The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lo...(展开全部)

This title represents the fruit of nearly 15 years of discussion - in person and by letter - between world-famous philosopher, Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) and Dr. Beata Polonowska-Sygulska of Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. Berlin always felt a special affinity for scholars of Eastern Europe, and the unique chemistry between him and his younger enthusiast for his ideas...(展开全部)

This title represents the fruit of nearly 15 years of discussion - in person and by letter - between world-famous philosopher, Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) and Dr. Beata Polonowska-Sygulska of Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. Berlin always felt a special affinity for scholars of Eastern Europe, and the unique chemistry between him and his younger enthusiast for his ideas...(展开全部)

This is a book about the meaning of time, what it is, when it has started, how it flows and where to. It examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal.

The traditional association between time and creation is at the heart of science, cosmology, and religion. When scientists began to explore the implications of Einstein's time for the universe as a whole, they discovered that time is elastic, and can be warped by rapid motion or gravitation, that time cannot be meaningfully divided into past, present, and future, nor does time ...(展开全部)

The China Society for People's Friendship Studies （PFS） in cooperation with the Foreign Languages Press （FLP） in Beijing has arranged for re-publication, in the series entitled Light on China, of some fifty books written in English between the 1860s and the founding years of the People's Republic, by journalistic and other sympathetic eyewitnesses of the revolutionary events de...(展开全部)

伊斯雷尔·爱泼斯坦（Israel Epstein），国际知名记者、作家。1915年出生在波兰华沙，1917年跟随父母移居中国。长年为美国合众社、《纽约时报》等报道中国。抗日战争期间，对正面战场和敌后战场均有深入报道。既奔赴南京、广州、武汉及山东台儿庄前线战场采访，也曾突破重重封锁访问延安。此外，他还应宋庆龄之邀，在香港参加“保卫中国同盟”，积极宣传中国的抗日斗争并争取国际援助。新中国成立之后，爱泼斯坦应宋庆龄的邀请返回中国，后来加入中国国籍。 爱泼斯坦亲身经历了中国从半殖民地到民族独立、从新中国成立到改革开放的历史巨变。他说：“中国实际上成为我写作的唯一主题。”他的七部主要作品包括： 以抗战为主题的“战争四部曲”：《人民之战》《我访问延安：1944年的通讯和家书》《中国未完成的革命》和《从鸦片战争到解放》。 《西藏的变迁》：这是作者1955—1976...(展开全部)

This is a book about the meaning of time, what it is, when it has started, how it flows and where to. It examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal.

The traditional association between time and creation is at the heart of science, cosmology, and religion. When scientists began to explore the implications of Einstein's time for the universe as a whole, they discovered that time is elastic, and can be warped by rapid motion or gravitation, that time cannot be meaningfully divided into past, present, and future, nor does time ...(展开全部)

When Anne-Marie Slaughter accepted her dream job as the first female director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department in 2009, she was confident she could juggle the demands of her position in Washington, D.C., with the responsibilities of her family life in suburban New Jersey. Her husband and two young sons encouraged her to pursue the job; she had a tremendously supp...(展开全部)