Love is in the air—but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. His best friend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either, but that's a small consolation. An unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the d...(展开全部)

In London, 1938, young and idealistic lawyer Edmund Ibbs is trying to find any shred of evidence that his client Carla Dean wasn't the one who shot her husband dead at the top of a Ferris Wheel. But the deeper he digs, the more complex the case becomes, and Edmund soon finds himself drawn into a nightmarish web of conspiracy and murder. Before long he himself is implicated in n...(展开全部)

In London, 1938, young and idealistic lawyer Edmund Ibbs is trying to find any shred of evidence that his client Carla Dean wasn't the one who shot her husband dead at the top of a Ferris Wheel. But the deeper he digs, the more complex the case becomes, and Edmund soon finds himself drawn into a nightmarish web of conspiracy and murder. Before long he himself is implicated in n...(展开全部)

Hans Giebenrath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows the regimen of study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. When Hans befriends a reb...(展开全部)

Hans Giebenrath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship. Hans dutifully follows the regimen of study and endless examinations, his success rewarded only with more crushing assignments. When Hans befriends a reb...(展开全部)

理查德·W.布利特（Richard W. Bulliet），哈佛大学历史学与中东研究博士，哥伦比亚大学中东史教授，专长为中东史、伊斯兰社会制度史、技术史等。著有《尼沙普尔贵族：中古伊斯兰社会史研究》《骆驼与轮子》《伊斯兰：从边缘的视角来看》《大地与人：一部全球史》等，并出版过多本小说。 译者简介： 于子轩，北京大学历史学系博士研究生在读，发表过《柔然文小考》等多篇论文，研究方向为北方民族史和内亚史。 戴汭，北京大学历史学系硕士毕业，剑桥大学历史学博士研究生在读，研究方向为中华人民共和国史。

Why, for many centuries, was the wheel abandoned in the Middle East in favor of the camel as a means of transport? This richly illustrated study explains this anomaly. Drawing on archaeology, art, technology, anthropology, linguistics, and camel husbandry, Bulliet explores the implications for the region's economic and social development during the Middle Ages and into modern t...(展开全部)

理查德·W.布利特（Richard W. Bulliet），哈佛大学历史学与中东研究博士，哥伦比亚大学中东史教授，专长为中东史、伊斯兰社会制度史、技术史等。著有《尼沙普尔贵族：中古伊斯兰社会史研究》《骆驼与轮子》《伊斯兰：从边缘的视角来看》《大地与人：一部全球史》等，并出版过多本小说。 译者简介： 于子轩，北京大学历史学系博士研究生在读，发表过《柔然文小考》等多篇论文，研究方向为北方民族史和内亚史。 戴汭，北京大学历史学系硕士毕业，剑桥大学历史学博士研究生在读，研究方向为中华人民共和国史。