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H. H. Holmes' story has become one of legend. Holmes committed his crimes at a time in history where the idea of murdering on a mass scale was just being introduced to the world through the actions ……続きを見る

During the 1960s and 1970s, the images of two men came to dominate the iconography of left-wing movements: Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. The story of the revolution these two men led in Cuba became ……続きを見る

During his short life, Tupac Shakurーbetter known by his stage name 2Pacーbecame a living legend, and his status is just as legendary even after he's long been gone. At the age of just 20, Tupac too……続きを見る

In the world of philosophy and spirituality, few figures stand as distinctively as Alan Watts. With a charismatic and eloquent demeanor, he effortlessly blended insights from Zen Buddhism, Taoism, H……続きを見る

An international drug kingpin with a cult following, Pablo Escobar is legendary for his infamy, but he began his life with rather modest roots. Born to a simple farmer, no one ever dreamed Escobar w……続きを見る

Attention à la marche!, issu du congrès de l’Electronic Literature Organization tenu à Montréal en 2018, entend questionner de façon explicite la place de la littérature électronique dans la culture……続きを見る

Heath Ledger rapidly rose to fame to become one of the most acclaimed actors of our time. Although his career was brief, spanning little over ten years, he shot up like a rising star. People still r……続きを見る

The political theories of Lenin have long outlived him, and have even gone on to outlive the Marxist state he help to found; the Soviet Union. The name Lenin still reverberates around the world, and……続きを見る

Described as one of the most powerful leaders in Cambodian politics, he ousted French colonialism then overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime. He shaped the political and economic landscape in Cambodia us……続きを見る

A silent global emergency is threatening the future of education: by 2030, the world will need 44 million additional teachers. The Teacher Crisis offers an urgent, evidence-based, and hopeful roadma……続きを見る

This is an open access book. Based on the analysis of China’s basic national conditions and development trends, this book begins with a general introduction to the study of “modernization with Chine……続きを見る

The obesity epidemic is getting worseーbecause our approach is all wrong. In Fat and Failing: Why Our Current Approach to Obesity Isn’t Working, prepare to challenge everything you think you know ab……続きを見る

汽車不只是交通工具，更是影響地球命運的關鍵角色。 隨著地球環境壓力愈來愈大，全球暖化、氣候異常與空氣污染成為人類無法忽視的挑戰。《地球快撐不住了！汽車環保，拯救未來！》 深入解析汽車對環境的影響，以及……続きを見る

Empowering Literacy: The Ultimate Guide for Volunteers in Education Make a lasting impact on communities and spark a lifelong passion for learning with Empowering Literacy. This essential guide offe……続きを見る

This book examines antagonistic fan communication on Chinese social media, focusing on the sociolinguistic dimensions and digital strategies in fandom discourse of Chinese celebrities to engage in b……続きを見る

“An insightful and breathtaking exploration of humanity’s evolutionary baggage that explains some of our species’ greatest successes and failures.” ーYuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens The ancient……続きを見る

Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asiabrings together an exciting cross-regional interdisciplinary group of scholars, scholar activists, artists, and……続きを見る

Winner, 2025 Outstanding Book Award, International Communication Association Co-Winner, 2025 Best Book Award from the Philosophy, Theory, and Critique Division of the International Communication Ass……続きを見る

Conflict and Cooperation in the South Caucasus Region: From Theory to Policy combines IR theory and policy in a readable format. Houman A. Sadri discusses the distinctive challenges of the South Cau……続きを見る

At a time when precarious labor is on the rise on a global scale, Young and Restless in China explores both the institutional and the individual processes that lead to informal employment and the cl……続きを見る

We live in a rapidly aging world, in which people who are age 60 and older outnumber children under the age of five. This book reveals large and growing gaps in care for older adults in countries at……続きを見る

This book aims to outline the detailed process of integrating nature and cities in a historical context through the lens of urban environmental history, capturing how the most ordinary yet enduring ……続きを見る

Narcissism is the defining pathology of the twenty-first century, but what if it is not self-obsession that defines us but a need for self-transformation? Narcissus in Bloom is a short history of th……続きを見る

A Geek in Thailand is a light-hearted but perceptive look at one of the world's most visited countries from the viewpoint of a young foreign resident. More than just a Thai travel guide, it offers a……続きを見る

Understanding Esports: An Introduction to the Global Phenomenon places professional Esports, a rapidly growing industry, in both the cultural and athletic landscape. This book explores how the rise ……続きを見る

The gifted W.B. Yeats wrote of his own people "...even a newspaperman, if you entice him into a cemetery at midnight, will believe in phantoms, for everyone is a visionary if you scratch him deep en……続きを見る

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica. Vast changes to our home lives, so……続きを見る

In this groundbreaking book, leading Arab and Jewish intellectuals examine how and why the Holocaust and the Nakba are interlinked without blurring fundamental differences between them. While these ……続きを見る

This book provides the first recent philosophical account of how ruins acquire aesthetic value. It draws on a variety of sources to explore modern ruins, the ruin tradition, and the phenomenon of “r……続きを見る

Li Zehou is widely regarded as one of China’s most influential contemporary thinkers. He has produced influential theories of the development of Chinese thought and the place of aesthetics in Chines……続きを見る