埃瑞克・霍布斯鲍姆，1917年生于亚历山大，先后在维也纳、柏林、伦敦和剑桥学习。他是英国和美国艺术及科学研究院的研究员，同时他还是许多国家的综合大学的荣誉学位获得者，他在到新的纽约社会研究学院前，一直从教于伦敦大学的伯克贝克（Bithbeck）学院。他的代表作有：《革命年代，1789一1848》（The Age of Revolution 1789-1848）、《资本年代，1848－1875》（The Age of Capital 1848-1875）、《帝国年代，1875－1914》（The Age of Empire1875―1914）、《极端年代；一个短暂的20世纪，1914―1991》（The Age of Extremes； The Short Twenieth Century 1914-1991）。他的著作被翻译成多种文字在世界各地发表。...(展开全部)

埃瑞克・霍布斯鲍姆，1917年生于亚历山大，先后在维也纳、柏林、伦敦和剑桥学习。他是英国和美国艺术及科学研究院的研究员，同时他还是许多国家的综合大学的荣誉学位获得者，他在到新的纽约社会研究学院前，一直从教于伦敦大学的伯克贝克（Bithbeck）学院。他的代表作有：《革命年代，1789一1848》（The Age of Revolution 1789-1848）、《资本年代，1848－1875》（The Age of Capital 1848-1875）、《帝国年代，1875－1914》（The Age of Empire1875―1914）、《极端年代；一个短暂的20世纪，1914―1991》（The Age of Extremes； The Short Twenieth Century 1914-1991）。他的著作被翻译成多种文字在世界各地发表。...(展开全部)

BANDITS is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters. Whether Balkan haiduks, Indian dacoits or Brazilian congaceiros, their spectacular exploits have been celebrated and preserved in story and myth. Some...(展开全部)

In writing the following story, the author has had in view no purpose other than that of affording entertainment to such readers as are interested in problems of crime and their solutions; and the story itself differs in no respect from others of its class, excepting in that an effort has been made to keep within the probabilities of ordinary life, both in the characters and in...(展开全部)

This deluxe edition has more than 43,000 definitions, plus almost 3,000 quotations. Alternative spellings or equivalent terms and expressions are provided for more than 5,300 terms and senses, serving a thesaurus-like function. The extensive appendix on legal abbreviations is a major addition. It's the first time such a comprehensive guide has been included in a modern law dict...(展开全部)

With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights.

With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued in a larger format, with a handsome new cover, The Panda's Thumb will introduce a new generation of readers to this unique writer, who has taken the art of the scientific essay to new heights.

The Black Flags raided their way from southern China into northern Vietnam, competing during the second half of the nineteenth century against other armed migrants and uplands communities for the control of commerce, specifically opium, and natural resources, such as copper. At the edges of three empires (the Qing empire in China, the Vietnamese empire governed by the Nguyen dy...(展开全部)

人生に敗れ、詐欺を生業として生きる中年二人組。ある日、彼らの生活に一人の少女が舞い込む。やがて同居人は増え、5人と1匹に。「他人同士」の奇妙な生活が始まったが、残酷な過去は彼らを離さない。各々の人生を懸け、彼らが企てた大計画とは?息もつかせぬ驚愕の逆転劇、そして感動の結末。「このミス」常連、各文学賞総なめの文学界の若きトップランナー、最初の直木賞ノミネート作品。第62回日本推理作家協会賞受賞作。

人生に敗れ、詐欺を生業として生きる中年二人組。ある日、彼らの生活に一人の少女が舞い込む。やがて同居人は増え、5人と1匹に。「他人同士」の奇妙な生活が始まったが、残酷な過去は彼らを離さない。各々の人生を懸け、彼らが企てた大計画とは?息もつかせぬ驚愕の逆転劇、そして感動の結末。「このミス」常連、各文学賞総なめの文学界の若きトップランナー、最初の直木賞ノミネート作品。第62回日本推理作家協会賞受賞作。