There are many books on the First World War, but award-winning and bestselling historian Peter Englund takes a daring and stunning new approach. Describing the experiences of twenty ordinary people from around the world, all now unknown, he explores the everyday aspects of war: not only the tragedy and horror, but a...

This book details the pilots who were credited with scores of between 50 and 100 and includes detail of the harrowing conditions and thrilling aerial battles that the Luftwaffe pilots endured. The four-year long Eastern Front campaign fought between Germany and the Soviet Union produced not only the greatest number ...

This edited collection challenges and re-imagines what is ‘heritage’ in Britain as a globalised, vernacular, cosmopolitan ‘post-nation’. It takes its inspiration from the foundational work of public intellectual Stuart Hall (1932–2014). Hall was instrumental in calling out embedded elitist conceptions of ‘The Herita...

This book looks at the history of the EU’s trade negotiations with China from 1975 to 2019 from a distinctive perspective – the EU as a linkage power. The author explains how the EU through linkage strategies speaks with one voice, overcomes its weakness in military capabilities and translates its non-military capab...

As discussed on Coast To Coast AM! What if there were a place on earth that matched Plato's description of Atlantis to a scientifically proven 99.32% accuracy? What if multiple historical documents corroborate the location? What if NASA satellite images were found that provided undeniable visual evidence? These are ...

Burmese Days is set in 1920s imperial Burma, in the fictional district of Kyauktada, based on Kathar (formerly spelled Katha), a town where Orwell served. It is a thinly-veiled tale from the waning days of British colonialism when Burma was ruled from Delhi as a part of British India–a portrait of the dark side of t...

卜正民主編哈佛大學《帝制中國歷史》叢書， 其中親自執筆的《掙扎的帝國》可說是他最重要的元明研究著作。 從氣候遽變的觀點出發，探討元明帝國的發展與興衰。 蒙古人在一二七○年代席捲中國，改變了中國歷史的進程。這個歷時一千五百多年造就的儒家帝國，突然之間進入了異族統治階段。中國未來的模樣，在元朝於一二七九年一統天下之後，不再...

This Open Access book provides a comprehensive analysis of political reforms in Japan since the 1990s, emphasizing the role of ideas in shaping their goals and outcomes. For more than fifteen years following the collapse of Japan’s economic bubble, politicians, business people and academics tackled a range of instit...

明代重要的史家與文學家王世貞（1526-1590），著作等身。熱愛藝文活動，幾乎涉及當時所有的文化領域。更特別的是，他觀察並記錄下十六世紀的大明繁華。本展覽將透過展現王世貞精彩的一生與他的志業，一窺晚明的文化盛況，認識當時充滿創意與多元競爭的文化生活。以及透過王世貞的史家之眼，透視繁華下的文化底蘊。 少年得志的王世貞，22 歲便...

"A good read for anyone who wants to understand what actually determines whether a developing economy will succeed." ーBill Gates, "Top 5 Books of the Year" An Economist Best Book of the Year from a reporter who has spent two decades in the region, and who the Financial Times said "should be named chief myth-buster ...

Poland, the epicentre of the Holocaust, began denying responsibility as soon as the Nazi atrocities ended. The nation's distortion of history continues today - with disturbing consequences. "Holocaust denial has now been replaced by a much more dangerous and insidious foe."ーJan Grabowski Poland is the place where t...

La aventura de la ciencia convertida en literatura. Un libro inclasificable y poderosamente seductor. Las narraciones incluidas en este libro singular y fascinante tienen un hilo conductor que las entrelaza: la ciencia, con sus búsquedas, tentativas, experimentos e hipótesis, y los cambios que –para bien y para mal–...

More than 30 years ago, 24th Infantry Division soldiers answered the call of their Nation and went to war, first in Panama during Operation Just Cause to capture General Manuel Noriega and then in the Middle East during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein. It was the 24th IDs...

This book considers the evolution and characteristics of Nigeria’s third-generation literature, which emerged between the late 1980s and the early 1990s and is marked by expressive modes and concerns distinctly different from those of the preceding era. The creative writing of this period reflects new sensibilities ...

Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s futur...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Brutal." ーHuffington Post "Scathing." ーNew York Post "[D]epicts Biden's decline in vivid detail." ーPolitico “So many revelations.” ーJoe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe "Bombshell." ーJesse Watters, host of FOX’s Jesse Watters Primetime The ...