More than 400 years of history unfold in the pages of this lavishly illustrated volume, which presents sixty-five full-color maps of America's oldest major city. This is Manhattan's first atlas of historical maps, gathered from private collections and libraries throughout the world. From Giovanni da Verrazzano's first glimpse of New York Harbor in the sixteenth century to a modern aerial survey of the island, these rare and beautiful maps recount the city's urban and social history....

A new translation of two seminal works of existentialismIt was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Jean-Paul Sartre, the most dominent European intellectual of the post-World War II decades, accepted an invitation to speak on October 29, 1945, at the Club Maintenant in Paris. The unstated objective of his lecture (“Existentialism Is a Humanism”) was to expound his philosophy as a form of “existentialism,” a term much bandied about at the time. S...

An international thriller about the search for Mary, the mother of Jesus, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Repairman Jack novels.During the Gulf War in 1991, an ancient scroll is found in southern Israel. Years later, scientists declare it a fake, but an American nun believes it will lead her to the resting place of the Virgin Mary.What she finds seems to possess miraculous healing powers that attract believers and skeptics from ac...

"Anyone who studies nationalism, genocide, mass violence, or war in these regions, from the Enlightenment through the mid-20th century, needs to read [this]."— Central European HistoryShatterzone of Empires is a comprehensive analysis of interethnic relations, coexistence, and violence in Europe's eastern borderlands over the past two centuries.In this vast territory, extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea, four major empires with ethn...

每一代歷史學家，都要重寫上一代歷史學家寫下的歷史。著名歷史學家柯文，治學中國歷史至今六十年出頭，對中國歷史和歷史本身的思考經歷了一系列演變。在他的研究生涯中長久縈繞於心的，並非關心西方人自以為富有價值、自然而然、符合常規的歷史，而是志於深入中國，像中國人自己親歷一樣，最大程度地審視和重新理解中國歷史。當初親身經歷的歷史，與後來重構的歷史迥然不同，書名《走過兩遍的路》正正象徵著這一關鍵的分別。----------------柯文的這本回憶錄，討論了20 世紀下半葉以來西方的中國歷史學者們反覆討論的核心問題：從以費正清為代表的「西方中心論」到強調從中國的角度研究中國史，到探討民間史觀和書寫歷史、故事和記憶之間的張力等全球性議題。這是一本深具啟發的好書。作為一名曾於19641965 年間在哈佛參加費正清研究生課程的外國人，第四章中作者與導師費正清之間終身真誠的友誼亦令我動容。—畢仰高（Lucien Bianco，法國社會科學高等研究院榮休教授）

As one of al-Qaeda’s most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden himself.As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda’s chemical weapons program, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to call him their spy with nine lives.This is the story of how a young Muslim, determined to defend his faith, found himself fighti...

Ethical Issues in Biotechnology is the first textbook of its kind, written collaboratively by a philosopher and a biologist to provide undergraduate students with a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the ethical and scientific fundamentals of biotechnology. Engaging the ethics and the science side by side, the text addresses pressing questions in agricultural, food, and animal biotechnology; human genetics; gene therapy; human cloning; and stem cell research.A gener...

Una lectura iluminadora e inusual de la obra de Sartre; un tributo a un referente étipo a cargo de su principal biógrafa.En 2005, y con ocasión del centenario del nacimiento de Sartre, Annie Cohen Solal se acercó nuevamente con este título a la obra del prolífico escritor-filósofo, una obra proteica, inacabada y extensa que, tras su muerte, no ha dejado de enriquecerse gracias a la publicación de textos perdidos.Cohen-Solal muestra al autor y su pensamiento...

Exploring a new approach to interfaith/interreligious communication, the contributors to this collection seek to interact from the perspective of their own tradition or academic discipline with Ernest Becker's theory on the relationship between religion, culture, and the human awareness of death and mortality. While much interfaith/interreligious dialogue focuses on beliefs and practices, thus delineating areas of disagreement as a starting point, these chapters foster interactive communic...

Since Ronald Reagan left office in 1989, the global community has witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union and the integration of Europe, the War on Terror and the Arab Spring, a hot Chinese economy and a major international recession. Reagan’s Legacy in a World Transformed brings together scholars from diverse disciplines and persuasions to assess the fortieth president’s policies and their ongoing impact today, and to offer a timely retrospective on his complex legacy....

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

A reissue of a truly classic title on the Batsford backlist. First published in 1935, it is a wonderful snapshot of our capital before the Second World War, and a charming insight into our attitudes to urban life back in the Thirties. Our posh guide Cohen-Portheim offers us his interpretation of life in London through her people, her buildings and her history.The chapters include:Towns withinTown Streets and their LifeGreen LondonLondon and the Arts