In this immensely readable and wide-ranging book, Bernard Lewis charts the successive transformations of the Middle East, beginning with the two great empires, the Roman and the Persian, and covering the growth of Christianity, the rise and spread of Islam, the waves of invaders from the east, the Mongol hordes of Jengiz Khan, the rise of the Ottoman Turks, and the changing bal...(展开全部)

乔纳森·芬比是十八本书的作者，包括备受称赞的《在边缘：法国的困扰》《将军：戴高乐及其拯救的法国》，后者被《纽约时报》誉为“精彩之书……博识敏锐、扣人心弦，让人不忍释卷”。他关注法国逾半个世纪，曾任路透社和《经济学人》巴黎通讯站负责人，也曾在《观察家》和《南华早报》发表和编辑诸多报道。他还被法国授予荣誉军团勋章和国家荣誉勋章。

乔纳森·芬比是十八本书的作者，包括备受称赞的《在边缘：法国的困扰》《将军：戴高乐及其拯救的法国》，后者被《纽约时报》誉为“精彩之书……博识敏锐、扣人心弦，让人不忍释卷”。他关注法国逾半个世纪，曾任路透社和《经济学人》巴黎通讯站负责人，也曾在《观察家》和《南华早报》发表和编辑诸多报道。他还被法国授予荣誉军团勋章和国家荣誉勋章。

Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms to grand cathedrals – those vast reservoirs of silence. Philosophers and novelists have long sought solitude and inspiration in...(展开全部)

Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in that inner citadel which great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. Today, when noise is everywhere, distinguished historian Alain Corbin goes back to a time when speech was rare and precious.Silence, prerequisite for contemplation, reverie and prayer, is that private ...(展开全部)

Since its first publication in 1937, this lucid and scholarly chronicle of the history of photography has been hailed as the classic work on the subject. No other book and no other author have managed to relate the aesthetic evolution of the art of photography to its technical innovations with such an absorbing combination of clarity, scholarship and enthusiasm. Through more th...(展开全部)

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance. A nation whose impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbours in the Middle East but on the world as a whole - and through ideas and creativity rather than by the...(展开全部)

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance. A nation whose impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbours in the Middle East but on the world as a whole - and through ideas and creativity rather than by the...(展开全部)

Humour is without doubt a vital element of the human condition but it has rarely been the subject of serious historical research. Yet a closer look at jokes and other comic phenomena shows us that the nature of humour changes from one period to another, and that these changes can provide us with important insights into the social and cultural developments of the past. This impo...(展开全部)

Humour is without doubt a vital element of the human condition but it has rarely been the subject of serious historical research. Yet a closer look at jokes and other comic phenomena shows us that the nature of humour changes from one period to another, and that these changes can provide us with important insights into the social and cultural developments of the past. This impo...(展开全部)