WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single n...

In "A History of Ireland and Her People," Eleanor Hull masterfully weaves a comprehensive narrative that delves into Ireland's storied past, artfully combining socio-political analysis with rich cultural insights. Hull's literary style is characterized by its clarity and accessibility, making complex historical even...

Edward Heawood's "A History of Geographical Discovery in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries" meticulously chronicles the period marked by significant advancements in exploration and mapping. Heawood employs a scholarly yet accessible literary style, weaving together rich narratives and critical analyses of not...

This edited volume uses an interdisciplinary approach to art and design that not only reframes but also repositions agendas and actions to address fragmented global systems. Contributors explore the pluriverse of art and design through epistemological and methodological considerations. What kinds of sustainable ways...

Phật giáo phát sinh ở phía đông của Ấn Độ Cổ đại, trong và xung quanh Vương quốc Magadha cổ đại (nay thuộc Bihar, Ấn Độ), và dựa trên những lời dạy của Siddhārtha Gautama. Tôn giáo phát triển khi nó lan rộng từ khu vực đông bắc của tiểu lục địa Ấn Độ qua Trung, Đông và Đông Nam Á. Lúc này hay lúc khác, nó ảnh hưởng ...

Are you ready to embark on a journey? Enter a world steeped in legend... A moon rising from a shimmering lake, A woman turned into corn by the sun, A cave that gives birth to a civilisation, A boy who cries tears of blood, A girl whose icy body is preserved for hundreds of years, A man who regularly asked his dead m...

أطل سحبان السواح بوجهه القبيح على شاشات أقنية دس السم الوهابي في الدسم متهماً الأقليات في سورية وخاصة المسيحيين والدروز بأنهم عملاء مضمرون لفرنسا والكيان الصهيوني، وأن سبب عدم انخراطهم في الثورة السورية يعود إلى أن الثورة السورية كانت ثورة المسلمين السنة في وجه نظام العلويين في سورية، والذي يتبع ولاية الفقيه ونظام ح...

Ethnic American Literatures and Critical Race Narratology explores the relationship between narrative, race, and ethnicity in the United States. Situated at the intersection of post-classical narratology and context-oriented approaches in race, ethnic, and cultural studies, the contributions to this edited volume in...

In this open access book, Mikael Hård tells a story of how people around the world challenged the production techniques and products brought by globalization. Retaining their autonomy and freedom, creative individuals selectively adopted or rejected modern gadgets, tools, and machines. In standard historical narrati...

A thrilling narrative of personal experiences and adventures in the wonderful gold regions of Alaska and the Klondike, with observations of travel and exploration along the Yukon. Portraying the dangers, hardships, and privations of a gold-seeker's life; with a faithful description of life and scenes in gold mines a...

Rheta Childe Dorr's "Inside the Russian Revolution" provides a riveting and intimate portrayal of a transformative period in Russian history, capturing the tumult and fervor surrounding the 1917 revolutions. Written in a journalistic style that blends vivid narrative with incisive observation, Dorr immerses readers ...

The ultimate guide to a critical tool for mastering the financial markets A longstanding form of technical analysis, Japanese candlestick charts are a dynamic and increasingly popular technical tool for traders of all skill levels. Known for its versatility, this ancient charting can be fused with every other techni...

This study uncovers the musical foundations and performance suggestions of books of hours, guides to prayer that were the most popular and widespread books of the late Middle Ages. Exploring a variety of musical genres and sections of books of hours with musical implications, this book presents a richly textured sou...

This open access book uncovers one important, yet forgotten, form of itinerant livelihoods, namely petty trade, more specifically how it was practiced in Northern Europe during the period 1820–1960. It investigates how traders and customers interacted in different spaces and approaches ambulatory trade as an arena o...

"Began to read 'Monte Cristo' at six one morning and never stopped till eleven at night." ーWilliam Makepeace Thackeray "Alexandre Dumas is more than French, he is European; he's more than European, he is universal." ーVictor Hugo "No novelist since Dumas has been more irreverent of the conventions of well-made fict...

Dive into the history of modern Europe with "The Cambridge Modern History Collection," which brings together all five original volumes in one ebook. This ebook offers a global perspective on key developments of the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Thirty Years' War, and the Age of Louis XIV. The five volumes provid...