Winner of the Vern Williamsen Comedia Book Prize, Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, 2023 Winner of the Nancy Staub Award, UNIMA-USA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette), 2023 In its exploration of puppetry and animation as the performative media of choice for mastering the art of illusion, To Embody th...

「女人！生命！自由！」 「在每個死去之人背後，有其他千百顆心搏動。」 從徳黒蘭啟程的縱貫伊朗之旅 見證神權國度人民的恐懼與勇氣 ★ 法國屢獲大獎天才作家　最輕盈卻深刻的旅遊紀實文學 ★ ★ 一出版旋即成為暢銷書　横掃三大指標性文學獎 ★ 二〇二二年九月，伊朗一名女子瑪莎．阿米尼(Mahsa Amini)因「穿著不當」遭道徳警察逮捕，並於羈押期...

「職貢」是王朝時代的中國對外交往的體制，意指朝貢國向宗主國修職納貢，並接受朝覲、冊封與賞賜，以示臣服。東亞職貢體系的建立，起源於先秦時期。西周訂立甸服、侯服、賓服、要服及荒服等朝貢服制，規範周天子跟諸侯、邊疆民族的關係。深植於西周朝貢體系的「非平等關係」與「華夏中心思想」，持續影響歷代涉外事務的運作，並且反映到圖像...

This book analyses how public toilets were provided by the government and local business in Hong Kong between the 1860s and 1930s through a process that was embedded in class and racial politics. Addressing public toilet provision from a political economy perspective, it focuses on the interplay of the cross-border ...

This new volume from the Blue and Gold Professional Library describes and analyzes the tactical employment of naval combat arms, including surface forces, submarine forces, naval aviation, and naval special forces in a high-intensity conventional war at sea. Tactics of Naval Combat Arms is framed by combat missions ...

内斗就要亡国，亡国也要内斗！人性的荒唐莫过于此！公元1644年三月，李自成率领的大顺军攻克北京，崇祯帝自缢。消息传到留都南京，立谁为新君的问题就变得迫在眉睫，文武官员纷纷涌动，都想在新君面前占据首功，却不想，这种各怀鬼胎的心思为南明政权留下了巨大的隐患。在武将马士英等人的拥立下，福王朱由松即位，改元弘光，而这些“定策”功...

戰爭會結束，但正義不一定會到來 為何二戰後東亞無法如歐洲那般實現和解？ 為何戰犯審判未能解決歷史創傷，反而加深了各國間的敵對情緒？ ◎《從人到鬼，從鬼到人：日本戰犯與中國的審判》作者最新力作。 ◎劍橋東亞系教授、英國國家學術院院士，從散布日、中、臺、港等地檔案重建東亞歷史記憶與裂痕。 ◎本書特別收錄臺灣版獨家作者序「臺灣戰...

This is a complete, two-volume set of one of the greatest books of 19th century Japanese history and culture. Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write a dozen more books on Japan, this collection of first impressions remains his most popular. Among the reasons is that here, more than anywhere else, the author most viv...

從古波斯到現代伊朗，一個「心智的帝國」如何誕生？ 本書內容綱舉目張，文字流暢易讀， 是一部難以替代的伊朗通史 也是在西方主調之外，認識今日複雜世界情勢的快速入門 　　伊朗是熱門的新聞名詞，卻又是我們極為陌生的國度。它在媒體上經常呈現為一個充滿敵意且難以親近的國家。但在這些頭條新聞的背後，其實隱藏著一個引人入勝的故事，這...

Uncovers a spiritual dimension in the transition to the Anthropocene What is the role of religion in shaping interactions and relations between the human and nonhuman in nature? Why are Muslim and Christian organizations generally not a potent force in Southeast Asian environmental movements? The Camphor Tree and th...

An untold story of idealism, betrayal, and behind-the-scenes American–Japanese contacts in World War II. In the fall of 1943, during some of the Pacific theater’s bloodiest battles, the United States and Japan pulled off a diplomatic coupー the exchange of civilians caught on the wrong side of the battlefield after ...

The US-led war in Iraq from 2003 to 2011 was one of the most controversial wars in recent history. The invasion of Iraq was justified by claims that the regime of Saddam Hussein had links with terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and possessed weapons of mass destruction that might be used in an attack on another count...

This book examines how the Taliban were able to regain power in Afghanistan in 2021, some 20 years after the US intervention. The volume presents an analysis of the factors that contributed to the Taliban’s ability to seize power following the withdrawal of the international coalition in August 2021, marking the end...

A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR Budapest, autumn 1943. Four years into the war, Hungary is allied with Nazi Germany and the Hungarian capital is the Casablanca of central Europe. The city swirls with intrigue and betrayal, home to spies and agents of every kind. But Budapest remains at peace, an oasis in the midst ...

追隨中世紀最偉大的旅行家伊本．巴圖塔的足跡 探索香料、路上絲路交會處斯里蘭卡的神秘面紗 在西方殖民者踏足前，這裡已經有香料的存在和交易 ｜2021斯里蘭卡國家人文類文學獎 ｜2020 格拉蒂恩獎（Gratiaen Prize）入選名單 李易安｜文字工作者 張育軒｜說說伊朗創辦人ーー推薦 白人尚未殖民進入的斯里蘭卡 為什麼伊本．巴圖塔到這裡？ 「這...

Le "système français" mis en place au lendemain de la Révolution tend à marginaliser la fille publique et à l’enfermer dans une série de lieux clos (maison de tolérance, hôpital, prison, établissement de relèvement), invisibles de l’extérieur mais totalement transparents au regard policier. Il se révélera vite n’êtr...