Comprising the classic bestsellers Getting Even, Without Feathers , and Side Effects , this definitive collection of comic writings is from a man who needs no Introduction. Really–this book has no Introduction. The Insanity Defense reveals many sides of Woody Allen as he holds forth on the most human of urges (“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only for food: ...(展开全部)

The Paris Commune lasted for only 64 days in 1871, but during that short time it gave rise to some of the grandest political dreams of the nineteenth century—before culminating in horrific violence. Following the disastrous French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, hungry and politically disenchanted Parisians took up arms against their government in the name of a more just soc...(展开全部)

‘A superb account of the 1860 Damascus massacres―much neglected nowadays but central to the creation of the modern Middle East’ - Simon Sebag Montefiore ‘A stunning portrait of the Ottoman Empire and of Damascus during a time of crisis. Absolutely riveting’ - Peter Frankopan This remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East: the feroc...(展开全部)

This remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East: the ferocious outbreaks of disorder across the Levant in 1860 which resulted in the massacre of thousands of Christians in Damascus. Eugene Rogan brilliantly recreates the lost world of the Middle East under Ottoman rule. The once mighty Empire was under pressure from global economic ...(展开全部)

An award-winning scholar's account of an ancient city's descent into unprecedented communal violence--an event that would mark the end of the old Ottoman order and the beginning of the modern Middle East On July 9, 1860, a violent mob swept through the Christian quarters of Damascus. For eight days, violence raged, leaving five thousand Christians dead, thousands of shops loote...(展开全部)

This remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East: the ferocious outbreaks of disorder across the Levant in 1860 which resulted in the massacre of thousands of Christians in Damascus. Eugene Rogan brilliantly recreates the lost world of the Middle East under Ottoman rule. The once mighty Empire was under pressure from global economic ...(展开全部)

An award-winning scholar's account of an ancient city's descent into unprecedented communal violence--an event that would mark the end of the old Ottoman order and the beginning of the modern Middle East On July 9, 1860, a violent mob swept through the Christian quarters of Damascus. For eight days, violence raged, leaving five thousand Christians dead, thousands of shops loote...(展开全部)

‘A superb account of the 1860 Damascus massacres―much neglected nowadays but central to the creation of the modern Middle East’ - Simon Sebag Montefiore ‘A stunning portrait of the Ottoman Empire and of Damascus during a time of crisis. Absolutely riveting’ - Peter Frankopan This remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East: the feroc...(展开全部)

阿莱特•茹阿纳，蒙彼利埃三大荣誉教授，长期从事法国十六世纪史研究，在法国贵族、宗教战争、十六世纪法国政治史研究方面成绩斐然。主要著作包括：《反抗的责任》（1989）、《宗教战争历史与词典》（合著，1998）、《文艺复兴时期的法国》（合著，2001）、《圣巴托罗缪大屠杀》（2007）、《十六世纪的法国（1483-1598）》（2012年第五版）、《绝对权力》（2013）。

This was Michel Foucault's first major book, written while he was the Director of the Maison de France in Sweden. It examines ideas, practices, institutions, art and literature relating to madness in Western history. Foucault begins his history in the Middle Ages, noting the social and physical exclusion of lepers. He argues that with the gradual disappearance of leprosy, madne...(展开全部)