Rene Girard is one of the most divisive and striking intellectuals of the 20th century. Over the past forty years, his work has continued to exert an influence across literary theory, philosophy and the social sciences. Echoing the format of his early works, Evolution and Conversion brings Girard into dialogue with two sympathetic interviewers and allows him to speak candidly about the major tenets of his life and thought. Hailed by Michel Serres as "the Charles Darwin" of human sciences, Girard is in fact one of the few thinkers who has given full consideration to an evolutionary perspective to explain the emergence of culture and institutions. Evolution and Conversion draws out not only this aspect of his thought but also emphasises the centrality of religion to his work. Girard's reflection on the relationship between violence and religion is both original and persuasive and, given the urgency of this issue in our contemporary world, in need of a reappraisal.

In 1799, a French Army officer was rebuilding the defenses of a fort on the banks of the Nile when he discovered an ancient stele fragment bearing a decree inscribed in three different scripts. So begins one of the most familiar tales in Egyptology—that of the Rosetta Stone and the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs. This book draws on fresh archival evidence to provide a major new account of how the English polymath Thomas Young and the French philologist Jean-François Champollion vied to be the first to solve the riddle of the Rosetta.
Jed Buchwald and Diane Greco Josefowicz bring to life a bygone age of intellectual adventure. Much more than a decoding exercise centered on a single artifact, the race to decipher the Rosetta Stone reflected broader disputes about language, historical evidence, biblical truth, and the value of classical learning. Buchwald and Josefowicz paint compelling portraits of Young and Champollion, two gifted intellects with altogether different motivations. Young disdained Egyptian culture and saw Egyptian writing as a means to greater knowledge about Greco-Roman antiquity. Champollion, swept up in the political chaos of Restoration France and fiercely opposed to the scholars aligned with throne and altar, admired ancient Egypt and was prepared to upend conventional wisdom to solve the mystery of the hieroglyphs.
Taking readers from the hushed lecture rooms of the Institut de France to the windswept monuments of the Valley of the Kings, The Riddle of the Rosetta reveals the untold story behind one of the nineteenth century’s most thrilling discoveries.

2017年普利策奖决选佳作！
获誉“近十多年来美国独立战争研究领域至关重要的作品之一”！
粉碎美利坚建国神话的良心之作，完整披露被刻意掩盖两百余年的美国独立战争真相！
一部厚重之作，解答一个存在多年的历史谜团：北美殖民地为何能够在独立战争中击败船坚炮利的大英帝国？《友军：法国救星、西班牙援兵与美国独立战争的胜利》是一部以美国独立战争为主题的精彩历史作品，原著跻身2017年普利策奖历史类决选名单三甲之列。
作者搜集、整理、分析了大量一手史料，为广大读者叙述了一个足以戳破“美国建国神话”的真实故事。
多年来，以乔治•班克罗夫特为代表的“美国例外主义”主流史观，宣扬的是美利坚这座“山巅之城”的与众不同，而这种独特性在建国过程中的体现，即是国父们带领民众，浴血奋战，*终击败了强大的大英帝国，取得独立。
本书作者费雷罗直言前述观点是一种神话，“所谓北美军队依靠自身的力量改变了这片土地的殖民地属性，单枪匹马地打赢了这场革命战争并*终获得独立，这作为一种拟制的神话，从根本而言，绝不正确，更不合适”。在他看来，“真实的故事，绝非自给自足的英雄史诗……没有法国的支持，缺少西班牙的帮助，北美就无法赢得独立”。
本书基于扎实客观的研究，得出的结论有利于纠正“美国例外主义”主流史观固有偏见，帮助读者更为全面地认识美国的历史与现状。