The Dravidian Pathwayis a timely contribution to public and scholarly understanding of South Indian politics, examining a pivotal period in the rise to power of the Tamil Nadu party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (the Dravidian Progressive Federation, or DMK). The scholarly canon on social movements and/or electoral poli...

Neighbor-Homes: Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat Write Hispaniola and the Diaspora analyzes the work of two of the most acclaimed contemporary American and Caribbean authors for the first time in a single book. Extending beyond scholarly approaches to home as a theoretical construct, Neighbor-Homes considers how A...

In ancient Athens, the Panathenaia was the most important festival and was celebrated in honour of Athena from the middle of the sixth century BC until the end of the fourth century AD. This in-depth study examines how this all-Athenian celebration was an occasion for constructing identities and how it affected thos...

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 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...

这本《步兵攻击》由隆美尔著，张卫能译，原版《步兵攻击》出版于1937年，是二战时徳国有名将领隆美尔根据自己在一战中的亲身经历写成的。他对参加的每一场战斗都进行了细致入微的描述，作为案例反思，并加插了亲手绘制的现场战术地图，堪称军事理论的经典之作，同时也是很好的一战史回忆录。

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 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...

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...

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...

Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662) has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary patristic studies. This is partly due to the relatively recent discovery and critical edition of his works in various genres, including On the Ascetic Life, Four Centuries on Charity, Two Centuries on Theology and the Inca...

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 ...

日本在進入江戶時代之後，庶民教育逐步興起。町人階層開始接觸到漢籍，並從中獲得豐富的知識及精神層面上的滿足，漢語學習成為熱潮。本書以《唐話纂要》《重訂冠解助語辭》等江戶時代十九部漢語研究類著述為文獻基礎，揭示江戶學者對漢語所進行的研究。同時，對中日同期的漢語研究進行比較分析，並從學術史的角度梳理江戶時代漢語研究的學術...

Dive into 'The History of 1985,' the definitive historical and educational yearbook celebrating a year of culture, politics, and groundbreaking firsts. This meticulously curated collection revisits major American and British milestones that shaped a generation. Uncover the drama of the Cold War era, marked by crucia...

From Yale professor and bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a searing confrontation with the authoritarian right's attacks to undo a century of work to advance social justice action on race, gender, sexuality and class. Combining historical research with an in-depth analysis of our modern political landscape, E...

Escolhido um dos melhores livros do ano pelo Financial Times, Estado de São Paulo, Partido Comunista dos EUA e CounterPunch Em 1965, o governo dos Estados Unidos ajudou o Exército indonésio a matar aproximadamente um milhão de civis inocentes – eliminando o maior partido comunista fora da China e da União Soviética ...