丹尼斯·谢尔曼是纽约城市大学约翰·杰伊刑事司法学院(John Jay College of Criminal Justice，the City University of New York)的历史学教授。他在加州大学伯克利分校获得了文学学士学位(1962年)和法学博士学位(1965年)，并在密歇根大学获得了哲学博士(1970年)。他是巴黎大学的访问学者(1978—1979年，1985年)。他曾获得福特基金会学术奖(Ford Foundation Prize Fellowship，1968—1969年，1969—1970年)，获得经济史研究中心学术奖(Council for Research on Economic History，1971—1972年)，获得国家人文科学基金会奖(National Endowment for the Humanitie...(展开全部)

乔纳森·戴利（JonathanDaly），哈佛大学历史学博士，伊利诺伊大学历史学教授，美国斯拉夫研究会成员，研究聚焦于现代文明的诞生和俄罗斯近现代史。在数十年的教学生涯中，戴利广受师生欢迎，并于2008年获雪莉·比尔奖。著有《欧洲如何塑造现代世界》《俄国革命及其影响》等。

乔纳森·戴利（JonathanDaly），哈佛大学历史学博士，伊利诺伊大学历史学教授，美国斯拉夫研究会成员，研究聚焦于现代文明的诞生和俄罗斯近现代史。在数十年的教学生涯中，戴利广受师生欢迎，并于2008年获雪莉·比尔奖。著有《欧洲如何塑造现代世界》《俄国革命及其影响》等。

This Third Edition of Kenneth Katzner's best-selling guide to languages is essential reading for language enthusiasts everywhere. Written with the non-specialist in mind, its user-friendly style and layout, delightful original passages and exotic scripts will continue to fascinate reader. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include more languages, more countries and...(展开全部)

本书作者乔纳森•赖利—史密斯是英国剑桥大学教会史教授，国际知名的十字军史研究专家。曾著有《什么是十字军？》、《牛津十字军史》、《第一次十字军东征与十字军观念》。通过这些著作，他推动了十字军研究的重大变革。他认为，十字军东征的动机更多地是出于虔诚、宗教热情、责任感，真诚地期望解放圣地并使之回归基督教的怀抱；而不是出于贪婪和帝国主义。 译者夏继果，历史学博士，首都师范大学历史学院教授，研究方向欧洲中世纪史，现主要从事基督教文明与伊斯兰文明关系史研究。曾出版专著《伊丽莎白一世时期英国外交政策研究》，出版译著《12世纪文艺复兴》、《现代世界的起源》、《全球史读本》、《近代世界体系》（合译）等。在《世界历史》、《史学理论研究》等学术期刊发表论文30余篇。

This path--breaking study will become the standard work on the history of reading in the West. It will be indispensable to students of cultural history, and to all those who want a fresh perspective on the history of books and their uses. * Wide--ranging and authoritative account of the changing practices of reading from the ancient world to the present day. * An international...(展开全部)

This path-breaking study will become the standard work on the history of reading in the West. It will be indispensable to students of cultural history, and to all those who want a fresh perspective on the history of books and their uses. Wide-ranging and authoritative account of the changing practices of reading from the ancient world to the present day. An international t...(展开全部)

Books and other texts have not always been read in the way that we read them today. The modern practice of reading--privately, silently, with the eyes alone--is only one way of reading, which for many centuries existed alongside other forms. In the ancient world, in the Middle Ages, and as late as the seventeenth century, many texts were written for the voice. They were address...(展开全部)

Books and other texts have not always been read in the way that we read them today. The modern practice of reading--privately, silently, with the eyes alone--is only one way of reading, which for many centuries existed alongside other forms. In the ancient world, in the Middle Ages, and as late as the seventeenth century, many texts were written for the voice. They were address...(展开全部)

"Very few books dig so deeply into the feelings and experiences that really drive historians. Still less do they explore how events in distant ages, in seemingly distant cultures, can touch the modern reader. The Terror of History does this. Ruiz's voice is very much that of a teacher and scholar committed to the exploration of the human condition. This is a rich book." -- ...(展开全部)