This book presents two extraordinary texts - The Shining of Swords by Al-Qarakhi and a new translation for a contemporary readership of Leo Tolstoy's Hadji Murat - illuminating the mountain war between the Muslim peoples of the Caucasus and the imperial Russian army from 1830 to 1859. The authors offer a complete commentary on the various intellectual and religious contexts th...(展开全部)

Hedrick Smith has done what we all wish we could do: he has gone to Russia and spoken to the people. Over steaming samovars， in cramped flats， and on dirt-floors， he has spoken to peasants and bureaucrats， artists and officials. He has studied their customs and their governments and shares his fascinating insights and fresh perspectives with us.

作者曾于1971——1974年任《纽约时报》驻莫斯科分社社长，现任《纽约时报》国内版副编辑。作者利用新闻记者的身份，到过苏联城乡很多地方采访，同各阶层人士有过广泛接触，《俄国人》就是根据他在苏联耳闻目睹的亲身经历写成的。

作者曾于1971——1974年任《纽约时报》驻莫斯科分社社长，现任《纽约时报》国内版副编辑。作者利用新闻记者的身份，到过苏联城乡很多地方采访，同各阶层人士有过广泛接触，《俄国人》就是根据他在苏联耳闻目睹的亲身经历写成的。

An Undisputed Classic, November 20, 2000 By Maximillian Ben Hanan (Sacramento, California, USA) - See all my reviews It's really difficult to find a better book as an introduction to contemporary history. Now that the Berlin Wall has fallen, it's difficult for current generations of American university students to understand what Communism was like. Even current generations of...(展开全部)

盖里·罗斯(GaryRoss)，现为美国国家情报总监办公室(ODNI，是全美情报系统的最高监管机构)的一名调查员。他曾获密歇根州立大学(MichiganState University)刑事司法与心理学双学士、国家情报大学(National IntelligenceUniversity)战略情报学硕士。他还完成了国家外交事务培训中心(NFATC)、联合反情报训练学院(JCTA)和联邦执法培训中心(FLETC)等的高级培训课程。他在犯罪调查、反情报行动、反恐等方面拥有近20年丰富的组织和监管经验。他曾荣获2003年中央情报总监(DCI)“反外国拒止与欺骗团队奖”和2007年国防部“国家安全调查团队奖”。

Named by Moscow Times "the History Book of the Year," The Ghost of Freedom combines riveting storytelling with insightful analysis, in the first general history of the modern Caucasus, stretching from the beginning of Russian imperial expansion up to the rise of new countries after the Soviet Union's collapse. In evocative and accessible prose, Charles King reveals how tsars, h...(展开全部)

This spectacularly illustrated book is a comprehensive exploration of astronomy through the eyes of the world's observatories and spacecraft missions. Featuring the latest and most stunning images, it provides a magnificent portrayal of the beauty of the cosmos. The accompanying text is an accessible guide to the science behind the wonders, with clear explanations of all the ma...(展开全部)

This spectacularly illustrated book is a comprehensive exploration of astronomy through the eyes of the world's observatories and spacecraft missions. Featuring the latest and most stunning images, it provides a magnificent portrayal of the beauty of the cosmos. The accompanying text is an accessible guide to the science behind the wonders, with clear explanations of all the ma...(展开全部)