"Condensed yet energetic and substantial history of Chicago. Spinney has a firm sense of historical narrative as well as a keen eye for entertaining and illuminating detail."ー Publishers Weekly A city of immigrants and entrepreneurs, Chicago is quintessentially American. Spinney brings it to life and highlights the...

An engrossing biography of the notorious Russian dictator by an author whose knowledge of Soviet-era archives far surpasses all others. Josef Stalin exercised supreme power in the Soviet Union from 1929 until his death in 1953. During that quarter-century, by Oleg Khlevniuk's estimate, he caused the imprisonment and...

The Falklands War, which erupted in 1982, was a conflict between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Argentina over sovereignty of the Falklands, a group of largely uninhabited islands in the South Atlantic. The islands had under two thousand inhabitants and little particular strategic or commercial importance wh...

James Clerk Maxwell was a brilliant mathematician and scientist, but his impact on this world goes even deeper than that. Maxwell singlehandedly overturned what was believed to be fact with a whole new outlook on fundamental aspects of the universe. Maxwell is often credited as one of the first pioneers of quantum p...

武备文化集精神、智慧、技术、财富、审美于一体，是每一个国家、民族不可磨灭的历史记忆。历史上每个阶段的武备制作水平，都是当时社会生产力发展最为突出的标记，见证了中国各民族之间不断交流融合的传奇，有着极其重要的历史意义与文化价值。而刀剑作为最普及的军事装备，更是武备文化的重要标志。本书中，作者根据不同的历史记载，对各时...

Catherine the Great is one of the most influential rulers in Russian history. Though born in Prussia, she endeavored to gain the throne of Russia and went on to be the longest-ruling empress in Russian history. She ruled as an enlightened despot, promoting the principles of the European Enlightenment as she sought t...

觸動人心的真實故事 溫特斯幾乎成了每一個觀賞過《諾曼第大空降》影集觀眾心目中的英雄 由他現身說法，填補影集沒有述說的遺珠 溫特斯究竟如何成為了一名人人欽慕的卓越領袖人物 溫特斯在戰火中教我們的領導課。這不只是一部戰爭回憶錄，更是一本關於如何在逆境中領導團隊、克服挑戰的實戰指南。戰爭是殘酷的，但也是人性的試煉場。作者溫特...

Bestselling guide to all UNESCO World Heritage sites. Fully updated to include the latest sites added to the World Heritage List. The List is managed by the World Heritage Committee and each site is judged under strict criteria – only the world’s most spectacular and extraordinary sites make it on to the List. UNESC...

Winner, French Voices Award This book, a crossover hit in France, offers a fresh genealogy of our neoliberal moment. “We must adapt!” These words can be heard almost everywhere and in every aspect of our lives. Where does this widespread sense that we have fallen behind come from? How can we explain this progressive...

This **book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems – and show how together we can solve them. ** THE SUNDAY TIMES** TOP TEN BESTSELLER ** 'Truly essential' MARGARET ATWOOD ‘Inspiring' DAVID WALLACE-WELLS ‘Shines with positivity’ RUTGER BREGMAN ‘Unmissable' TIM SPECTOR -------------------------...

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tense international events in modern historyーthe Cuban Missile Crisisーproviding a people-focused narrative that explores the attitudes and conduct of Russians, Cubans, Americans, and a terrified world that followed each ...

Als epochales Ereignis hat die Französische Revolution weit über den nationalen Rahmen hinaus tiefe Spuren in der politischen und sozialen Entwicklung anderer Länder hinterlassen. Sie wurde zum Motor des Verfassungswandels und der Entstehung liberaler politischer Kulturen. Hans-Ulrich Thamer lässt in diesem Band noc...

JENS STOLTENBERG OFFERS AN HONEST AND CANDID ACCOUNT OF A DRAMATIC DECADE AS THE LEADER OF NATO. When Stoltenberg took office as Secretary General of NATO in 2014, the world was already changing. What followed was a decade marked by war, diplomatic crises, and decisions that helped shape our shared security. This bo...

First edition, Winner of the Arthur J. Viseltear Prize, American Public Health Association With an emphasis on the American West, Eugenic Nation explores the long and unsettled history of eugenics in the United States. This expanded second edition includes shocking details demonstrating that eugenics continues to in...

本書探討清末臺灣基督徒的改宗歷程及其社會處境與身分認同，分析基督徒改宗的社會脈絡，描述信徒改宗基督教前後所面臨的社會壓力及其疑慮、惶恐、矛盾的心理。 作者清楚論述基督徒徘徊在文化、社會與族群之間的自我認同與價值衝突，說明基督徒與親人、周遭的人際關係及社會處境，解釋基督徒在尋求「天路」與「人路」之間的迷惘心態及生活轉變...

Depuis leur réinvention à Paris et à Athènes à la fin du xixe siècle, les Jeux olympiques semblent refléter la marche du monde. En fait, ils progressent à leur propre rythme, quadriennal, et ils ne sont jamais qu’un interlude posé dans les interstices des États, des sociétés et des économies. Faire l’histoire de leu...