Travel back in time and share the experience of everyday thoughts and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Great Diaries traces the history of the diary from ancient times to the present day, bringing together more than 80 historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks. Discover what it was like to build a pyramid, sail the seas with Magellan, travel into the heart of Africa, or serve on the Western Front.Find out how writers and artists planned their masterpieces, and how scientists developed their groundbreaking theories. Great Diaries takes you into the pages of the world's greatest diaries and notebooks, including those of Samuel Pepys, Charles Darwin, Henry-David Thoreau, the Goncourt brothers, Virginia Woolf, and Anne Frank, and shows you what they looked like. Stunning images of the original notebooks and manuscripts are complemented by key extracts and close-ups of important
How do public markets, as ordinary as they seem, carry the weight of a city’s history? How do sucheveryday buildings reflect a city’s changing political, social, and economic needs, through their yearslong transformations in forms, functions, and management? Integrating architecture and history, this book invites readers to go through the growth and governance of colonial Hong Kong by tracing the past and present of public markets as a study of extensive firsthand historical materials. As the readers witness the changes in Hong Kong markets from hawker pitches to classical market halls to clean modernist municipal complexes, the book offers a new perspective of understanding the familiar everyday markets with historical contexts possibly unfamiliar to most, studying markets as a microcosm of the city and a capsule of its history. -------------- This book is a robust and in-depth study of the market building history of Hong Kong since the 1840s and contributes to a holistic un
Do you LOVE your birthday and never want it to end? Keep the party spirit pumping all year with this mind-boggling book!Did you know that on each birthday, you are 31,536,000 seconds older than you were on your last birthday?Or that the winner at the world birthday-cake-eating championship ate 14.5 pounds of cake in just under eight minutes?How about that you likely share your birthday with about 20.8 million other people around the globe?Unwrap 300 wacky facts and pictures showcasing the hilarious history, crazy coincidences, awesome astrological beliefs, and surprising statistics behind birthdays. You’ll be blown away by the world’s craziest cakes, most elaborate decorations, and most grandiose gifts to ever commemorate a year in the life.Whether you’re celebrating your own birthday, looking for the perfect present, or just love wacky trivia, this fact-packed, fun-filled book takes the cake!Complete your collection with other Weird But True! fan favorites:Weird But True! AnimalsWeird
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It's his job.Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent Big Brother, control the people of Oceania. Winston knows what a good citizen of Oceania must do: show his devotion for Big Brother and the Party; abstain from all vices; and, most importantly, possess no critical thoughts of their own. The new notebook he's begun to write in is definitely against the rules - in fact, the Thought Police could arrest him simply for having it.Yet, as Winston begins to write his own history, a seed of rebellion begins to grow in his heart - one that could have devastating consequences. In George Orwell's final and most well-known novel, he explores a dystopian future in which a totalitarian government controls the actions, thoughts and even emotions of its citizens, exercising power through control of language a
哈佛大學日本研究權威，全面總結平成「失落年代」(1989–2019) 緊貼史學研究新趨勢，增補環境史角度透視日本近代化進程 A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present 由哈佛大學日本研究權威安德魯.戈登(Andrew Gordon)教授撰寫，自問世以來一直是美國大學的經典日本史教科書，被翻譯成中、日、韓等多種語言。中譯本自 2006 年初版以來，已成為各大學最受歡迎的教科書與通識讀物之一。此次第四版依據 2020 年最新英文版，吸收學界新近研究成果，增補大量內容，包括環境史、性別關係、軍事安全政策、2010 年代日本政治和社會的近期發展，以至平成時代(1989–2019) 的總體評估。被譽為「迄今為止最好的近現代日本通史論著」。 ---------------本書作者未囿於從美國看日本的立場，以宏觀的態度，涵蓋德川時代以還日本之「現代性 」、「 多樣性 」及「 關聯性 」。在描述日本近現代史的諸多作品中，本書屬於廣度、深度並重，深具世界觀的作品，值得讀者細讀。─ 徐興慶，中國文化大學前校長 戈登這部《200 年日本史》所描述的是近代性所帶來的希望與悲痛，其中包括社會的動盪不安、生活的多樣化以及全球的聯繫。─ 約翰．道爾 (John W. Dower) ，麻省理工大學歷史系榮休教授 這部傑出的著作是由歷史學領域的頂尖專家撰寫而成，讓我們看到日本過去兩個世紀的歷史，既有獨特一面，又是全球現代史的一部分。本書涉獵廣泛，文筆生動，書中提出的全新詮釋不僅有益於本科教學和普通讀者，而且能促使自認為專家的人重新思考關於日本近代史及其發展的許多陳舊假設。─ 藤谷藤隆，多倫多大學歷史系教授 《200 年日本史》是有關近代和帝國時期日本的最佳教材。作為日本勞工史研究前沿的學者，戈登從平民角度提供了不少深刻的歷史細節，特別是日本工業革命期間及之後的工人和其他非精英階層所遇到的艱辛、機遇和阻力。─ 喬治．卡蘭德(George Kallander) ，雪城大學麥斯威爾公民及公共事務學院副教授 《200 年日本史》至今仍是日本近代史課程的最佳入門書，完美結合了一流學術性、可讀性和篇幅恰當的優點。最後一章更令這部著作有力地將歷史盡可能貼近現在，並指
Discover all the foul facts about fifty gruesome great houses with history’s most horrible headlines: Gruesome Great Houses edition. Jump into horrible houses with Terry Deary, the master of making history fun. From Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace in London, this book covers the history of Britain and Ireland from the time of the savage Stone Age right up until the present day. Full of dark mysteries, gruesome ghost stories and terrible tales of betrayal and revenge, it’s a seriously horrible read with all the gore and more... It’s all in Horrible Histories: Gruesome Great Houses: fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising stories – with all the horribly hilarious bits included with a fresh take on the classic Horrible Histories style, perfect for fans old and new the perfect series for anyone looking for a fun and informative read Horrible Histories has been entertaining children and families for generations with books, TV, stage show, magazi
A History of the Present Illness takes readers into overlooked lives in the neighborhoods, hospitals, and nursing homes of San Francisco, offering a deeply humane and incisive portrait of health and i
First published in 1963, this remains the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the Sikhs. The new edition updated to the present recounts the return of the community to the mainstream of natio
In this eminently readable, concise history of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus surveys the evolution of the oldest African nation from prehistory to the present. For the updated edition, Marcus has written a
These three volumes present an original exploration of all aspects of water--social, cultural, political, religious, historical, economic and technological--from ancient times until the present day. A
These three volumes present an original exploration of all aspects of water--social, cultural, political, religious, historical, economic and technological--from ancient times until the present day. A
This book provides a detailed introduction to the development of the German language from the earliest reconstructible prehistory to the present day. A key to understanding how any human language work
This book provides a detailed introduction to the development of the German language from the earliest reconstructible prehistory to the present day. A key to understanding how any human language work
These three volumes present an original exploration of all aspects of water--social, cultural, political, religious, historical, economic and technological--from ancient times until the present day. A
Comprehensive and balanced, this classic exploration of the history of the English language combines internal linguistic history and external cultural history—from the Middle Ages to the present. Stud
This classic two-volume history is an exciting and revolutionary look at women's history from prehistoric times to the present. Its unique organization focuses on the developments, achievements, and c
