Embark upon a fascinating journey through ancient Greece – from its rise and fall to its lasting legacy throughout the Western world. Spanning more than 3,000 years, Ancient Greece explores the tumultuous history of this glorious empire in vivid detail – from its Minoan and Mycenaean origins to the apogee of the war...

Ketchup seems iconically American, but the word comes from a Southeast Asian anchovy sauce, and today it is made largely from Chinese tomato paste. Japan’s beloved ramen arose from the meeting of Chinese noodles and American wheat flour before attaining worldwide popularity in both gourmet and convenience-food forms...

本書は、山川出版社発行の日本史教科書『詳説日本史(日B309)』を英訳したものです。読みごたえのある英語で日本の歴史を学ぶことができます。 『詳説日本史』は、国内でもっとも定評がある高校日本史教科書であり、その日本通史の詳細な記述を活かして、丁寧でわかりやすい英語に翻訳しています。 本文中の歴史用語には、日本語表記も並記し...

A superbly illustrated history of the Royal Navy's World War II monitors – gunboats armed with a single, large-calibre gun turret – and their roles and battles around the world. When World War II broke out, the Royal Navy possessed a sizeable fleet of battleships and battlecruisers. However, these formed the core of...

What if you could travel back in time and witness the most incredible moments in Japanese history? Well, now you can. Your child will journey through over 2,000 years of incredible history, meeting legendary figures who shaped one of the world's most fascinating civilizations. From the mysterious Jomon people who li...

Few if any 20th century warships were more justly acclaimed than the destroyers of the U.S. Navy's Fletcher class. Admired as they were for their advanced and rakish design, it was their record as workhorses of the Pacific War that placed them among the most battle-tested and successful fighting ships of all time. T...

No es un país más, es el país del siglo XXI. Historia, poder y futuro de China, la nación que redefine el mundo. ¿Estás listo para entender China? Con una historia milenaria, una cultura deslumbrante y un modelo de desarrollo que desafía todas las categorías, China está transformando el mundo a una velocidad difícil...

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...

New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21**st** Century The tenth anniversary edition of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that cemented Yuval Noah Harari as one of the most prominent historians of our timeーfeaturing a new afterword from the author. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...

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 ...

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 ...

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絕版多年，2024重新上市 暢銷名作《不沉空母》完全増訂版 　　 ★新増第九章離島篇， 將澎湖．金馬．蘭嶼．緑島．東沙與南沙太平島飛行場一網打盡 　　 航空的發展歷史，較諸於其他的交通工具可說晚了許多，先不論氣球類的航空器，光人類可以用飛機開始翱翔天際，就已是二十世紀後的事。然而，如今航空已是人類相當重要交通工具之一。 　　 台...

Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture addresses what may be the single most important question facing all kinds of performance today. What is the status of live performance in a culture dominated by mass media and digital technologies? Since its first appearance, Philip Auslander’s groundbreaking book has he...

Immerse yourself in Africa's vast and intricate story and discover Africa’s true place in world history, written and authenticated by experts of African heritage. Spanning more than 200,000 years, from the emergence of the first humans to the rise of megacities, Africa explores the history and cultures of the world’...

A man who rose from nothing. A duchess with everything to lose. One irresistible transaction that exposes the truth behind luxury and desire. In this witty and incisive short story, Virginia Woolf peels back the glittering surface of high society. Oliver Bacon, London's most successful jeweller, is courted by a desp...