From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and authors of China Wakes comes this insightful and comprehensive look at Asia on the rise. The recent economic crisis in Asia heaped devastation upon millions. Yet Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn argue that it was the best thing that could have happened to Asia. It destroyed the cronyism, protectionism, and government regulati...(展开全部)

紀思道與伍潔芳是《紐約時報》的記者，曾獲得普立茲獎的殊榮，《東方驚雷》一書收錄了他們對亞洲各國的廣泛觀察。 這對夫妻檔曾住過香港、台灣、中國與日本，他們自嘲對於亞洲的認識是「蜻蜓點水」，但他們的敘述可一點也不膚淺。 書中沒有放諸四海皆準的理論，因為「這樣的理論就像天氣一樣多變，難以形成」。反之，他們逐章介紹新興亞洲國家遭逢的議題，例如女權、污染、金融危機等等，以親身觀察所得，直指問題的核心與困境。 例如：中國甘肅的劉家峽肥料廠將廢水直接排入黃河，污染的水源造成八堆村居民壽命減短、嬰兒發育遲緩。然而，相較於八堆村一百五十條人命來說，肥料廠創造的工作機會與上繳的稅金，恐怕養活了更多的人。如果要斥資興建污水處理設備，工廠可能會倒閉，影響更多人的生計。八堆村在先進國家是無法漠視的事實，對於發展中的中國卻成了必要之惡；然而破壞環境的代價，恐怕是地方當局無法想像...(展开全部)

Where are your heroes? Are they trapped inside the stories in your head, eager to burst free? Are you ready to share them, to brag of them, to tell of their deeds and battles, their daring and sacrifice? Are you a storyteller ready to write the tales of your own heroes? Fantasy heroes endure. They are embedded in our cultural fabric, dwarfing other literary figures and the mere...(展开全部)

Eastward to Tartary , Robert Kaplan's first book to focus on a single region since his bestselling Balkan Ghosts , introduces readers to an explosive and little-known part of the world destined to become a tinderbox of the future. Kaplan takes us on a spellbinding journey into the heart of a volatile region, stretching from Hungary and Romania to the far shores of the oil-r...(展开全部)

Eastward to Tartary , Robert Kaplan's first book to focus on a single region since his bestselling Balkan Ghosts , introduces readers to an explosive and little-known part of the world destined to become a tinderbox of the future. Kaplan takes us on a spellbinding journey into the heart of a volatile region, stretching from Hungary and Romania to the far shores of the oil-r...(展开全部)

罗伯特•马歇尔 BBC纪录片资深制片人。制作过：《时代观察》系列，包括：《维希法国和犹太人》、《所有的臣民》、《黑暗中的光》、《轰炸中的夏日》。出版过：《所有的臣民》，《制造阴影者》和《利沃夫的下水道里》。

The history of America's political, military, and intellectual involvement in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush. From the first cannonballs fired by American warships at North African pirates to the conquest of Falluja by the Marines—from the early American explorers who probed the sources of the Nile to the diplomats who strove for Arab-Israeli pea...(展开全部)