In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death at once terrifying and impossible. Called in to investigate this mystery is Ana Dol...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Carol Kendall's witty, epic tales about the race of people called the Minnipins are now available as Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classics. Now a new generation of readers can thrill to the adventures of the tiny folk who become mighty heroes. The original interior illustrations by Erik Blegvad and Imero Gobbato have been retained, but vibrant new cover art by beloved illustr...(展开全部)

From the celebrated British author and historian: a brilliant new book combining historical inquiry and storytelling élan to paint an unprecedentedly vivid portrait of Socrates and the Golden Age of classical Athens. We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did; in his unwavering commitment to truth and in the example of his own life, he set the standard f...(展开全部)

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death at once terrifying and impossible. Called in to investigate this mystery is Ana Dol...(展开全部)

In anthropology as much as in popular imagination, kings are figures of fascination and intrigue, heroes or tyrants in ways presidents and prime ministers can never be. This collection of essays by two of the world’s most distinguished anthropologists—David Graeber and Marshall Sahlins—explores what kingship actually is, historically and anthropologically. As they show, kings a...(展开全部)

斯蒂芬·R. 鲍恩（Stephen R. Bown），畅销书作家，著有十余本关于科学史、探索史和思想史的非虚构书籍，作品被翻译成九种语言，并多次获奖，如不列颠哥伦比亚图书奖、阿尔伯塔图书奖、威廉·米尔斯极地图书奖。擅长在写作中结合传记和叙事，用富有创造性的语言刻画生动的人物形象，讲述精彩的历史，著有《1494：瓜分世界的条约与大航海时代的来临》（1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half）、《贸易与殖民：霸权公司三百年（1600—1900）》（Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900）等著作。 于振洋，复旦大学历史学系博士后，东北师范大学世界中古史研究所博士，研究方向为中世纪晚期英国经济...(展开全部)

A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Jarman exposes the unexpected routes that Viking travel and trade took - and how these kings of the river were frequent travellers of the Middle East and the Silk Road. One June day late in the eighth century, Norse seafarers arrived at the English island of Lindisfarne. They waged a ...(展开全部)

斯蒂芬·R. 鲍恩（Stephen R. Bown），畅销书作家，著有十余本关于科学史、探索史和思想史的非虚构书籍，作品被翻译成九种语言，并多次获奖，如不列颠哥伦比亚图书奖、阿尔伯塔图书奖、威廉·米尔斯极地图书奖。擅长在写作中结合传记和叙事，用富有创造性的语言刻画生动的人物形象，讲述精彩的历史，著有《1494：瓜分世界的条约与大航海时代的来临》（1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half）、《贸易与殖民：霸权公司三百年（1600—1900）》（Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900）等著作。 于振洋，复旦大学历史学系博士后，东北师范大学世界中古史研究所博士，研究方向为中世纪晚期英国经济...(展开全部)