Allegories of Format examines the significance of format to the literary oeuvre of the nineteenth-century Swiss author, Gottfried Keller (1819–1890), best known for his 1855 novel, Green Henry (Der grüne Heinrich). Malika Maskarinec understands format as the organization of a media object's relationship to a world o...

★ 「台北文學獎」散文首獎得主洪愛珠首部著作。 ★ 備受矚目、眾人垂涎敲碗的飲食書寫新聲音。 ★ 舒國治、馬世芳、蔡珠兒、古碧玲、セン宏志、韓良憶、簡媜重量級推薦。 ∣ 她的老派，是養成，是本性，也是鄉愁 ∣ 她自小看著有頭家娘風範的外婆與母親，進出廚房，起灶架鍋，張羅數十家人員工日常吃食，宴請東南亞與中東等地賓客，哄嚷熱烈，直...

Long before Alexandria rose to power and before Thebes reached its glory, there was Memphis ー the first capital of a unified Egypt and the beating heart of a civilization that shaped the ancient world. For more than three thousand years, Memphis stood at the crossroads of political authority, religious innovation, ...

Victory is not strength aloneーit is clarity, timing, and an unshakable mind. Written by legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings distills the principles of strategy, discipline, and mastery into powerful, precise teachings. Drawing from real combat and lifelong experience, Musashi reveals how to t...

Une guerre féroce. Une forêt hostile. Une mission où chaque pas peut être fatal. Au cœur de la guerre franco-indienne, le chasseur Hawkeye et ses alliés mohawks, Chingachgook et Uncas, s'efforcent de protéger deux jeunes femmes britanniques poursuivies par le redoutable Magua. Entre embuscades, trahisons et sacrific...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, courage, and healing. “Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”ーThe New Yorker (Best Books of the Year)** It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two pri...

An empire collapses. Kingdoms rise and fall. Out of chaos, the foundations of modern Europe begin to form. In The Dark Ages, renowned historian Charles Oman unravels the dramatic centuries between Rome's decline and the dawn of the Middle Ages. Through vivid storytelling and meticulous scholarship, he brings to life...

從「成為臺灣人」到「身為臺灣人」，在殖民城市基隆喚醒被隱埋的在地認同與民族意識。 臺灣接連受到清朝,日本和中國政府統治，每一個政權都對這座島嶼和居民的現代化,文明開化有各自的規劃藍圖，也根本上影響1880年代到1950年代臺灣人意識的形成。 從清治末期到戰後初期，基隆城一直有著無限可能，作為實體和想像邊境的一部分，在帝國和民族...

What happens when a journey into the geographic unknown becomes a voyage into the darkest depths of the human soul? Join Marlow, a riverboat captain, as he navigates the dense, oppressive heart of the African Congo on a mission to find the enigmatic and powerful Mr. Kurtzーa brilliant ivory agent who has devolved in...

Gandhi. The name conjures the image of a manーunimpressive in appearance and simple in his lifestyleーwho spent his life pursuing independence for India. Months after the country achieved that independence from Great Britain, Gandhi's life ended when an assassin killed him. But Gandhi's legacy lives on. His rise to ...

The politics of scientific advice across four environmental conflicts in Chile, when the state acted as a “neutral broker” rather than protecting the common good. In Science and Environment in Chile, Javiera Barandiarán examines the consequences for environmental governance when the state lacks the capacity to produ...

**　　專精中國上古史的杜正勝院士繼【周代城邦】、【編戶齊民】後，多年思考的總結！** **　　解構「炎黃子孫」的神話，釐清「中國的範圍」、「原中國的所在」、「中國本部的奠定」。** **　　剖析「中國的擴張」、「中國的勢力範圍」以及擴張三部曲：「征服→統治→改造成為中國人」。** **　** **　　★ 以「大歷史」的宏觀視角，鳥瞰中國歷...

She vigorously played the dumb-blonde stereotype in her movie roles, but there is nothing at all dumb about Marilyn Monroe. Born to a single mother who suffered from severe mental illness, the odds were stacked against the girl originally named Norma Jeane from the very beginning. She became a ward of the state and ...

**A sophisticated look at Pakistanーone of the most overlooked, yet vastly consequential, countries of modern times “Lieven’s eye for detail, command of subcontinental history and old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting make this in many ways an excellent primer on Pakistan.” ーWall Street Journal Named a Best Book of ...

Drawing on never before used archival materials, Replacing the Dead exposes the history of Soviet and Russian abortion policy. It is not unusual for nations recovering from wars to incentivize their populations to raise their birthrates. The post-World War II Soviet pronatalism campaign attempted this on an unpreced...

#1 New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century • The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill Gates Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a landmark work of big history, a groundbr...