Histoire régionale, Histoire de pays

The city of Herat in western Afghanistan long sat at the edge of empires and served as a hub for trade and a conduit for armies. Yet it has been much more than simply a staging post or plaything of p …

When Adri receives a job offer from a multinational Design company, and travels to South Korea, she imagines that her life will change a lot. She just doesn t imagine how much. Her first week in the …

Synopsis Papagaio Verdadeiro is a heartwarming story about a unique parrot named Verdadeiro. Unlike any other parrot, Verdadeiro has the ability to speak the truth in any situation, no matter how dif …

Annemarie Schwarzenbach was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable women, possibly the greatest sexual and political radical of the 1930s. But until now she’s been largely ignored. Born to a …

In appoint this work naming Christopher Columbus as the hero of humanity, I do not mean to beatify or canonize him. He did not use fair methods at all, nor was he honest at all, nor did he act at all …

Forget everything you thought you knew about Henry the Eighth. While Henry VIII has frequently been portrayed as a womanizer, author Philippa Jones reveals a new side to his character. Although he wa …

Shangri-La, the mythological name associated with a mysterious land, Tibet, stands on the roof of the world where, once, serenity prevailed. One day, however, the tranquillity of the land was disrupt …

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit  www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Language of th …

This monograph examines the connection between progressivism and feminist movements in the Indian subcontinent, scrutinizing shifting portrayals of women in Fahmīdah Riyāẓ’s poetry at the time of her …

As the American Revolution drew to a close and the colonies claimed independence from Britain, the United States' gaze turned west to the vast expanse of land that was seemingly ripe for the tak …