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The INSTANT New York Times bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times **bestseller Finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize One of NPR's Books We Love One of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the Year Sho……続きを見る

This book is the first major biography of General Miguel Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain between 1923 and 1930, who played a key role in the shaping of a counterrevolutionary Europe in the interw……続きを見る

Featuring stunning illustrations, this compact volume explores the early successes of the aircraft model and its aces. Although only built in modest numbers principally for the Dutch Air Force, the ……続きを見る

This book explores the intersections of education and technology in audiovisual translation, unpacking the evolution of AVT ecosystems and looking ahead to future directions for the role of technolo……続きを見る

Nestled at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Istanbul is a city where continents meet and cultures converge, creating a tapestry of experiences that is nothing short of mesmerizing. This comprehens……続きを見る

El objetivo principal de esta obra es reconstruir los procesos migratorios que llevaron a los migrantes de la ex Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas, a residir en Bucaramanga (Colombia). Así ……続きを見る

Teaching the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1948–1976 will provide readers with critical content knowledge of lesser known figures and events in the 20th century Civil Rights Movement. As the initial vo……続きを見る

This book analyzes the last phase of the Warsaw Pact based on unusually large-scale archival research conducted in many countries. Focusing on the changes in the organization’s functioning after Mik……続きを見る

Newly Updated for the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge! From the gigantic shell mounds built by the earliest inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay area to the building of the ‘bridge that c……続きを見る

"There are forces better recognized as belonging to human society than repressed or left to waste away or growl about upon its fringes." So writes Valerie Flint in this powerful work on magic in ear……続きを見る

In the middle of the 19th century, Europe was torn between wars and revolutions. Turkey conflicted with Russia, which involved other European lands which also faced civil unrest and were pressed by ……続きを見る

In the period following the collapse of the Carolingian Empire up to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), the episcopate everywhere in Europe experienced substantial and important change, brought abou……続きを見る

This book looks at the movement of urban American blacks into the Midwest through the experience of Iowa City, a town desperately trying to redefine itself. Pressing questions have plagued the commu……続きを見る

George Cole's history includes events not commonly described in routine history books: An important religious figure who drinks a cup of pus to "prove a philosophical point". A Chinese Emperor who s……続きを見る

Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51. No one has ever writ……続きを見る

A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century……続きを見る

From the pre-eminent scholar of foreign policy, a guide to soft power: the ability of governments to attract and persuade, rather than coerce by force Joseph S. Nye, Jr. coined the term “soft power”……続きを見る

In "The Private Life of the Romans," Harold Whetstone Johnston embarks on an exhaustive examination of the everyday lives of ancient Romans, moving beyond the grand narratives of empire and legislat……続きを見る

Sarah Orne Jewett's 'The Normans; told chiefly in relation to their conquest of England' is a detailed historical account of the Norman conquest and its impact on England. Written in a narrative sty……続きを見る

In "Twelve Studies on the Making of a Nation," readers are invited to explore a rich tapestry of themes focusing on the complex and dynamic process of nation-building. The collection traverses a ran……続きを見る

*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2022* **A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN BY THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'A big historical advance. Ours, it turns out, is……続きを見る

The Private Life of the Romans is a historical work by Harold Whetstone Johnston, a classical historian and Professor of Latin, presenting an account of common and ordinary life of the ancient Roman……続きを見る

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, the untold USA Today bestselling story of the CIA's secret paramilitary units. Surprise . . . your target. Kill . . . your enemy. Vanish . . . without a ……続きを見る

How gangsta rap shocked America, made millions, and pulled back the curtain on an urban crisis. How is it that gangsta rapーso dystopian that it struck aspiring Brooklyn rapper and future superstar ……続きを見る

Tucked away in an obscure attic of a stranger’s home, Michael Hileman’s biography was nearly lost to the ages. Through a miraculous discovery, his story reemerges to reach a new generation of reader……続きを見る

Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace, one of the world’s greatest film epics, originated as a consequence of the Cold War. Conceived as a response to King Vidor’s War and Peace, Bondarchuk’s surpassed ……続きを見る

The last few Republican campaigns for president stirred up issues thought forgotten. Americans spend over $700 million a year on a dysfunctional Congress that gets paid whether or not it does its jo……続きを見る

Vercingétorix Camille Jullian, historien, philologue et épigraphiste français (1859-1933) Ce livre numérique présente «Vercingétorix», de Camille Jullian, édité en texte intégral. Une table des mati……続きを見る

"The art of war, as generally considered, consists of five purely military branches,ーviz.: Strategy, Grand Tactics, Logistics, Engineering, and Tactics. A sixth and essential branch, hitherto unrec……続きを見る

In this loving memoir Wayne Johnston returns to Newfoundland-the people, the place, the politics-and illuminates his family's story with all the power and drama he brought to his magnificent novel, ……続きを見る