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Mr. Lipton’s book is the first complete and unbiased survey of the beat generation and its role in our society. Here are the intimate facts about these people and their attitudes toward sex, dope, j……続きを見る

A House Divided Old Pete Stratton, a theater tycoon with some shadily earned millions, is a shrewd, tough patriarch who dominates and dictates the lives of his family. In quiet rebellion, his beauti……続きを見る

“History is written by the winners.” ー Napoleon Bonaparte. The Norman Conquest of England, Christopher Columbus, Richard III, a fight with a Royal Bengal tiger, the most famous prison diary of the ……続きを見る

During the first half of the twentieth century, European countries witnessed the arrival of hundreds of thousands of colonial soldiers fighting in European territory (First and Second World War and ……続きを見る

This book by a group of international scholars, both Arab and Western, was first published in 1985, and considers the state of contemporary North Africa and its position both in the Arab world and w……続きを見る

Originally published in 1922, An Introduction to World Politics, was published at a particularly interesting time in international relations, just a few short years after the first world war. With t……続きを見る

This book sheds new light on the foreign policies, roles, and positions of neutral states and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the global Cold War. The volume places the neutral states and the NAM ……続きを見る

First Published in 1998. An exploration narrative can be a tale of adventure and endurance, a technical account of navigation and seamanship, or a political history of the overseas empires that were……続きを見る

The Battle of the Bulge was arguably the most pivotal - and bloodiest - battle of World War II. From the middle of December 1944 to January 25, 1945, more than a million Allied and German troops fou……続きを見る

"David Teacher has been researching notorious disformationist Brian Crozier and his various allies since 1988, producing the book Rogue Agents in 2008. Since then, the book has been expanded tw……続きを見る

The Caucasus mountains rise at the intersection of Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. A land of astonishing natural beauty and a dizzying array of ancient cultures, the Caucasus for most of the tw……続きを見る

The influential readings contained in this volume combine conceptual history - the history of words and languages - and global history, showing clearly how the two disciplines can benefit from a com……続きを見る

The once numerous and vital Jewish communities of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia have disappeared, succumbing during the past century to the assimilating temptations of French culture, or, more recent……続きを見る

Revolution is an idea that has been one of the most important drivers of human activity since its emergence in its modern form in the 18th century. From the American and French revolutionaries who u……続きを見る

Wann und wie entsteht große Kunst? Dichter und Maler aus ganz Europa setzten sich ausführlich mit dem Ersten Weltkrieg auseinander - zum Teil bejahend, zum Teil kritisch. In der enormen Diskrepanz z……続きを見る

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” ー Abraham Lincoln. Recollections of life on a plantation pre-Civil War, a thrilling slave es……続きを見る

La Russie d'hier et d'aujourd'hui... De la révolution russe à aujourd'hui, la Russie n'a jamais cessé de fasciner, voire de surprendre. On croît la connaître, mais elle est à la fois proche et loint……続きを見る

Plongez dans les limbes de l'Histoire... Renouons avec l'ADN des Nuls à travers ce titre transverse qui nous offre une plongée documentée dans les grands mystères qui ont émaillé l'Histoire du monde……続きを見る

Social Inequalities, Media, and Communication: Theory and Roots provides a global analysis of the intersection of social inequalities, media, and communication. This book contains chapter contributi……続きを見る

What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from t……続きを見る

Early modern globalization was built on a highly labour intensive infrastructure. This book looks at the millions of workers who were needed to operate the ships, ports, store houses, forts and fact……続きを見る

Best Books of 2016 **BOSTON GLOBE * THE ATLANTIC From the acclaimed bestselling author of The Information and Chaos comes this enthralling history of time travelーa concept that has preoccupied phys……続きを見る

The Federalist Papers are a series of articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Many of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York P……続きを見る

Illuminés religieux ou tout simplement férus de secrets, des hurluberlus de tout poil sont au menu de ce 5e tome de la collection Folle Histoire. Grands-maîtres de sociétés secrètes, mages et magici……続きを見る

Europe's critical infrastructure is a key concern to policymakers, NGOs, companies, and citizens today. A 2006 power line failure in northern Germany closed lights in Portugal in a matter of seconds……続きを見る

Since ancient times, Jews have had a long and tangled relationship to cosmopolitanism. Torn between a longstanding commitment to other Jews and the pressure to integrate into various host societies,……続きを見る

This volume addresses the place of the emotions in literary representations of war across six centuries of European history. It challenges modern assumptions about the passions and feelings attendin……続きを見る

Across their empire, the British spoke ceaselessly of deviants of undesirables, ne'er do wells, petit-tyrants and rogues. With obvious literary appeal, these soon became stock figures. This is the f……続きを見る

Nearly a decade and a half after 9/11, the study of international politics has yet to address some of the most pressing issues raised by the attacks, most notably the relationships between Al Qaeda'……続きを見る

Humanitarian Invasion is the first book of its kind: a ground-level inside account of what development and humanitarianism meant for Afghanistan, a country touched by international aid like no other……続きを見る