秦崩
作者：李开元 Rating: [rating: 4/5] 从秦帝国的建立到崩塌，再至楚汉纷争，这是很多中国人耳熟能详的一段历史。然而，作者并未止于对叙事的再梳理，而是结合其多年秦汉史的研究成果与最新考古材料，进行大胆推演，对史书中过于简略甚至可能失真的部分予以补正，试图重构历史事件的因果脉络。 凭借富有感染力的文字，作者将这段两千多年前波澜壮阔的历史以更生动、更多元的方式呈现在读者面前。使读者在重温历史之余，对这一改变中国历史走向的大时代产生新的感悟与反思。
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
[abp:0375760520:c:alignright]Author: Margaret MacMillan Rating: [rating: 4/5] It is no overstatement to say that the modern world has been shaped by the First World War and the Paris Peace Conference that followed. The book provides a detailed account of the conference's proceedings, highlighting the struggles among different states and the compromises…
Games Without Rules
[abp:1610393198:c:alignright]Author: Tamim Ansary Rating: [rating: 4/5] Over the past two hundred years, multiple global powers have attempted—and failed—to invade and occupy Afghanistan. As an intellectual with a family history of serving in various Afghan governments, the author provides an insider’s perspective. Tracing Afghanistan’s recent history, the author explores the recurring…
The New Map
[abp:1594206430:c:alignright]Author: Daniel Yergin Rating: [rating: 4/5] Throughout human history, energy discovery and access have been major drivers of both progress and conflict. Due to its high energy density and relatively low extraction cost, oil has been a focal point of competition among nations. Its extremely uneven global distribution has also…
Genius Makers
[abp:1524742678:c:alignright]Author: Cade MetzRating: [rating: 4/5] A good introduction of the history of Artificial Intelligence, through the stories of the major players.
Medieval Europe: A Short History
[abp:0072955155:c:alignright]Author: Judith M. Bennett & C. Warren Hollister Rating: [rating: 4.5/5]
The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union
[abp:0465046711:c:alignright]Author: Serhii Plokhy Rating: [rating: 4/5] The author uses the first-hand materials and previous classified documents to outline a series of events between the failed coup in August 1991 and the collapse of the Soviet Union by the end of the year. He reveals that financial difficulties and independent movements…
Silk Road
[abp:B00XST7IX2:c:alignright]Author: Peter Frankopan Rating: [rating: 4/5] An epic view of the place between the east and the west, the place that has been the center of the world for thousands of years, connected by the trade and fought by the powers, where the civilizations met and collided. I wish the…
Dunkirk
https://youtube.com/watch?v=F-eMt3SrfFU Handled the intertwined story lines skillfully. Rating: [rating: 3.5/5]