Often described as 'the forgotten war', the Burma Campaign was one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War Two. It has become notorious for the ingenious tactics used by Britain, America and their allies on the one hand and the Japanese and their allies on the other, as well as for the atrocious conditions that had to be endured by both sides. Sea...(展开全部)

弗兰克·麦克林恩，一位著名的历史学家和传记作家。他的著作有《马可，奥勒留》、《狮心王和拉克兰》、《1066》、《斯坦利》、《1759》和《拿破仑》。他毕业手牛津大学沃德姆学院，在伦敦大学获得其博士学位。

Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, British India had been taken as the main logistic base for China's war against the Japanese. Chinese soldiers, government officials, professionals, and merchants flocked into India for training, business opportunities, retreat, and rehabilitation. This book is about how the activities of the Chinese sojourners in wartime India caused great...(展开全部)

路易士•艾伦（Louis Allen, 1922-1991），英国历史学家，以其对缅甸战役的权威研究闻名。年轻时在曼彻斯特大学和巴黎索邦大学接受教育，1941年12月加入海鹰步兵营，后被派到伦敦大学亚非研究学院（SOAS）接受日语训练。他在缅战时期任英方翻译专家与情报人员，战后深入参与对日军战俘的讯问。《日落落日》为艾伦代表作，基于丰富的一手资料和对日本历史文化的深刻洞察。其他著作包括 Japan: The Years of Triumph: From Feudal Isolation to Pacific Empire》（《日本：从封建孤立到太平洋帝国的岁月》），Singapore 1941-1942（《新加坡：1941-1942》），End Of the War in Asia（《亚洲战争的终结》）等。 -- 朱浤源 台湾大学政治学博士，英国剑桥...(展开全部)

Field Marshal William Slim stands alongside Montgomery as the outstanding British field commander of World War II. "Defeat Into Victory" is his classic account of the Burma campaign: a story of retreat, attrition and final hard-fought victory over the Japanese. Told by a commander always at the centre of events, this is a narrative which captures both the high drama and the har...(展开全部)

The hounds at our heels will soon know we are lions Tamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off behind enemy lines with only a fraction of his army, no supplies, and no hope of reinforcements. Drastically outnumbered and pursued by the enemy's best, he must lead his men on a reckless march through northern Kez to safety, and back ove...(展开全部)

An important new translation of a fundamental work of Brazilian literature Written by a former army lieutenant, civil engineer, and journalist, "Backlands" is Euclides da Cunha's vivid and poignant portrayal of Brazil's infamous War of Canudos. The deadliest civil war in Brazilian history, the conflict during the 1890s was between the government and the village of Canudos in ...(展开全部)

作者｜尹高恩 1980年出生于首尔，毕业于东国大学文艺创作系。2003年获得大山大学文学奖，2008年凭借《无重力综合征》获得韩民族文学奖。长篇小说《夜行者》被翻译成英文，并获得2021年英国犯罪作家协会的翻译匕首奖，她是第一位获得此奖项的韩国小说家。除了写作之外，她同时也是电台节目“尹高恩的Book Cafe”的主播。 译者｜陈欣 亚非语言文学硕士，一名热爱语言学习、投身语言教学的自由译者，打卡书展等各类文化活动的口译小哥。深信保持年轻和快乐的三大法宝：一门新语言、一次轻旅行、一部长电影。其他代表译作《验尸官》《独居老人》。

作者｜尹高恩 1980年出生于首尔，毕业于东国大学文艺创作系。2003年获得大山大学文学奖，2008年凭借《无重力综合征》获得韩民族文学奖。长篇小说《夜行者》被翻译成英文，并获得2021年英国犯罪作家协会的翻译匕首奖，她是第一位获得此奖项的韩国小说家。除了写作之外，她同时也是电台节目“尹高恩的Book Cafe”的主播。 译者｜陈欣 亚非语言文学硕士，一名热爱语言学习、投身语言教学的自由译者，打卡书展等各类文化活动的口译小哥。深信保持年轻和快乐的三大法宝：一门新语言、一次轻旅行、一部长电影。其他代表译作《验尸官》《独居老人》。

We are stuck, stymied, frustrated. But it needn’t be this way. There is a formula for success that’s been followed by the icons of hist ory—from John D. Rockefeller to Amelia Earhart to Ulysses S. Grant to Steve Jobs—a formula that let them turn obstacles into opportunities. Faced with impossible situations, they found the astounding triumphs we all seek. These men and women we...(展开全部)