This 1994 book presents a detailed description and history of one of the most famous companies of the early fourteenth century. This analysis of the Peruzzi Company produces a radical reassessment of what made the Florentine 'super-companies' so exceptional: commodity trading, especially in grain, which required heavy capital, sophisticated organisation, and an international network. But the book also exposes the limitations of their financial power, and explodes the myth that the collapse of the Peruzzi and its joint-venture partner, the Bardi, was caused by bad loans to Edward III made to finance his invasions of France.

全書分5篇13章與7個附錄。第1篇有3章：首章介紹格雷欣家族事業的多角化經營，與王室的長期密切關係。第2章解說為何王室需要代理人，格雷欣之前兩位代理人的業績。第3章解說格雷欣擔任代理人期間，遭遇的波折與過程。
第2篇分2章，解說都鐸的經濟與財政背景。第4章綜述三項背景。(1) 從英國長期的經濟趨勢來看，都鐸有哪些階段性的特點；(2) 解說都鐸的鑄幣與貶值問題；(3) 國內外貿易的特點和業務規模。第5章分析王室的財務收支與困難，如何從鑄幣、出售王莊園林、賣官爵、頒授特許權，來彌補財務虧空。
第3篇（6、7章）解說歐陸的金融與貿易市場：安特衛普（Antwerp）為何能成為16世紀的國際金融中心？安衛普的金主如何貸款給各國君主？
第4篇（8-11章）分析格雷欣對外債與內債的貢獻。第8章以具體細節，說明他替英國籌到多少資金，遇到哪些困難，作出哪些重要貢獻。第9章提出1528-68年間的英鎊匯率變動圖，論證英國當時的財務實力，尚不足以在安特衛普操縱英鎊匯率。第10章說明他對內債、貨幣重鑄、外匯委員會，有哪些見解與建議。第11章析述他在外交危機協商、情報工作、採購軍火的貢獻。
第5篇（12-13章）評價格雷欣的貢獻，對比繼任代理人的表現。書末有七項附錄：(1) 格雷欣興建的皇家交易所；(2) 格雷欣學院；(3) 海外探險商人；(4) 格雷欣與倫敦布業商會；(5) 格雷欣的商業日誌；(6) 格雷欣的傳記；(7) 英國的貨幣與幣值。最後另附：大事紀、文獻解說、參考書目。
Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-79) was a remarkable Crown financier in Tudor England. This study begins with Tudor macroeconomic structure and micro evidence regarding England’s foreign debt in the 16th century. Detailed information will be used to illustrate Gresham’s manipulating of foreign exchange and negotiations with major European money lenders, and evaluate his contributions to mitigate Tudor foreign debt problems.
This monograph contains 13 chapters and 7 appendices.Two specific issues are examined and answered. (1) The structure of Tudor revenues and expenditures, to show how serious were the deficits. (2) How Gresham helped the Crown to arrange and defray foreign borrowings.
To save the cost of borrowings and repayments, Gresham asked the Crown several times to allow him to manipulate exchange rates of Pound Sterling in the Bourse of Antwerp. Most Tudor economic historians misinterpreted Gresham’s letters as if he was able to do so. Based the recent available exchange rate statistics, I present the trend of exchange rate of Pound Sterling (1537-68) and argue that Gresham was unlikely to manipulate the foreign exchange market in Antwerp. Gresham was boasting his proposals and it was a fortune that the Crown did not follow his project continuously.

《被监押的帝国主义(英法在华企业的命运)》以1949至1954年为跨度，在英、法“后帝国的”衰退的背景之下，以中英、中法关系中的经济与商务因素为着眼点，介绍新成立初期政府当局对在华大企业的政策与处置。

Here is the classic, much-read introduction to the craft and history of mathematics by E.T. Bell, a leading figure in mathematics in America for half a century. Men of Mathematics accessibly explains the major mathematics, from the geometry of the Greeks through Newton's calculus and on to the laws of probability, symbolic logic, and the fourth dimension. In addition, the book goes beyond pure mathematics to present a series of engrossing biographies of the great mathematicians -- an extraordinary number of whom lived bizarre or unusual lives. Finally, Men of Mathematics is also a history of ideas, tracing the majestic development of mathematical thought from ancient times to the twentieth century. This enduring work's clear, often humorous way of dealing with complex ideas makes it an ideal book for the non-mathematician.

An original, widely-applicable concept from one of the world's foremost economists. Obliquity will be The Tipping Point for the new decade.
If you want to go in one direction, the best route may involve going in another. This is the concept of ‘obliquity’: paradoxical as it sounds, many goals are more likely to be achieved when pursued indirectly. Whether overcoming geographical obstacles, winning decisive battles or meeting sales targets, history shows that oblique approaches are the most successful, especially in difficult terrain.
Pre-eminent economist John Kay applies his provocative, universal theory to everything from international business to town planning and from football to managing forest fires. He shows why the most profitable companies are not always the most profit-oriented; why the richest men and women are not the most materialistic; and why the happiest people are not necessarily those who focus on happiness.

在十九世纪，号称日不落帝国的英国拥有了无可争议的海上统治权，然而，这一支规模空前的海上力量逐渐被美国所取代，一些同样企图以对抗形式攫取海上霸权的其他力量却遭遇衰败。这对于二十一世纪的现在依然有着耐人寻味的启示。本书以十九到二十世纪各国海权发展之路作眼，对于美国如果一步一步走向海权大国的历程加以考察和分析，寻求对于当今中国的启示。

The first ever critical study of Tolkien’s little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin’s Game of Thrones.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s linguistic invention was a fundamental part of his artistic output, to the extent that later on in life he attributed the existence of his mythology to the desire to give his languages a home and peoples to speak them. As Tolkien puts it in ‘A Secret Vice’, ‘the making of language and mythology are related functions’’.
In the 1930s, Tolkien composed and delivered two lectures, in which he explored these two key elements of his sub-creative methodology. The second of these, the seminal Andrew Lang Lecture for 1938–9, ‘On Fairy-Stories’, which he delivered at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, is well known. But many years before, in 1931, Tolkien gave a talk to a philological society entitled ‘A Hobby for the Home’, where he unveiled for the first time to a listening public the art that he had both himself encountered and been involved with since his earliest childhood: ‘the construction of imaginary languages in full or outline for amusement’.
This talk would be edited by Christopher Tolkien for inclusion as ‘A Secret Vice’ in The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays and serves as the principal exposition of Tolkien’s art of inventing languages. This new critical edition, which includes previously unpublished notes and drafts by Tolkien connected with the essay, including his ‘Essay on Phonetic Symbolism’, goes some way towards re-opening the debate on the importance of linguistic invention in Tolkien’s mythology and the role of imaginary languages in fantasy literature.

John Patrick Douglas Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross (1904–1976) was a Scottish historian and writer noted for his biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and other works on Islamic history. He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. He then became a journalist and writer.

'Hugely impressive... Wilson is an assured guide through the millennium-long labyrinth of papal-imperial relations' Literary Review

A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czech Republic, its relations with Italy, France and Poland dictated the course of countless wars - indeed European history as a whole makes no sense without it.

In this strikingly ambitious book, Peter H. Wilson explains how the Empire worked. It is not a chronological history, but an attempt to convey to readers why it was so important and how it changed over its existence. The result is a tour de force - a book that raises countless questions about the nature of political and military power, about diplomacy and the nature of European civilization and about the legacy of the Empire, which has continued to haunt its offspring, from Imperial and Nazi Germany to the European Union.

作者论述了英国法的基本原理和英国民主政体的形成基础，运用法律和法理学的基本精神和各项原则，对英国宪法的起源、历史及其合理性作了涵盖甚广的阐述，并对现代法庭的各类判决陈述无不具有启迪作用。
目录：
总序
中译本前言
第一版序言
导论
第一章 论英国法的研究
第二章 论法律的普遍性质
第三章 论英国的国内法
第四章 论适用英国法之国家与地区
第一卷 个人的权利
第一章 个人的绝对权利
第二章 议会
第三章 国王及其资格
第四章 国王的王室
第五章 隶属于国王的咨询机构
第六章 国王的职责
第七章 国王的特权
第八章 国王的收入
第九章 低级司法行政官
第十章 包括外国人、外籍居民及国人在内的全体人民
第十一章 神职人员
第十二章 公民阶层
第十三章 陆军军人与海军军人
第十四章 雇主与受雇者
第十五章 丈夫与妻子
第十六章 父母与子女
第十七章 监护人与被监护人
第十八章 法人
附录
古代英国王系一览
人名对照表
译者后记