The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians bu...(展开全部)

A riveting account of the Wars of the Roses, focusing on the human side of the story. The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterized by treachery, deceit and, at St. Albans, Blore Hill and Towton, some of the bloodiest and most dramatic battles on England’s soil. Between 1455 and 1487, the royal coffers were bankrupted and the conf...(展开全部)

A riveting account of the Wars of the Roses, focusing on the human side of the story. The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterized by treachery, deceit and, at St. Albans, Blore Hill and Towton, some of the bloodiest and most dramatic battles on England’s soil. Between 1455 and 1487, the royal coffers were bankrupted and the conf...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 丹•琼斯，专攻中世纪史的历史学家，曾获多项大奖。他的作品《金雀花王朝：缔造英格兰的武士国王与王后们》为《纽约时报》畅销书。《金雀花王朝》已被改编为四集电视纪录片《不列颠最血腥的王朝：金雀花王朝与大宪章，自由的诞生》。他和妻子及两个女儿生活在伦敦。 【译者简介】 陆大鹏，英德译者，热爱一切long ago和far away的东西。代表译作“地中海史诗三部曲”、《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》《金雀花王朝》《伯罗奔尼撒战争》《伊莎贝拉》《滑铁卢》《恺撒》《奥古斯都》《征服者》《罗曼诺夫皇朝》等。 豆瓣、新浪微博：陆大鹏Hans 微信公号：ldphans

【作者简介】 丹•琼斯，专攻中世纪史的历史学家，曾获多项大奖。他的作品《金雀花王朝：缔造英格兰的武士国王与王后们》为《纽约时报》畅销书。《金雀花王朝》已被改编为四集电视纪录片《不列颠最血腥的王朝：金雀花王朝与大宪章，自由的诞生》。他和妻子及两个女儿生活在伦敦。 【译者简介】 陆大鹏，英德译者，热爱一切long ago和far away的东西。代表译作“地中海史诗三部曲”、《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》《金雀花王朝》《伯罗奔尼撒战争》《伊莎贝拉》《滑铁卢》《恺撒》《奥古斯都》《征服者》《罗曼诺夫皇朝》等。 豆瓣、新浪微博：陆大鹏Hans 微信公号：ldphans

【作者简介】 丹•琼斯，专攻中世纪史的历史学家，曾获多项大奖。他的作品《金雀花王朝：缔造英格兰的武士国王与王后们》为《纽约时报》畅销书。《金雀花王朝》已被改编为四集电视纪录片《不列颠最血腥的王朝：金雀花王朝与大宪章，自由的诞生》。他和妻子及两个女儿生活在伦敦。 【译者简介】 陆大鹏，英德译者，热爱一切long ago和far away的东西。代表译作“地中海史诗三部曲”、《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》《金雀花王朝》《伯罗奔尼撒战争》《伊莎贝拉》《滑铁卢》《恺撒》《奥古斯都》《征服者》《罗曼诺夫皇朝》等。 豆瓣、新浪微博：陆大鹏Hans 微信公号：ldphans

Since man first wielded a stick in anger, war and conflict have been prime movers in the progress of science and technology. In our earliest days the impetus may have been as simple as protecting territory or a food supply; more recently science has benefited from massive injections of cash when national security is at stake. But as Michael White demonstrates in this superbly w...(展开全部)

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Hebrew University's van Creveld remains unsurpassed as a scholar of war. In this provocative volume, he challenges perhaps the subject's single greatest shibboleth—at least in Western culture. Since the Enlightenment, war has been described as a means to an end, serving essentially rational interests. Nothing, van Creveld...(展开全部)

These two classic works capture the tide of world events even as they unfold the compelling tale of a single North American family drawn into the very center of the wars maelstrom. These two multimillion-copy bestsellers capture all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of the Second World War.