One of the most remarkable women of the modern era, Josephine Bonaparte was born Rose de Tasher on her family's sugar plantation in Martinique. She embodied all the characteristics of a true Creole-sensuality, vivacity, and willfulness. Using diaries and letters, Andrea Stuart expertly re-creates Josephine's whirlwind of a life, which began with an isolated Caribbean childhood ...(展开全部)

One of the most remarkable women of the modern era, Josephine Bonaparte was born Rose de Tasher on her family's sugar plantation in Martinique. She embodied all the characteristics of a true Creole-sensuality, vivacity, and willfulness. Using diaries and letters, Andrea Stuart expertly re-creates Josephine's whirlwind of a life, which began with an isolated Caribbean childhood ...(展开全部)

Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. William collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs ...(展开全部)

Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. William collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs ...(展开全部)

'If any man or woman should ask what I wish this romance...to be called, it is the Romance of the Rose, in which the whole art of love is contained'. Guillaume de Lorris's own introduction to his allegorical account of the progress of a courtly love affair gives no indication of the eventual scale and scope of the work, which became the most popular and influential of all medie...(展开全部)

Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is not only a narrative of a murder investigation in a monastery in 1327, but also a chronicle of the 14th century religious wars, a history of monastic orders, and a compendium of heretical movements.

We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 mill...(展开全部)

We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 mill...(展开全部)

李德·哈特爵士（Basil H.Liddell Hart，1895-1970），英国军事记者、军事理论家、战略学家。生于法国巴黎。早年就读于英国剑桥大学。第一次世界大战期间服役，任步兵团军官，并曾在战斗中负伤。后来加入英国皇家军事教育协会。一战结束后，先后服务于《英国每日电讯报》（1925-1935）和《英国泰晤士报》（1935-1939），从事军事记者工作。李德·哈特同时也是著名的军事战略家，在军事学上提出了“间接路线”的观念以及涵盖军事以外领域的“大战略”概念，同时他也是现代战争“装甲兵”作战的鼓吹者。李德哈特与克劳塞维兹同时被誉为西方战略思想史中的两位现代战略大师。主要著作有：《大战略——间接路线》、《第一次世界大战战史》、《第二次世界大战战史》、《沙漠之狐隆美尔》等。1966年被英国皇家授予爵士勋章。

李德·哈特爵士（Basil H.Liddell Hart，1895-1970），英国军事记者、军事理论家、战略学家。生于法国巴黎。早年就读于英国剑桥大学。第一次世界大战期间服役，任步兵团军官，并曾在战斗中负伤。后来加入英国皇家军事教育协会。一战结束后，先后服务于《英国每日电讯报》（1925-1935）和《英国泰晤士报》（1935-1939），从事军事记者工作。李德·哈特同时也是著名的军事战略家，在军事学上提出了“间接路线”的观念以及涵盖军事以外领域的“大战略”概念，同时他也是现代战争“装甲兵”作战的鼓吹者。李德哈特与克劳塞维兹同时被誉为西方战略思想史中的两位现代战略大师。主要著作有：《大战略——间接路线》、《第一次世界大战战史》、《第二次世界大战战史》、《沙漠之狐隆美尔》等。1966年被英国皇家授予爵士勋章。