這本書沒有帝王將相的運籌帷幄，權謀計算；沒有英雄偉人的豐功偉績，功成名就，卻是將歷史研究的眼光投注在尋常百姓的日常生活、生老病死、婚喪喜慶、喜怒哀樂，走入芸芸眾生的世界，體會底層社會的主體和生命的核心，以小人物的生活、命運，寫就了「小歷史」。 小歷史的範疇包羅萬象，社會的邊緣人物如童乩、女巫、殺手，被視為奇幻迷信的レ...

Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient civilisations, such as the Roman Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island. In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse - how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths around collapses - showing ho...

A New York Times Book of the Year, 2018 A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK A dazzling love letter to a beloved institution - our libraries. After moving to Los Angeles, Susan Orlean became fascinated by a mysterious local crime that has gone unsolved since it was carried out on the morning of 29 Ap...

This book offers a new framework and set of standards for intelligence analysis, drawing from a variety of academic disciplines, such as philosophy, historiography, literary theory and semiotics. The US Intelligence Community is guided by a conviction that its practitioners are engaged in the scientific pursuit of f...

This collection brings together leading scholars across disciplines to reflect on the relationship between intermediality and multimodality and future directions for the contemporary mediascape, building on a 2022 Linnaeus University lecture series honouring the legacy of Lars Elleström, following his untimely death...

Traces the history of the British General Medical Council to reveal the persistence of hierarchies of gender, national identity, and race in determining who was fit to practice British medicine. Fit to Practice proposes a new narrative of the making of the modern British medical profession, situating it in relation ...

*此書為固定版面格式，建議使用平板或電腦閱讀* 過去你不知道，但現在可以更了解她！ 茉莉花、沙漠、海洋、羅馬與伊斯蘭 這些看似毫不相關的元素，卻是組成突尼西亞的重要因子 一起踏上這個未知的國度吧！ ․「超」資深導遊的實況導覽 作者前往突尼西亞超過四十次，更曾經創下在一年當中前往突尼西亞九次的紀錄，讓作者掏出他的口袋名單，帶你...

'Superb' David Aaronovitch, The Times **'A punchy account that is a proper page-turner' Financial Times 'The last days of the Third Reich have often been told, but seldom with the verve, perception and elegance of Volker Ullrich's rich narrative' Richard Overy, author of The Bombing War** 1 May 1945. The world did n...

古人總說：「天圓地方」，那麼，中國人是在何時才認知到地球其實是圓的呢？本書追溯了從明末到清中葉「地圓說」傳入中國的歷程，並呈現不同時期地圓爭議如何因各種結構性因素和不同勢力間的較量，而顯示不同的風貌。書中主要討論在跨文化的知識傳播過程中，文化傳統中陌生的概念，如何在新的環境取得合法性的過程，就像地圓說利用了「西學中...

Despite Japan's long-held reputation as an ethnically homogeneous country largely closed to foreigners, the number of immigrants in Japan has been increasing, partially as a direct result of government policies to address labor shortages associated with Japan's aging and declining population. What have these changes...

Rosalind Franklin was what can only be called an overlooked genius. Although she was not fully credited for the feat at the time, her work led to major breakthroughs in our understanding of DNA. In fact, she took the first X-ray photo of DNA in all of its double helix glory. By the time her former colleagues were be...

One of the foremost screen sirens of her era, Katharine Hepburn, was universally known for her grace, wit, and charm. She rose to the top of celebrity status in the great Golden Age of Hollywood, and she was able to maintain her sense of stardom all the way to her twilight years. During her many years in the limelig...

During fourteen years, from 1955 to 1969, the Soviet Union and the United States of America were engaged in a dramatic race against each other to conquer space. This period encompassed dramatic victories, humbling defeats, and more than one tragedy. This is a story of human courage and ingenuity at its best and poli...

Just who was Saint Patrick? Many know him as the figure behind the huge festival of fun and drinking that takes place every on March 17. But look a little more closely and see that there is more to the patron saint of Ireland than meets the eye. Inside you will read about... From Slave to Bishop The Feast at Tara I...

The name Giotto di Bondone may not be as well-known as Leonardo da Vinci, but it was Giotto who made da Vinci and his contemporaries of the Renaissance possible. Giotto, born in the late thirteenth century, was the first painter to escape the artistic chains of the Dark Ages and revive the natural art of Ancient Gre...

An international drug kingpin with a cult following, Pablo Escobar is legendary for his infamy, but he began his life with rather modest roots. Born to a simple farmer, no one ever dreamed Escobar would become the number one drug dealer in the world. He carved out a drug empire in the city of Medellín, Colombia and ...