安德鲁·巴塞维奇，美国波士顿大学历史与国际关系学教授，美国陆军上校。《权力的极限》和《新美国军国主义》的作者。他的作品屡见于《外交事务》《大西洋月报》《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》，以及《华尔街日报》等多家报刊杂志。

The bestselling author of The Limits of Power critically examines the Washington consensus on national security and why it must change For the last half century, as administrations have come and gone, the fundamental assumptions about America's military policy have remained unchanged: American security requires the United States (and us alone) to maintain a permanent armed ...(展开全部)

Hailed as "brilliant" ("The Washington Post"), "Washington Rules" is Andrew J. Bacevich's bestselling challenge to the conventional wisdom that American security requires the United States (and US alone) to maintain a permanent armed presence around the globe, to prepare our forces for military operations in far-flung regions, and to be ready to intervene anywhere at any time. ...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, decides to put a stop to their romance. Torn between her desire to win her father's love and approval and her passion for the first man who has ever declared his love for her, Catherine faces an agonising dilemma, and be...(展开全部)

艾西·伊杜吉安（Esi Eudgyan），1978年出生于加拿大卡尔加里，父母是来自加纳的移民。她曾在加拿大维多利亚大学学习创意写作，并获美国约翰•霍普金斯大学写作硕士学位。24岁发表长篇小说首作《塞缪尔•索恩的第二重生活》。凭借长篇小说代表作《混血布鲁斯》与《少年华盛顿·布莱克云船漂流记》两次获得加拿大文学奖“吉勒奖”，两部作品分别入选2011年与2018年布克奖决选名单，也是罗杰斯作家联合会小说奖的入围作品。

When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black - an eleven year-old field slave - finds himself selected as personal servant to one of these men. The eccentric Christopher 'Titch' Wilde is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor and abolitionist, whose single-minded pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all around him. Tit...(展开全部)

A dazzling adventure story about a boy who rises from the ashes of slavery to become a free man of the world. George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is terrified to be chosen by his master's brother as his manservant. To his surprise, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and...(展开全部)

Washington Black is an eleven-year-old field slave who knows no other life than the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born. When his master's eccentric brother chooses him to be his manservant, Wash is terrified of the cruelties he is certain await him. But Christopher Wilde, or "Titch," is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor, and abolitionist. He initiates Wash in...(展开全部)

When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, decides to put a stop to their romance. Torn between her desire to win her father's love and approval and her passion for the first man who has ever declared his love for her, Catherine faces an agonising dilemma, and be...(展开全部)