A novel of awesome beauty and power by the Hungarian master, Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Winner of a 2005 PEN Translation Fund Award. "War and War," Laszlo Krasznahorkai's second novel in English from New Directions, begins at a point of danger: on a dark train platform Korim is on the verge of being attacked by thuggish teenagers and robbed; and from here, we are carried along by th...(展开全部)

黛博拉·贝克, 传记作家和散文家。著有《建一座农场：罗伯特·布莱的一生》（Making a Farm: The Life of Robert Bly）、《绝境：劳拉·赖丁的故事》（In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding，入围普利策奖人物传记类决选作品）、《蓝色之手：印度节拍》（The Blue Hand: The Beats in India）以及2011年美国国家图书奖的最终入围作品《皈依：放逐与极端主义的故事》（The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism）。她曾获得古根海姆奖学金（Guggenheim Fellowship）和怀汀非虚构奖（Whiting Award for Nonfiction），主要居于印度果阿和纽约两地。

A sumptuous biographical saga, both intimate and epic, about the waning of the British Empire in India John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalaya. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers--W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender--achieved literary fame, they vied to be included on an expedition that...(展开全部)

A thought-provoking and original reassessment of World War II, from Britain’s leading military historian Richard Overy sets out in Blood and Ruins to recast the way in which we view the Second World War and its origins and aftermath. As one of Britain’s most decorated and respected World War II historians, he argues that this was the “last imperial war,” with almost a century-...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize War & War begins at a point of danger: on a dark train platform Korim is on the verge of being attacked and robbed by thuggish teenagers. From here, we are carried along by the insistent voice of this nervous clerk. Desperate, at times almost mad, but also keenly empathic, Korim has discovered in a small Hungarian town's archive...(展开全部)

玛德琳·马丁（Madeline Martin），《今日美国》和《纽约时报》作者，历史小说畅销作家，现居佛罗里达州。她在德国军营中度过了大半童年，因此对历史有着别样的迷恋，对战争也有着独特的思考角度。

August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and blackout curtains that she finds on her arrival were not what she expected. And she certainly never imagined she’d wind up working at Primrose Hill, a dusty old bookshop nestled in the heart of London. Through blackouts and air...(展开全部)

From freezing infantrymen huddled in bloodied trenches on the front lines to intricate political maneuvering and tense strategy sessions in European capitals, noted historian John Toland tells of the unforgettable final year of the First World War. As 1918 opened, the Allies and Central Powers remained locked in a desperate, bloody stalemate, despite the deaths of millions of s...(展开全部)

约翰·托兰 美国著名历史学家，1912年出生于威斯康星州，参加过第二次世界大战。著有《希特勒传——从乞丐到元首》《最后一百天：希特勒第三帝国覆亡记》等作品。因撰写《日本帝国衰亡史》，揭示日本对美作战起因，荣获普利策奖。 作为一名历史的写作者，托兰在着笔叙述某一历史事件之前，会对数以百计的事件亲历者进行采访，多方面铺陈展开，力图揭示该历史事件对知名人物与普通大众的不同影响，从而使其作品具有区别传统史学著作的鲜明特点。

约翰·托兰 美国著名历史学家，1912年出生于威斯康星州，参加过第二次世界大战。著有《希特勒传——从乞丐到元首》《最后一百天：希特勒第三帝国覆亡记》等作品。因撰写《日本帝国衰亡史》，揭示日本对美作战起因，荣获普利策奖。 作为一名历史的写作者，托兰在着笔叙述某一历史事件之前，会对数以百计的事件亲历者进行采访，多方面铺陈展开，力图揭示该历史事件对知名人物与普通大众的不同影响，从而使其作品具有区别传统史学著作的鲜明特点。