History - Civilization

Political disintegration is a persistent feature of world history. The Collapse of Complex Societies, though written by an archaeologist, will therefore strike a chord throughout the social sciences. Any explanation of societal collapse carries lessons not just for the study of ancient societies, but...

In Jared Diamond's follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization Environmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices...

For decades, this book has been recognized as the finest book ever written by a Catholic on the subject of communism. Dedicated to Our Lady in prayerful hope for the conversion of Russia, this is one of Fulton Sheen's most forgotten yet most important...

Conferenze tenute a Firenze nel 1896 - La vita italiana durante la Rivoluzione francese e l'Impero Quella che si suole chiamare Rivoluzione dell'89, non fu che una grande rivolta e un grande delitto politico che serv ad aumentare una triste serie di comuni delitti;...

This book is the culmination of 15 years of research and travels that have taken the author completely around the world twice, as well as on other travels in the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and around the Pacific rim. Its purpose has been to try...

Literary critic Ryan Ruby uncovers the secret history of poetry in a mock-academic verse essay filled with wit and wisdom. One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2024 Prophet. Entertainer. Courtier. Criminal. Revolutionary. Critic. Scholar. Nobody. Epic in sweep, Context Collapse is the secret...

Culture & EthnologyThis booklet is an attempt at popularization. The first four chapters are practically identical with as many lectures, delivered in 1917 as the January course offered by the Department of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History. The purpose of the...

What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"--the meaning and purpose of our existence, as expressed in art, architecture,...

Cultures of the Medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem is a revelatory portrait of the Frankish Levant at the time of the Crusades. Following victory in the First Crusade in 1099, the newcomers from Europe, or Franks, ruled a Christian kingdom in Jerusalem, then Acre, until...

De Geest van ChinaToen ik het merkwaardige werk van Okakura-Yoshisaburo gelezen had De Geest van Japan1 kwam het denkbeeld in mij op, een boek te schrijven: De Geest van China. Hierbij kwamen de woorden mij in de gedachte uit een aan mij gerichten brief...

Deutsche Freiheit: Ein Weckruf[5] ber die deutsche Freiheit zu reden, das kann in diesen Tagen gewagt, ja vermessen dnken, wo Deutschland schwer gelhmt, von bermchtigen Gegnern unterdrckt und in seiner Kraft durch inneren Zwist gebrochen darniederliegt; es wre ein solches Unternehmen in Wahrheit tricht,...

Deutsches Leben der Gegenwart Deutsche Dichtung der Gegenwart, von Prof. Dr. Philipp Witkop; Deutsche Musik der Gegenwart, von Paul Bekker; Deutsche Philosophie der Gegenwart, von Prof. Dr. Max Scheler; Relativittstheorie, von Prof. Dr. A. Sommerfeld; Deutsche Wirtschaftsprobleme der Gegenwart, von Prof. Dr. Goetz Briefs...

Deutschlands Beruf in der Gegenwart und ZukunftDer Verfasser hlt es fr unnthig, die Tendenz dieser Schrift im Voraus zu bezeichnen, weil er hofft, sie werde sich dem Leser von selbst ergeben. Wohl aber glaubt er, ber die Art ihrer Entstehung und den Wirkungskreis, den...

Die Anfänge der Naturbeherrschung. 1. Frühformen der MechanikDie Gesellschaft Kosmos bezweckt, die Kenntnis der Naturwissenschaften und damit die Freude an der Natur und das Verstndnis ihrer Erscheinungen in den weitesten Kreisen unseres Volkes zu verbreiten. Dieses Ziel sucht die Gesellschaft durch Verbreitung guter naturwissenschaftlicher...

Die weltgeschichtliche Bedeutung des deutschen GeistesWir alle wissen, da wir uns heute in einem Riesenkampf um unsere Existenz befinden, und wir wissen auch, da dabei sehr unwrdige Mittel seitens unserer Feinde angewandt werden. Eins dieser unwrdigen Mittel ist die Herabsetzung des deutschen Wesens, die...

LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER INDIE BESTSELLER New York Times's 10 Books our Readers Are Most Excited About New York Times's 21 Nonfiction Books Coming This Summer Boston Globe's Best Books of Summer 2025 A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book From "one of America's...

Finalist for the 2026 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER INDIE BESTSELLER The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 From "one of America's smartest and most charming writers" (NPR), an archaeological romp through the entire history of humankind--and through all...

Donne, salotti e costumi - La vita italiana durante la Rivoluzione francese e l'Impero Una sera del maggio 1810, Alfonso di Lamartine, appena diciannovenne, in una diligenza sconquassata e seduto accanto al cocchiere, entrava per la porta San Gallo in Firenze. Poco innanzi, sua...

An "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization--and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of Exercised).While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered...

Americans spend, on average, 90 percent of their lives indoors, with two-thirds of that time spent in their homes. Globally, the construction and maintenance of residential buildings account for a staggering portion of carbon emissions. In this timely and fascinating work, architect and urban-planning...