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The Bone of Empires: A History of the Sieges of Buda For seven centuries, the limestone plateau of Buda Castle above the Danube has been the most contested piece of ground in central Europe. From Bé……続きを見る

An 18-month New York City odyssey straight through the debaucherous heart of the 1970s... With disco music thriving in the city's black and gay communities and the genre finally reaching mainstream ……続きを見る

The aims of this writing are the following: 1. To introduce to our community the work and thinking of the past leaders, grand masters of Prince Hall Freemasonry. 2. To illuminate for our community t……続きを見る

Based on interviews and the voluminous materials in the archives of the SED, the Stasi and central and regional authorities, this volume focuses on several contrasting minorities (Jehovah’s Witnesse……続きを見る

Raoul Wallenberg decided to apply his analytical mind and life experience to change a deadly world. The 32-year-old native of Sweden and alumnus of the University of Michigan came to Budapest in 194……続きを見る

Whereas fairy tales begin with "One upon a time," military stories tend to start with "Y'all aren't going to believe this." Here is the story of a Tennessee farm boy's journey from high school gradu……続きを見る

Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions In 2015, Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus launched Age of Revolutions, a website offering critical reconsideration of the foundational ……続きを見る

De psycho-historische thriller over een van de bloedigste hoofdstukken uit Nederlands maritieme geschiedenis In de vroege morgen van 4 juni 1629 loopt de Batavia, een pronkschip van de VOC, op haar ……続きを見る

Between Crown and Commerce examines the relationship between French royal statecraft, mercantilism, and civic republicanism in the context of the globalizing economy of the early modern Mediterranea……続きを見る

Nóg meer ongelooflijke verhalen in deel twee van Alle Geschiedenis Ooit In Alle Geschiedenis Ooit - Europa, het tweede deel uit de reeks, nemen Arco Gnocchi, Nynke de Jong, Thom Aalmoes en Andrea Hu……続きを見る

Nieuwe versie van het boek “Das Wunder Mozart” (Het wonder Mozart) met veel nieuwe inzichten. In de winter van 1791/92 worden Europa opgeschrikt door twee sterfgevallen: eerst het muzikale genie Wol……続きを見る

While premodern poets and preachers viewed leprosy as a “disease of the soul,” physicians in the period understood it to be a “cancer of the whole body.” In this innovative study, medical historian ……続きを見る

Established at the Bretton Woods conference in 1944, the World Bank soon emerged as a central pillar of the postwar order, and the world's leading development institution. This book provides a compr……続きを見る

This historical volume introduces us to the Navy’s river force and American advisers to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. U.S. Navy and Marines securing the Rung Sat that was owned by Viet Cong early ……続きを見る

Was braucht man, um ein erfolgreicher internationaler Wirtschaftsführer und Friedensstifter im Nahen Osten zu werden? In The Greater the Risk beschreibt Avi Shaked seinen außergewöhnlichen Weg von d……続きを見る

Christianity proclaims Christ and the incarnate word of God; the Bible is described as the Word of God in both Jewish and Christian tradition. Are these usages merely homonymous, or would the ancien……続きを見る

Winner • Pulitzer Prize for History Winner • Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Finalist • National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Named one of the Best Bo……続きを見る

Wala, abbot of Corbie, played a major role in the rebellions against Emperor Louis the Pious, especially in 830, for which he was exiled. Radbert defended his beloved abbot, known to his monks as Ar……続きを見る

Human history has been marked by the great number of people born into conditions of war, violence, oppression and social exclusion. But at the same time, this history has been shaped by the long str……続きを見る

A powerful and thought-provoking novel that raises important questions about World War II, war memory, and US imperialism and blowback. In the Woods of Memory is a powerful, thought-provoking novel ……続きを見る

Cultures of the Medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem is a revelatory portrait of the Frankish Levant at the time of the Crusades. Following victory in the First Crusade in 1099, the newcomers from Europe, ……続きを見る

民主制度終將如羅馬共和國一般，逐漸走向衰亡的命運 煽動民粹的政客、僵化失能的政體、徒有其名的選舉…… 書中每則故事都反映當代現況，讓你我反思今日的問題 希臘羅馬史研究專家、成功大學歷史系教授翁嘉聲　全書……続きを見る

Public Los Angeles is a collection of unpublished essays by scholar Don Parson focusing on little-known characters and histories located in the first half of twentieth-century Los Angeles. An infamo……続きを見る

本書は、衣服を静的な対象として捉えるのではなく、それを着用する人間に焦点を当て、特定の衣服を選択して着用する行為がどのように情報交換を可能にし、社会的関係を形成してきたかを探究するものである。古来、……続きを見る

The culture of peace and non-violence is essential to human existence, development and progress. In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus the norm-setting, forward-looking “……続きを見る

The intercourse between China and the West began when the Portuguese sent their first trading vessel to her southern ports, of which Canton is the chief, in 1516, and till 1812 it was a purely comme……続きを見る

The name 'Somerset' usually conjures up visions of green hills, picturesque harbours and sleepy villages with thatched cottages and quaint pubs – but this is only part of the story. What about the ……続きを見る

For three decades, Mike Dennison has reported from the trenches on campaigns, crime and community. He has covered razor-thin victories by Senator Jon Tester. He has helped cover the downfall of Sena……続きを見る

Drawing on vivid contemporary accounts, thisis a fascinating exploration of how and why the Revolutionary War descended into a brutal existential struggle. This engrossing history of the Revolutiona……続きを見る

Facetten einer außergewöhnlichen Kathedrale Chartres ist eine der meistbesuchten Kathedralen Frankreichs. Erbaut im Mittelalter, gehört sie zu den bedeutendsten gotischen Bauwerken im weiteren Umkre……続きを見る