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'The best single-volume study of the Enlightenment that we have' Literary Review The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it rema……続きを見る

In Chaos and Cosmos, Heidi Scott integrates literary readings with contemporary ecological methods to investigate two essential and contrasting paradigms of nature that scientific ecology continues ……続きを見る

'A perfect mirror to its subject... should be compulsory reading' Observer Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. He has the power to reduce the West to nuclear ashes. He invades his neighbours, me……続きを見る

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The inside story of Mikel Arteta’s astonishing transformation of Arsenal November 2019. Unai Emery’s final game as Arsenal manager sees the Gunners languishing eighth in ……続きを見る

The Fukushima disaster invites us to look back and probe how nuclear technology has shaped the world we live in, and how we have come to live with it. Since the first nuclear detonation (Trinity tes……続きを見る

Inferior Politics explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in making it. Parliament proved capable of generating national legislation none……続きを見る

'An invaluable primer to some of the underlying tensions behind contemporary political debate' Financial Times It has always been an important part of British self-image to see the United Kingdom as……続きを見る

Contrairement à ce que l’on a cru jusqu’ici, le « système » mis en place en France sous la régence du duc d’Orléans n’a pas été un accident provoqué par un génie solitaire, l’Écossais John Law. Il n……続きを見る

Now in its second edition, Britain since 1688 is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to British History from 1688 to the present day that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. Chronolo……続きを見る

An incredible sea story that turns the Age of Exploration on its head, following the first Japanese man to set foot on North America and England. On November 12, 1588, five young Asian menーled by a……続きを見る

用旅行來還原城市的歷史風貌，也探討民主與威權的時代意義。 一本從祕密檔案、歷史遺址中挖掘的非日常文史小旅行， 走訪11座城市×12條旅行路線× 47個黨產歷史現場× 56文化景點， 當然還有數不盡的街頭美食。 從踏……続きを見る

The long history of China’s relationship between stability, diversity, and prosperity, and how its current leadership threatens this delicate balance “Riveting.”ーTunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Jour……続きを見る

In this book Lynn Hunt and Jack R. Censer lucidly trace events from 1789 until the fall of Napoleon, stressing the global dimensions of the French Revolution and offering balanced coverage of both i……続きを見る

**Winner of the Baifang Schell Book Prize • 2025 Orwell Prize Finalist One of The Washington Post’s 50 Notable Nonfiction Books of 2024 “A sprawling, complex morality tale, sweeping us along.” ーThe……続きを見る

This is the first book to investigate how constitutional monarchy could survive in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, during which many monarchies were overthrown by revolutions or coups d’ét……続きを見る

The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of ext……続きを見る

陪伴我們成長的社區，正在急劇變化，驀然回首，好些就在我們咫尺之間的地方，已不復再。四個香港舊社區︰大磡村、九龍城寨、調景嶺及衙前圍村，三個已然消逝，幾乎不留半點歷史痕跡；碩果僅存的最後一條巿區圍村，……続きを見る

這本書的主題是「公共人文學」，分成兩個部分，上編是「公共人文學的探討」，下編為「公共人文學的案例：臺灣文化實踐」。上編有三篇論文，從不同的角度說明公共人文學的意涵。下編有六篇論文，基本上是作為公共人……続きを見る

Temute eppure cercate nei momenti del bisogno, allontanate dalla società ma invocate a protezione di raccolti e bestiame, streghe e maghe – così come stregoni e fattucchiere – hanno loro malgrado ri……続きを見る

**比戰爭更可怕的力量，早已深入國際經貿體系！ 經濟制裁是阻止戰爭的工具，還是引發戰爭的武器？ 經濟戰制裁的是政府，還是無辜的人民？ 銀彈真的比子彈更有效嗎？歷史已經告訴我們答案！ 5種語言、6國檔案，打造……続きを見る

A Berlino, pochi anni dopo la caduta, già non ci si ricordava più il punto esatto dove correva il Muro, segnato ora da una striscia di sampietrini color sangue. Si è dovuto ricorrere alle foto dei s……続きを見る

In the second volume of this magnificently illustrated cultural history, the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the Jews, Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish people from 1492 thr……続きを見る

The notion of 'representative democracy' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorian era - the epoch when the modern democratic state was made - understand democracy, parliamentar……続きを見る

This major collection of essays challenges many of our preconceptions about British political and social history from the late eighteenth century to the present. Inspired by the work of Gareth Stedm……続きを見る

In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on provocative, isolationist North Korea, providing our best look yet at its histo……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too lateーfrom the authors of How Democracies Die “[Levitsky and Ziblatt] write with terrifying clarity……続きを見る

臧卓乃唐生智手下的大將，對北伐時期的各路軍閥都相當熟稔。此回憶錄細寫蔣介石與馮玉祥之間親贈蘭譜、義結金蘭，到馮玉祥與閻錫山聯合反蔣之詳細經過；張學良於西安事變後，具名發出的多通電文原稿；曹錕五光十色……続きを見る

A Cultural History of Objects in the Renaissance covers the period 1400 to 1600. The Renaissance was a cultural movement, a time of re-awakening when classical knowledge was rediscovered, leading to……続きを見る

As the hazards of carbon emissions increase and governments around the world seek to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, the search for clean and affordable alternate energies has become an increasing ……続きを見る

Um 1500 übertraf die Wirtschaftsleistung Chinas und Indiens die Europas um ein Vielfaches. Bis zur Industrialisierung Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts entwickelte sich Europa dann zur dominanten Wirtschaf……続きを見る