Addo - History 1

What if the nation we know as England was almost erased from the map before it ever truly began? In the bitter winter of 878 AD, the Great Heathen Army struck with terrifying, calculated precision. ……続きを見る

What drives a human being to pack everything they own into an open wooden boat and sail toward the edge of the known world? For the Norse chieftains of the late ninth century, the answer was not gol……続きを見る

What drives a man to trade the blood-soaked soil of his homeland for a ghost story whispered across an ocean of ice? For most people, history is a collection of sterile dates and clean marble statue……続きを見る

Would you recognize the architects of history if they never stood at a military podium? For decades, mainstream historiography has spoon-fed us a sterile version of the past, attributing the horrors……続きを見る

What if the darkest chapter of the twentieth century wasn't born in a political assembly, but inside an elite occult lodge? For the seasoned historian, the conventional narrative of the Third Reich'……続きを見る

Can an empire be built upon a foundation of absolute madness? For decades, mainstream histories have treated the inner workings of the Third Reich as a purely political and military machine, a chill……続きを見る

When you close your eyes and picture the architectural landscape of history, do you see the pristine monuments preserved in textbooks, or do you smell the damp stone, the iron, and the cold smoke of……続きを見る

Can an obscure, fringe ideology born in the misty forests of Austria truly alter the geopolitical landscape of an entire continent? To understand the horrors that fractured the twentieth century, on……続きを見る

What does it truly feel like to watch the world you know systematically dismantled by an unstoppable force? For centuries, history has treated the year 865 AD as just another entry in a laundry list……続きを見る

What if the apocalypse didn't arrive with the sounding of heavenly trumpets, but with the rhythmic, low creak of foreign oars slicing through a morning fog? To the monks of Northumbria, the morning ……続きを見る

What if everything you think you know about the Viking Age is merely a shadow cast by Hollywood fiction? If you are content with pop-history caricatures, cinematic tropes, and surface-level timeline……続きを見る

Could you stand as the final, unyielding line of defense for a civilization you neither understood nor truly respected, driven solely by the cold weight of gold and an unshakeable oath of iron? For ……続きを見る

A “state of the field” collection of essays that presents the latest research on the pandemic from a range of disciplines COVID Studies is a “state of the field” collection of essays that presents t……続きを見る

This book examines the formation of Taiwan’s modern identity during the course of the twentieth century and its intersection with the “new” Taiwanese identity. Mapping the identity formation to the ……続きを見る

Joseph Maddock (1811–1889), the great-grandson of the Joseph Maddock of Wrightsborough, Georgia, was an active and dedicated member of Elk Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) of the Religious Society of Frie……続きを見る

Rachel Maddow leads a revelatory, rollicking trip through the history of the Justice Department, finding heroism and treachery in equal measureーand, in the end, a rescue effort for our battered dem……続きを見る

Geoff Paddock's book takes a contemporary look at female public servants who occupied public office or were influential in public life in Indiana. Paddock profiles such distinguished Democratic and ……続きを見る

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far……続きを見る

Reginald Bacon was no Drake, Hawke or Nelson, yet in a naval career that spanned four decades of critical change for the Royal Navy, he was a pivotal figure among Admiral ‘Jacky’ Fisher’s ‘five best……続きを見る

A medida que el ascenso de Hitler hacía inevitable la Segunda Guerra Mundial, una red clandestina inundó Estados Unidos con desinformación destinada a debilitar su esfuerzo bélico y persuadir a los ……続きを見る

Honourable Mention - 2023 ASR Prize for Best Africa-focused Anthology or Edited Collection Innovative study of state politics, identity and buildings that sheds new light on the links between the ma……続きを見る

Martha Cole Whaley recounts her 100 years of witnessing the evolution of Gatlinburg, TN. Today, Gatlinburg is an idyllic mountain resort. But the Sugarlands Valley in the 1910s couldn't have been mo……続きを見る

A memoir within a memoir, A German Texan in World War II: The Diary, Letters, and Memorabilia of an 88th Infantry Officer tells the story of Robert Lee Melcher, written by his daughter, Marilyn Melc……続きを見る

In the heart of West Africa, a remarkable political experiment has unfolded over three decades. This is the story of Ghana's Fourth Republic, a beacon of democratic stability on a continent often pl……続きを見る

The Bundle is a powerful and emotionally charged stage play centered around the immigrant experience in New York City. Through the life of Ako, a Ghanaian immigrant juggling multiple jobs to survive……続きを見る

"The Reformist" by Nana Addo is a compelling satirical stage and screen play set in the fictional nation of Kolony, a land blessed with immense wealth yet shackled by decades of political corruption……続きを見る

When Harry S. Truman left the White House in 1953, his reputation was in ruins. Tarred by corruption scandals and his controversial decision to drop nuclear bombs on Japan, he ended his second term ……続きを見る

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Big Oil and Gas Versus DemocracyーWinner Take All “A rollickingly well-written book, filled with fascinating, exciting, and alarming stories about the impact of the oi……続きを見る

Tsenhor was born about 550 BCE in the city of Thebes (Karnak). She died some sixty years later, having lived through the reigns of Amasis II, Psamtik III, Cambyses II, Darius I and perhaps even Psam……続きを見る

The eagerly awaited English translation of Kaddour’s award-winning novel of clashing cultures during the French colonial years Gather together French colonialists, young nationalists eager for indep……続きを見る