In 1933, Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. "The Road to Oxiana" offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural tre...(展开全部)

“I wrote this book not sure I could follow the road to character, but I wanted at least to know what the road looks like and how other people have trodden it.”—David Brooks With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily live...(展开全部)

The follow-up to the acclaimed The Road to Stalingrad tells the compelling story of the Red Army's epic struggle to drive the Germans out of Russia and back to Berlin. Using Soviet, German, and Eastern European primary sources, John Erickson describes fighting and hardship on an almost unimaginable scale. The detailed narrative covers battles on all the fronts. The inside infor...(展开全部)

The follow-up to the acclaimed The Road to Stalingrad tells the compelling story of the Red Army's epic struggle to drive the Germans out of Russia and back to Berlin. Using Soviet, German, and Eastern European primary sources, John Erickson describes fighting and hardship on an almost unimaginable scale. The detailed narrative covers battles on all the fronts. The inside infor...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

“I wrote this book not sure I could follow the road to character, but I wanted at least to know what the road looks like and how other people have trodden it.”—David Brooks With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily live...(展开全部)

In 1933, Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. "The Road to Oxiana" offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural tre...(展开全部)

作者出生在奥地利﹐是犹太人﹐原名Sylvius Leopold Weiss﹐1926年归信伊斯兰﹐改名为穆罕默德‧阿萨德。 他的祖上是犹太教的宗教世家﹐犹太教经典和希伯莱文是家庭教育传统﹐1920年他到巴勒斯坦研究犹太古代史，目睹了犹太复国运动﹐因此开始研究伊斯兰和阿拉伯文化﹐考察了周围许多伊斯兰国家﹐如土耳其﹑沙特阿拉伯﹑苏联的中亚﹐最后选择成为穆斯林﹐在印度定居﹐支持印度穆斯林独立建国运动。 巴基斯坦建国之后﹐他归为巴基斯坦公民﹐担任新建国家的外交工作﹐1947年被巴基斯坦政府委任为驻联合国大使。在他归信伊斯兰之后参加穆斯林解放运动时期﹐写了许多书﹐阐明伊斯兰的现代观点﹐如《通往麦加之路》《古兰经的启示》《布哈里伊玛目评述》《这就是我们的法则》和《伊斯兰在十字路口》《不浪漫的东方》等。