本书大量使用中国第一历史档案馆所藏清朝奏折，和英国所藏中英交涉文件、日本学者汇编资料集等等，详尽考订并重建了与战争相关的大量基本史实。作者抓住几个主要人物为线索展开叙述。从武器装备、防御工事、兵员训练到作战战术的运用；从后勤、兵力动员、兵员调动到军费的来源、筹集与分配，更涉及交战国可用于战争的经济实力、负责运筹帷幄人员的心态、他们的战争观(从文化层面言)、战术观(从军事角度言)等等。这些面相在过去的鸦片战争研究中或被忽视，或语焉不详，但在本书中却得到充分的展现。 鸦片战争在中国近代史上的影响重大，也是中国百年国耻的开端，给中华民族带来巨大的精神创伤，本书对当时的人和事的评价，均从事实认定来加以判断，尤其严肃检讨清朝奏折中呈现的天朝心态，直指中国战败的深层原因。该书展现的严谨论证破除过去误谬之学术性，以及避免再蹈历史错误覆辙之强烈爱国情怀，令人读之震撼动容。 《天朝的崩溃》出版十余年，流传较广，影响颇大，学术价值历经时间考验，已广为读者肯定推崇，即在海外，都成为治近代史之学者、学生，以及一般人士广泛阅读的著作，视之为中国近代史研究中最具代表性的著作。 修订版全面核订了注释、引文中的错讹，重排精装，列入“三联哈佛学术丛书二十年纪念版”再刊。

　　宋慈（何冰 饰）参加京试中了进士，预备返家完婚后随同科好友孟良臣（吴军 饰）赴边城。岂知，直至完婚那日，宋慈父亲宋巩依旧未归家。两位新人正拜堂之际，一辆马车却载回了父亲的遗体，宋巩一生从事刑狱审戡，从未出错，却因一次误判人命功亏一篑，这是以死谢罪，还留下遗书禁止宋门后代涉足刑狱。岂料，祸不单行，孟良臣在上任途中被谋杀的噩耗传回。在母亲的劝导下，宋慈动身边城，为挚友查明了案情，还它清白。由此，宋慈被破格提升为大理寺正六品主事，后又被任命外省提点刑狱。宋慈接连查明侦破了“太平县冤案”、“李府连环案”、“毛竹坞无头案”、“城南井尸案”、“遗扇嫁祸案”、“梁雨生命案”、“李玉姑失踪案”等一桩又一桩的悬案……

As Chinese Communist Party secretary, Guo Yongchang was the most powerful man in his county, located in the rural inland province of Henan. Guo invited acclaimed documentary filmmaker Zhou Hao to record his final months in office. Through Zhou’s lens, we see Guo work tirelessly to achieve his greatest desire: for Henan to match the affluence of booming coastal areas. Zhou also captures the sordid details of local-level politics in pursuit of growth: lavish parties with foreign investors, threats to local workers protesting unpaid wages, and offers of bribes and kickbacks. (dGenerate Films)

As a new era begins, Queen Elizabeth struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.

公元1722年，康熙驾崩，素有“冷面王”之称的四阿哥胤祯(唐国强 饰)继位 。胤禛虽然并不是朝野所看好的皇位人选，却是康熙亲自选择的雍正皇帝。他在江南“煸动”灾民闹事，在城隍庙摆鸿门宴掏走了地方官和富商二百多万两银子筹款赈灾；他追讨国库欠款，逼得老臣上吊；刑部冤狱案，他隔岸观火，让八阿哥和太子斗得两败俱伤；百官行贿案，他借年羹尧之手血洗江夏镇，使得太子再度被废。 雍正当政后出现的山西诺敏案、科场舞弊案中，雍正杀了一批牵扯进去的朝廷中枢重臣。西北用兵、数省天灾，急需军费和赈灾，抄贪官污吏的家财，解决急需。而后的“摊丁入亩、火耗归公”、“士绅一体当差、一体纳粮”、“河南罢考案”、“铁帽子亲王大殿发难逼宫”、“含泪杀亲子”等一系列旨在推行新政、抑制官绅敛财和宫廷内部党争、挤压的历史事件贯穿雍正的一生和雍正王朝......

Season five picks up where season four left off: in the midst of a tense presidential election that puts the Underwoods on the same ticket against energetic Republican upstart Will Conway. Viewers will see how their heated campaigns play out as well as which alliances dissolve in the aftermath. Perhaps the biggest question is if Frank and Claire’s relationship is among them.

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

As a young Elizabeth becomes Queen, she must manage major political issues and personal matters, which often clash in ways she never imagined.