“Sets the record straight on Albert Speer’s assertions of ignorance of the Final Solution and claims to being the ‘good Nazi.’”ーKirkus Reviews In his bestselling autobiography, Albert Speer, Minister of Armaments and chief architect of Nazi Germany, repeatedly insisted he knew nothing of the genocidal crimes of Hit...

維京人・北方十字軍・卡爾馬聯盟・瑞典帝國・斯堪地那維亞主義 中立政策・北歐平衡・北歐理事會・黃金60年代・NATO和EU⋯⋯ 【本書特色】 ◎一冊認識北歐，追溯五國如何建立起先進社會。 ◎全書依時間脈絡分成8個章節，各章均附小專欄，介紹維京人、學者、聖女、藝術家與文學家等北歐名人。 ◎隨主題搭配簡易的地圖、好懂的關係簡表與生動插圖，不...

Contrary to what Kant believed about the Dutch (and their visual culture) as “being of an orderly and diligent position” and thus having no feeling for the sublime, this book argues that the sublime played an important role in seventeenth-century Dutch visual culture. By looking at different visualizations of except...

'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist and author of Doughnut Economics A Financial Times Book of the Year ______________________________________ Our planet is in trouble. But how can we reverse the current cris...

Indestrutable youth, poor decision making, wrong headed mindsets: This story has all that and more. But if you expect catastrophic results, not this time. Some times it's better to be lucky than good. Just a little slice of history recalled just for fun.

　　眾人咸知李白不是漢人，卻不知白居易也不是，劉禹錫、元稹都不是ーー 　　雖然他們聲稱自己是貨真價實的中國人。 　　「木蘭」本是雄性的鹿，「天子」來自伊朗；漢人討厭狗，蒙古語的「狗」變成「奴才」；「哥哥」的流行打敗了「四海之內皆兄弟」。 　　中古中國的突厥-伊朗色彩，絲毫不比近代中國的滿蒙色彩少。 　　只因唐並非本土王朝...

**“A sprawling, complex morality tale, sweeping us along.” ーThe Wall Street Journal “In telling this personal story about family memory, exile and return, the book also takes in the breadth of [China’s] evolution during the 20th century.” ーThe Washington Post “This book’s power comes from Wong’s broad sense of the...

This volume explores and elucidates critical ancient world studies (CAWS), a new model for the study of the ancient world operating critically, setting itself against a long history of a discipline formulated to naturalise a hierarchical, white supremacist origin story for an imagined modern West. CAWS is a methodol...

History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from History of Ethiopia to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. Ethiopia’s rich and wonderful history has been traced to four million years ago, based on the oldest hominid discovered by the respected American paleoanthropolog...

Information and knowledge were essential tools of early modern Europe’s global ambitions. This volume addresses a key concern that emerged as the competition for geopolitical influence increased: how could information from afar be trusted when there was no obvious strategy for verification? How did notions of doubt ...

Waterwheels provided our sole source of power, apart from animals and our own sweat, as far back as 200 BC. Windmills arrived in the 12th Century and then both reigned supreme until the appearance of the steam engine during the 18th Century. This vast timespan made them key elements of our history. But do we know wh...

A harrowing and indispensable first-hand account of the experience of the first 85 days of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, from a prominent Palestinian writer In the morning I read the news. The news is about us. But it's designed for people reading it far, far away, who couldn't possibly imagine they could ever know ...

Early in my military career, I set out to become a White House Fellow. This book tells the story of my journey to achieve that goal. Along the way, I served as Administrative Assistant to General of the Army Omar Bradley; acted as Military Assistant to the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army; participated in ...

第一章簡要介紹了圍棋的基本規則，包括圍棋棋盤的構成、黒白棋子的放置方法、走子規則、禁手規則、勝負判斷等。 第二章介紹了圍棋的歷史淵源和演變歷程。圍棋起源於中國，流傳至日本、韓國等鄰國，發展出了各自的棋藝流派和特色。本章詳細講述了中國圍棋的起源、韓國圍棋的發展以及日本圍棋的崛起等內容。 第三章深入淺出地介紹了圍棋文化的...

在民主自由的台灣，威權遺毒仍未消失。 沒有真相與究責的二二八，島嶼猶未天光…… 一個台灣史學者追求台灣主體意識的戰鬥與心路歷程， 也是解讀二二八與三月屠殺的必經之路。 儘管解嚴以後，台灣社會經歷了民主化、自由化， 以台灣為主體的歷史觀點與近現代歷史研究亦有所開展， 但「二二八」仍舊是幾代台灣人沉默的傷口， 諸多背離歷史事實的...

The world food crisis (1972–1975) gave rise to new development concepts. To eradicate world hunger, small peasants were supposed to use ‘modern’ inputs like high-yielding seeds, fertilizer, pesticides and irrigation. This would turn subsistence producers into business owners, transform rural areas, invigorate nation...