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We live in a world of influence operations run amok, a world of dark ads, psy-ops, hacks, bots, soft facts, ISIS, Putin, trolls, Trump. We've lost not only our sense of peace and democracy - but our sense of what those words even mean. As Peter Pomerantsev seeks to make sense of the disinformation age, he meets Twitter revolutionaries and pop-up populists, 'behavioural change' salesmen, Jihadi fan-boys, Identitarians, truth cops and much more.

現代社会に根深く連鎖する人種差別と経済格差の起源を、大西洋奴隷貿易という世界史の過酷な構造から解き明かす。日々の通勤や静かな夜の思索の時間に、単なる数字や年表の羅列ではない、個人の尊厳と近代化の代償...

This remarkable account has had an enduring influence on social and economic studies and has remained in print since its first English publication in 1885. It was written, in German, by a youthful Friedrich Engels, the son of a German industrialist, who was already concerned - even angered - by...

This Very Short Introduction introduces listeners to the dimensions of the Russian economy that are often ignored by the media, or exaggerated and misunderstood. In doing so, it shows how Russia's economy is one of global significance, and helps explain why many of Russia's enduring features, such as the heavy hand of the state and the emphasis on military-industrial production, have persisted despite the immense changes that took place after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. 

In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague's effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the entire community. Lord's fascinating reconstruction of life during plague times presents the personal experiences of a wide range of individuals, from historical notables to common folk. The Great Plague brings this dark era to vivid life through stories of loss and survival from those who grieved, those who fled, and those who hid to await their fate.

Nous sommes à l'aube du 6 juin 1944. Il est six heures du matin lorsque les forces alliées débarquent sur les plages de Normandie. L'enjeu est de taille : il s'agit de porter un coup fatal au IIIe Reich d'Adolf Hitler et de libérer les territoires occupés. Le jour le plus long vient tout juste de se lever. Ce livre audio vous permettra d'en savoir plus sur : le contexte politique et social de l'époque ; les acteurs majeurs du conflit ; le déroulement du débarquement et sa chronologie ; les raisons de la victoire alliée.

The discovery of DNA’s structure is the story of five towering minds in pursuit of the advancement of science, and for almost all of them, the prospect of fame and immortality: Watson, Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, and Linus Pauling. Howard Markel skillfully recreates the intense intellectual journey, and fraught personal relationships, that ultimately led to a spectacular breakthrough. But it is Rosalind Franklin - fiercely determined, relentless, and an outsider at Cambridge and the University of London in the 1950s - who becomes a focal point for Markel.

We are living in a new urban age and its most tangible expression is the "supertall": megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. In Supertall, TED Resident Stefan Al—himself an experienced architect who has worked on some of the largest buildings in the world—reveals the advancements in engineering, design, and data science that have led to this worldwide boom.

Socialism was man's most ambitious attempt to supplant religion with a doctrine claiming to ground itself in "science". Each failure to create societies of abundance or give birth to "the New Man" inspired more searching for the path to the promised land: revolution, communes, social democracy, communism, fascism, Arab socialism, African socialism. None worked, and some exacted a staggering human toll. Then, after two centuries of wishful thinking and bitter disappointment, socialism imploded in a fin de siecle drama of falling walls and collapsing regimes.

Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published. Here are the horror and heroism of World War II in the words of the men who fought it, the journalists who covered it, and the civilians who were caught in its fury. Miller gives us an up-close, deeply personal view of a war that was more savagely fought - and whose outcome was in greater doubt - than one might imagine. This is the war that Americans on the home front would have read about had they had access to previously censored testimony.

Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar. THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A...

When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille in July 1789, it triggered an event of global consequence: the overthrow of the monarchy and the birth of a new society. Most historians account for the French Revolution by viewing it in retrospect as the outcome of underlying conditions such as a faltering economy, social tensions, or the influence of Enlightenment thought. But what did Parisians themselves think they were doing—how did they understand their world? What were the motivations and aspirations that guided their actions?

1920年代の熱狂的な繁栄から突如牙を剥いた株価大暴落がいかにして世界的な大不況へと連鎖したのか、現代の経済危機にも通じるドミノ倒しのメカニズムを鮮明に描き出します。先行きが不透明な時代において、通勤や...

冷戦のうねりが引き起こしたベトナム戦争の痛切な傷跡と、国家の分断によって名もなき人々が背負った重い代償を浮き彫りにする歴史ノンフィクションです。夜の静寂の中で一人思索にふける時や、日々の通勤時間に歴...

A Short History of Japan traces more than two millennia of cultural evolution — from mythic origins and imperial dynasties to industrial rebirth and modern innovation. This concise yet vivid narrative explores how an island nation shaped by isolation, honor, and creativity became a global force of technology, art, and influence.

当高层权力斗争的狂热席卷全国，时代洪流中的普通人如何在长达十年的社会重组与群众运动中艰难求生？这段跨越一九六六至一九七六的历史绝非偶然，而是多重政治矛盾叠加后爆发的系统性震荡。对于渴望在通勤或碎片时...

芳醇なビールが注がれる賑やかなビアホールはいかにして、ドイツ史を揺るがす過激な政治運動とナチズムの温床へと変貌したのか。日常の歓談の場が狂気と分断の舞台へと変わる、知的好奇心を深く刺激する歴史の旅が...

アフリカとヨーロッパが交差する境界の地で、激動の地政学的圧力を乗り越え、いかにして一つの王国が幾世紀にもわたるサバイバルの歴史を紡ぎ出してきたのか。日々の通勤電車の中や、深く集中したい静かな夜のひと...

歴史の陰に埋もれた「忘れられた戦争」の記憶を呼び覚まし、現代の安全保障と国際政治の根幹を鮮やかに解き明かす、凝縮された知的体験。毎日の通勤時間やリラックスタイムに耳を傾けるだけで、緊迫した冷戦時代の...

ひとつのルーツを持つ朝鮮半島がいかにして二つの対極的な世界へと引き裂かれたのか、その地政学的な運命とアジア史の深層を紐解く歴史ノンフィクションです。静かで思索的な世界観は、毎日の通勤時間や夜の落ち着...