The Beatles came onto the scene like a force of nature. Their songs became the anthems of generations of fans, and their emergence marked a high-water mark of popular music. But beyond the Beatles themselves, there is one man who can be credited with engineering this perfect maelstrom of musical majesty, and that ma...

Few figures in Irish history are as well-known as James Joyce. He was born into hardship in a country mired in political conflict, but rather than allow himself to get bogged down, he used his experiences to create some of the finest pieces of modernist literature to date. His work, in his time, was both subversive ...

一翻開就停不下來！最有創意的圖解攻略 ▋宇宙首創 ▋ 地表超狂視覺版《三十六計》 （附．36幅超傳神 來源典故示意圖） ★一圖勝千言！複雜的文言文兵書→最易懂的計謀圖解攻略！ ★與《孫子兵法》並稱世界軍事史上「雙璧」奇書 【適用】✔商業談判 ✔國際關係分析 ✔個人職涯規劃 ✔領導管理 ✔創業啟發 ✔《三十六計》書迷 作者運用獨創的視覺思維，把...

Narrative Theory in Journalistic Practice provides innovative analytical frameworks for examining journalistic narratives in today’s digital, multimodal media landscape. The volume expands beyond traditional models focused on linear texts to address contemporary formats across multiple platforms. Through empirical a...

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...

The Battle of Okinawa was the deadliest campaign of the Pacific during World War II. The Americans had come back from the demoralizing defeat at Pearl Harbor to mount a ferocious attack against the Japanese. To be able to invade Japan, the Americans had to take Okinawa. But the Japanese, determined to defend their h...

During his short life, Tupac Shakurーbetter known by his stage name 2Pacーbecame a living legend, and his status is just as legendary even after he's long been gone. At the age of just 20, Tupac took the world by storm. He was a talented rapper, actor, and music mogul, but perhaps most importantly, he was a storytel...

⚔️ 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...

#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...

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...

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...

Ireland is a country steeped in history, myth, and legend. During ancient times a long line of kings reined over this fairytale land, and one of those kings was a man named Brian Boru. Ruling the Emerald Isle from 1002 to 1014, Brian's tenure is indeed so immersed in mythology that it is sometimes hard to glean the ...

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...