克里斯蒂·马克拉奇斯（Kristie Macrakis）：哈佛大学科学史博士，佐治亚理工学院教授，其兴趣在于科学技术史与间谍史的结合。她的文章见于《美国科学家》《情报员》《自然》等杂志。除本书外，她还著有《秘密的诱惑》《纳粹德国的科学研究》《东德的外国情报机构》 等作品。

The international bestseller chosen as Book of the Year by The Times, Evening Standard, Economist, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Sunday Telegraph, Herald, Observer, Guardian and New Statesman. "The most detailed [and thrilling] account we have of the events that led to the destruction of the twin towers." --- Observer, Book of the Year "Possibly the best book yet written on the ris...(展开全部)

The Ottoman-Russian wars of the eighteenth century reshaped the map of Eurasia and the Middle East, but they also birthed a novel concept--the prisoner of war. For centuries, hundreds of thousands of captives, civilians and soldiers alike, crossed the legal and social boundaries of these empires, destined for either ransom or enslavement. But in the eighteenth century, the Otto...(展开全部)

"This book is rich with examples illustrating medical, religious, racial, and gendered discourses about its subject and the impact these have had, and continue to have, in the provision of medical care to the public . . . A fascinating read" --Library Journal "Bourke has done a fine job of detailing the story of pain and the folly it reveals." --Kirkus Reviews "The Story of Pai...(展开全部)

Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the present. With a light step and graceful narrative, he gathers together over 2...(展开全部)

Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the present. With a light step and graceful narrative, he gathers together over 2...(展开全部)

Proto-State Media Systems explores how decisions by contemporary violent extremist groups create, develop, and sustain media systems. Focusing on the cases of al-Qaeda and ISIS, this book showcases how standard media systems theory fails to fully explain the media systems of these organizations as a basis for building a revised theoretical lens that comprehends these emergent s...(展开全部)

T IS hard to summon up much enthusiasm for politics these days. In Europe politicians are paralysed in the face of low growth and high unemployment. In the United States they are threatening to push the country off a fiscal cliff of their own devising. And in the Arab world spring has already turned into winter. Left-wingers rightly point out that the recently ascendant liberal...(展开全部)

Both a history and an examination of human thought and behavior spanning three thousand years, On Politics thrillingly traces the origins of political philosophy from the ancient Greeks to Machiavelli in Book I and from Hobbes to the present age in Book II. Whether examining Lord Acton's dictum that "absolute power corrupts absolutely" or explicating John Stuart Mill's contenti...(展开全部)

Both a history and an examination of human thought and behavior spanning three thousand years, On Politics thrillingly traces the origins of political philosophy from the ancient Greeks to Machiavelli in Book I and from Hobbes to the present age in Book II. Whether examining Lord Acton's dictum that "absolute power corrupts absolutely" or explicating John Stuart Mill's contenti...(展开全部)