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A major publishing event: the third volume of Michel Leiris’s renowned autobiography, now available in English for the first time in a brilliant translation by Lydia Davis A beloved and versatile au……続きを見る

The second volume of Michel Leiris’s hugely influential four-volume autobiographical essay, available to English-language readers in a brilliant and sensitive translation by Lydia Davis One of the m……続きを見る

This volume examines the Kurdish question in Turkey, tracing its developments from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the present day. The study considers: secession; federal schemes; various forms of……続きを見る

THERE was once a grown-up lad in the County Leitrim, and he was strong and lively, and the son of a rich farmer. His father had plenty of money, and he did not spare it on the son. Accordingly, when……続きを見る

THE QUEEN MADAM, As I could never hope to write any thing my self, worthy to be laid before YOUR MAJESTY; I think it a very great happiness, that it should be my lot to usher into the world, under Y……続きを見る

First Published in 1969. This is an exact facsimile reproduction of the 1850 edition of Edleston’s Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes. An index, prepared under the General Editor……続きを見る

The fifth installment of the “Odd True Tales” series… This volume focuses exclusively on the Inquisition, and is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. It’s divided into four chapters: Profi……続きを見る

A quintessiantially American story chronicling Chinese American achievement in the face of institutionalized racism by the New York Times bestselling author of The Rape of Nanking In an epic story t……続きを見る

** Saga Magazine 'Life Story' competition winner** From the streets of London to the Welsh countryside, evacuee Iris Simantel tells of her desperate search for somewhere to belong in Far From the Ea……続きを見る

Miss Brooke is a well known as an authority on historical costume. In this single volume she covers a history of dress in England from earliest times. The book contains an ample text, four coloured ……続きを見る

'We request an immediate favour of you, to build a shelter for us women and small children, because we have absolutely no place to take refuge and we are terrified!' This French mother's petition se……続きを見る

Essay aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Nationalsozialismus, II. Weltkrieg, Sanitätsakademie der Bundeswehr München, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 'Zweiundfünfzig Jahr……続きを見る

Scholars have long thought that, following the Muslim Golden Age of the medieval era, the Ottoman Empire grew culturally and technologically isolated, losing interest in innovation and placing the e……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Nationalsozialismus, II. Weltkrieg, Note: 2.0, Universität Wien, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das NS-Bild der Frau war……続きを見る

This volume begins in the early centuries of the Common Era with the various groups of people who had settled in southern Africa. Stone Age foragers, farmers with iron technology, and pastoralists a……続きを見る

This volume begins in the early centuries of the Common Era with the various groups of people who had settled in southern Africa. Stone Age foragers, farmers with iron technology, and pastoralists a……続きを見る

During a turbulent colonial and postcolonial century, African women struggled to control their own marital, sexual and economic lives and to gain a significant voice in local and national politics. ……続きを見る

To perform my late promise to you, I shall without further ceremony acquaint you, that in the beginning of the Year 1666 (at which time I applyed my self to the grinding of Optick glasses of other f……続きを見る

ACCORDING to your Lordship’s Order, signified to me by Mr. Secretary Harley, in his Letter of February 26th last, I have considered the Letter of his Grace the Duke of Ormond, Her Majesty’s Lieutena……続きを見る

By the Rays of Light I understand its least Parts, and those as well Successive in the same Lines, as Contemporary in several Lines. For it is manifest that Light consists of Parts, both Successive ……続きを見る

A dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris’s masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century Michel Leiris, a Frenc……続きを見る

En diciembre de 1937 tuvo lugar una de las masacres más brutales que se recuerdan en tiempos de guerra. El ejército japonés entró en Nanking, entonces capital de China, y en pocas semanas no sólo sa……続きを見る

To understand how Albert Einstein’s pacifist and internationalist thought matured from a youthful inclination to pragmatic initiatives and savvy insights, Holmes gives readers access to Einstein in ……続きを見る

Il Giorno della Memoria viene giustamente celebrato affinché la conoscenza degli errori del passato eviti il loro ripetersi nel futuro. Tuttavia sarebbe riduttivo ricondurre ogni discorso sugli ebre……続きを見る

Se il nome della nostra nazione è Italia, lo dobbiamo a quegli antichi popoli che nel primo secolo a.C. si strinsero in una lega per affrontare Roma. Da allora la Penisola si chiamò così, e non fu p……続きを見る

A tutti - chi più, chi meno - pesa studiare la Storia con i suoi fenomeni, fatti, nomi e date: qualcosa va memorizzato (è inevitabile), ma ricordare sarà forse più semplice se, dopo aver studiato pr……続きを見る

Sotiris Mitralexis offers a contemporary look at Maximus the Confessor's (580-662 CE) understanding of temporality, logoi, and deification, through the perspective of contemporary philosopher and th……続きを見る

Such were the stranes that smote the air as Mr. Harold Withersquash drew near to the humbel home of his Selia. She was just a low born girl but none could beat her at playing the piano. Mr. Withersq……続きを見る

No Woman’s World, first published in 1946, is the account of courageous war correspondent Iris Carpenter, one of the handful of female journalists covering the front-lines in Europe during the Secon……続きを見る

Charmian Kittredge London (1871–1955) was the epitome of a modern woman. Free-spirited and adventurous, she defied modern expectations of femininity. Today she is best known as the wife of the famou……続きを見る