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When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long, dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries. What is the secret to their success? Are happy Danes born or made?

Herodotus was a Greek historian born in Halicarnassus, subject at the time of the great Persian Empire. He lived in the fifth century BC (c. 484 - c. 425 BC), a contemporary of Socrates. He is often referred to as "The Father of History", a title originally conferred by Cicero. Herodotus was the first historian known to have broken from Homeric tradition in order to treat historical subjects as a method of investigation, specifically by collecting his materials in a critical, systematic fashion and then arranging them into a chronological narrative.

George Eliot's first full-length novel Adam Bede is a profound rendering of 19th century English pastoral life. This timeless story of seduction and betrayal follows the virtuous carpenter Adam Bede, whose world is soon disrupted when the all-too-beautiful Hetty betrays him for another villager. Her actions precipitate a turmoil of tragic events that shake the very foundations of their serene rural community.

From The Ice Age to Northern Ireland's Peace Settlement and everything in between, the acclaimed academic Dr Jonathan Bardon presents a history of Ireland spanning 10,000 years. Beginning with the Ice Age and Ireland's first plants and wildlife, this history encompasses the arrival of...

Having conquered the world's taste buds and established itself as a staple in our daily lives, coffee has mirrored the moods and movements of society for centuries - yet, how much do we know about its history? In his riveting new book, The Magic Bean, Gordon Kerr investigates the fascinating...

A spirited, poignant history of the seven daughters of the great Empress Maria Theresia—among them, Queen Marie Antoinette of France—tracing their lives as they balanced dynastic duty with personal ambition in a time of revolutionary cataclysm “Others make war; you, happy Austria, marry...

The Irish language has thirty-two words for field. Among them are: Geamhar – a field of corn-grass Tuar – a field for cattle at night Reidhlean – a field for games or dancing Cathairin – a field with a fairy-dwelling in it. The richness of the Irish language is closely tied...

東西冷戦によって引き裂かれた市民の日常と、歴史を根底から覆した分断と統合の軌跡を没入感とともに味わえる、圧倒的な現代史ノンフィクション。毎日の通勤時間や静かな夜の学習のひとときに耳を傾けるだけで、大...

分断された社会が暴力へと転じる恐怖と、民主主義と独裁の激しい衝突を描き出すスペイン内戦の歴史ドラマが、あなたの知的好奇心を強く刺激します。単なる過去の出来事ではなく、現代を生きる私たちが直面する危う...

一介の地方領主からヨーロッパ屈指の巨大帝国へと上り詰めたハプスブルク家の栄枯盛衰と、多民族国家ゆえに直面した避けられない崩壊という歴史のドラマを、圧倒的な没入感とともに鮮やかに解き明かします。毎日の...

略奪と交易に生きた荒ぶるヴァイキングの時代から、世界最高水準の社会保障を誇る現代の福祉国家へ、千年にわたる激動の北欧史をわずか二時間で鮮やかに追体験できる歴史ドラマが開幕します。満員電車に揺られる通...

辺境の地から世界を繋ぐ黄金の帝国へ、繁栄と衰退が交錯するスペイン史の光と影をたどり、信仰と征服が織りなす壮大な人間ドラマを解き明かします。毎日の通勤時間やリラックスタイムが、地中海の風と熱気を帯びた...

第二次世界大戦末期の混乱に消えた莫大な財宝の伝説と、ナチスによる略奪の残酷な現実が交錯する歴史ミステリーがここにあります。毎日の通勤時間や夜の深い静寂の中で、重厚な過去の闇へと没入し、事実と噂の境界...

ローマ帝国崩壊の混乱から新たな国家がいかにして誕生したのか、アングロ・サクソンの足跡をたどりながらイングランドという複雑なアイデンティティの源泉を解き明かす没入型歴史ドキュメンタリー。毎日の通勤時間...

二千年にわたる絶対権力への徹底した抗いと、絶望的な破壊からの劇的な都市再生が交錯する、血湧き肉躍るヨーロッパ史の真髄。古代ローマの小さな軍事拠点はいかにして、情熱と反骨精神が渦巻く地中海の巨大な迷宮...

深い思索に耽る夜や日々の通勤時間の中で歴史の暗部に向き合うとき、個人の野望ではなく社会全体の選択がいかに合法的に独裁を生み、民主主義を崩壊させたかという事実が、重厚な警告として耳に響くはずです。敗戦...

"We had to take that island to speed the end of the war against Japan." But the capture of Iwo Jima had come at great cost. Sixty-thousand marines had landed on the barren, volcanic island. For five weeks these men would become involved in some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting of the Second World War. One third of them would end the battle either dead or wounded. The U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima, written by five official marine combat writers who personally saw action on the island, provides vivid insight into the battle that was described as "a nightmare in hell."

In Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know, a timely addition to Oxford's What Everyone Needs to Know series, veteran journalist William Chislett provides political and historical context for Spain's current economic and political predicament. Chislett recounts the country's fascinating and often...

圧倒的な軍事力を誇る巨大帝国に対し、なぜ小さな都市国家の連合軍は生き残ることができたのか、リアルな戦術と地政学の視点から壮大な歴史の転換点を紐解きます。通勤電車の喧騒を抜け出し、古代エーゲ海の潮風を...

古代ローマの城壁から大帝国の崩壊まで、2000年にわたる災厄と再生の連鎖が刻まれた都市史の深淵へとあなたを誘います。ペストの猛威や街を焼き尽くす大火という絶望の淵から、人々はいかにして立ち上がり、巨大な...