⚔️ When empires crumble, legends are born. In The Dark Ages Collection, Charles Oman delivers a sweeping chronicle of the centuries that followed the collapse of Rome ー an era of chaos, transformation, and the birth of a new world. Through vivid storytelling and meticulous research, Oman reveals how invading tribes...

〓️ Before the dream of success, there was the discipline of self-mastery. In The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, one of history's greatest minds reveals the habits, principles, and perseverance that built a life of influence and achievement. Written in Franklin's own words, this remarkable life story traces his...

Chechnya's modern history is marked by its fluctuating ties with the Russian Empire and, later, the Soviet Union. A notable dark chapter was in 1944 when Joseph Stalin ordered the mass deportation of Chechnya's entire population. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, tensions between ethnic Russians and Cheche...

Nancy Wake was a brave woman. She risked her life behind enemy lines during the Nazi occupation of France in the Second World War. The Gestapo dubbed her "The White Mouse" for her uncanny ability to evade their traps. When it became too dangerous, she left Franceーnot to fleeーbut to join the resistance. Before the ...

一場軍事行動，如何萌發日本帝國主義的殖民大夢？ 1874年，日本以琉球人在南臺灣遇害為由宣稱懲凶，派軍攻打臺灣，稱之「臺灣出兵」，是明治維新以來首次對外用兵。要解釋此事件的前因與後果，必須將其置於西方帝國主義,日本的革命性改變，和十九世紀後半葉中國在東亞的外交支配地位等脈絡，才能全盤理解。 聚焦發生在日本與世界關係出現關鍵...

**“In the modern tradition of Big Books of human history like Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens and David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, Goliath’s Curse provides a novel theory of civilizational development. . . . [It] feels something like reading the French economist Thomas Piketty filtered through M...

The New York Times and USA Today bestseller For sixteen years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany and at the forefront of European and international politics. In her memoir, she looks back on her life in two German statesーEast Germany until 1990, and reunified Germany thereafter. How did she, coming from the E...

From November 1942 through to May 1945, the backbone of the USAAF's medium bomber force was provided by the clutch of bomb groups equipped with the B-25 Mitchell. First seeing action in North Africa in the wake of Operation Torch, and in the Battle of El Alamein, the 'bombing twin' proved to be one of the most succe...

#1 New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21**st** Century • The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill Gates Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. From renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity...

Operation Desert Storm reveals how two 101st Airborne intelligence soldiers averted disaster during the Gulf War. “During Desert Storm the Air Force and the Armor forces were the thunder but the 101st was the lightning.” General Norman Schwarzkopf, April, 1991. Camp Eagle II, Saudi Arabia Operation Desert Storm chro...

諾曼第戰役之後的趁勝追擊 波瀾壯闊開場，人人雄心壯志、迫不及待 樂觀與謹慎過了頭，使得最後以悲劇收場，盟軍損兵折將 後世以「奪橋遺恨」永誌此役 　　重現「二戰經典三部曲」的磅礡氣勢 　　非虛構寫作大師不得錯過的經典傳世之作 　　「報告長官，我們可能打得有點太遠了。」 　　布朗寧中將，盟軍第一空降軍團副司令 　　英國第一空降...

This volume traces how the discourse of skill evolved in colonial and postcolonial India, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present neoliberal era. It introduces the concept of skill ecology to capture the broader political, economic, and social environment within which skills emerge, transform, and acquire mea...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022 'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The Guardian For generations, our remote ancestors have been cas...

No es un país más, es el país del siglo XXI. Historia, poder y futuro de China, la nación que redefine el mundo. ¿Estás listo para entender China? Con una historia milenaria, una cultura deslumbrante y un modelo de desarrollo que desafía todas las categorías, China está transformando el mundo a una velocidad difícil...

The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it. ‘The NHS is an institution. But it’s also a political football, kicked back and forth between politicians for the past 75 years. It’s a burden to some and a potent vote-winner for others. It’s a construct, framed in the media...

Pontiac's War erupted in the Great Lakes region of North America just as the French and Indian War came to a close in 1763. The French, who had initially established a European presence there, were usurped by the British, whose relations with indigenous peoples were notoriously less diplomatic and more destructive. ...