This book demonstrates that living martyrdom was an important spiritual aspiration in the late antique Latin west and argues that, consequently, attempts to define, study, or locate martyrdom must move away from conceptualizations that require or center on death. After an introduction that traces the persistence of ...

This open access book includes forty-one chapters about foreign observers’ discourses on Japan. These include a wide range of perspectives from the travelogues of curious visitors to academic theses by scholars, which offer us a broad spectrum of contents, reflecting a variety of attitudes toward Japan. The works we...

Abraham Lincoln's "State of the Union Addresses" is a profound collection of communications that underscore the nation'Äôs tumult during the Civil War era. Delivered with eloquence and gravitas, these addresses are not merely political statements but poignant reflections on democratic ideals, unity, and the moral im...

Queer Tolstoy is a multidimensional work combining psychoanalysis, political history, LGBTQ+ studies, sexology, ethics, and theology to explore the life and art of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Using a psychobiographical framework, Sethness Castro uncovers profoundly queer dimensions in Tolstoy’s life experiences a...

「儘管臺灣已經民主化，但至今因內部存在不同的歷史記憶而爭辯不已，也因資源配置、國家目標差異，不時引發衝突。民主化之後新生的臺灣共同體仍須戰戰兢兢、努力維繫認同與向心：包括如何増進臺灣這塊土地上先來後到不同族群之間的相互理解；如何對一起走過的苦難與變革形成集體記憶、產生共感；如何使不同群體的權益都能獲得確保、人們得以...

Nicht das erste Mal in diesem Jahrhundert ist die ostdeutsche Industrie in ihrer Existenz bedroht. Der gegenwärtige Verlust von mindestens zwei Dritteln der Kapazitäten ruft - bei aller politischer Unterschiedlichkeit - Erinnerungen an die Demontagen der Nachkriegszeit wach. Doch Geschichte wiederholt sich nicht. Fü...

From burlesque show to fashion runway, magazine cover to Internet video, fashion icon and “burlesque superheroine” (Vanity Fair) Dita Von Teese has undergone more strokes of red lipstick, bursts of hair spray, boxes of blue-black hair dye and pats of powder in a month than a drag queen could dream of in a lifetime. ...

This volume provides novel social-scientific and historical approaches to religious identifications in late antique (3rd–12th century) Egyptian papyri, bridging the gap between two academic fields that have been infrequently in full conversation: papyrology and the study of religion. Through eleven in-depth case stu...

This edition is compiled out of articles, essays, executive orders, statements and speeches written and spoken by president Putin. This collection was created in order to shed light on the cause of the war and real plans of Russian president. His words are showing his true intent, his final goal that was formed year...

Born to a powerful family and educated at the prominent Mindröling Monastery, the Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher Mingyur Peldrön (1699–1769) leveraged her privileged status and overcame significant adversity, including exile during a civil war, to play a central role in the reconstruction of her religious communit...

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. Following the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, Russia annexed Crimea, and Russian-backed paramilitaries seized part of the Donbas region of south-eastern Ukraine, which consists of Lugansk and Donetsk oblasts...

While researching family genealogy, I was surprised to learn that my wife is related to Major General George Armstrong Custer, Major General Galusha Pennypacker, Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, and Frank Knox Morton Pennypacker. This is the story of these four fascinating characters that have played important roles ...

Hawaiian Legends & Myths is a collection of books by William Drake Westervelt, one of Hawaii's foremost authorities on island folklore. It contains five books Westervelt wrote about Hawaiian legends, folklore and mythology. "Legends of Maui" includes numerous myths of Māui, Polynesian demi god of Polynesia and Hina ...

A highly entertaining read for anyone interested in English history and culture, this great myth-busting book takes you on a great ride through history and the national character. Think we're the land of Punch and Judy and Morris Dancing? Think again as both traditions started in southern Europe. Love Winston Church...

"A superb book....Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."ーThe National Interest, Barry R. Posen A decade after the cold war ended, policy makers and academics foresaw a new era of peace and prosperity, an era in which democracy and open trade would hera...

Presenting a new historical narrative on European integration and identity this title examines how the concept of Europe has been entangled in a dynamic and dramatic tension between calls for unity and arguments for borders and division. Through an in-depth intellectual history of the idea of Europe, Mats Andren int...