This book is the first comprehensive study of the twelve New Music Bureau poems by the influential poet-official Yuan Zhen 元稹 (779–831) in comparison with the response poems of Bai Juyi 白居易 (772–846). Its new perspective on music and ritual reveals connections between Yuan’s poems that otherwise appear to have ...

This book explores the relationship between technology and warfare, by examining how recent technological advancements have revolutionized the conduct of war. The work analyses contemporary conflicts, including the Syrian civil war, the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, and the ongoing war in Ukraine, but also by exp...

The path to harmony lies between extremes. Attributed to Zisi (Confucius's grandson), The Doctrine of the Mean is one of the Four Books of Confucian philosophy, a cornerstone of Chinese thought for over two millennia. This timeless work explores how moral integrity, self-cultivation, and balance lead to personal ful...

Histoire et portraits des diplomates qui ont changé le monde. En 1994, Henry Kissinger publiait Diplomatie, un ouvrage de référence qui a conquis des dizaines de milliers de lecteurs en offrant une synthèse aussi brillante qu'accessible racontant l'histoire mondiale de la diplomatie des origines à nos jours. Trente ...

Explore Ancient Tibet and its Profound Secret Knowledge. The civilization of very ancient Tibetーthe lost kingdom of Zhang Zhung and its legendary tradition of sorcery and true magicーis among the least known and most irritatingly mysterious obscurities of history. Very little of its past has been deciphered and ort...

The Gallipoli Campaign is known as one of the worst blunders committed by the Allied forces during the First World War. Despite being first thought up long before the beginning of the war, it was ultimately a hastily arranged campaign that the British hoped would knock the Ottoman Empireーone of the Central Powersー...

Imagine a battlefield of millions of square miles, with an enemy that was often invisible when it struck. Imagine a convoy of ships carrying vital supplies from North America to Great Britain, at the mercy of the deadly marauders under the water, waiting to attack them. The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest campai...

The first dramatic account of the Il-2 Shturmovik's operations by the most famous units of the Red Army Air Force. Over 43,000 Il-2/10s were built between 1941 and 1955, more than any other combat aircraft in history, making this one of the most important Soviet aircraft deployed in World War II. Built originally as...

From the ashes of an empire, a new world struggles to emerge. In The Dark Ages, eminent historian Charles Oman delivers a vivid and authoritative account of Europe's turbulent centuries between the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the rise of medieval civilization. Covering the years 476–918 AD, Oman examine...

**A fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages “This is a little history with a big heart, meant to be savored more than studied, read out loud like poetry, or perhaps sung like a hymn.”ーJoseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers** “Davidson has writt...

Kagero Nikki, translated here as The Gossamer Years, belongs to the same period as the celebrated Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikuibu. This remarkably frank autobiographical diary and personal confession attempts to describe a difficult relationship as it reveals two tempestuous decades of the author's unhappy marria...

Apartheid and Fragmented Protest in Contemporary Southern Africa examines protest movements through the lens of Apartheid Studies, the first general theory of apartheid which explores how oppression, harm, injustice, poverty, loss, and inequality persist. The book argues that apartheid, which breaks the world of the...

Software has become a key component of contemporary life and algorithms that rank, classify, or recommend are everywhere. Building on the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon and the cultural techniques tradition, this book examines the constructive and cumulative character of software and retraces the historical trajecto...

An elaborately crafted and decorated tomahawk from somewhere along the North American east coast: how did it end up in the royal collections in Stockholm in the late seventeenth century? What does it say about the Swedish kingdom's colonial ambitions and desires? What questions does it raise from its present place i...

The Assyrian Empire was the largest, most powerful, and longest-lasting in the ancient world. It included lands that comprise modern Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, and Cyprus as well as large parts of modern Saudi Arabia, Libya, Turkey, and Iran. The Assyrian army was the mo...

"Amor, sacrificio y redención en medio de la Revolución Francesa." En Historia de dos ciudades, Charles Dickens nos transporta a París y Londres durante una de las épocas más turbulentas de la historia. Con personajes inolvidables, giros dramáticos y una narrativa magistral, esta obra nos muestra cómo la esperanza p...