Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history. “Sicily,” said Goethe, “is the key to everything.” It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the link between the Latin West and the Greek East. Sicily’s s...(展开全部)

A fascinating cultural history of this most magical of islands Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fought over by Phoenicians and Greeks, Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, Spanish and French for thousands of year, Sicily became a unique melting pot where diverse traditions merged, producing a unique heritage and...(展开全部)

Who, among you, deserves eternal life? Daniel is a highly successful stand-up comedian who has made a career out of playing outrageously on the prejudices of his public. But at the beginning of the twenty-first century, he has begun to detest laughter in particular and mankind in general. Despite this, Daniel is unable to stop himself believing in the possibility of love. A tho...(展开全部)

In 1943 , in the middle of World War II, the Allies renounced the unequal treaties, Chiang Kai-shek wrote China's Destiny and met with Roosevelt and Churchill at Cairo, and Mme Chiang made her memorable trip to the United States.

In 1943 , in the middle of World War II, the Allies renounced the unequal treaties, Chiang Kai-shek wrote China's Destiny and met with Roosevelt and Churchill at Cairo, and Mme Chiang made her memorable trip to the United States.

作者簡介 湯瑪士．麥登Thomas F. Madden 美國聖路易大學歷史系教授暨中古世紀與文藝復興研究中心主任，古根漢基金會研究員、美國學術團體聯合會ACLS及美國中世紀研究中心成員。個人網站：thomasmadden.org 譯者簡介 林玉菁 紐約市立大學政治學博士班，劍橋大學印度研究碩士，政大新聞系。曾任職IFRC國際紅十字與紅星月會聯合會美洲辦公室，雲門基金會，北藝大傳統藝術研究中心及國內外NGO組織。現為專職口譯、筆譯。

作者簡介 湯瑪士．麥登Thomas F. Madden 美國聖路易大學歷史系教授暨中古世紀與文藝復興研究中心主任，古根漢基金會研究員、美國學術團體聯合會ACLS及美國中世紀研究中心成員。個人網站：thomasmadden.org 譯者簡介 林玉菁 紐約市立大學政治學博士班，劍橋大學印度研究碩士，政大新聞系。曾任職IFRC國際紅十字與紅星月會聯合會美洲辦公室，雲門基金會，北藝大傳統藝術研究中心及國內外NGO組織。現為專職口譯、筆譯。

Macau, New Orleans, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. All of these metropolitan centers were once frontier cities, urban areas irrevocably shaped by cross-cultural borderland beginnings. Spanning a wide range of periods and locations, and including stories of eighteenth-century Detroit, nineteenth-century Seattle, and twentieth-century Los Angeles, Frontier Cities recov...(展开全部)

Macau, New Orleans, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. All of these metropolitan centers were once frontier cities, urban areas irrevocably shaped by cross-cultural borderland beginnings. Spanning a wide range of periods and locations, and including stories of eighteenth-century Detroit, nineteenth-century Seattle, and twentieth-century Los Angeles, Frontier Cities recov...(展开全部)

It was situated on a perfect natural harbour at the mouth of a great river leading into a huge new land. Manhattan Island was to grow into the most powerful city in the most powerful country in the world. "The Island at the Centre of the World" returns to the origins of New York's extraordinary history. It tells how a wilderness populated only by wolves and native tribes became...(展开全部)