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⚔️ What if the secrets to victoryーon the battlefield, in business, and in lifeーwere written over 2,500 years ago? The Art of War by Sun Tzu is the legendary guide to strategy, leadership, and success. More than just a military manual, this classic has influenced world leaders, entrepreneurs, and thinkers across ce...

　　每個事件都與中國、世界歷史對照 　　一目瞭然，給記憶一個重要的位置 　　◎ 乾乾脆脆的，把印度歷史一次給理清楚 　　印度擁有五千年的燦爛文明，梁啟超在《二十世紀太平洋歌》中，曾經將印度與中國、埃及、小亞細亞（後來人們將「小亞細亞」改為兩河文明中的巴比倫），稱為地球上古文明四國。身處太平洋彼岸的美國人威廉‧麥克高希在其...

Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence for the Viking Age that they claim to describe. Yet despite the consistency of this picture, surprisingly little archaeological o...

⚖️ What makes a government strong, fair, and free? Written over two centuries ago, The Federalist Papers remain one of the most influential collections of political writings in history. Penned by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, these 85 essays were originally published to persuade Americans to ratif...

Victory comes not from strength alone, but from strategy. The Art of War, written by Sun Tzu over 2,000 years ago, is one of the most influential works on military strategy and leadership ever created. Far more than a battlefield manual, this classic explores the principles of planning, discipline, deception, adapta...

⛓️ What would you do if your life of freedom was stolen overnight? Twelve Years a Slave is the extraordinary true account of Solomon Northup, a free African American man living in New York, who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery. For twelve harrowing years, he endured unimaginable cruelty on Southern planta...

"Practical wisdom from a Stoic masterーletters that still speak to the modern soul." In Moral Letters to Lucilius, the Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger distills the essence of Stoic philosophy into powerful, heartfelt letters to his friend Lucilius. These writings are more than abstract reflectionsーthey are a p...

The Mongol Empire, founded by Genghis Khan and continued by his heirs, was one of the largest and most powerful the world has ever seen. Modern China was created from the remnants of the Mongol Empire, and at its peak, this empire controlled one-sixth of the total landmass of the world. Even today, it is estimated t...

This book considers the changing fortunes of psychoanalysis in Soviet Russia from 1930 to 1980. Approaching social history in a psychoanalytic key, Lizaveta van Munsteren argues that the growing split between official and informal languages of the time produced multiple strategies to keep alive the conversation arou...

The brief history of the Weimar Republic is generally seen as an abbreviated intermission between the First and Second World Wars. It was the government, led by the Social Democratic Party, which took power, albeit with some trepidation, after Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated the German throne. Socialists saw this as the...

"Victory is in the mind before it is in the sword." Written in 1645 by Japan's greatest samurai, Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings is a legendary text on strategy, martial arts, and the philosophy of mastery. More than a manual of combat, it is a guide to discipline, clarity of thought, and success in any fie...

As the sole legitimate child of Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was the progeny of literary royalty. Many might have naturally expected her to go into the field of her father, but instead of delving into poetry, she delved into the hard sciences of mathematics and analytic thinking. Even so, Ada still had the imagination o...

Neighbor-Homes: Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat Write Hispaniola and the Diaspora analyzes the work of two of the most acclaimed contemporary American and Caribbean authors for the first time in a single book. Extending beyond scholarly approaches to home as a theoretical construct, Neighbor-Homes considers how A...

• Offers an insider view of the rebellions of the last decade from a participant-philosopher. • This book strikes at the nervous system of our experiences of capitalist society, widely indicted by those in Occupy Wall Street, and is destined to be a cult favorite for a generation coming to consciousness in the wake ...