If the Marines are the few, the proud, Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Nathaniel Ficks career begins with a hellish summer at Quantico, after his junior year at Dartmouth. He leads a platoon in Afghanistan just after 9/11 and advances to the pinnacleRecon two years later, on the eve of war with Iraq. His vast skill set puts him in front of the front lines, leading twenty-two Marines into the deadliest conflict since Vietnam. He vows to bring all his men home safely, and to do so hell need more than his top-flight education. Fick unveils the process that makes Marine officers such legendary leaders and shares his hard-won insights into the differences between military ideals and military practice, which can mock those ideals. In this deeply thoughtful account of what its like to fight on todays front lines, Fick reveals the crushing pressure on young leaders in combat. Split-second decisions might have national consequences or horrible immediate repercussions, but hesitation isnt an option. One Bullet Away never shrinks from blunt truths, but ultimately it is an inspiring account of mastering the art of war.

“在他身上既能看见诗意，也能看见真相。” 年鉴学派巨擘雅克·勒高夫“反传记”力作 简体中文首译 知名学者彭小瑜、周莽、李文丹推荐 “我们对于新时代有着种种疑问，我希望今天的人们能在本书中听到方济各和他的兄弟们的言语和行动所产生的回响。”——雅克·勒高夫 ----------------------------------------------------- 方济各（Francesco d’Assisi，1181/1182—1226）是从12世纪转向到13世纪的历史时期中的关键人物。他推动了当时的宗教、文明和社会的发展，推动了一个现代的、充满活力的中世纪的诞生。方济各将朴素与威望、谦卑与积极、平凡的身体与非凡的影响力结合起来，满足了同时代大部分人的期望。他在城市中活动，给城市带来了和平，而非内部的纷争。他坚持“以贫为乐”，主张利用金融和市场进行慈善事业。他还呼吁平等，给妇女和儿童以应有的地位。方济各比任何人都更能激发历史学家的研究欲望，也使他在过去和现在都被视为典范人物。 《阿西西的圣方济各》是法国著名历史学家雅克·勒高夫关于方济各的一部力作。虽然书名只涉及方济各，这本书讨论的却不仅仅是方济各，而是从12世纪到13世纪的整个中世纪的状况的缩影。此书并非传统的充满奇闻逸事的人物传记，勒高夫力图在研究方法和理解视角上进行创新——把方济各视为整体史的研究对象。 这本书可以算是历史学专著，也可以算是大众读物，它介于两者之间。勒高夫的引导式写法有助于读者在读罢此书之后真正地收获关于中世纪历史的知识，也如勒高夫所言，贫困是人类社会始终要面对的问题，方济各的精神和言行或许对我们仍有启发。

A blend of science and crime, A Taste For Poison reveals how eleven notorious poisons affect the body--through the murders in which they were used. As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduring—and popular—weapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into a drink, smeared onto the tip of an arrow or the handle of a door, even filtered through the air we breathe. But how exactly do these poisons work to break our bodies down, and what can we learn from the damage they inflict? In a blend of popular science, medical history, and true crime, Dr. Neil Bradbury explores the morbidly captivating method of murder from a cellular level. Alongside real-life accounts of murderers and their crimes—some notorious, some forgotten, some still unsolved—are the stories of the poisons involved: eleven molecules of death that work their way through the human body and, paradoxically, illuminate the way in which our bodies function. Drawn from historical records and current news headlines, A Taste for Poison weaves together the tales of spurned lovers, shady scientists, medical professionals and political assassins to show how the precise systems of the body can be impaired to lethal effect through the use of poison. From the deadly origins of the gin & tonic cocktail to the arsenic-laced wallpaper in Napoleon’s bedroom.