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We are living in a time of polarization. Cultural and educational institutions are confronted with the responsibility to provide tools and spaces for critical reflection, for engagement, and, more f……続きを見る

A radical new history of energy and humanity's insatiable need for resources that will change the way we talk about climate change *Winner of a Nouvel Observateur Award, a Fondation pour l'écologie ……続きを見る

The Middle Ages spanned the period between two watersheds in the history of the biblical text: Jerome's Latin translation c.405 and Gutenberg's first printed version in 1455. The Bible was arguably ……続きを見る

Who was Tse Tsan Tai? Insurrectionist? Socialite? Patriot? Revolutionary? Born and raised in Australia and trained in Anglo-Hong Kong’s civil service, Tse Tsan Tai (1872–1938) was all of these and m……続きを見る

Drawing on a range of evidence related to royal authority, political events and literate culture, this study traces how kings and emperors involved themselves in the affairs of the Spanish March, an……続きを見る

To understand wars and armed conflicts, we need to understand the inner logic of military institutions and warrior culture. In Making Warriors in a Global Era, Tone Danielsen employs ethnographic me……続きを見る

Artemidorus' Oneirocritica ('The Interpretation of Dreams') is the only dream-book which has been preserved from Graeco-Roman antiquity. Composed around AD 200, it comprises a treatise and manual on……続きを見る

An illustrated study of Japan's Nagato-class battleships: the IJN's powerful super-dreadnoughts, which were heavily modernized to fight in World War II. Illustrated with the author's much-acclaimed ……続きを見る

Par sa thèse sur "La crise rurale en Ile-de-France", parue en 1974, Jean Jacquart est devenu l'un des spécialistes européens de l'histoire rurale. L'ensemble des articles réunis dans la première par……続きを見る

THE LAST SIGNAL A NOVEL BY DAN BROWN For millennia, the stones have stood in silence. When Jack Crane and Lauren Brown uncover a strange mark hidden within the Eye of the Sahara, they trigger a chai……続きを見る

A lively, accessible history of mathematics throughout the ages and across the globe Mathematics is fundamental to our daily lives. Science, computing, economicsーall aspects of modern life rely on ……続きを見る

A groundbreaking account of the people and places that have shaped Aboriginal Melbourne In Where's All the Community? Aboriginal Melbourne Revisited, Julie Andrews paints a vivid portrait of the Abo……続きを見る

The Potato tells the story of how a humble vegetable, once regarded as trash food, had as revolutionary an impact on Western history as the railroad or the automobile. Using Ireland, England, France……続きを見る

Despite Japan's long-held reputation as an ethnically homogeneous country largely closed to foreigners, the number of immigrants in Japan has been increasing, partially as a direct result of governm……続きを見る

**“For anyone wanting to find out more about the world we live in . . . there is one simple answer: read Noam Chomsky.” ーThe New Statesman A sharp indictment of both American foreign policy and the……続きを見る

Digital Ebook Jannah An-Nur The Holy Quran (聖クルアーン) Trilingual Edition English Japanese Developed by Jannah An-Nur Studio. The Holy Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, contains not only guidance f……続きを見る

Sweet potatoes were among the American crops Christopher Columbus brought back to Europeーwhere they were thought to be an aphrodisiac. In China, this versatile root became a staple that fueled rapi……続きを見る

**A sophisticated look at Pakistanーone of the most overlooked, yet vastly consequential, countries of modern times “Lieven’s eye for detail, command of subcontinental history and old-fashioned shoe……続きを見る

Between 1940 and 1945, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) carried out sabotage and organised resistance across occupied Europe. Over 5 years, SOE sent over 500 agents into Norway to carry ……続きを見る

"The Way to Wealth" is an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1758. It is a collection of adages and advice presented in Poor Richard's Almanac during its first 25 years of publication, organized ……続きを見る

From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist’s craft When economist Angus Dea……続きを見る

The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel is the first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite identity as an ongoing historical phenomenon from biblical times to the present. By treating……続きを見る

Joanna Bourke, author of the critically-acclaimed Fear, unflinchingly and controversially moves away from looking at victims to look at the rapists. She examines the nature of rape, drawing together……続きを見る

The British Railways 'Pilot Scheme' orders of 1955 included ten BTH and ten NBL Type 1 locomotives, these being introduced during 1957-61 for use in East London, and on the Great Eastern and London,……続きを見る

Uncovers a spiritual dimension in the transition to the Anthropocene What is the role of religion in shaping interactions and relations between the human and nonhuman in nature? Why are Muslim and C……続きを見る

簡介 全球熱銷巨著《人類大歷史》 精彩改編、精美插圖，隆重推出第3冊〈歷史主宰〉 《人類大歷史：知識漫畫》系列書籍， 改編自全球暢銷2,500萬冊、譯為六十五種語文的經典巨著《人類大歷史》， 以漫畫形式，呈現……続きを見る

Kōjin Karatani, éminent intellectuel japonais contemporain, est un lecteur critique de Marx : son livre Transcritique (2001) marque un engagement proche des positions de Slavoj Zizek ou de Toni Negr……続きを見る

« Pierre le matin, fonte le soir. » Ces quelques mots rédigés par le journaliste Simonin, au terme d'une visite de l'usine du Creusot et des mines qui l'alimentent, font ressortir la singularité des……続きを見る

The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects which often had their roots in a widespread dissatisf……続きを見る

December 7, 1941 - at exactly 7:55AM on a seemingly peaceful Sunday morning, the United States was plunged into the greatest war in history! What were the events which determined the Pearl Harbor ca……続きを見る