In this novel perspective on a much-maligned figure, Michal Biran explains the monumental impact Chinggis Khan has had upon the Islamic World, both positive and negative.
This book is urgent, essential, accessible and it needs to be on every art history reading list' BERNARDINE EVARISTO Thorough, accessible, essential KATY HESSEL Bold, eloquent, personal and clear-eyed, Akinkugbe is a major new voice in writing about art' DAN HICKS'A gift of knowledge and an ode to those whose creative expressions give us much to be inspired by today' SOFIA AKELSince the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.
Paying attention to the livelihood of the common people, including issues of irrigation, forced labor, the duties and behavior of officials, people's food, clothing, and housing, delving into the daily life of society from a historical perspective, and investigating the details of the changes that occurred in the social system from a historical perspective with the utmost precision, is something rare among the generation of historian Lu Si Mian, and this is what this book achieves.
The Dark Legacy of Bhangarh Fort"e; is a haunting and immersive horror novel that plunges readers into the eerie and enigmatic world of one of India's most infamous haunted locations—the ancient ruins of Bhangarh Fort.
A compelling new reading of The Tragedy of King Lear that finds parallels in twentieth-century Chinese historyAt the start of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, King Lear promises to divide his kingdom based on his daughters' professions of love, but portions it out before hearing all of their answers.
Der japanische Klassiker nun reich bebildert mit Reproduktionen ausgewählter Farbholzschnitte von Utagawa KuniyoshiEinen faszinierenden Blick in die Welt der Samurai bietet dieser vielleicht einflussreichste japanische Text von Jōchō Yamamoto (1659–1719).
