拉尔斯•布朗沃思 Lars Brownworth 英语世界公认最会讲历史故事的作家之一，著名播主、作家、教师，创立了最早的历史播客“拜占庭十二帝”。苹果公司认为，“拜占庭十二帝”是使其播客风格得以形成的50个播客之一。目前，布朗沃思一直更新着他的历史播客，拥有大量的忠实听众，并且在美国一所教会大学担任历史系主任。 《纽约时报》曾认为布朗沃思是一位杰出的历史普及作家。他著有畅销历史作品《诺曼风云：从蛮族到王族的三个世纪》《维京传奇：来自海上的战狼》和《拜占庭帝国：拯救西方文明的东罗马千年史》。书中的笔法延续了他播客中引人入胜的叙事风格和性格鲜明的人物描写，都曾登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜单。

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Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne’s prophetic novel of man’s race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that...(展开全部)

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China’s early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China’s agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based...(展开全部)

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China’s early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China’s agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based...(展开全部)

The Battle of Hastings in 1066 is the one date forever seared on the British national psyche. It enabled the Norman Conquest that marked the end of Anglo-Saxon England. But there was much more to the Normans than the invading army Duke William shipped over from Normandy to the shores of Sussex. How a band of marauding warriors established some of the most powerful kingdoms in E...(展开全部)

George R. R. Martin’s beloved Song of Ice and Fire series, which started with A Game of Thrones, is bursting with a variety and richness of landscapes—from bitter tundra to arid wasteland and everything in between—that provide a sense of scale unrivaled in contemporary fantasy. Now this dazzling set of maps, featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan ...(展开全部)

From Galilee to the Negev offers an intimate look at this multi‐faceted place, exploring its complexities and its contradictions. Shore travelled the length and breadth of the region, questioning and revealing through his camera lens. His visual inquiry explores the landscape itself and the people who live in it – the daily lives and the narratives that combine to create this f...(展开全部)

乔治·R.R.马丁 欧美奇幻小说大师。1948年9月20日出生于美国新泽西州的贝约恩。马丁的作品主要以人物为关注点，描写细腻丰富，突破了幻想文学界固有的创作模式，多次引领阅读潮流。代表作有十大浪漫太空歌剧之一的《光逝》、由雨果奖获奖名篇扩展而成的《风港》、在杂志读者群中深受爱戴的《图夫航行记》，以及当代正统奇幻的第一经典《冰与火之歌》等。由于马丁的辉煌成就，他被誉为美国的托尔金和新世纪的海明威。