Salzman captures post-cultural revolution China through his adventures as a young American English teacher in China and his shifu-tudi (master-student) relationship with China s foremost martial arts teacher.

马克.萨尔兹曼，美国作家。喜爱武术，1980年代初曾因耶鲁交换项目来长沙教授英文，本此经历写成小说、剧本《Iron and Silk（铁与丝）》，并亲自出演。

The most comprehensive and detailed history of shoes ever published, with more than 2000 specially drawn illustrations. John Peacock charts the development of every kind and style of footwear from earliest times to the present day, for both men and women. His drawings reproduce in meticulous detail a host of representative examples from every era: the simple sandals of Anc...(展开全部)

Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with another captivating portrait through the experience of things. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas tells the stories of ten very different objects, considering their interaction with the peoples and cultures of the Silk Road—those who made them, carried them, recei...(展开全部)

The ink our ancestors wrote with, the beeswax in altar candles, the honey on our toast, the silk we wear. This enchanting book is a highly entertaining exploration of the myriad ways insects have enriched our lives - culturally, economically, and aesthetically. Entomologist and writer Gilbert Waldbauer describes in loving, colorful detail how many of the valuable products insec...(展开全部)

The ink our ancestors wrote with, the beeswax in altar candles, the honey on our toast, the silk we wear. This enchanting book is a highly entertaining exploration of the myriad ways insects have enriched our lives - culturally, economically, and aesthetically. Entomologist and writer Gilbert Waldbauer describes in loving, colorful detail how many of the valuable products insec...(展开全部)

Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries, and other big messes But no matter what color his shoes are, Pete keeps movin' and groovin' and singing his song . . . because it's all good.

The Silk Roads continue to capture the imagination of the public, and, in 2014, a section of the land routes was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Yet there was no single "Silk Road." Instead, a complex network of trade routes spanned Afro-Eurasia’s mountains, plains, deserts, and seas. From silk to spices, religion to dance, traffic in goods and ideas was crucial to ...(展开全部)

The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different, and far more interesting, as revealed in this new history. In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable arc...(展开全部)

作者简介 [加拿大]罗斯玛丽·沙利文ROSEMARY SULLIVAN 加拿大知名作家，2012年沙利文因其对加拿大文化的贡献而获得“加拿大勋章”。著作包括获得加拿大总督学术奖的《影子制造者：格温德琳·麦克尤恩》，还有《欲望迷宫：女人的激情和对浪漫的痴迷》《心灵：伊丽莎白·斯马特传》等。她的新书《对安妮·弗兰克的背叛：一起悬案调查》已在多个国家出版发行。 译者简介 陈小慰福州大学外国语学院教授。兼任中国翻译协会理事兼专家会员、全国翻译专业学位研究生教育指导委员会专家委员会委员、福建省翻译协会副会长等。出版《使女的故事》《上海孤儿》《蓝色虚拟空间》《以赛亚·伯林书信集》，以及《印象福建》《鼓浪屿》《福建见福》（三部均为汉英双语版）等译著共 14 部。已完成各类翻译任务数百万字。2024年荣获中国翻译协会“资深翻译家”荣誉称号。