Ishen - History 1

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Chinese Buddhist rituals and their pivotal role in shaping both Chinese Buddhism and broader Chinese culture. Translated from the revised and enlarged……続きを見る

Paris, pendant la Révolution. On y croise Charlotte Corday, dans sa cellule, pendant qu’un élève de David achève son portrait ; Adam Lux, un allemand tombé amoureux d’elle dans des circonstances pou……続きを見る

In the winter of 1943, in a city strangled by Japanese military occupation, a group of Chinese teenagers discovered that the most dangerous weapon they possessed was a paper lantern. Shanghai had fa……続きを見る

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. Francis Gribble's "The Romance of the Oxford Colleges" offers an intriguing exploration of the human stories and hi……続きを見る

The Glory Trap offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of how political actorsーranging from populist leaders to authoritarian regimesーexploit collective memory to mobilize domestic s……続きを見る

From leadership expert, former Navy SEAL, "American Grit" feature player, and author of Worth Dying For: A Navy SEAL's Call to a Nation, Rorke Denver, the bestselling account of how he helped create……続きを見る

This book, for the first time, comprehensively examines the relationship between tea and various aspects of social life in the Song Dynasty, pioneering a new field in the study of Song history. In t……続きを見る

Selected among Foreign Affairs's "Best of Books 2024" China is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China's turbulent history in its relations with neighbors and Wes……続きを見る

En choisissant cet ebook, vous contribuez à aider l’édition en grands caractères adaptée à la malvoyance. « Monsieur, écrivait un jour Michelet à Dumas, je vous aime et je vous admire, parce que vou……続きを見る

"The Heart of Asia" by Francis Henry Skrine and Edward Denison Ross offers readers a fascinating and insightful journey into the rich and diverse cultures of Central Asia. This classic work provides……続きを見る

Sang Nila Utama saw a lion…or did he? Come and experience the untold side of Singapore's past in this non-fiction series. The weird and wild history of our island nation is revealed in engaging stor……続きを見る

Dossier : Faut-il supprimer le roman national ? → Entretien avec Pierre Nora : « L’histoire de la France a été le nerf de l’unité nationale » Depuis les années 60, l’enseignement de l’histoire susci……続きを見る

Ancient Society by Lewis Henry Morgan is a foundational work in anthropology and sociology, where Morgan presents his theory of human social evolution. In this book, Morgan outlines the stages of hu……続きを見る

De la hache à la guillotine. De Louis XIV à la fin de la monarchie de Juillet, Sanson père et fils ont été les exécuteurs des hautes œuvres. Publiés sous le Second Empire, leurs Mémoires dépeignent ……続きを見る

This book starts from the very beginning of the cultural exchanges between China and the western regions, to the exchanges in modern times, featuring large time span and interdisciplinarity. In addi……続きを見る

This book explores China's ambition to build itself into a maritime power. Despite having a continental coastline of 18,000 kilometers and territorial waters that cover an area one-third the size of……続きを見る

Sem lei de responsabilidade não há constituição desvela o esforço desprendido por deputados gerais e senadores, no decorrer da primeira legislatura (1826-1829), para articulação de mecanismos de con……続きを見る

"El mundo al revés, de Yang Jisheng, es la historia definitiva de la Revolución Cultural, con un detalle demoledor y desgarrador. La Gran Revolución Cultural Proletaria (1966-1976), un acontecimient……続きを見る

A veteran journalist presents "an epic account of the worst famine in history . . . a landmark in the Chinese people's own efforts to confront their history" (Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Boo……続きを見る

A top negotiator in countless high-stakes missions to free Americans captured abroad and held in the world's scariest prisons takes readers inside the dramatic and shadowy world of international hos……続きを見る

The Tragedy of 228: Historical Truth and Transitional Justice in Taiwan is published by Memorial Foundation of 228. The book mainly explores eight different aspects of the 228 Incident, as shown in ……続きを見る

Under SS-officeren Otto von Wächters tid som guvernör i Galizien skickades hundratusentals judar och polacker till en säker död. Efter freden 1945 jagade segrarmakterna honom, brottsrubriceringen va……続きを見る

This is a biography of one of the seminal Founding Fathers, Roger Sherman, who played a crucial role in the drafting of the Constitution in 1787. "Founding Father Roger Sherman (1721-1793) helped de……続きを見る

Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail. As a major political event and a crucial turning point in the……続きを見る

This book examines Aristotle’s four causes (material, formal, efficient, and final), offering a systematic discussion of the relation between form and matter, causation, taxonomy, and teleology. The……続きを見る

This study provides an up-to-date empirical account of Chinese female judges within the context of the Chinese legal system and wider society, revealing a deeper understanding of women in contempora……続きを見る

The days are now past when students were content to take their history at second hand, and there is therefore the less reason to apologise for introducing to the reader, in an English dress, the let……続きを見る

This comic version of Genghis Khan charts his rise from an angst-ridden youth trying to rebuild his clan to become a fearsome warrior fighting back to regain what he had lost and more. This is the t……続きを見る

The first new Irish coin price guide for many years. Note that the eBook version is in full colour. This is the 22nd updated edition of the Rotographic Irish coin price guide, which can trace its hi……続きを見る

Popular protests are on the rise in China. However, since protesters rely on existing channels of participation and on patronage by elite backers, the state has been able to stymie attempts to gener……続きを見る