作的23年里，他的采访报道囊括了5大洲50多个国家，采访过许多著名人物。他曾连续3次撰写《时代周刊》年度封面人物。1994年离开《时代周刊》后，他曾做过一段自由职业者，随后在1998年出任华盛顿伦理与公共政策中心高级研究员。 另著：<Jesus in Beijing:How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power> 《耶稣在北京：基督教如何转化中国改变全球力量平衡》

艾克敏，前美国《时代周刊》资深记者，中国、俄罗斯和中东地区的专家。在《美国时代周刊》工作的23年里，他的采访报道囊括了5大洲50多个国家，采访过许多著名人物。他曾连续3次撰写《时代周刊》年度封面人物。1994年离开《时代周刊》后，他曾做过一段自由职业者，随后在1998年出任华盛顿伦理与公共政策中心高级研究员。 另著：<Jesus in Beijing:How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power> 《耶稣在北京：基督教如何转化中国改变全球力量平衡》

艾克敏，前美国《时代周刊》资深记者，中国、俄罗斯和中东地区的专家。在《美国时代周刊》工作的23年里，他的采访报道囊括了5大洲50多个国家，采访过许多著名人物。他曾连续3次撰写《时代周刊》年度封面人物。1994年离开《时代周刊》后，他曾做过一段自由职业者，随后在1998年出任华盛顿伦理与公共政策中心高级研究员。 另著：<Jesus in Beijing:How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power> 《耶稣在北京：基督教如何转化中国改变全球力量平衡》