During the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic and colorful book, Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East, from the Ottoman Empire and India to China and Japan.

"The boldly original, dramatic, intertwined story of three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men"--

In Munich, a Jewish scholar is assassinated- and covert operative and art restorer Gabriel Allon must get to the bottom of a plot that reveals the truth about the Catholic Church's response to the Holocaust. Now, as Allon follows a trail of secrets and unthinkable deeds, the lives of millions will be changed forever- and one man will become expendable...

"From award-winning author Steve Sheinkin, a true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust-one in hiding in Hungary, and the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape"--

If you're one of those folks who's had enough of the same old boring history books, you're in for a treat. You see, "The History of France: The 1700s and the Napoleon Era" isn't like those other dusty books that put you to sleep before you can finish the first chapter. This book's got something special – something that makes you want to keep turning the pages and find out what happens next. Picture this: France in the 1700s, with all its kings and...

Take an exciting tour through a thousand years of history in Samuel Harding's The Story of the Middle Ages! This book brings the bold knights, brave explorers, and majestic castles of the Middle Ages to life through captivating stories and vivid detail. Harding acts as the perfect guide to show you medieval life beyond just kings and battles. Learn what everyday people wore, ate, lived in, and did for fun in medieval times. Journey through market...

Praise for the first edition: "To give a sense of immediacy and vividness to the long period in such a short space is a major achievement." -History "Huppert's book is a little masterpiece every teacher should welcome." -Renaissance Quarterly A work of genuine social history, After the Black Death leads the reader into the real villages and cities of European society. For this second edition, George Huppert has added a new chapter on the incessant...

Viaje del Cuzco a Belén en el Gran Pará relata las peripecias de la vida de José Manuel Valdez y Palacios, quien huyó del Cuzco en 1843 tras unos disturbios. Su casa fue asaltada y saqueada y sus bienes confiscados durante una revuelta, por lo que tuvo que escapar hacia la frontera de Brasil. Atravesó las estribaciones de los Andes orientales y se internó en la jungla amazónica navegando en balsa. El viaje fue una evocación de sus lecturas...

El eco de los martillazos retumbó por toda Europa: Lutero había colgado sus 95 tesis en la puerta de la iglesia del castillo de Wittenberg. Ese sencillo gesto de Lutero, la divulgación de su protesta, fue el principio de la Reforma, el comienzo de la reinterpretación de la fe y la salvación. Esta vuelta a un pretendido cristianismo originario no solo se dejó sentir en el arte, la literatura o la ciencia de la época, sino que convulsionó los...

Richard III, the most notorious and most discussed of English kings, was also unusual among his contemporaries in regularly signing his books. This characteristic, among others, has enabled Anne Sutton and Livia Visser-Fuchs to reconstruct his library, and link it to the culture and reading habits of his generation. The books of Richard III are typical of what was available to and popular with the medieval reader - religion, chivalry, history, genealogy,...