埃德温·皮尔斯（Edwin Pears），19世纪的英国历史学者，专长于有关十字军、中世纪时期希腊和拜占庭历史方面的研究。代表作有《攻陷君士坦丁堡：第四次十字军东征与东罗马帝国的灭亡》《希腊的毁灭和君士坦丁堡被占领》等。

埃德温·皮尔斯（Edwin Pears），19世纪的英国历史学者，专长于有关十字军、中世纪时期希腊和拜占庭历史方面的研究。代表作有《攻陷君士坦丁堡：第四次十字军东征与东罗马帝国的灭亡》《希腊的毁灭和君士坦丁堡被占领》等。

埃德温·皮尔斯（Edwin Pears），19世纪的英国历史学者，专长于有关十字军、中世纪时期希腊和拜占庭历史方面的研究。代表作有《攻陷君士坦丁堡：第四次十字军东征与东罗马帝国的灭亡》《希腊的毁灭和君士坦丁堡被占领》等。

This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom. The city’s plight had been neglected, and negligible help was sent in this crisis. To the Turks, victory not only brought a new imperial capital, but guaranteed that their empire would last. To the Greeks, the conquest meant the e...(展开全部)

This classic account shows how the fall of Constantinople in May 1453, after a siege of several weeks, came as a bitter shock to Western Christendom. The city’s plight had been neglected, and negligible help was sent in this crisis. To the Turks, victory not only brought a new imperial capital, but guaranteed that their empire would last. To the Greeks, the conquest meant the e...(展开全部)

Eileen Chang is now recognized as one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, though she was completely erased from official histories in chinese mainland. These previously unpublished, semi-autobiographical novels depict in gripping detail her childhood years in Tianjin and Shanghai, as well as her student days in Hong Kong during World War II, and shed light on the constructi...(展开全部)

Eileen Chang is now recognized as one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, though she was completely erased from official histories in chinese mainland. These previously unpublished, semi-autobiographical novels depict in gripping detail her childhood years in Tianjin and Shanghai, as well as her student days in Hong Kong during World War II, and shed light on the constructi...(展开全部)

南森·法勒（Nathan Filer) 1980年生于英国布里斯托尔，曾在一家精神病院工作多年，现为作家、自由撰稿人、表演诗人及大学讲师。 他为《纽约时报》《卫报》《每日邮报》等报刊撰稿，并时常做客英国BBC广播电台的读书节目。他的单人诗朗诵是一些英国文艺活动的固定表演 节目，包括纬度音乐节、艾略特港口音乐节、切尔登汉姆文学节等。而他也曾凭借戏剧短片《俄狄浦斯王》收获英国BBC最佳电影新人奖殊荣。 2013年他的长篇小说《坠落之愕》在英国甫一出版即引起轰动，摘得多项文学大奖，并成功跻身超级畅销书之列，同时将与二十余国的读者见面。

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)