History 11

Although the author never went to the Americas, the history of the conquest was told to him by Cortes and other explorers. The text is an authentic chronicle that was often taken as the official view of events.続きを見る

Bernstein tells the extraordinary story of global commerce, from its prehistoric origins to the myriad controversies surrounding it today. Lively, authoritative, and astonishing in scope, the riveting narrative views trade and globalization as an evolutionary process as old as war and religion.続きを見る

The Worst Journey in the World" recounts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard?the youngest member of Scott's team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journey?draws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of his co……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of "A People's History of the United States" comes this selection of passionate, honest, and piercing essays looking at American political ideology. Howard Zinn brings to Passionate Declarations the same astringent style and provocative point of view that led more than ……続きを見る

Now in paperback comes the "New York Times" bestseller on the catastrophic eruption of the volcano Krakatoa in 1883, and its lasting and world-changing effects. 57 line drawings. 18 halftones & maps.続きを見る

The Pulitzer Prize-winning classic now features a new Introduction by Caroline Kennedy.続きを見る

The author delivers a brilliant and comprehensive one-volume survey covering 4,000 years of Jewish history. His book is a forceful and sustained analysis of Jewish emergence and an interpretation of how Jewish history, philosophy, ethics, and social and political notions interplay with world histo……続きを見る

Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of their remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his "Lives" of Sparta's leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan "Sayin……続きを見る

In this magnificent, unprecedented history of postwar Europe, esteemed historian Judt covers 34 countries across 60 years in a single integrated narrative, using a great deal of material from newly available sources.続きを見る

Simply the most powerful and moving book that has emerged on this topic." UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL The national bestseller that tells the truth of about Vietnam from the black soldiers' perspective. An oral history unlike any other, BLOODS features twenty black men who tell the story of how memb……続きを見る