Anmi - History 1

R. A. Van Middeldyk's "The History of Puerto Rico" serves as a comprehensive chronicle that delves into the island's dynamic socio-political and cultural evolution from pre-Columbian times to its mo……続きを見る

L’histoire de l’empire romain a tout pour séduire le lecteur moderne, qui pourra puiser dans son récit bien des leçons sur le temps présent : des personnages hors norme, des portraits de « monstres ……続きを見る

Le 6 juin 1918 a vu tomber plus de soldats américains sur le sol français que le célèbre débarquement de 1944. Qui le sait ? Un historien de la guerre peut tout étudier : la stratégie, les armes, la……続きを見る

Il y a 52 ans, en février 1971, la Communauté urbaine de Lille, aujourd’hui Métropole Européenne de Lille lançait un concours pour l’attribution du chantier du futur transport en commun qui devait r……続きを見る

A “thrilling . . . captivating” account of the most famous shipwreck before the Titanicーa tragedy that inspired an unforgettable masterpiece of Western art (The Boston Globe). In June 1816, the Med……続きを見る

A historian and former Belgian diplomat sheds light on the country’s tumultuous experience during WWI. In August of 1914, the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium in order to outflank the defenses ……続きを見る

In "The Attach√© at Peking," Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron Redesdale, presents a vivid and immersive account of his experiences in China during the late 19th century, particularly focusing……続きを見る

Anglais, Écossais, Irlandais, Gallois, Canadiens, Sud-Africains, Australiens, Néo-Zélandais, nombreux sont les soldats de Grande-Bretagne et du Commonwealth à être volontaires en 1916 pour attaquer ……続きを見る

Pendant des millénaires, les chefs politiques avaient la tâche simple, nous explique, avec un brin de provocation, Jean-Michel Oughourlian : quand ils voulaient mobiliser leur population, il leur su……続きを見る

Des générations d'élèves ont appris d'instituteurs en blouse grise ce qu'ils devaient à Jules Ferry. Mais l'oeuvre de cet ardent républicain va bien au-delà du domaine scolaire, et sa vie se confond……続きを見る

Dans la première moitié du XXe siècle, la réputation des catholiques américains n'est pas bonne. La romancière Flannery O'Connor n'écrit-elle pas que leur souci principal est d'" installer le chauff……続きを見る

L’homme cédera-t-il la place dans un futur proche à des créatures de son invention, mi-machines, mi-organismes, posthumains issus du croisement des biotechnologies, des nanotechnologies, de l’intell……続きを見る

'Phenomenal... Utterly absorbing' Sunday Times, 'Book of the Week' '[A] fabulous romp of a book' ***** Mail on Sunday A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023' In 1835, Lord Brougham founded Cannes,……続きを見る

On doit à Varian Fry le sauvetage, en 1940-41, de figures du monde des arts, et de la science, tels Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, André Breton, Hannah Arendt... Cette biographie retrace l……続きを見る

Award winning team of Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima have ventured into new territory in this, their ninth book together, on the explorer Mamiya Rinzo (間宮 林蔵) who mapped Sakhalin Island……続きを見る

From being elected as Congress president in 1929 till his death in 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru remained a towering figure in Indian politics, a man who left an indelible stamp on the history of South Asi……続きを見る

A moment in time. It’s rare for a person to remember exactly where he or she was at a single moment in time, some four decades past. It’s rarer still for an entire nation to hold a collective mem……続きを見る

A LITTLE JOURNEY TO PUERTO RICO Do you know what people mean when they speak of "Our New Possessions"? What are they? Where are they? Why are men, in the streets, in the shops, everywhere, talking a……続きを見る

The Ocean City Baby Parade is the longest continuously held baby parade in the nation, tracing back to August 10, 1901, when the city�s first baby show was held. From its beginning with 46 babies in……続きを見る

Britain's Place in the World examines the establishment and effectiveness of import controls, particularly quotas. Placing quotas back in the centre of British history, Milward and Brennan make some……続きを見る

Eight centuries of a gigantic struggle for supremacy between the Crescent and the Cross had devastated the fairest provinces of the Spanish Peninsula. Boabdil, the last of the Moorish kings, had del……続きを見る

Named one of Rough Trade’s Best Books of 2013 According to Gandhi, the Four Stages of Protest are as follows: First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win! In Fig……続きを見る

In a brilliant history of a turbulent time and place Mills pulls back the curtain on the decades activists and intellectuals showing their engagement both with each other and with people from around……続きを見る

Most histories of nineteenth-century music portray 'the people' merely as an audience, a passive spectator to the music performed around it. Yet, in this reappraisal of choral singing and public cul……続きを見る

Een boeiende inkijk in de geschiedenis van Israël. Israël, een wereld apart van Piet van Midden biedt een interessante inkijk in de geschiedenis van de staat Israël. De oppervlakte van de staat Isra……続きを見る

The gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq war from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Sgt. Dan Mills 'If I could give it more stars I would' 5***** Reader Review……続きを見る

Le Canada est une odyssée continentale. Ce territoire majestueux, marqué par des climats extrêmes, relie bien plus que l’Atlantique au Pacifique. Il y a, oui, une utopie canadienne figée dans son im……続きを見る

Las campañas de Marruecos, que se extendieron durante casi dos décadas, entre 1909 y 1927, marcaron indeleblemente la historia de España durante el siglo XX. Miles de soldados españoles hubieron de ……続きを見る

“In what context was the offensive conceived? What happened on the field that day? What factors contributed to this human catastrophe? Were errors made which could have been avoided? These are the q……続きを見る

The Silk Road was a network of trade routes which connected the East and West, and was central to the economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between these regions from the 2nd cen……続きを見る