著者：Daisy Dunn
出版社： HarperCollins Publishers
発売日： 2016年01月28日
A biography of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome’s first great poet, a dandy who fell in love with another man’s wife and made it known to the world through his verse.
This superb book gives a rare port……続きを見る
The #1 New York Times bestseller
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a ma……続きを見る
著者：Charlie English
出版社： HarperCollins Publishers
発売日： 2017年05月04日
‘An exemplary work of investigative journalism that is also a wonderfully colourful book of history and travel’ Observer, Books of the Year
‘A piece of postmodern historiography of quite extraordina……続きを見る
At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most reviled treaties of modern times. A century later, Christopher Sykes’ lively biography of his grandf……続きを見る
Some of the world's foremost historians - from Morris Bishop and J. Christopher Herold to H. R. Trevor-Roper and Barbara Tuchman - tell the stories of the greatest showdowns of all time. Here, Richa……続きを見る
«[…] In der Dauer seines Glücks wurde er bisweilen von Schlägen getroffen, vom Exil, vom Untergang der Partei, für die er gestanden hatte, vom Tod seiner Tochter, von seinem eigenen schrecklichen un……続きを見る
Die römische Republik war im Inferno der Bürgerkriege untergegangen: Seit den sechziger Jahren des ersten Jahrhunderts v. Chr. hatte das Recht immer mehr der Willkür weichen müssen, war der Friede d……続きを見る
The Lewis and Clark Expedition ranks as one of the greatest voyages of discovery in human history.
Because of the scientific and geographical sightings made between 1804-1806, it stands in significa……続きを見る
Karl Haushofer, a Bavarian general and professor, is widely recognized as the “father of geopolitics.” In 1945 the United States sought to put him on trial at Nuremberg as a major war criminal for b……続きを見る
著者：William de Lange
出版社： Floating World Editions
発売日： 2016年02月16日
Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645) is the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history; unfortunately, our modern portrait of this folk hero is derived mainly from popular books, comics, a……続きを見る
Of the 16 million Americans who served their country during World War II, fewer than 900,000 still survive. Martin Olsen is one of the survivors, and he has a story to tell. It blends the history of……続きを見る
Originally published in 1897, “Thirty Years a Slave” is a first person account of life as a slave written by Louis Hughes (1832–1913), an American-born slave belonging to a plantation owner in Charl……続きを見る
著者：Mai Elliott
出版社： Oxford University Press
発売日： 2016年05月31日
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family. Beg……続きを見る
著者：T. J. English
出版社： HarperCollins
発売日： 2009年10月13日
In modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhereーold hotel-casinos, vintage American cars & flickering neon signs speak of a bygone era that is widely familiar & often romant……続きを見る
New York Times Bestseller
Wildly popular award-winning blogger, accidental ranch wife, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pioneer Woman Cooks, Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) tells……続きを見る
French Kids Eat Everything is a wonderfully wry account of how Karen Le Billon was able to alter her children’s deep-rooted, decidedly unhealthy North American eating habits while they were all livi……続きを見る
“[A] remarkable biography….Moorehead deftly wields periods detail…to tell the story of a captivating woman who kept her sense of self amid the vicissitudes of politics.”
ーVogue
From acclaimed biogr……続きを見る
“Reading this will lead you to a better life.”
ーDean Nelson, author of God Hides in Plain Sight
In The 100 Thing Challenge Dave Bruno relates how he remade his life and regained his soul by getting……続きを見る
From the author who brought you the massive New York Times bestseller Bringing Down The House, Rigged is the startling, rags-to-riches story of an Italian-American kid from the streets of Brooklyn w……続きを見る
A Navy SEAL’s highly-charged military memoir of combat, his growth as a leader, his near fatal wounds, and his remarkable recoveryーa wounded warrior whose strength and fortitude have made him a nat……続きを見る
“Simon Winchester never disappoints, and The Men Who United the States is a lively and surprising account of how this sprawling piece of geography became a nation. This is America from the ground up……続きを見る
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The "masterful chronicle" of the discovery of the legendary lost civilization of the Maya and the quest to unlock their secrets.
Featuring a history and description of the ……続きを見る
著者：David Onnekink
出版社： Taylor & Francis
発売日： 2016年03月16日
Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649-1709) was the closest confidant of William III and arguably the most important politician in Williamite Britain. Beginning his career in 1664 as page……続きを見る
著者：Mai Elliott
出版社： Oxford University Press
発売日： 2016年05月31日
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family. Beg……続きを見る
THE PRINCE OF POISONERS
William Palmer was known to all in Rugeley. The son from a wealthy family had trained in London as a surgeon and returned to the English village with his beautiful, respected……続きを見る
Na końcu świata – Polskie sieroty w Nowej Zelandii
Na początku II wojny światowej, na rozkaz Stalina, ponad półtora miliona Polaków wypędzono ze wschodniej Polski i zesłano do oboz&oa……続きを見る
