A distinctive portrait of the crescendo moment in American history from the Pulitzer-winning American historian, Joseph Ellis. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to c...(展开全部)

约瑟夫•J. 埃利斯，普利策奖获奖作品《奠基者》（Founding Brothers）的作者。他讲述托马斯•杰斐逊的作品《美国的斯芬克斯》（American Sphinx）获得了国家图书奖。他是蒙特霍约克学院（Mount Holyoke College）的福特基金荣誉历史教授。目前他与妻子和幼子居住在马萨诸塞的阿默斯特。 熊钰，南京大学英美文学硕士，现为出版社编辑。新浪微博：@万古银桑

The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country’s founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agreed to secede from the British Empire, the British were dispatching the largest armada ever to cross the Atlantic to crush the rebellion in the cradle. The Continental Congress and the Continental Army were forced to make dec...(展开全部)

霍尔格·霍克，生于德国，在牛津大学获得现代历史博士学位。英国利物浦大学18世纪历史跨学科研究中心创办人，英国皇家历史学会会员，美国国会图书馆研究员，现任美国匹茨堡大学教授。擅长18世纪史、英国史研究。 杨靖，文学博士，南京师范大学外国语学院教授，美国文明研究所所长，江苏省翻译协会理事，中美比较文化研究会常务理事。

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEA magisterial new work that rewrites the story of America's foundingThe American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. It’s a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best to encourage after the war. But as historian H...(展开全部)

The American war against British imperial rule (1775-1783) was the world s first great popular revolution. Ideologically defined by the colonists formal Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on something a mythic character, especially in the United States. From the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere s ride to raise the countryside of New England against the m...(展开全部)

Sara’s life has always flowed smoothly, like the gliding swans on the lake, until her little brother Charlie disappears. Then Sara is forced to see her life in a whole new way.

[英]斯图尔特•埃尔登，英国华威大学政治理论和地理学教授，撰写出版了《恐怖和领土：主权的空间界限 》等多部关于地理学和政治学的作品。

[英]斯图尔特•埃尔登，英国华威大学政治理论和地理学教授，撰写出版了《恐怖和领土：主权的空间界限 》等多部关于地理学和政治学的作品。