Canada under British Rule covers the first 400 years of Canadian history, from the French discovery in the early 16th century until the establishing of the Confederation in 19th century. This book serves as an excelent

It is interesting to note that all 45 American presidents have carried European royal bloodlines into office. Every one of the 45 American presidents has been genetic descendants from just one person, Charlemagne, the eighth century King of the Franks. This book highlights the accomplishments of each of the occupant...

This volume examines the Melkite church from the Arab invasion of Syria in 634 until 969. The Melkite Patriarchates were established in Antioch, Jerusalem and Alexandria and, following the Arab campaigns in Syria and Egypt, they all came under the new Muslim state. Over the next decades the Melkite church underwent ...

Ermete Pierotti's 'Jerusalem Explored (Illustrated Edition)' is a comprehensive guide to the historical sites and architectural wonders of Jerusalem. This book not only delves into the significance of Jerusalem as a holy city for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam but also explores the city's cultural and political co...

Reflecting debate around hospitality and the Baltic Sea region, this open access book taps into wider discussions about reception, securitization and xenophobic attitudes towards migrants and strangers. Focusing on coastal and urban areas, the collection presents an overview of the responses of host communities to g...

At first glance, medicine and poison might seem to be opposites. But in China’s formative era of pharmacy (200–800 CE), poisons were strategically deployed as healing agents to cure everything from chills to pains to epidemics. Healing with Poisons explores the ways physicians, religious devotees, court officials, a...

揭露慈禧太后一生的謎團　重新看待改變近代中國的關鍵五十年 ◎考據大量珍貴史料，包括宮廷諭旨、核心人物日記信件、外國皇室檔案、外交文件，以及當事人的回憶證言，還原慈禧執政的真實面貌，重新評論慈禧的功與過，是理解近代中國的傑作！ ◎繼全球狂銷一千三百萬冊的《鴻：三代中國女人的故事》，國際重量級傳記作家張戎，費時八年最新巨作...

This open access book offers an unprecedented analysis of child welfare schemes, situating them in the wider context of post-war policy debates about the care of children. Between 1945 and 1970, an estimated 3,500 children were sent from Britain to Australia, unaccompanied by their parents, through child migration s...

The 'Indiana Constitution of 1816' serves as a crucial document in American legal history, outlining the foundational principles of the state government. Written in a clear and concise style, the constitution addresses important issues such as the separation of powers, individual rights, and the structure of governm...

This book scrutinizes how contemporary practices of security have come to rely on many different translations of security, risk, and danger. Institutions of national security policies are currently undergoing radical conceptual and organisational changes, and this book presents a novel approach for how to study and ...

This book makes the case for the news media to take the lead in combatting key threats to American society including racial injustice, economic disparity, and climate change by adopting an "ethics of care" in reporting practices. Examining how traditional news coverage of race, economics and climate change has been ...

"Napoleon and Blücher" is a historical novel covering the relations between the most significant personalities of the times following the French Revolution – Napoleon Buonaparte and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, a Prussian field marshal who his army against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The book prese...

In 'History of Matrimonial Institutions' by George Elliott Howard, the author delves deep into the evolution of marriage across different cultures and time periods. Howard's scholarly and analytical approach to the subject provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the social, religious, and legal aspects of ...

This open access book discusses a variety of important but unprecedented ways in which psychology can be useful to philosophy. The early chapters illustrate this theme via comparisons between Chinese and Western philosophy. It is argued that the Chinese notion of a heart-mind is superior to the Western concept of mi...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ “A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the world In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Ind...

走過幾許飄搖，百年以來香港萬變，惟有舊照留住一路走來的高低跌宕。 從平房疏落的小島到大廈聳立的石屎森林，儘管時代巨輪不等人，仍有舊照凝住一個城市的老靈魂。愛好收藏香港舊物的作者繼《香港照舊》和《九龍照舊》後，又搜得近二百幀珍貴舊照片，既展示了前作沒有的十九世紀末年港島風貌，也搜羅了一系列攝於二戰剛結束時的軍部檔案，珍...