Dos de las voces más autorizadas denuncian la situación de Palestina. El asedio que sufren los palestinos de Gaza desde que en el invierno de 2008 un ataque militar israelí causó 1.400 muertos e impuso un duro bloqueo ha situado a la Franja en el centro del debate sobre un conflicto que dura ya más de 60 años. Parti...

求孕，求男，求好男；養胎，安胎，祈順產。 古代女性承擔了生育的重任，卻沒有解釋生育的權力。 在男性書寫的歷史中，我們仍能從中挖掘溫柔的力量。 房內是一位富貴之家的孕婦，獨自半蹲地架在衡木上生產。房外則是她的公公，陪同來助產的高僧，隔著窗戶教她調息。西元六世紀一個不可思議的分娩故事，先後經兩位士大夫抄錄和轉載。這些男性醫...

A highly illustrated history of the Cold War operations of the submarines of the Royal Navy from 1948 to 1990. The Cold War was a period of intense activity for submarines of the Royal Navy, with many hair-raising incidents involving Soviet vessels. They were engaged in frequent hazardous surveillance patrols inves...

In December 1989 US Army forces, supported by the US Air Force and US Navy, participated in Operation 'Just Cause'--the invasion of Panama. A combination of airborne, helicopter and ground assaults quickly secured key objectives and eliminated organized resistance. Beginning with a brief history of US-Panama relatio...

"This profusely illustrated and thoroughly researched book conveys a wealth of information" about the USAF's B-1 bomber ( Aviation History Magazine). When the B-52 Stratofortress entered operational service with the US Air Force in 1955, work was already underway on defining its successor. The B-70 Valkyrie, a Mach ...

Focusing attention on gravity-fed water-flow systems in medieval cities and monasteries, Water Technology in the Middle Ages: Cities, Monasteries, and Waterworks after the Roman Empire challenges the view that hydraulic engineering died with the Romans and remained moribund until the Renaissance. Roberta Magnusson e...

當代東亞史與冷戰史權威文安立經典作品──2026年修訂三版 2012年《衛報》最佳歷史書 2013年亞洲協會施瓦茲傑出作品獎 清帝國╳現代中國╳對外關係╳革命╳戰爭╳現代性╳民族主義 乾隆皇帝的普世主義，如何演變為今日的習近平民族主義？ 回顧過去250年中國的對外關係史，就能得出答案！ ★《躁動的帝國》敘事周詳縝密、視野宏闊明快。──史景遷 ★《躁...

From the acclaimed author of The Box, a new history of globalization that shows us how to navigate its future Globalization has profoundly shaped the world we live in, yet its rise was neither inevitable nor planned. It is also one of the most contentious issues of our time. While it may have made goods less expensi...

From the Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth Rock to Christian Coalition canvassers working for George W. Bush, Americans have long sought to integrate faith with politics. Few have been as successful as Hollywood evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. During the years between the two world wars, McPherson was the most fla...

Ibn Battuta is known as the great moslem traveler. He appeared to be designed by nature to be a great traveler. Romantic in his disposition, a great lover of the marvellous, and possessing a sufficient dash of superstition in his character to enable him everywhere to discover omens favourable to his wishes, the slig...

A milestone in U.S. historiography, Haunted by Empire brings postcolonial critiques to bear on North American history and draws on that history to question the analytic conventions of postcolonial studies. The contributors to this innovative collection examine the critical role of “domains of the intimate” in the co...

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...

For millennia, Heliopolis stood at the heart of Egypt’s cosmic imagination ー a sacred city where priests explained the origins of the universe, kings sought divine legitimacy, and scholars developed ideas that would travel far beyond the Nile Valley. Today, almost nothing of ancient Heliopolis remains visible. Its ...

From sleepy fishing village to samurai capital to vibrant global metropolis, Eiko Maruko Siniawer takes readers through Tokyo's rich history, revealing four centuries of transformation deeply woven into its fabric. This accessible guide introduces a world of shoguns and Kabuki theater, riots and earthquakes, wartime...

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After the shock and devastation of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the Americans were determined to take their revenge on the Empire of Japan. The Japanese were just as determined to become the dominant power in the Pacific, a goal they were well on their way to achieving as they occupied China, Hong Ko...