During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the government invited merchants to deliver grain in return for salt certificates with which merchants drew salt as reward. The salt certificate therefore represented a national debt, denominated in salt, the government thereby owed merchants. A speculative market of salt certificates was created in Yangzhou and brought into being powerful f...(展开全部)

During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the government invited merchants to deliver grain in return for salt certificates with which merchants drew salt as reward. The salt certificate therefore represented a national debt, denominated in salt, the government thereby owed merchants. A speculative market of salt certificates was created in Yangzhou and brought into being powerful f...(展开全部)

Years in the making, this spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting narrative is an unforgettable portrait of 9/11. This is a 9/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple strands of the events in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Fall and Rise is a mesmerizing, minute-by-minute account of that terrible day. In the days an...(展开全部)

米切尔·祖科夫（Mitchell Zuckoff），美国作家、波士顿大学教授。曾在《波士顿环球报》担任记者多年，入围普利策调查性报道奖，获得包括美国报纸主编协会“杰出新闻写作奖”在内的多项新闻业大奖。2001年，他为《波士顿环球报》报道9·11事件，并在袭击当天撰写了头 条新闻。 常年专注于非虚构写作，有多部作品登上《纽约时报》畅销榜。其中《迷失在香格里拉》2012年获新英格兰笔会奖，《危机13小时》被改编成由迈克尔·贝执导的同名电影。《坠落与重生：9·11的故事》是他的第八本书。 · 杜先菊 湖北武汉人。北京大学学士、硕士。曾赴英国牛津留学，年余后转至美国波士顿继续学业，获布兰代斯大学博士学位。毕业后定居波士顿。工作、家务之余，亦致力于文学和社科书籍的翻译与写作。

米切尔·祖科夫（Mitchell Zuckoff），美国作家、波士顿大学教授。曾在《波士顿环球报》担任记者多年，入围普利策调查性报道奖，获得包括美国报纸主编协会“杰出新闻写作奖”在内的多项新闻业大奖。2001年，他为《波士顿环球报》报道9·11事件，并在袭击当天撰写了头 条新闻。 常年专注于非虚构写作，有多部作品登上《纽约时报》畅销榜。其中《迷失在香格里拉》2012年获新英格兰笔会奖，《危机13小时》被改编成由迈克尔·贝执导的同名电影。《坠落与重生：9·11的故事》是他的第八本书。 · 杜先菊 湖北武汉人。北京大学学士、硕士。曾赴英国牛津留学，年余后转至美国波士顿继续学业，获布兰代斯大学博士学位。毕业后定居波士顿。工作、家务之余，亦致力于文学和社科书籍的翻译与写作。

This is a 9/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple strands of the events in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Fall and Rise is a mesmerizing, minute-by-minute account of that terrible day. In the days and months after 9/11, Mitchell Zuckoff, then a reporter for the Boston Globe, wrote about the attacks, the victims, and their fam...(展开全部)

Years in the making, this spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting narrative is an unforgettable portrait of 9/11. This is a 9/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple strands of the events in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Fall and Rise is a mesmerizing, minute-by-minute account of that terrible day. In the days an...(展开全部)

An up-to-the-minute account of the long history and remarkable biology of the extraordinary animals that capture the imagination of every child. The dinosaurs are much more varied than the popular picture of lumbering giants and matching meat eaters. Steve Brusatte expertly leads the reader through the latest discoveries to unravel their great range of lifestyles in a vanished ...(展开全部)

An up-to-the-minute account of the long history and remarkable biology of the extraordinary animals that capture the imagination of every child. The dinosaurs are much more varied than the popular picture of lumbering giants and matching meat eaters. Steve Brusatte expertly leads the reader through the latest discoveries to unravel their great range of lifestyles in a vanished ...(展开全部)