In The World from 1450 to 1700, historian John Wills takes a fresh look at one of the most fascinating and tumultuous periods in world history. Assuming a global perspective, rather than the traditional Eurocentric view, Wills traces the interwoven changes that led from the world of Columbus, Luther, and the Mughal emperor Babur to the world of Locke, Louis XIV, and the Kangxi emperor. The book's multi-centered approach explores historical events not in isolation but rather in a dynamic ...

In The World from 1450 to 1700, historian John Wills takes a fresh look at one of the most fascinating and tumultuous periods in world history. Assuming a global perspective, rather than the traditional Eurocentric view, Wills traces the interwoven changes that led from the world of Columbus, Luther, and the Mughal emperor Babur to the world of Locke, Louis XIV, and the Kangxi emperor. The book's multi-centered approach explores historical events not in isolation but rather in a d...

"A totally absorbing book…imaginative and erudite, full of startling juxtapositions and flashes of real perception." —Jonathan D. SpenceJohn E. Wills's masterful history ushers us into the worlds of 1688, from the suicidal exaltation of Russian Old Believers to the ravishing voice of the haiku poet Basho. Witness the splendor of the Chinese imperial court as the Kangxi emperor publicly mourns the death of his grandmother and shrewdly consolidates his power. Join th...

Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the fascinating history of its seaways. The East Asian maritime realm, from the Straits of Malacca to the Sea of Japan, has been a core region of international trade for millennia, but during the long seventeenth century (1550 to 1700), the velocity and scale of commerce increased dramatically. Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese smugglers and pirates forged autonomous networks and maritime po...

China and Maritime Europe, 1500–1800 looks at early modern China in some of its most complicated and intriguing relations with a world of increasing global interconnection. New World silver, Chinese tea, Jesuit astronomers at the Chinese court, and merchants and marauders of all kinds play important roles here. Although pieces of these stories have been told before, these chapters provide the fullest and clearest available summaries, based on sources in Chinese and in European languages, m...

In recent times, the Asia-Pacific region has far surpassed Europe in terms of reciprocal trade with the United States, and since the 1980s immigrants from Asia entering the United States have exceeded their counterparts from Europe, reversing a longstanding historical trend and making Asian Americans the country’s fastest growing racial group. What does transpacific history look like if the arc of the story is extended to the present?The essays in this volume offer answers to this ...

A Prayer You’ve Spoken… Now Becomes the Life You Live.The Lord’s Prayer is one of the most familiar passages in all of Scripture—recited in worship services, remembered in hardship, and whispered in moments when words are hard to find. But hidden inside its simplicity is a pathway to transformation: a steady rhythm that reshapes the heart, renews the mind, and realigns everyday life with God’s presence and purpose.In Thy Will Be Done, John A. Mosie...

Discover God’s will for your life with this practical Bible based guide by trusted pastor and bestselling author John MacArthur.Found: God’s Will explores a question vital to every believer: How can I discover God’s plan for my life? Packaged in an easy-to-read format, this guide shares six powerful principles that will give you direction, fill you with purpose, and give you the confidence to live out His plan for you.An updated edition of a modern...

Does God have a path for me? How do I make the right choices in life? Why is it so difficult to uncover God's will?Trusted pastor and teacher John MacArthur answers these vital questions and more. Found: God's Will shares six powerful principles that will give you direction, fill you with purpose, and give you the confidence to live out His plan for you.

Travel with TIME/LIFE News Reporter Will Lang Jr. as he witnesses and records the events of World War II, The McCarthy Era, and the Kennedy Administration. Meet Wills friends, Bill Mauldin, Ernie Pyle, and Robert Capa. Watch as Will Jr. learns from Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck. Feel Wills frustration as he toils to unravel the secrets of the Warren Commission. Filled with pictures from Wills professional and private lives.

From the author of Conclave and All the Pope’s Men comes the story of Pope John Paul II’s last days, the behind-the-scenes dynamics within the College of Cardinals that led to the choice of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI.On April 18, 2005, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church gathered to elect a successor to Pope John Paul II. Faced with several potential candidates, the cardinals made a bold choice, entrusting the Keys of the Kingdom to 78...

This book was inspired by the Holy Spirit through the internal voice since 1981 when I was commissioned to heal the sick and evangelize the true teaching of the Almighty Father in heaven. The Holy Spirit of God taught me the truth of the Word of God for the unification of all people on this earth. Now that we are facing the end times, everybody is given a chance to listen to the true lesson for us to understand God clearly for our salvation, to believe that Jesus is the Word (WordJesuss na...