〜認識古埃及和象形文字的快速入門指南〜 【本書特色】 ◎收錄數百個常用的象形文字翻譯，並附上範例。 ◎搭配數十幅出自埃及遺跡和工藝品的線稿、表格和地圖。 ◎從王族、神職人員，到抄寫員、工匠……從多種角度切入，介紹古埃及人的生活與信仰。 過去一千五百多年來，古埃及的象形文字一直難以被人理解，但眾人皆認為其中隱藏了古代智慧與宗教...

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...

If any of the great composers have a staying power that defies genre and time period, Frédéric Chopin was most certainly one of them. You can find his work being played with cherished delight by any budding pianist, and his music serves as a constant backdrop and mainstay for piano concertos worldwide. But what do w...

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...

〓 The Cambridge Modern History stands as one of the most ambitious and scholarly surveys of world history ever published. Conceived by Lord Acton and compiled by a distinguished group of historians, this monumental work presents a comprehensive exploration of political, social, religious, and intellectual developme...

Step into a world of enchantment, wit, and wonder with The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll! ✨ From the timeless adventures of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, to the whimsical poetry of The Hunting of the Snark and Jabberwocky, this collection showcases the boundless imagination and linguistic bri...

How did ancient Egyptians define “art”ーand how did the myriad of artistic works they produced mirror their worldview? A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art...

Narrative Objects is concerned with the conversations that arise when artists, scholars, and museum practitioners come together with historic objects. Its focus is a unique mammoth ivory model of yhyakh – the annual celebration of the Sakha people in the Russian Far East – which has been in the collection of the Bri...

The trap is baited: enemies at every corner, evidence of treason and a dark secret going back forty years Teardrop is ready for Aubrey. A Russian defector is picked up by the Americans, and the information he yields is explosive: a secret file, codenamed 'Teardrop', contains overwhelming evidence that British Intell...

Dieser Band enthält jene Daten zur Ereignis- und Kulturgeschichte der letzten 5000 Jahre, die man gerne stets präsent hätte - ein Vademecum der Geschichte. Es bietet anhand einer verantwortungsvoll getroffenen Auswahl wichtigster, knapp kommentierter Fakten einen raschen Überblick über die Menschheitsgeschichte seit...

獨特視角 × 跨國史觀 × 國族認同 ──《歷史學家寫給所有人的中國史》姊妹作── 跳脫日本本位史觀，從亞洲脈絡重新認識日本的入門經典 ▍為何說日本史始於中國？ ▍為何明治維新背後，其實有東亞的影子？ ▍為何今日的日本，仍在尋找自己的位置？ 我們所熟知的「日本史」，真的是歷史的全貌嗎？ 「日本」從什麼時候開始是「日本」？天皇制度如何建...

蘇東坡是歷史長河中的一顆明星，熠熠生輝，逾千年而不暗淡。其偉大人格和赤子般的精神，隨著時間的洗禮，越發令人矚目。

New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21**st** Century The tenth anniversary edition of the internationally bestselling phenomenon that cemented Yuval Noah Harari as one of the most prominent historians of our timeーfeaturing a new afterword from the author. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...

“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...

A remarkable classic work on traditional Japanese architecture and its general integrative quality, the order of space and form, the flexibility of partitions and room functions and other important or unique qualities. The author describes in detail, and with numerous architectural plans and drawings, the influence ...

A single day. A boundless literary universe. Ulysses is not just a novelーit's a literary revolution. James Joyce's magnum opus reimagines Homer's Odyssey in the streets of Dublin, June 16, 1904, following Leopold Bloom and a host of unforgettable characters. Through inner monologues, stream-of-consciousness narrati...