In 1270, Jewish scholar-merchant Jacob d'Ancona embarked on a remarkable voyage from his native Italy to Zaitun, the City of Light, a vast coastal metropolis in Southern China. Translated and edited by David Selbourne from a manuscript hidden from the outside world for centuries, it is a brilliant work of historical significance, a fascinating first-person insight into life in ...(展开全部)

鲁伯特·克里斯琴（Rupert Christiansen） 曾就读于剑桥大学和哥伦比亚大学，并成为富布赖特学者。他是《每日电讯报》的歌剧评论家和《星期日邮报》的舞蹈评论家，同时也为多家美国、英国期刊杂志撰稿，其中包括：《旁 观者》杂志，《哈勃斯奎因》杂志，《名利场》，《泰晤士报文学增刊》，《文学评论》。他还是《欧普拉》杂志的编委会成员。

鲁伯特·克里斯琴（Rupert Christiansen） 曾就读于剑桥大学和哥伦比亚大学，并成为富布赖特学者。他是《每日电讯报》的歌剧评论家和《星期日邮报》的舞蹈评论家，同时也为多家美国、英国期刊杂志撰稿，其中包括：《旁 观者》杂志，《哈勃斯奎因》杂志，《名利场》，《泰晤士报文学增刊》，《文学评论》。他还是《欧普拉》杂志的编委会成员。

“Beautifully written and refreshingly original… makes us see [Paris] in a different light.” -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an un...(展开全部)

“Beautifully written and refreshingly original… makes us see [Paris] in a different light.” -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an un...(展开全部)

The conclusion to a masterful graphic novel trilogy that follows Berlin's citizens as Nazism rises The third and final act of Jason Lutes’s historical fiction about the Weimar Republic begins with Hitler arriving in Berlin. With the National Socialist party now controlling Parliament, the citizenry becomes even more divided. Lutes steps back from the larger political upheaval, ...(展开全部)

Appointed to conquer the 'crime capital of the world', the first police chief of Paris faces an epidemic of murder in the late 1600s. Assigned by Louis XIV, Nicolas de La Reynie begins by clearing the streets of filth, and installing lanterns throughout Paris, turning it into the City of Light. The fearless La Reynie pursues criminals through the labyrinthine neighborhoods of t...(展开全部)

What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--imageability--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuil...(展开全部)

What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--imageability--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuil...(展开全部)