In 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west coast in search of their own answers, despite what it may cost the islanders. It is the summer of 1979. An English painter travels to a small island off the west coast of Ireland. Mr. Lloyd takes the last leg by currach, though boats with engines are available and he doesn't much l...(展开全部)

In 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west coast in search of their own answers, despite what it may cost the islanders. It is the summer of 1979. An English painter travels to a small island off the west coast of Ireland. Mr. Lloyd takes the last leg by currach, though boats with engines are available and he doesn't much l...(展开全部)

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up. That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game -- as leaders of a new human c...(展开全部)

侯活士 侯活士（Hauerwas，1940－）是当代基督教伦理学中，最具活力和睿见的伦理神学家。现任杜克神学院任吉尔伯特神学伦理学讲座讲授，并任杜克大学法学院教授。他早年于耶鲁大学取得博士学位，2001年主讲过著名的吉福德讲座，并被爱丁堡大学授予荣誉神学博士学位。 他的写作涉猎非常广泛，思想汲取了不少托马斯‧阿奎那，克尔凯郭尔，卡尔‧巴特，维特根斯坦，约翰‧犹达，以及麦金泰尔的创见。并曾受教于耶鲁学派，依循耶鲁学派的脚踪，大力倡导圣经叙事乃是基督徒认信的语法的观点，并在其著作中强调教会群体对基督徒生命的重要性，虽然被人批评为宗派主义，但也于2001年被《时代》杂志称誉为“美国最好的神学家”。 他的《和平的国度》一书，是第一流的伦理学专著，清楚展示出伦理思想和实践当有的样貌，同时勾画出基督徒生命的本质。他使用“叙事”这概念连结伦理学的众多主题，为基督徒...(展开全部)

During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world’s most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Yet, in the Sino-Dutch War—Europe’s first war with China—the Dutch met their match in a colorful Chinese warlord named Koxinga. Part samurai, part pirate, he led his generals to victory over the Dutch and captured one ...(展开全部)

欧阳泰（Tonio Andrade） 耶鲁大学历史学博士，师承西方汉学巨擘史景迁（Jonathan D. Spence）和17至18世纪欧洲史专家帕克（Geoffrey Parker）。现任埃默里大学历史系教授，主要研究领域为中国史、全球史以及殖民主义比较研究。著有《福尔摩沙如何变成台湾府？》。 陈信宏 资深译者，毕业于台湾大学外语系，曾获梁实秋文学奖等多个翻译奖项，并以《好思辨的印度人》入围2009年台湾金鼎奖最佳翻译人奖。其他译著包括《胡若望的疑问》《落脚城市》《机场里的小旅行》《宗教的慰藉》等。

In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases, legal contracts, and ...(展开全部)

When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor. But the story of the Dutch colony of New Netherland was merely lost, not destroyed: 12,000 pages of its records–recently declared a national treasure–are now b...(展开全部)

The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation in print. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize-winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of the prestigious Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. From Colony to Superpower is the only thematic volume commissioned for the series. Here, George C. Herring uses foreign relations as t...(展开全部)

A finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this prize-winning and critically acclaimed history uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's dramatic rise from thirteen disparate colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast to the world's greatest superpower. George C. Herring tells a story of stunning successes and...(展开全部)