The scandalous rape of Ancient Egypt is a historical vignette of greed, vanity, and dedicated archaeological research. It is a tale vividly told by renowned archaeology author, Brian Fagan, with characters that include the ancient historian Herodotus; Theban tomb robbers; obelisk-stealing Romans; Coptic Christians determined to erase the heretical past; mummy traders; leisured ...(展开全部)

In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered—a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Using extensive interviews with survivors and newly discovered documents, Iris Chang has written the defin...(展开全部)

The scandalous rape of Ancient Egypt is a historical vignette of greed, vanity, and dedicated archaeological research. It is a tale vividly told by renowned archaeology author, Brian Fagan, with characters that include the ancient historian Herodotus; Theban tomb robbers; obelisk-stealing Romans; Coptic Christians determined to erase the heretical past; mummy traders; leisured ...(展开全部)

Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries, Death on the Nile. The tranquility of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an e...(展开全部)

Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries, Death on the Nile. The tranquility of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything...until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalled an e...(展开全部)

“这是我真正不得不写的一本书。我写，是出自义愤。即使拿不到一分钱，我也不在乎。让世界知道1937年在南京发生了什么事，对我来讲，这才是重要的。” 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　——张纯如 作者照片： 张纯如，在新泽西州普林斯顿出生，在伊利诺州长大。1989年从伊利诺大学毕业后，曾在美联社和芝加哥论坛报当记者，后来从约翰·霍普金斯大学获得写作学位，并开始全职写作和演说。 张纯如出身书香门第，祖父是抗日国军将领张铁军，后曾为台湾中华日报总主笔。其父当年是台大物理系“状元”，其专著《量子场论》在美国理论物理学术界颇有影响。张纯如的母亲一直从事生物化学的研究工作。 张纯如曾荣膺麦克阿瑟基金会“和平与国际合作计划”奖、美国华人团体“年度女性”称号，并且获得美国“国家科学...(展开全部)

林恩·H·尼古拉斯（Lynn H. Nicholas）生于美国康涅狄格州新伦敦，先后求学于美国、英国和西班牙，在牛津大学获得学士学位。返回美国后，她在美国国家艺术馆供职数年。在她于20世纪80年代早期旅居比利时时，她开始本书的研究工作。本书是尼古拉斯的处女作，她的作品还包括《残酷世界：纳粹网络里的欧洲儿童》（Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web，2005）。尼古拉斯曾获法国“荣誉军团勋章”和波兰“波兰之友”称号。她还担任在艺术品返还审判和美国国会中的专家证人。

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award The cast of characters includes Hitler and Goering, Gertrude Stein and Marc Chagall--not to mention works by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso. And the story told in this superbly researched and suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich's war on European culture and the Allies' desperate effort to preserve it. F...(展开全部)

林恩·H·尼古拉斯（Lynn H. Nicholas）生于美国康涅狄格州新伦敦，先后求学于美国、英国和西班牙，在牛津大学获得学士学位。返回美国后，她在美国国家艺术馆供职数年。在她于20世纪80年代早期旅居比利时时，她开始本书的研究工作。本书是尼古拉斯的处女作，她的作品还包括《残酷世界：纳粹网络里的欧洲儿童》（Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web，2005）。尼古拉斯曾获法国“荣誉军团勋章”和波兰“波兰之友”称号。她还担任在艺术品返还审判和美国国会中的专家证人。

Joanna Bourke, author of the critically-acclaimed Fear, unflinchingly and controversially moves away from looking at victims to look at the rapists. She examines the nature of rape, drawing together the work of criminologists, sociologists and psychiatrists to analyse what drives the perpetrators of sexual violence. Rape - A History looks at the perception of rape, both in the ...(展开全部)