For more than a quarter century, Philip Norman's internationally bestselling Shout! has been unchallenged as the definitive biography of the Beatles. Now, at last, Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom belonging to the world's most beloved pop group was never enough. Drawing on pre-viously untapped sources, and with unprecedented access to all the major ch...(展开全部)

The final word on music's greatest legend, in which Philip Norman reveals a John Lennon the world has never seen. With ground-breaking insight into the pain, beauty and frustration that shaped the genius of modern music, John Lennon: The Definitive Biography redefines a legend. John Lennon -- the iconic songwriter, composer and one quarter of The Beatles -- was a giant of the ...(展开全部)

Description: From the bestselling author of "Shout" comes an extraordinarily detailed, vibrant, in-depth account of the life of John Lennon--the most deeply researched and comprehensive biography to date. 16-page color photo insert; 16-page b&w photo insert. Description: For more than a quarter century, Philip Norman's internationally bestselling Shout! has been unchallenged as...(展开全部)

Chinese in America endured abuse and discrimination in the late nineteenth century, but they had a leader and a fighter in Wong Chin Foo (1847--1898), whose story is a forgotten chapter in the struggle for equal rights in America. The first to use the term "Chinese American," Wong defended his compatriots against malicious scapegoating and urged them to become Americanized to w...(展开全部)

苏思纲（Scott D. Seligman），美国作家、历史学家，本科就读于普林斯顿大学历史系，获哈佛大学硕士学位。他能讲流利的汉语普通话和粤语，曾旅居中国八年。主要著作有《堂斗》《梅氏三雄》《中国商业礼仪》等。 ★译者简介 卢欣渝，资深英美文学、社科图书翻译，已出版的主要译作有 《美国公子》（Less Than Zero）、《英雄与败类》（One Police Plaza）、《鲁滨逊飘流记》（Robinson Crusoe）、《重新出山》（Licence Renewed）、《移情无悔》（Under the Covers）、《临界地带》（Borderlands）、《战争的果实》（The Fruits of War）、《智商测试》（IQ）、《美国阴谋》（American Conspiracies）、《追寻美之音符》（Notes on the Need ...(展开全部)

As a girl in New York City in the 1940s, Mildred “Millie” Dresselhaus was taught that there were only three career options open to women: secretary, nurse, or teacher. But sneaking into museums, purchasing three-cent copies of National Geographic, and devouring books on the history of science ignited in Dresselhaus (1930–2017) a passion for inquiry. In Carbon Queen, science wri...(展开全部)

As a girl in New York City in the 1940s, Mildred “Millie” Dresselhaus was taught that there were only three career options open to women: secretary, nurse, or teacher. But sneaking into museums, purchasing three-cent copies of National Geographic, and devouring books on the history of science ignited in Dresselhaus (1930–2017) a passion for inquiry. In Carbon Queen, science wri...(展开全部)

托马斯·帕克南，英裔爱尔兰历史学家和树木学家，毕业于牛津大学莫德林学院。在埃塞俄比亚旅行了一段时间之后，他回到英国他担任《泰晤士报教育副刊》的编辑，后来又为《星期日电讯报》和《观察家报》工作。他在英国伦敦和爱尔兰韦斯特米斯郡之间频繁往来，是爱尔兰树木协会主席和图林纳利城堡的名誉管理人。托马斯·帕克南撰写了多本关于非洲历史、维多利亚和后维多利亚英国历史以及树的书，其中《争夺非洲》获得了史密斯奖和艾伦·帕顿奖。

The Spirit of Nineteenth-Century naturalistic investigation lives in British historian Thomas Pakenham, who has spent the last two decades chronicling the lives of the world's most dramatic trees, many of which are in danger of destruction. In Remarkable Trees of the World, Pakenham takes us on a breathtaking voyage across four continents, introducing, with a passionate text an...(展开全部)

托马斯·帕克南，英裔爱尔兰历史学家和树木学家，毕业于牛津大学莫德林学院。在埃塞俄比亚旅行了一段时间之后，他回到英国他担任《泰晤士报教育副刊》的编辑，后来又为《星期日电讯报》和《观察家报》工作。他在英国伦敦和爱尔兰韦斯特米斯郡之间频繁往来，是爱尔兰树木协会主席和图林纳利城堡的名誉管理人。托马斯·帕克南撰写了多本关于非洲历史、维多利亚和后维多利亚英国历史以及树的书，其中《争夺非洲》获得了史密斯奖和艾伦·帕顿奖。