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)

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)

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)

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)

Flashing across galaxies to track the enemy, undaunted by impossible odds, Slippery Jim diGriz embarks on another perilous mission in the saga of the Stainless Steel Rat.<br /><br />An irreverent superhero who doesn’t take anything (including himself) too seriously, Jim diGriz is never above a little mischief. Indeed, he and his winsome bridge, Angelina, indulging in a bit of h...(展开全部)

Flashing across galaxies to track the enemy, undaunted by impossible odds, Slippery Jim diGriz embarks on another perilous mission in the saga of the Stainless Steel Rat.<br /><br />An irreverent superhero who doesn’t take anything (including himself) too seriously, Jim diGriz is never above a little mischief. Indeed, he and his winsome bridge, Angelina, indulging in a bit of h...(展开全部)

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a...(展开全部)

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia and must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a...(展开全部)