The world would end in 1492—so the prophets, soothsayers, and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. Ours began. In this extraordinary, sweeping history, Felipe FernÁndez-Armesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single, fateful year. Everything changed in 1492: the way power and wealth were distributed around the globe, the way major reli...(展开全部)

The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is a restless young man with dreams of escaping Aberdeen. Abandoning his childhood sweetheart, he takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years he amasses a great fortune, learns the ways of the samurai and helps overthrow the Shogun - a rapid rise from lowly shipping clerk to millionaire industrialist. Yet behind Glover's astonishing su...(展开全部)

The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is a restless young man with dreams of escaping Aberdeen. Abandoning his childhood sweetheart, he takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years he amasses a great fortune, learns the ways of the samurai and helps overthrow the Shogun - a rapid rise from lowly shipping clerk to millionaire industrialist. Yet behind Glover's astonishing su...(展开全部)

The final, previously unpublished novel by the author of All Quiet on the Western Front - a dreamlike, powerfully moving account of an emigrant's experience of New York during World War II. From the detention centre on Ellis Island, Ludwig Somner looks across a small stretch of water to the glittering towers of New York, which whisper seductively of freedom after so many years ...(展开全部)

Originally published in Portuguese in 1943 as Terras do sem fim by Livraria Martins Editoria, Brazil. In this short novel, the aristocratic Badaros family is pitted against the middle-class planter Colonel Horacio Silveira in a struggle to obtain a crucial piece of land for the growing of cacao. Amado's true subject—and one he frequently comes back to—is the effect of the Bahia...(展开全部)

Originally published in Portuguese in 1943 as Terras do sem fim by Livraria Martins Editoria, Brazil. In this short novel, the aristocratic Badaros family is pitted against the middle-class planter Colonel Horacio Silveira in a struggle to obtain a crucial piece of land for the growing of cacao. Amado's true subject—and one he frequently comes back to—is the effect of the Bahia...(展开全部)

主编简介： 罗新，1963年生于湖北，北京大学中国古代史研究中心暨历史学系教授，专业研究方向为魏晋南北朝史和中国古代民族史。专业代表作《中古北族名号研究》（2009）、《黑毡上的北魏皇帝》（2014），著有旅行文学作品《从大都到上都——在古道上重新发现中国》（2018） 。 作者简介： 海伦娜·阿特利，非虚构作家和特稿撰稿人，皇家文学基金会会员。她写了多本有关意大利花园和世界各地花园文化史的书。作品有《行走的柠檬：意大利的柑橘园之旅》、《列夫的小提琴》（Lev’s Violin: An Italian Adventure）、《英国伟大的花园》（Great Gardens of Britain）、《日本的花园》（Gardens of Japan）等。 译者简介： 张洁，1985年生于上海松江。本科就读于复旦大学历史系，获历史学学士学位。研究生就读于复旦...(展开全部)

主编简介： 罗新，1963年生于湖北，北京大学中国古代史研究中心暨历史学系教授，专业研究方向为魏晋南北朝史和中国古代民族史。专业代表作《中古北族名号研究》（2009）、《黑毡上的北魏皇帝》（2014），著有旅行文学作品《从大都到上都——在古道上重新发现中国》（2018） 。 作者简介： 海伦娜·阿特利，非虚构作家和特稿撰稿人，皇家文学基金会会员。她写了多本有关意大利花园和世界各地花园文化史的书。作品有《行走的柠檬：意大利的柑橘园之旅》、《列夫的小提琴》（Lev’s Violin: An Italian Adventure）、《英国伟大的花园》（Great Gardens of Britain）、《日本的花园》（Gardens of Japan）等。 译者简介： 张洁，1985年生于上海松江。本科就读于复旦大学历史系，获历史学学士学位。研究生就读于复旦...(展开全部)