A richly absorbing book... Overy is unquestionably one of our finest living historians - The Daily Telegraph
Why has warfare always been part of the human story?
From biology to belief, what explains the persistence of violent conflict?
What light can this shed on humanity’s past – and its future?
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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 ...
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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...
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In The Promise of the Foreign, Vicente L. Rafael argues that translation was key to the emergence of Filipino nationalism in the nineteenth century. Acts of translation entailed technics from which issued the promise of nationhood. Such a promise consisted of revising the heterogeneous and violent origins of the nat...
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022
'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times
'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The Guardian
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cas...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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, ...
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From humble beginnings to the founding of a nationーthis is the story of America's greatest self-made man. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is both a personal memoir and a practical guide to success, written by one of history's most remarkable figures. In these pages, Benjamin Franklin recounts his early strug...
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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...
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This book explores the potential of heritage to enact sustainable human–environment relationships across geographical differences. It does so by travelling to four archipelagoes: the Wadden Islands in the Netherlands, the Cyclades in Greece, Shetland in Scotland, and the Aeolian Islands in Italy.
In the face of plan...
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What if true wisdom lies in balance? Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong), attributed to Zisi, the grandson of Confucius, is one of the Four Books that form the foundation of Confucian philosophy. For centuries, it has guided scholars, rulers, and individuals in the pursuit of moral cultivation, social harmony, and self...
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A history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley
From legacy manufacturers to emerging tech giants, corporations wield significant power over our lives, our economy, and our politics. Some celebrate them as engines of progress and prosperity. Others argue that they reckle...
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一個面積大於臺灣32倍的廣袤土地、一個曾是亞洲最富強的國家、一個承載眾人理想所建的樂土、一段被刻意埋沒與曲解的歷史。 本書以前所未有的壯闊規模、前所未見的240張罕見圖片、前所未聞的滿洲觀點，綜觀「大滿洲帝國」的前世與今生。滿洲的建設與成果，足以顛覆讀者的認知，同時超乎讀者的想像。無怪乎，1935年流傳於臺灣知識...
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When Rome fell, Europe was plunged into centuries of chaos, conflict, and transformation. The Dark Ages (1893), by the renowned historian Charles Oman, remains one of the classic studies of the turbulent centuries between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the rise of medieval Europe. With vivid detail and scholar...
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