This unique collection of contemporary combat accounts provides a primary source insight into the reality of artillery operations on the Eastern Front. Mobile, rail and towed artillery are all considered in this fascinating compilation. This book is part of the 'Hitler's War Machine' series, a new military history r...

A fascinating look at Hollywood’s most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio systemーset against the boom of the post–World War II years, the Cold War, and the atomic ageーand the movies that reflected the seismic shifts “The definitive book on 1950s Hollywood.” ーBooklist “Lavish. . . insightful, rich, expa...

今天，法治已經成為香港人的核心價值之一，並且以為在英國管治下，香港的言論自由與新聞自由比回歸後更有保障。作者在支持香港需要保障法治和自由的基礎下，反對這種建基於錯誤的歷史觀的說法。本書廣泛而深入地分析各種解密歷史檔案史料，質疑這一老生常談，對於英國在香港的法律制度提出新的詮釋。

Contemporary Queer Modernism offers a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to the study of the intersections of queer studies and modernist studies. The theoretical expansiveness and mutual overlapping of these still-growing fields is both introduced and complicated in the pages of this volume. Presenting a wide range ...

NOW A MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE, BAFTA AND EMMY-WINNING TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' Daily Mirror This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both en...

Mining finance houses were substantial public corporations with access to money markets in the City of London, the world’s leading capital market for mining. These institutions became dominant at the inception of colonial rule and, in varying forms, remained so throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on a rich cor...

"Historian Charney tracks the eventful life of the Mona Lisa in this rollicking account.... The result is both a thrilling tale of true crime and a rigorous work of art history." ー Publishers Weekly**, Starred Review** From the artwork to its theft and role in popular culture, the critically-acclaimed book The Thef...

This book records the years of Morley Nkosi’s exile from Apartheid South Africa, most of which he spent as an academic in the United States. It is also the story of his life until that forced departure, chronicling the trials, joys, and hopes of a young man born and raised in colonial and Apartheid South Africa. In ...

This open access book addresses a question fundamental to the histories of empire and Africa: at the point of the colonial encounter, how was knowledge made? How did different communities, with little or no prior contact, construct meaning about one another? Amidst huge changes in the politics and economics of a con...

〓 Step into the world of wonder and adventure! Join Dorothy Gale, a brave young girl from Kansas, and her loyal dog Toto as they are swept away by a cyclone to the enchanting Land of Oz. Along the Yellow Brick Road, Dorothy befriends the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, all seeking the great Wizard in...

Das Handbuch bietet eine anhand von 6 Paradigmen entfaltete Darstellung deutschsprachig-jüdischer Literatur seit der Aufklärung. Ausgangspunkt ist die These, dass jüdisches Denken und deutschsprachig-jüdische Literatur nicht primär assimilatorisch an literarischen und wissenschaftlichen Entwicklungen im deutschsprac...

This short book follows the history of city design and development from the late Neolithic through to the early Iron Age. It is the first book in a series that charts the history of how our ancestors built their urban environments.

A modern classic: Don Watson’s history of Australia for children of the twenty-first century History told so well it gives us a better idea of who we are – and what we might become. The Story of Australia weaves together the many strands of our nation’s past – ancient and indigenous, colonial and contemporary – to c...

「會說故事的圖畫」特展以「故事畫」或「敘事畫」為主要展件，希望呈現「圖像」能夠超越文字描述，提供觀眾更豐富訊息的潛力與特性。 如何讓圖畫說故事？畫家以圖像重現或詮釋故事時，首要目標通常是讓觀眾能夠辨認出所描繪內容。基於作品尺寸、形式（卷、軸、冊）等種種限制，畫家需要挑選出代表情節、安排合適場景、設計登場人物及其造型與...

Source de multiples passions, de conflits géopolitiques et d'enjeux économiques... Voici l'histoire méconnue de la route la plus importante du monde. Aujourd'hui, le canal de Suez est indispensable. Il suffit de s'intéresser aux conséquences de l'échouage du porte-conteneurs qui en a bloqué la navigation en mars 202...

This book introduces the concept of functional coexistence as a context for building practical strategies for long-term conflict intervention and social change. Functional coexistence is a pragmatic relationship of mutual non-recognition sustained in the absence of physical violence. In this volume, a team of intern...