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 ...

In recent years, Korean culture has been incredibly successful internationally, from the films of auteur directors like Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) to shows like Squid Game and K-pop music. At the same time, media from the UK has also been successful in South Korea, with popular shows such as Killing Eve and Life on Mar...

In the glittering world of high society, everything has a price. In this sharp and witty short story, Virginia Woolf explores the intersecting lives of Oliver Bacon, London's most successful jeweller, and a titled but financially troubled Duchess. When the Duchess offers Oliver a chance to buy a set of pearlsーalong...

來自全球26家頂級博物館的珍貴館藏，為讀者呈現當年八國聯軍在北京城的巷戰、義和團進京、北洋新軍的興起、清末新政、日俄戰爭、各行各業百姓生活圖景……。中國人的悲喜命運，都在這部書的影像以及文字中。它們在哪裡，我們的歷史就在哪裡。尤其在當下，此書猶如一本中國版的《光榮與夢想》，正在述說著我們尚未發現的中國的秘密。

USA Today's 5 BOOKS NOT TO MISS **"Alexander nimbly and grippingly translates the byzantine world of American health care into a real-life narrative with people you come to care about." ーNew York Times "Takes readers into the world of the American medical industry in a way no book has done before."** ーFortune **"W...

**A New York Times bestseller • A finalist for the 2025 Kirkus Prize, 2025 Cundill History Prize, and 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction “An extraordinarily ambitious book . . . America, América reads at times as the historical equivalent of the great epic novels of Gabriel García Márquez.” ーIr...

內容簡介 黒暗停滯的時代，抑或近代文明的曙光？ 穿越百年迷思與爭論， 重探一個被誤解朝代的價值與意義。 長期以來，明代總被認定是中國歷史上政治最黒暗的時代：君主專制、宦官干政、特務荼毒；終致民變四起，朝代覆滅。近代史家比較中西近代化，又認為明朝「閉關自守」，發展停滯，是近世中國衰落和中西消長的關鍵。 然而，近年來對明代深...

'Fascinating, absorbing and educative' A. C. Grayling 'Highly original and beautifully written' Dominic Lawson A compelling insight into how our imagination works, based on the latest scientific research. People often think of imagination as something used only in creative endeavours. In fact, we use imagination con...

A riveting account of the dictator’s final years, when he got the war he wanted but led his nation, the world, and himself to catastropheーfrom the author of Hitler: Ascent “Skillfully conceived and utterly engrossing.” ーThe New York Times Book Review In the summer of 1939, Hitler was at the zenith of his power. Ha...

“I found this book amazing. I read it through quickly because it was so interesting, then turned around and read much of it again.”ーDaniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow “I've been recommending A Brief History of Intelligence to everyone I know. A tru...

　　從十七世紀開始，臺灣是個海盜出沒、横行的島嶼。約百年之後，此地成為大清帝國所管轄的一個府，數以萬計的漢人自唐山移民到此。是什麼因素造成了這樣的變化？ 　　《福爾摩沙如何變成臺灣府？》這本書，帶領我們追尋一六二三年起到一六六二年止，這段臺灣歷史上的關鍵時代──西班牙、荷蘭人治理時期的史事。我們瞭解了海盜如何對荷蘭殖民...

　　《墨雨雲煙》、《夢華錄》等影視夯劇紛紛向文化盛世學極簡美學！將宋代古人美學智慧運用於現代各類創作中 　　基於宋畫的場景式代入，讓讀者置身其中領略服飾美學、市井煙火 　　精美手繪人物插畫細緻呈現服飾、髮型與妝容，視覺化演繹大宋衣冠的內涵與韻味 　　隨著近年來多部以宋代為背景的影視劇集熱播，越來越多的人喜歡上宋朝。你有...

一個激勵人心的故事，三代女性經歷了無數艱難困苦和政治風暴，始終保持著人性的尊嚴和美。──希拉蕊•柯林頓 走過纏足的時代、封建體制的婚姻、抗日戰爭、國共內亂……直至文化大革命的劫難，她們歷經了人間的悲歡離合，也創造了不平凡的一生。 三代中國女性　一部感人家史　理解二十世紀中國的重量級磅礡史詩 「我享受過特權，也遭受過磨難；有...

An authoritative and multidisciplinary Companion to Egypt during the Greco‑Roman and Late Antique period With contributions from noted authorities in the field, A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt offers a comprehensive resource that covers almost 1000 years of Egyptian history, starting with the liber...

台灣成為美食王國，不是沒有道理！ 《蚵仔煎的身世》作者曹銘宗╳台灣史專家翁佳音， 這回話說重頭，帶你瞭解台灣人吃東西的歷史 美食王國是怎樣吃出來的？ 台灣美食享譽國際，背後有值得細細探索的美味歷史。位居歐亞大陸與太平洋交會之處，造就台灣兼具生物與文化多樣的雙重特性。數百年來，從南島語族的海上交流，到外來移民的農產引進與改...