The definitive account of transpacific Asian movement through the Spanish empire—from Manila to Acapulco and beyond—and its implications for the history of race and colonization in the Americas. Between 1565 and 1815, the so-called Manila galleons enjoyed a near-complete monopoly on transpacific trade between Spain’s Asian and American colonies. Sailing from the Philippines to ...(展开全部)

The definitive account of transpacific Asian movement through the Spanish empire—from Manila to Acapulco and beyond—and its implications for the history of race and colonization in the Americas. Between 1565 and 1815, the so-called Manila galleons enjoyed a near-complete monopoly on transpacific trade between Spain’s Asian and American colonies. Sailing from the Philippines to ...(展开全部)

凯特·安德森·布劳尔（Kate Andersen Brower）曾为彭博新闻社报道过四年的奥巴马政府。此前，她曾在CBS新闻台纽约分部和Fox新闻台华盛顿特区分部工作过，还为《华盛顿邮报》《彭博商业周刊》《时代》《名利场》等撰稿。目前，她与丈夫及两个子女生活在华盛顿特区的郊外。 她的处女作《白宫往事：私人记忆中的真实白宫》，已由未读推出。

凯特·安德森·布劳尔（Kate Andersen Brower）曾为彭博新闻社报道过四年的奥巴马政府。此前，她曾在CBS新闻台纽约分部和Fox新闻台华盛顿特区分部工作过，还为《华盛顿邮报》《彭博商业周刊》《时代》《名利场》等撰稿。目前，她与丈夫及两个子女生活在华盛顿特区的郊外。 她的处女作《白宫往事：私人记忆中的真实白宫》，已由未读推出。

With his trademark range and independence of thought, Felipe Fernandez- Armesto sweeps aside the tidy separation between the enlightened first world' United States and Canada, and less privileged Latin America'. He shows us why it is impossible to understand the history of North, Central and South America in isolation. From the emergence of the first human civilisations throu...(展开全部)

"The Simpsons" is one of the most successful shows to ever run on television. From its first moment on air, the series's rich characters, subversive themes, and layered humor resounded deeply with audiences both young and old who wanted more from their entertainment than what was being meted out at the time by the likes of "Full House," "Growing Pains," and "Family Matters." Sp...(展开全部)

This remarkable book recounts for the first time a devastating episode in 1955 at Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, that has led many pharmaceutical companies to abandon vaccine manufacture. Drawing on interviews with public health officials, pharmaceutical company executives, attorneys, Cutter employees and victims of the vaccine, as well as on previously unavailabl...(展开全部)

Vaccines have saved more lives than any other single medical advance. Yet today only four companies make vaccines, and there is a growing crisis in vaccine availability. Why has this happened? This remarkable book recounts for the first time a devastating episode in 1955 at Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, that has led many pharmaceutical companies to abandon vaccin...(展开全部)

A hilariously spooky novelisation by US author, Calliope Glass, based on the new animated family film, The Addams Family. The Addams Family animated movie features an all-star cast including Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler, Allison Janney and Elsie Fisher. Together Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Gr...(展开全部)

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THEN SHE WAS GONE In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. They’ve been dead for several days. Who has been looking after the baby? And where did ...(展开全部)