The Assyrian Empire was the largest, most powerful, and longest-lasting in the ancient world. It included lands that comprise modern Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, and Cyprus as well as large parts of modern Saudi Arabia, Libya, Turkey, and Iran. The Assyrian army was the mo...

For første gang fortælles hele historien om storhed og fald i en af de største danske virksomheder gennem tiden. Østasiatisk Kompagni blev stiftet i 1897 af etatsråd H.N. Andersen, som havde et stort netværk i Asien og en vision om at opbygge infrastruktur og produktion. I løbet af de næste 100 år kom aktiviteterne ...

Reproductions of official plans for the main types of warship the Royal Navy fought with during World War II. "The text is a masterpiece of compression, communicating a large quantity of information in a minimum number of words. The extended captions for the plans are informative and equally well-written. Many of th...

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...

夏目漱石的「吾輩」是真有此貓？ 一休禪師其實是天皇貴子？ 徳川家康是豐臣秀吉的小舅子？ 從手握兵權的政治名人，到傳說中狐與人所生的陰陽博士 日本史上的軼聞趣事，都在這本歷史手帳裡！ 生活軼事，是歷史洪流中的小亮點 歷史的建構，從來就不只是戰爭、殺戮和侵略，亦是所有人物當下存在的證明；當歷史人物走出故事，他們的愛恨情仇、生...

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...

For over four decades the story of the extraordinary evil that occurred at the Kincora Boys’ Home in East Belfast in the 1970s and the shocking attempts by MI5 to cover it up have haunted our political and social terrain for decades. Award-winning former BBC journalist Chris Moore has been working on the story since...

The complete story of A-6 combat operations during the Vietnam War, illustrated throughout. Designed in the years following the Korean War and then manufactured for over 30 years starting in 1960, the A-6 quickly became the most capable attack aircraft in the US Navy's stable. The first squadron, VA-75, made its ini...

The complete story of the pilots who 'made ace' while flying the original MiG fighters. The MiG-1/3 family of fighters was built to satisfy a Soviet Air Force requirement for an advanced, fast, high-altitude fighter. Entering service in the spring of 1941, the problematic MiG-1 had its handling issues rectified with...

The 2025 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships. For over 45 years, Warship has been the leading annual resource on the design, development, and deployment of the world's combat ships. Featuring a broad range ...

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...

This book offers readers an introduction to the world of artificial histories and historians. It looks behind the interfaces of AI and explores everyday platforms and prize-winning history books to identify how people and algorithms make histories and how they might make histories in the future. Every moment around ...

"Amor, sacrificio y redención en medio de la Revolución Francesa." En Historia de dos ciudades, Charles Dickens nos transporta a París y Londres durante una de las épocas más turbulentas de la historia. Con personajes inolvidables, giros dramáticos y una narrativa magistral, esta obra nos muestra cómo la esperanza p...

In the late 17th century, a devastating conflict erupted between English colonists and indigenous peoples that would forever alter the course of North American history. King Philip's War wasn't merely a territorial disputeーit was a desperate struggle for cultural survival as Native Americans watched their way of li...

The Great Northern War was a war waged by Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony-Poland-Lithuania against the Swedish Empire from 1700 to 1721. It also engaged several of the other great powers of Europe at the time, engulfing much of the continent and its colonies in more than two decades of war. It was part of a long ...

Charles II of England remains one of the most easily identifiable and best known of England's monarchs. Deprived of his throne following the execution of his father, he contended with hardship and exile before achieving a peaceful restoration and the beginning of what would be remembered as a colorful period of Engl...