1991. A young man is mesmerised by the rolling coverage of Desert Storm. Forging sick notes to avoid work and feigning reasons to avoid his girlfriend, he gradually destroys his whole life. Then he meets Victorien Salagnon, an elderly artist and a veteran of countless wars. Together, they strike a bargain: Salagnon will teach the young man to paint and, in return, he wants his ...(展开全部)

Review A "Washington Post" best-seller " Absorb this book, and you can throw out all those contemporary books about management leadership." — "Newsweek" " A breast-pocket favorite of many commanders and U.S. Marines." — "Christian Science Monitor" " "The Art of War" soon could join Machiavelli's "The Prince" as required reading in the executive suite." — "USA Today"

The greatest military textbook of the nineteenth century, this famous analysis of the art of Napoleonic warfare had a profound influence upon the military education of American officers in the decades prior to the Civil War.

Review A "Washington Post" best-seller " Absorb this book, and you can throw out all those contemporary books about management leadership." — "Newsweek" " A breast-pocket favorite of many commanders and U.S. Marines." — "Christian Science Monitor" " "The Art of War" soon could join Machiavelli's "The Prince" as required reading in the executive suite." — "USA Today"

This isn't just any cookery book. It is "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", first published in 1961, and it's a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi. Julia Child was like Amelia Earhart, or Eleanor...(展开全部)

This isn't just any cookery book. It is "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", first published in 1961, and it's a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi. Julia Child was like Amelia Earhart, or Eleanor...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 梅天穆（Timothy May），美国北乔治亚大学文学院教授、副院长，主要研究领域为蒙古帝国史及军事史。1996年在美国印第安纳大学内陆欧亚系获得硕士学位，2004年获得威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校历史学博士学位，著有《世界历史上的蒙古征服》《蒙古帝国》等。 【译者简介】 董汝洋，北京大学历史学系博士研究生，专业方向为元史。

【作者简介】 梅天穆（Timothy May），美国北乔治亚大学文学院教授、副院长，主要研究领域为蒙古帝国史及军事史。1996年在美国印第安纳大学内陆欧亚系获得硕士学位，2004年获得威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校历史学博士学位，著有《世界历史上的蒙古征服》《蒙古帝国》等。 【译者简介】 董汝洋，北京大学历史学系博士研究生，专业方向为元史。

【作者简介】 梅天穆（Timothy May），美国北乔治亚大学文学院教授、副院长，主要研究领域为蒙古帝国史及军事史。1996年在美国印第安纳大学内陆欧亚系获得硕士学位，2004年获得威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校历史学博士学位，著有《世界历史上的蒙古征服》《蒙古帝国》等。 【译者简介】 董汝洋，北京大学历史学系博士研究生，专业方向为元史。

【作者简介】 梅天穆（Timothy May），美国北乔治亚大学文学院教授、副院长，主要研究领域为蒙古帝国史及军事史。1996年在美国印第安纳大学内陆欧亚系获得硕士学位，2004年获得威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校历史学博士学位，著有《世界历史上的蒙古征服》《蒙古帝国》等。 【译者简介】 董汝洋，北京大学历史学系博士研究生，专业方向为元史。