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プロペラ音からジェットの轟音へと激変した第二次世界大戦の航空戦、その苛烈な技術革新の背後には、極限状態の空に命を懸けた男女の生々しい葛藤と喪失のドラマが存在しました。通勤や移動中の慌ただしい時間であ...

May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it's entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad.

Published anonymously on January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine's legendary work made the case for American independence. An immediate sensation across the thirteen colonies, Common Sense extolled Paine's belief that government should be simple and represent the will of the people, acting not as an oppressor but as a body to protect society. His clear and persuasive argument appealed to the common people, impressing on them the importance of secession from Great Britain.

Not everyone sensed it right away, but after McClellan was dethroned in the fall of 1862, the focus of the war had shifted ever so subtly. Before that, the war was about reconciliation and bringing the two sides back together - with or without slavery. After Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation, there was no going back. The purpose of the war had changed. It was no longer about reuniting the two sides but about total victory, crushing the South, and eliminating slavery.

From the authors who created Eyewitness to World War II and numerous other best-selling reference books, this is the shocking story behind the covert activity that shaped the outcome of one of the world's greatest conflicts - and the destiny of millions of people. National Geographic's landmark book illuminates World War II as never before. Seven narrative chapters reveal the truth behind the lies and deception that shaped the "secret war".

In this spellbinding new history, David Goldfield offers the first major new interpretation of the Civil War era since James M. McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom. Where past scholars have interpreted the war as a triumph of freedom, Goldfield sees it as America's greatest failure: the result of a breakdown caused by the infusion of evangelical religion into the public sphere.

Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published.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.

With an entirely fresh take on presidential history, James Swanson, author of the New York Times best-selling, Edgar Award-winning Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, shares the story of his lifelong obsession with the murder of America’s most revered president and the frantic hunt for his assassin. The renowned Lincoln scholar treats listeners to an audible “walking tour” of the people, places, events, and artifacts that tell the story of those horrible days in April 1865.

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?

Six months after Pearl Harbor, the seemingly invincible Imperial Japanese Navy prepared a decisive blow against the United States. After sweeping through Asia and the South Pacific, Japan's military targeted the tiny atoll of Midway, an ideal launching pad for the invasion of Hawaii and beyond. But the United States Navy was waiting for them. Thanks to cutting-edge code-breaking technology, tactical daring, and a huge stroke of luck, the Americans under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz dealt the Japanese navy its first major defeat of the war.

世界有数のフランス帝国に立ち向かい、自らの手で自由と独立を勝ち取った奴隷たちの壮絶な革命史が、ここによみがえる。毎日の通勤時間や深く思考に浸りたい夜のひとときに、カリブ海で巻き起こった抑圧と解放のド...

かつて最も先進的とされた民主主義の崩壊と、狂気に満ちた独裁政治の誕生は、決して抗えない運命などではなく、日常の些細な選択の積み重ねでした。毎日の通勤時間や静かな夜の知的な思索に深く浸りたい時、歴史が...

フランス革命の崇高な理想はいかにして全ヨーロッパを巻き込む壮絶な戦争へと変貌したのか、栄光と没落の連鎖を解き明かす圧倒的スケールの歴史ノンフィクション。知的好奇心が刺激される毎日の通勤時間や、静かな...

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...

脆弱的民主政体如何在短短十几年间被合法掏空，最终在极权狂热中走向自我毁灭的深渊？这部极具震撼力的政治历史纪实，带你重返二十世纪最为动荡的十字路口。它拒绝将灾难视为历史的必然，而是如同手术刀般精准拆解...

当老牌军事帝国在远东的扩张野心与后发国家的绝地反击轰然相撞，二十世纪初的全球地缘政治版图被彻底重塑。无论你是想在两小时的通勤途中进行一次高密度的历史充电，还是渴望以客观冷峻的视角俯瞰近代大国博弈，这...

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...

麻薬貿易という経済の劇薬がいかにして巨大な帝国の土台を食い破り、世界史を揺るがす崩壊の連鎖を生み出したのか、避けられない没落のメカニズムを鮮烈に解き明かします。毎日の通勤時間や知的な探求を求める夜の...

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...