一個激勵人心的故事，三代女性經歷了無數艱難困苦和政治風暴，始終保持著人性的尊嚴和美。──希拉蕊•柯林頓 走過纏足的時代、封建體制的婚姻、抗日戰爭、國共內亂……直至文化大革命的劫難，她們歷經了人間的悲歡離合，也創造了不平凡的一生。 三代中國女性　一部感人家史　理解二十世紀中國的重量級磅礡史詩 「我享受過特權，也遭受過磨難；有...

〓 Power is never given. It is takenーand kept by those who understand the game. The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli is one of the most influential works in political historyーa bold, unflinching manual on how rulers rise, maintain control, and consolidate power. First published in 1532, this timeless classic remains ...

〓 Love is the greatest gift of allーeven when you have nothing left to give. In The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry tells one of the most beloved and enduring Christmas stories ever written. Set on a snowy Christmas Eve, this short tale follows a young, impoverished coupleーJim and Dellaーas they each make a secret sacr...

The British people had no sooner finished rescuing their trapped army from Dunkirk than they found themselves preparing for an attack from the Germans once again. This time, the Nazi menace struck from the air, as Hitler's Luftwaffe bombed the British in an attempt to break their spirit and force Great Britain to ac...

Media Engagement, Literacy, and Dialogue among European Youth explores young people’s participation in digital media spaces, drawing on participatory research methods to reflect with youth on how digital media is interwoven into their daily lives. Focusing on young people’s understandings of political and cultural e...

Discover the People Who Made France What It Is Today From prehistoric cave artists and medieval mystics to revolutionary thinkers, fearless warriors, and daring inventors, 101 People Who Made France tells the story of a nation through the lives of the people who shaped it. Across more than two thousand years of Fren...

Dutch painter and printmaker Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is considered one of the greatest artists of all time. As a painter, he never considered glamorizing what he saw, and he was a master of creating extraordinary scenes with light and shadows. His paintings were unique for their ability to depict action and m...

一田一主的法律框架與現代測量技術，如何影響東亞殖民地的社會結構？ 從臺灣與香港的土地政策改革，探究東亞鄉土社會的顯著轉變。 根據歐洲的土地所有權原則，任何不由公司或慈善組織擁有的土地必須由存活的個人持有。1841年，英國殖民者統治香港，實施此原則，廢除中國傳統的集體土地所有權，摧毀了宗族和廟宇的財政基礎。1860年，香港政府...

The essential account of geopolitics right now, from one of our greatest living intellectuals - including a new afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to ac...

An illustrated study of the development and operations of coalition and Afghan Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan from 2009 until the withdrawal in 2021. At the end of 2008, the clearly inadequate strength of the coalition's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan prompted the US and NATO...

Digital technologies have rapidly become integral to communities and societies, bringing both significant benefits and serious concerns. Issues such as misinformation, disinformation, online polarization, discrimination, and widening inequalities have prompted a critical and urgent debate: Can digital societies stil...

In this interdisciplinary volume, a team of classicists, historians, and archaeologists examines how the memory of the infamous emperor Nero was negotiated in different contexts and by different people during the ensuing Flavian age of imperial Rome. The contributions show different Flavian responses to Nero’s compl...

Forming a critical introduction to the history of women's autobiography from the mid 18th-century to the present, this book analyses the most important changes in women's autobiography, exploring their motivation, context, style, and the role of life experiences. Caine effortlessly segues across three centuries of h...

This book offers a new framework and set of standards for intelligence analysis, drawing from a variety of academic disciplines, such as philosophy, historiography, literary theory and semiotics. The US Intelligence Community is guided by a conviction that its practitioners are engaged in the scientific pursuit of f...

Victory comes not from strength alone, but from strategy. The Art of War, written by Sun Tzu over 2,000 years ago, is one of the most influential works on military strategy and leadership ever created. Far more than a battlefield manual, this classic explores the principles of planning, discipline, deception, adapta...

A rich visual illustration of South Carolina's physical, political, social, and cultural geography What is the regional distribution of South Carolinians' preferred barbeque sauces? Where were colonial roads located, and how did they relate to the sites of Revolutionary War battles? Where were the key locales of pro...