It all starts with a birthday present Omri doesn't even want -- a small plastic Indian of no use to him at all. But when an old wooden cupboard and a special key bring the unusual toy to life, Omri's Indian becomes his most important secret: precious, dangerous, wonderful, and above all, magical.</p>

A youngman receives two presents that will change his life:a plastic miniature Indian that magically comes tolife inside a mysterious old cupboard. From the Hardcover edition.

What could be better than a magic cupboard that turns small toys into living creatures? Omri s big brother has no birthday present for him, so he gives Omri an old medicine cabinet he s found. Although their mother supplies a key, the cabinet still doesn t seem like much of a present. But when an exhausted Omri dumps a plastic toy Indian into the cabinet just before falling asl...(展开全部)

Jan Westerhoff unfolds the story of one of the richest episodes in the history of Indian thought, the development of Buddhist philosophy in the first millennium CE. He starts from the composition of the Abhidharma works before the beginning of the common era and continues up to the time of Dharmakirti in the sixth century. This period was characterized by the development of a v...(展开全部)

作者：乔治·胡拉尼（1913—1984），英国哲学家、历史学家和古典学者。出生于英国曼彻斯顿一个黎巴嫩基督教家庭。曾先后任教于巴勒斯坦的阿拉伯政府学院、密锡根大学近东学系、布法罗大学哲学系以及加州大学洛杉机分校。1978年曾被推举担任全美东方学会会长。其长期从教的布法罗大学在其退休后，还设立了“乔治·胡拉尼专题讲座”，专邀著名学者讲授近东与阿拉伯历史、哲学与文化。因其对哲学、古典文明和航海史等领域的研究，尤其是对中东文化的专业洞察力而受到学界广泛赞誉。 译者：孙博，1991年生于江苏徐州，2022年毕业于南京大学历史学院/中国南海研究协同创新中心，获历史学博士学位。现任中国矿业大学马克思主义学院讲师。研究领域为海上交通史、城市史。

Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times. In this classic work George Hourani deals with the history of the sea trade of the Arabs in the Indian Ocean from its obscure origins many centuries before Christ to the time of its full extension to China and East Africa in the ninth and tenth centuries.

Ever since the two ancient nations of India and China established modern states in the mid-20th century, they have been locked in a complex rivalry ranging across the South Asian region. Garver offers a scrupulous examination of the two countries' actions and policy decisions over the past fifty years. He has interviewed many of the key figures who have shaped their diplomatic ...(展开全部)

*** Synopsis *** * India is a very diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs, and a veritable feast of viewpoints. * The Argumentative Indian brings together an illuminating selection of writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen that outline the need to understand contemporary India in the light of its long...(展开全部)

阿马蒂亚·森（Amartya Sen）是1998年诺贝尔经济学奖获得者,也是第一位获此殊荣的亚洲人。他1933年生于印度，现在仍然保持印度国籍。他1953年在印度完成大学学业后赴剑桥大学就读，1959年取得博士学位。森曾执教于伦敦经济学院、牛津大学、哈佛大学等著名学府，现任剑桥大学三一学院院长。森的学术思想继承了从亚里士多德到亚当·斯密等古典思想家的遗产，他对全世界各地遭受苦难的人们深切关心，享有“经济学的良心”的美誉。森的思想已经产生了重大影响，联合国出版的《人类发展报告》就是按照他的理论框架设计的。1972年诺贝尔经济学奖得主肯尼思?阿罗认为，“在社会选择、福利经济学基础理论、更广泛的分配伦理学以及与这些领域相关的测量问题上，森是一位无可怀疑的大师。” 阿马蒂亚·森的代表作《以自由看待发展》已于2002年由中国人民大学出版社出版，最新力作《身份认...(展开全部)