Literature: history & criticism books

为什么有些国家能够快速崛起，而有些国家长期停滞？答案往往隐藏在最基础却最被忽视的制度之中--土地制度。 《美国土地制度发展历程与未来》系统梳理了从欧洲中世纪封建土地制度到现代国家土地制度的演变，并重点分析美国土地制度如何影响国家扩张、工业化发展、财政体系以及社会结构。本书通过大量历史案例与制度分析，揭示土地制度如何塑造国家财富结构、推动经济增长，并影响社会稳定与社区发展。...  Read More >>

Hidden beneath the legends of Ireland lies a forgotten presence-older than the gods themselves. Danu, the mysterious...  Read More >>

Hidden beneath the legends of Ireland lies a forgotten presence-older than the gods themselves. Danu, the mysterious...  Read More >>

In the mythic age before the rise of mortal kings, Ireland was said to be ruled by a radiant race of divine beings...  Read More >>

Perhaps no other story format has garnered as much confused consternation in the Christian community as Fanfiction....  Read More >>

Des offers up his 3rd book full of bona fide observations. Des Lane still lives in the West Midlands and still cleans...  Read More >>

She of the Sky is a lyrical collection of poems by Sankar Narayan Mallick woven with fine threads of sensitivity-moments...  Read More >>

Every human being carries within an inner consciousness - a self untouched by social norms, expectations, or imposed...  Read More >>

In the mythic age before the rise of mortal kings, Ireland was said to be ruled by a radiant race of divine beings...  Read More >>

El Juego de los Detectives IV: Intrigas para resolver en grupo o en solitario ¿Crees que puedes resolver el misterio...  Read More >>

What does it truly take to become a private detective? Private investigation does not belong to the world of improvisation...  Read More >>

一首杰作的形式只接受自身的思维与表达需要的规范，就是自律。诗与散文的语言风格也有重大的不同，散文的语言美就是辞藻美，而诗的语言美必须摒弃一切美丽的辞藻，只用独创性的思维与表达形式赋予最普通（但极纯净）的日常词语前所未有的美。诗歌之美就是形式美，非此就不成其为诗；而散文却不必也不可能如此依赖形式美。从这个意义上说，根本没有也永远不会有缺乏形式规范的""自由诗""。所谓""自由诗""，是指它不再接受任何先验地存在于这首诗诞生之前的格律形式的约束，它仅仅无条件地......  Read More >>

人类绕不开的重要时代，是箭垛式时代。历史绕不开的重要人物，是箭垛式人物。思想绕不开的重要名相，是箭垛式名相。 箭垛式时代，中国有周、秦、汉、唐、明、清，欧洲有希腊时代、罗马时代、中世纪、文艺复兴、宗教改革、启蒙运动。全人类共有一个最大的箭垛式时代，即公元前八世纪到公元前二世纪的轴心时代。...  Read More >>

《数风流人物》所收21篇人物论，写于1991年至2016年。中国人物论12篇，评论芈八子、李白、鲁迅、顾准、钱锺书、资耀华、吴清源、邱岳峰、王小波、姜文、胡兰成、刘小枫等。外国人物论9篇，评论西洋美术家、西洋神话家、西洋寓言家、西洋宗教家、西洋戏剧家、苏格拉底、尼采、叶芝、卡尔维诺等。9篇选自文集《永远的风花雪月，永远的附庸风雅》，6篇选自文集《告别五千年》，3篇选自文集《文化的迷宫》。芈八子、吴清源、胡兰成3篇，是未曾入集的集外文。...  Read More >>

人们常常喜欢把文明和历史，比拟为人的生命历程，比如""希腊是人 类的童年""，""中华文明过于早熟""等。这种把历史有机化的东方式隐喻， 现在已经没什么市场。原因或许是""太人性""（尼采）了，太文学化了，太 不科学了。不过依我看来，至少在长时段的历史判断上，科学没什么用，...  Read More >>

一位外国作家说，对于有写作天赋的人来说，整天读书是懒惰的表现，因为如果你所读之书的作者也如此懒惰，你就不可能有阅读的幸福。持这种看法的先生，一定以写作为毫无乐趣的劳作，其作品恐怕也不会美不胜收。持这种看法的先生，或许还以阅读为不动脑筋的享受，其阅读大概也不会有滋有味。不过我不想抬杠，愿意惭愧地承认，我已经懒惰了二十多年，并且发现这种懒惰，确实是人生的一大幸福。...  Read More >>

The first independent book publication of "" the essay that changed American poetry"" is reintroduced with new perspectives...  Read More >>

Translating the World by internationally acclaimed Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez is a thought-provoking...  Read More >>

**Uncover the Shocking Truth Behind Canada's Scientific Scandal in *The Hate Science: The Rise of Canadian Fraud***...  Read More >>

These poems, or verse-essays, are devoted to the work of William Empson (1906-84), author of the classic Seven Types...  Read More >>

Pecadores nas Mãos de um Deus Irado Pregado em 1741, durante o período do Grande Despertamento, este sermão de...  Read More >>

Steeped in the knowledge of his time and characterised by a provocative disdain for science and apparent anti-humanism,...  Read More >>

King John faces threats from France and internal disputes, navigating power struggles and legitimacy in medieval...  Read More >>

A tragic love unfolds amidst the Trojan War as Troilus and Cressida navigate fate, loyalty, and heartbreak.  Read More >>

Falstaff's romantic misadventures and Anne Page's love story intertwine in Shakespeare's witty comedy, where clever...  Read More >>