The Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood. These thought-provoking essays by the same team of young philosophers who created The Simpsons and Philosophy discuss different facets of th...(展开全部)

The Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood. These thought-provoking essays by the same team of young philosophers who created The Simpsons and Philosophy discuss different facets of th...(展开全部)

著者 卡韦赫·法鲁赫：于不列颠哥伦比亚大学取得博士学位，历史学者，对伊朗历史研究颇有造诣。他出身于伊朗的显赫家族，其家族对近现代伊朗历史具有一定影响。他的祖父马赫迪·法鲁赫曾任驻华大使，受到蒋介石的接见。 译者 高万博：1990出生，研究生毕业，现就职于某研究所。自幼喜爱历史，大学时因偶然的契机涉足翻译，自此将翻译作为个人兴趣。 李达：山东大学在读博士生，史学爱好者，主要方向为古代世界军事史与地中海政治史及制度史，参与翻译的作品逾百万字。

著者 卡韦赫·法鲁赫：于不列颠哥伦比亚大学取得博士学位，历史学者，对伊朗历史研究颇有造诣。他出身于伊朗的显赫家族，其家族对近现代伊朗历史具有一定影响。他的祖父马赫迪·法鲁赫曾任驻华大使，受到蒋介石的接见。 译者 高万博：1990出生，研究生毕业，现就职于某研究所。自幼喜爱历史，大学时因偶然的契机涉足翻译，自此将翻译作为个人兴趣。 李达：山东大学在读博士生，史学爱好者，主要方向为古代世界军事史与地中海政治史及制度史，参与翻译的作品逾百万字。

Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind. Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, t...(展开全部)

玛里琳·邓恩（Marilyn Dunn），英国格拉斯哥大学历史系高级讲师，研究旨趣涉及死亡、修道等宗教议题，除本书外，还著有《597－700年间盎格鲁－撒克逊人的基督教化——探讨他们的生和死》（The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons 597-700: Dealing with the Living and the Dead ，Continuum, 2008)。

玛里琳·邓恩（Marilyn Dunn），英国格拉斯哥大学历史系高级讲师，研究旨趣涉及死亡、修道等宗教议题，除本书外，还著有《597－700年间盎格鲁－撒克逊人的基督教化——探讨他们的生和死》（The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons 597-700: Dealing with the Living and the Dead ，Continuum, 2008)。

Upon victory in 1945, Britain still dominated the Middle East. She directly ruled Palestine and Aden, was the kingmaker in Iran, the power behind the thrones of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan, and protected the sultan of Oman and the Gulf sheikhs. But her motives for wanting to dominate this crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa were changing. Where ‘imperial security’ – control o...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·巴尔(James Barr)，著名的中东史学者，著有《瓜分沙洲》(A Lineinthe Sand,中译本由社会科学文献出版社于2018年出版)。他曾在牛津大学圣安东尼学院做访问学者，担任过《每日电讯报》政治与城市话题撰稿人，还曾在金融服务行业、英国驻法国大使馆工作。他现居伦敦，是全职作家。

Upon victory in 1945, Britain still dominated the Middle East. She directly ruled Palestine and Aden, was the kingmaker in Iran, the power behind the thrones of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan, and protected the sultan of Oman and the Gulf sheikhs. But her motives for wanting to dominate this crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa were changing. Where ‘imperial security’ – control o...(展开全部)