For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state. Waiting for the Barbarians is ...(展开全部)

For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state. Waiting for the Barbarians is ...(展开全部)

英国作家、记者和撰稿人。三十年来专门从各个角度研究吸毒与成瘾以及摇滚、爵士和蓝调等流行音乐的关系。其作品包括为年轻人撰写的流行乐手的传记和同行评议的学术文章。他是MOJO 及其他英国杂志的固定撰稿人。目前担任英国毒品咨询慈善机构DrugScope 的通讯信息主管。 代表作有《杰克•布鲁斯：麻醉自己》（Jack Bruce : composing himself ）、《吉米• 亨德里克斯：电子吉普赛》（Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy ）、《埃里克•克拉普顿：迷失蓝调》（Eric Clapton: lost inthe blues ）、《格雷汉姆•邦德：强大的幽灵》（Graham Bond: the mighty shadow ）、《亚历克西斯• 科纳传》（Alexis Korner :the biography ）、《陨落的明...(展开全部)

The "Ming-i Tai-fang Lu "of Huang Tsunghsi (1610-1695) is unique in the history of Chinese Political literature. Since the time of Confucius and Mencius, no other work in the long Confucian tradition has stood out so clearly as a major critique of Chinese dynastic institutions. The importance of this work rests not only in its advocacy of basic principles of humane governance b...(展开全部)

It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury–and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors’ money in three months, the dapper, charming Ponzi raised the “rob Peter to pay Paul” scam to an art form. At the peak of his success, Ponzi was raking in ...(展开全部)

It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury–and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors’ money in three months, the dapper, charming Ponzi raised the “rob Peter to pay Paul” scam to an art form. At the peak of his success, Ponzi was raking in ...(展开全部)

In his major new work, Michael Palin – former Monty Python stalwart and much-loved television globe-trotter – brings to life the world and voyages of HMS Erebus, from its construction in the naval dockyards of Pembroke, to the part it played in Ross’s Antarctic expedition of 1839–43, to its abandonment during Franklin’s ill-fated Arctic expedition, and to its final rediscovery ...(展开全部)

An essential investigation that reveals the labor of human workers hidden behind a curtain of apparent technological automation. Artificial Intelligence fuels both enthusiasm and panic. Technologists are inclined to give their creations leeway, pretend they’re animated beings, and consider them efficient. As users, we may complain when these technologies don’t obey, or worry a...(展开全部)

An essential investigation that reveals the labor of human workers hidden behind a curtain of apparent technological automation. Artificial Intelligence fuels both enthusiasm and panic. Technologists are inclined to give their creations leeway, pretend they’re animated beings, and consider them efficient. As users, we may complain when these technologies don’t obey, or worry a...(展开全部)