In this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, "What made these men great?"—and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. The life of each—Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine—is prese...(展开全部)

In this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, “What made these men great?” and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. The life of each—Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine—is presented...(展开全部)

In this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, “What made these men great?” and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. The life of each—Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine—is presented...(展开全部)

In this brilliantly illuminating group portrait of the men who came to be known as the Founding Fathers, the incomparable Gordon Wood has written a book that seriously asks, "What made these men great?"—and shows us, among many other things, just how much character did in fact matter. The life of each—Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison, Paine—is prese...(展开全部)

After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world’s most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China’s most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: the century...(展开全部)

After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world’s most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China’s most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: the century...(展开全部)

Beethoven’s political ideals, inspired by the French Revolution and Napoleon, radiate through his ground-breaking compositions. Beethoven imbibed Enlightenment and revolutionary ideas in Bonn where they were fervently discussed in cafés and at the university. At the age of 21, he moved to Vienna to study with Haydn, gaining renown as a master pianist and innovative composer. In...(展开全部)

拉布吕耶尔（1645-1696）:法国奥尔良大学法学学士毕业，曾在巴黎最高法院当律师；曾被推荐去教导大孔代亲王的孙子；做过波旁公爵的秘书和侍从；担任过财政总管职务。1693年48岁时，因《品格论》一书的贡献当选为法兰西学院院士。 (译者)梁守锵：中山大学法语系教授，中国翻译家协会“资深翻译家”。出版《法语词汇学》（1964年）、《法语搭配词典（2001年）等专著4本；出版《路易十四时代》《风俗论》（3卷）、《波斯人信札》、《威尼斯女歌手》、《昆虫的故事》、《昆虫记》（合译）等译著8种；在法国和国内一级刊物发表论文20余篇。

"Women are abused or killed by their partners at astonishing rates- in Australia, almost 17 per cent of women over the age of fifteen - one in six - have been abused by an intimate partner. In this confronting and deeply researched account, journalist Jess Hill uncovers the ways in which abusers exert control in the darkest - and most intimate - ways imaginable. She asks- What ...(展开全部)