There were two Norman Conquests. John Julius Norwich is writing about the 'other' one, the conquest of Sicily. When on Christmas Day 1130, Roger de Hauteville had himself crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and Arab, Lombard, Englishman and Jew all contributed to a culture that was as brilliant as it was cosmopolitan; to an i...(展开全部)

This groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeill, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959. Set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis and matriarch Lena, called Mama. Whe...(展开全部)

"Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago conn...(展开全部)

"Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connect...(展开全部)

Lorraine Hansberry, (born May 19, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died January 12, 1965, New York, New York), American playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway.

◎著者简介 约翰·朱利叶斯·诺威奇（John Julius Norwich,1929—2018），英国历史学家，毕业于牛津大学，曾任世界文化遗产基金会联合主席。诺威奇一生著述颇丰，包括《四君主》（Four Princes）、《地中海史》（The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean）、《教皇史》（The Popes: A History）、《威尼斯史》（A History of Venice）等。 ◎译者简介 李强，毕业于东北师范大学、希腊约阿尼纳大学，现任东北师范大学副教授，主要研究拜占庭文献学、法律、钱币、印章、外交等领域。

A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history:  the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.  On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants.  To this strange and provocative planet comes ...(展开全部)

《最小说》最受读者喜爱的新生代作家 文字技巧与情节铺设并驾齐驱 最世文化一线实力派代表王小立 在处女作《任凭这空虚沸腾》创造出超过三十万的惊人销售记录之后，她却沉寂至今。时至今日，她终于带来了这本滚烫的冷书——《又冷又明亮》：一个在【赢不了】，却又【不想输】之间，苦苦挣扎的【励志】而又【虐心】的故事——这酸涩的剧情，像极了【恋爱】本身。

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)