This extended essay by one of the world's leading historians seeks, in its first part, to excavate and to vindicate, the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states as it developed in early modern Britain. This analysis leads on to a powerful defence of the nature, purposes and goals of intellectual history an...

A powerful account of the life of Tamerlane the Great (1336-1405), the last master nomadic power, one of history’s most extreme tyrants, and the subject of Marlowe’s famous play. Marozzi travelled in the footsteps of the great Mogul Emperor of Samarkland to write this wonderful combination of history and travelogue....

This volume traces how the discourse of skill evolved in colonial and postcolonial India, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present neoliberal era. It introduces the concept of skill ecology to capture the broader political, economic, and social environment within which skills emerge, transform, and acquire mea...

「龍蹤」頻現，天有異象；國將興盛，抑或覆亡？ ─《維梅爾的帽子》作者．漢學家卜正民經典元明研究著作─ 　　形貌成謎的龍蹤，不僅反映了氣候變化與政治難題，更鏡照當時人們對環境的整體認識與詮釋。《掙扎的帝國》由上述角度切入，以豐富多元的史料紀錄為基底，詳盡梳理了元、明時期的制度、經濟、人口、物質文化與精神世界，尤其著重於此...

Il ne faut pas se lasser de répéter que plus des neuf dixièmes des Français de l’Ancien Régime vivaient dans des villages. La culture savante, certes essentielle, nous donne une image largement faussée de la vie jadis. Le village, dont on ne s’éloignait guère, n’était pas seulement un lieu de résidence, un lieu de p...

If you get Islam wrong, you will get the Arab-Israeli conflict wrong. You will misunderstand the immigration crisis reshaping the West. You will be blind to how the greatest civilization ever created is slowly being erased and replaced. And you will fail to appreciate the Judeo-Christian faith, and the culture it bu...

A definitive collection of Henry David Thoreau’s major essays, annotated and introduced by Lewis Hyde. Diverging from the long-standing custom of separating Thoreau’s politics from his interest in nature, renowned author Lewis Hyde brings together essays that highlight the ways in which these two strands of thought ...

Henry Ford once announced to a young schoolboy that it was he who had invented the modern age. Born on a farm in rural Michigan three weeks after the battle of Gettysburg, Ford hated everything about farming as soon as he could understand what it was about. So he turned his attention to the farm machinery that made ...

Pancho Villa was many things to many people. To some, he was a freedom fighter and revolutionary; to others, he was nothing more than a bloodthirsty bandit and killer. Villa's life did indeed take many twists and turns, and some of the decisions he made would undoubtedly make many of us question his motives. This bo...

Born free. Sold into slavery. Twelve years in chains. Twelve Years a Slave (1853), by Solomon Northup, is one of the most powerful slave narratives ever writtenーa true story of resilience, injustice, and the enduring will to be free. Northup, a free Black man living in New York, was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., a...

Mit Blick auf das heutige Russland zeichnet dieses Buch einen spezifisch russischen Weg im Rahmen der Geschichte Europas nach. Es schildert die Grundlinien und Grundprobleme der russischen Geschichte seit ihren Anfängen, gibt einen Überblick über die wichtigsten politischen Ereignisse und erörtert langfristige Konti...

The Birth and Unfolding of Phases in History: From Neolithic to World, Pueblo, and U.S. History brings together four major works into a single arc of human time. Michael A. Susko argues that the rhythm of history is not confined to the rise of empires, but begins in the Neolithic with triadic (45-year) generations t...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW AN FX LIMITED SERIES STREAMING ON HULU • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • From the author of *Empire of Painー*a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. One of The New York Times’s 20 Best Books of the...

The inside story of one of the major intellectual breakthroughs of our time - the last great decipherment of an ancient script. It will fascinate anyone interested in decipherment and puzzles as well as scholars of Maya civilization. The book has been revised and updated with the latest discoveries.

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...

Can love overcome pride, prejudice, and society's expectations? Pride and Prejudice (1813), by Jane Austen, is one of the most cherished novels in world literatureーa sparkling comedy of manners that combines romance, wit, and sharp social commentary. The story follows the spirited and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet, ...