河口慧海，日本僧人，为求取西藏保存的佛教未传之经典，1897至1903年进入西藏，归国后将这趟旅程的见闻悉数记录成文，以《西藏旅行记》为题在报刊上连载，英译本《西藏三年》（Three Years in Tibet）也于1909年在印度出版后，获得民众热烈回响，风靡一时。

“NEPAL AIR DISASTER — NO SURVIVORS.” This newspaper headline transforms Tintin’s holiday into an extraordinary adventure. The little reporter learns that his friend, Chang, was in the aircraft that crashed, and that there were no survivors. Nevertheless, the strength of their friendship and some powerful and vivid dreams convince Tintin to set off to rescue Chang, whom he belie...(展开全部)

8 pp. illustrations, 1 folded map. This book describes the travels undertaken by Alexander Hosie during his tenure as a British consular agent in Chungkiung, from 1882–1884. At the time this was the most important city in Szechuan Province, W. China; situated on the Yangtze River, 1, 500 miles inland from its mouth, it was seen as the potential nexus for trade, giving access in...(展开全部)

An illustrated and comprehensive account of the history of Chinese painting from prehistoric times to the 21st century. It should be of interest to students and general readers who wish to gain an in-depth knowledge of Chinese painting.

This book is a rare feat: seldom is an art history--much less an ambitious, 400-page chronicle of one of the great cultural achievements of the last three millennia--as much a delight for the amateur lover of art as it is indispensable for the student of the field. Written by three eminent specialists in the United States and three in China, Three Thousand Years of Chinese Pain...(展开全部)

An illustrated and comprehensive account of the history of Chinese painting from prehistoric times to the 21st century. It should be of interest to students and general readers who wish to gain an in-depth knowledge of Chinese painting.

The definitive history of Christianity for our time. A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity goes back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and encompasses the globe. It captures the major turning points in human history and fills in often neglected accounts of conversion and confrontation in Africa, Latin Amer...(展开全部)

Diarmaid MacCulloch has contributed to Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years as an author. Diarmaid MacCulloch is a Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford, and Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University. His books include "Suffolk and the Tudors "(1986), "The Later Reformation in England, 1547-1603 "(1990)"; The Reign of Henry VIII: Politics, Policy and Pie...(展开全部)

New York Times bestseller Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings and Sex with Presidents, returns with another work of popular history, exploring the history of misogyny against women with power from Cleopatra to Kamala Harris. Imagine Donald Trump as a woman, called Donna. Would Donna Trump have been viewed as blunt, honest, and refreshing? Would she have won the electi...(展开全部)

New York Times bestseller Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings and Sex with Presidents, returns with another work of popular history, exploring the history of misogyny against women with power from Cleopatra to Kamala Harris. Imagine Donald Trump as a woman, called Donna. Would Donna Trump have been viewed as blunt, honest, and refreshing? Would she have won the electi...(展开全部)