Who was Yang Tinghe? Despite being one of Ming China’s most eminent officials, Yang and his career have long eluded scholarly study in the West. In this volume, Aaron Throness engages a trove of untapped Ming sources and secondary scholarship to recount Yang Tinghe’s political life, and in unprecedented detail. Throness explores how Yang, a pragmatic politician and conservative...(展开全部)

Like most empires, the Ming court sponsored grand displays of dynastic strength and military prowess. Covering the first two centuries of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court explores how the royal hunt, polo matches, archery contests, equestrian demonstrations, and the imperial menagerie were represented in poetry, prose, and portraiture. This stu...(展开全部)

Shrines to Living Men in the Ming Political Cosmos, the first book focusing on premortem shrines in any era of Chinese history, places the institution at the intersection of politics and religion. When a local official left his post, grateful subjects housed an image of him in a temple, requiting his grace: that was the ideal model. By Ming times, the “living shrine” was legal,...(展开全部)

This collection of essays reveals the Ming court as an arena of competition and negotiation, where a large cast of actors pursued individual and corporate ends, personal agency shaped protocol and style, and diverse people, goods, and tastes converged. Rather than observing an immutable set of traditions, court culture underwent frequent reinterpretation and rearticulation, pro...(展开全部)

In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's course as profoundly as Blair during his ten years in power, and his achievements and his legacy will be debated for years to...(展开全部)

In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's course as profoundly as Blair during his ten years in power, and his achievements and his legacy will be debated for years to...(展开全部)

Tony Blair is a politician who defines our times. His emergence as Labour Party leader in 1994 marked a seismic shift in British politics. Within a few short years, he had transformed his party and rallied the country behind him, becoming prime minister in 1997 with the biggest victory in Labour’s history, and bringing to an end eighteen years of Conservative government. He too...(展开全部)

这部启发了知名迪士尼电影的小说是一部更深层次的艺术作品——一个以美丽的自然世界为背景的关于失去和生存的寓言。 由于迪士尼的改编，这个扣人心弦的森林生活故事被认为是一个儿童故事，但尽管年轻读者可以享受它，但它也是对自然世界文学的感人贡献。小鹿斑比先是和妈妈在一起，然后失去了妈妈，他了解到森林里的生活既珍贵又不稳定。在失去母亲后，他长成了一只小鹿，爱上了一只母鹿，并从森林中老且大的雄鹿老王子那里学到了关于人类危险生活方式的重要课程。老王子向小鹿斑比揭示的最后一课是，人类并不像他们看起来那么全能和聪明，因为他们对彼此也是一种致命的危险。 Everyman's Library 追求高生产标准，采用无酸奶油色纸张印刷，配有带双色烫金的全布外壳、装饰性衬页、丝带标记和欧式半圆形书脊。 The novel that inspired the famous Disn...(展开全部)

丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆（Daniel Barenboim，1942～），以色列钢琴家、指挥家。1942年11月15日生于阿根廷的布宜诺斯艾利斯。7岁登台演出。曾随E.菲舍尔、I.马克耶维奇、N.布朗热学钢琴、指挥与作曲。1956年以皇家爱乐乐团独奏家的身份在英国首次公演。1957年1月，在斯托科夫斯基指挥下，于卡内基大厅演出普罗科菲耶夫的《第一钢琴协奏曲》。此后，进行了一系列的巡回演出，获得世界声誉。1962年起从事指挥，1964～1975年担任英国室内乐团指挥，1975～1989年转任巴黎管弦乐队指挥，1991年至2004年担任芝加哥交响乐团首席指挥，1992年任柏林国家歌剧院音乐指导。曾先后指挥过柏林爱乐乐团、以色列爱乐乐团、费城管弦乐团、纽约爱乐乐团、伦敦交响乐团、英国室内乐团等。 曲目涉猎广泛。作为钢琴家，尤擅演奏贝多芬、莫扎特作品，以浪漫热情服...(展开全部)

著者 迈克尔·霍华德（Michael Howard，1923—2019），演员、戏剧导演、表演教师，70多年来一直是美国戏剧界的顶梁柱之一。20世纪40年代在纽约的邻里剧院跟随桑福德·迈斯纳学习，50年代在李·斯特拉斯伯格的私人课堂和演员工作室学习，表演生涯中曾与克利福德·奥德茨和乌塔·哈根等杰出剧作家、导演和演员合作，后转向导演和教学。他是亚特兰大联盟剧院的首任艺术总监，曾在茱莉亚学院和耶鲁大学戏剧学院任教。1953年在纽约创办了迈克尔·霍华德表演工作室，执教50余年，获得了广泛的国际认可。 译者 张越，男，80后，工学学士，戏剧与影视学硕士，喜欢电影和戏剧。现居北京。