A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons the princely rulers of Italy's dynastic states and their families. From the late Middle Ages, the independent Italian city-states were taken over by powerful families who installed themselves as dynastic rulers. Inspired by the humanists, the princes of fift...(展开全部)

A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons the princely rulers of Italy's dynastic states and their families. From the late Middle Ages, the independent Italian city-states were taken over by powerful families who installed themselves as dynastic rulers. Inspired by the humanists, the princes of fift...(展开全部)

[英]西蒙·塞巴格·蒙蒂菲奥里(Simon Sebag Montefiore)，荣获多项大奖的历史学家，其著作已被翻译成四十余种语言。《叶卡捷琳娜大帝与波将金》入选塞缪尔·约翰逊奖、达夫·库珀奖和马什传记奖的短名单；Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar获得英国图书奖年度历史著作奖；《青年斯大林》获得英国科斯塔传记奖、美国《洛杉矶时报》传记奖、法国政治传记大奖和奥地利克莱斯基政治文学奖；《耶路撒冷三千年》获得文津图书奖和美国犹太图书理事会“年度好书”；《罗曼诺夫皇朝》入选《纽约时报》十大好书榜单，并荣获意大利“卢皮凯亚·德尔·特里奇奥文学奖”（Lupicaia del Terriccio Literature Prize）。他的作品还包括得到高度赞扬的“莫斯科三部曲”（小说）：《萨申卡》、Red Sky at Noon 和...(展开全部)

For more than 200 years, the Mughal emperors ruled supreme in northern India. How was it possible that a Muslim, ethnically Turkish, Persian-speaking dynasty established itself in the Indian subcontinent to become one of the largest and most dynamic empires on earth? In this rigorous new interpretation of the period, Munis D. Faruqui explores Mughal state formation through the ...(展开全部)

For more than 200 years, the Mughal emperors ruled supreme in northern India. How was it possible that a Muslim, ethnically Turkish, Persian-speaking dynasty established itself in the Indian subcontinent to become one of the largest and most dynamic empires on earth? In this rigorous new interpretation of the period, Munis D. Faruqui explores Mughal state formation through the ...(展开全部)

Product Description Manfredo Tafuri (1935–1994) is acknowledged as one of Italy’s most influential architectural historians. In his final work, Interpreting the Renaissance, published here in English for the first time (the Italian edition, Ricerca del Rinascimento, appeared in 1992), Tafuri analyzes Renaissance architecture from a variety of perspectives, exploring questions t...(展开全部)

Product Description Manfredo Tafuri (1935–1994) is acknowledged as one of Italy’s most influential architectural historians. In his final work, Interpreting the Renaissance, published here in English for the first time (the Italian edition, Ricerca del Rinascimento, appeared in 1992), Tafuri analyzes Renaissance architecture from a variety of perspectives, exploring questions t...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six . . . Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever. Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous ...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six . . . Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever. Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous ...(展开全部)

罗杰•泽拉兹尼，美国国宝级科幻奇幻作家，在这两大领域均达到了极其罕见的巅峰状态。 在三十多年的创作生涯中，他一共摘取了六次雨果奖、三次星云奖和两次轨迹奖，留下了五十五部长篇和一百五十余个中短篇。1963年，他的作品被编入“著名科幻小说殿堂”，并于2010年入驻“科幻小说 名 人堂”。 他率先倡导科幻小说写作要从心理学、社会学和语言学三方面考虑，打破了太空冒险科幻一统天下的局面，被誉为“新浪潮”的领军人物。在泽拉兹尼的作品中，他创造性地将科幻、奇幻融为一体，将神话、宗教与科幻奇幻有机结合，每一个设定都如教科书般精确，营造出独特的世界观。他的科幻作品中有奇幻的瑰丽恣肆，奇幻作品有科幻的严谨设定。因此，他被视为“那个时代最伟大的科幻奇幻作家”。 在1970年代，泽拉兹尼开始倾力打造他的奇幻名篇《安珀志》，历时20年，终于得以完成这部奇幻历史上的里程碑式作品...(展开全部)