History describes the 872-day Siege of Leningrad as the most devastating siege in history. The German army had made its way to Leningrad before the city had the opportunity to prepare for an assault and the consequences were lethal. Accompanied by one of the worst famines in history, as well as a brutally cold winte...

This book studies the social consequences of bureaucratic and scientific change during the transition to modern states and societies in the Age of Enlightenment, as it explores how the Habsburg Empire deployed new ways and means to integrate existing structures into supra-regional systems of order. Exemplarily focus...

Bob Hope was the kind of entertainer who only comes along once in a lifetime. Spanning the decades, he worked through just about every era of the twentieth century. Hope grew up doing his best vaudeville routine and ended up performing far and wide with the USO during World War II and the wars in Korea, Vietnam, Leb...

James Brown is known as the "Godfather of Soul"ーand for good reason. All you have to do is listen to that signature James Brown sound, and you understand the impact he made on music. Just one lip curl and Elvis was sent running, just one, "Hey! Hey! Hey!" and Michael Jackson was inspired. It seems that James Brown'...

"Chinese Civil War: A History from Beginning to End" offers a detailed historical timeline and an in-depth discussion of the Chinese Civil War in its entirety. The book covers the first stages of the war, from 1927-1937, the interlude from 1938-1945 during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, and the final...

Journey through the shadows of historyーwhere empires collapsed, kings rose and fell, and the seeds of modern civilization were sown. The Dark Ages Collection brings together a rich tapestry of writings from and about the medieval world. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the early stirrings of the Renaissance, th...

Explore the turning points that shaped the modern worldーthrough the most respected historical chronicle of its kind. The Cambridge Modern History Collection is the ultimate reference work in historical scholarship, originally conceived by Lord Acton and written by leading historians of the time. This definitive edi...

The Mau Mau Rebellion took place in Kenya, beginning in 1952. A group of native Kenyan peoples, mostly from the Kikuyu tribe, rose up against their British colonizers, who had held the region since 1895. With a complicated story, it can be difficult to place the Mau Mau Uprising within the larger history of Kenyan n...

Kein Land Asiens erscheint faszinierender als Japan. Das Inselreich hat nicht nur eine einzigartige Kultur und Ästhetik hervorgebracht, es blickt auch auf eine lange Geschichte zurück. Wolfgang Schwentker erzählt auf dem neuesten Forschungsstand die Geschichte Japans von der Ur- und Frühzeit bis in die Gegenwart. Se...

What makes a just government? How can liberty be protected from tyranny? The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 powerful essays written in the late 18th century by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, advocating for the ratification of the United States Constitution. These writings remain essential to ...

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." The Art of War by Sun Tzu is one of the most influential works of military strategy and philosophical wisdom ever written. Over 2,500 years old, this Chinese classic has guided generals, CEOs, athletes, and thinkers through...

What is justice? What is the best way to live? Can an ideal society exist? In The Republic, the philosopher Plato presents a powerful conversation between Socrates and his disciples as they explore the meaning of justice, the role of education, the nature of reality, and the qualities of an ideal ruler. Written arou...

A Sociology of Awkwardness shows how awkward feelings are the outcome of social interactions going wrong. Combing insights from cultural sociology and the sociologies of interactions and emotions, this book develops the first comprehensive sociology of awkwardness. It provides an understanding of how people define, ...

I sitt förord skriver Ragnar Östberg helt ödmjukt: "Det är icke omöjligt; att dessa anteckningar kunna väcka ett visst intresse, ackompanjerade som de äro av bilder, vilka ofta tillåta läsaren att bortse från texten. Denna börjar och slutar med en arkitektsspurt. Mellan dessa båda moment försiggå de händelser inom a...

What does it mean to be cast outーnot just from society, but from your own conscience? In An Outcast of the Islands, Joseph Conrad explores the moral descent of Peter Willems, a corrupt European trader who flees to a remote Southeast Asian village after being disgraced. There, he finds a fragile peaceーuntil lust, a...

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and through the ideas of great thinkers in the field “A whistle-stop introduction to the great works and thinkers of each age, this is a clear and accessible primer.”ーLaura Garmeson, Financial Times What causes ...