何士（Harry Hussey），加拿大建筑师，美国芝加哥建筑师事务所沙何公司（Shattuck & Hussey）合伙人。1911年受基督教青年会干事穆德之聘参加其建造亚洲基督教青年会会所计划年来华，居北京。1912年承接福州基督教青年会大楼的设计。1916年在北京设事务所，初称沙何公司，嗣改称何士工程司行，经理美国罗氏基金会驻华医社新接手的北京协和医学校校园建筑的规划设计。武昌同仁医院、天津基督教青年会东马路会所、香港基督教青年会必列者士街会所、广州基督教青年会长堤会所皆其手笔。后来在北京经商，是中国政治学会外籍会员，曾任顺直水利委员会司库。何士与顾维钧私交甚笃，一度充顾维钧的交际秘书。1932年担任国联李顿调查团中国代表团顾问。1950年前后离开中国，1967年去世，享年87岁。著有《关乎世界和平的“满洲国”》（“Manchoukuo” in ...(展开全部)

From one of the world’s most admired women, this is former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s compelling story of eight years serving at the highest levels of government. In her position as America’s chief diplomat, Rice traveled almost continuously around the globe, seeking common ground among sometimes bitter enemies, forging agreement on divi...(展开全部)

From one of the world’s most admired women, this is former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s compelling story of eight years serving at the highest levels of government. In her position as America’s chief diplomat, Rice traveled almost continuously around the globe, seeking common ground among sometimes bitter enemies, forging agreement on divi...(展开全部)

This is an autobiography of the prominent Soviet-American nuclear physicist written in a style similar to that of the later Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Georgy Gamow was born in 1904 in Odessa into a family of schoolteachers. He studied physics at the University of Odessa (then the University of Novorossia) and later at the University of Leningrad, where he befriended Lev...(展开全部)

An Intellectual History of Modern China is the only comprehensive book on modern China's intellectual development from the nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century.While existing studies tend to focus on individual Chinese thinkers, this book includes all the major Chinese thinkers, as well as political figures who have influenced China's modern history. Merle Goldman and...(展开全部)

Is environmental degradation an inevitable result of economic development? Can ecosystems be restored once government officials and the public are committed to doing so? These questions are at the heart of An Ecological History of Modern China, a comprehensive account of China's transformation since the founding of the People's Republic from the perspective not of the economy b...(展开全部)

Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs--but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full. Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due discretion and discernment. Many have absorbed the puritanical message that re...(展开全部)

In this original and readable book, Charles Stafford describes the Chinese fascination with separation and reunion. Drawing on his field studies in Taiwan and mainland China, he gives a vivid account of raucous festivals of reunion, elaborate rituals for the sending-off of gods (and daughters), poetic moments of leave-takings between friends, and bitter political rhetoric about...(展开全部)

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as...(展开全部)