It was 1982, the summer of the Falkland Islands War, and the birth of the royal heir, Prince William--and the ideal time, Theroux found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves. The result is a candid, funny, perceptive, and opinionated travelogue of his journey and his findings.

After eleven years of living as an American in London, Theroux set out to travel clockwise around the coast of Great Britain to find out what the British were really like; the result is this perceptive, hilarious record of the journey.

For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. From the time of historical Troy until the middle of the nineteenth century, human activity here decisively shaped much of the course of world history. David Abulafia's "The Great Sea" is the first complete history of the Mediterranean from the erection of the mysteriou...(展开全部)

For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. From the time of historical Troy until the middle of the nineteenth century, human activity here decisively shaped much of the course of world history. David Abulafia's "The Great Sea" is the first complete history of the Mediterranean from the erection of the mysteriou...(展开全部)

For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. From the time of historical Troy until the middle of the nineteenth century, human activity here decisively shaped much of the course of world history. David Abulafia's "The Great Sea" is the first complete history of the Mediterranean from the erection of the mysteriou...(展开全部)

For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. From the time of historical Troy until the middle of the nineteenth century, human activity here decisively shaped much of the course of world history. David Abulafia's "The Great Sea" is the first complete history of the Mediterranean from the erection of the mysteriou...(展开全部)

For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. From the time of historical Troy until the middle of the nineteenth century, human activity here decisively shaped much of the course of world history. David Abulafia's "The Great Sea" is the first complete history of the Mediterranean from the erection of the mysteriou...(展开全部)

For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. From the time of historical Troy until the middle of the nineteenth century, human activity here decisively shaped much of the course of world history. David Abulafia's "The Great Sea" is the first complete history of the Mediterranean from the erection of the mysteriou...(展开全部)

蕾切尔·卡森(Rachel L.Carson，1907—1964)　美国著名自然文学作家，环境保护运动的先驱，被誉为“生态环保之母”。1929年毕业于宾夕法尼亚女子学院，1932年在霍普金斯大学获动物学硕士学位，1936年成为美国渔业管理局聘用的水生生物学家。1951年出版的《海洋传》(The Sea Around Us)39周蝉联《纽约时报》畅销排行第一。1962年出版的《寂静的春天》(Silent Spring)在社会上引起极大反响，推动了环境保护事业迅速发展。她的著作还有《在海风下》(Under the Sea-Wind)、《海洋的边缘》(The Edge of the Sea)等。

"Refugee", I said, pointing at my chest. "Asylum". When Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport late one afternoon, he has a badly faked passport and exhibits no knowledge of English beyond these two words. He was once a furniture shop owner, a husband, and a father. Now he has arrived in England seeking asylum from his native Zanzibar, using silence and claiming ignorance as his...(展开全部)