Whoever best acquits himself, and tells The most amusing and instructive tale, Shall have a dinner, paid for by us all...' In Chaucer's most ambitious poem, The Canterbury Tales (c. 1387), a group of ... 続きを読む

Human rights are invoked on many occasions. But are they more than lofty values and abstract principles? In providing a concise but comprehensive overview of international human rights protection at t ... 続きを読む

経済格差はますます広がっています。本書は経済成長、文化、テクノロジー、所得分布の相互関係を見ていき、この格差を生む主な要因を探っていきます。新説の分析も交えながら、今日の不公平な世の中を創り出した歴史的経緯を探り、世界の富というものを見ていきます。    Takes a global look at the wealth and economic history of ... 続きを読む

Far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints, this entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. First publis ... 続きを読む

This full-length life of John Henry Newman is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the thinker and writer. It draws extensively on material from Newman's letters and papers. Newman's ... 続きを読む

Clennam rose softly, opened and closed the door without a sound, and passed from the prison, carrying the quiet with him into the turbulent streets.' Introspective and dreamy, Arthur Clennam return ... 続きを読む

Sam Cherribi is a Moroccan Muslim who became a naturalized Dutch citizen and member of the Dutch Parliament. In this book he draws on his personal experiences with European politics and media, extensi ... 続きを読む

トルコ共和国は、近年EUに加盟したどの国よりも大きな経済規模を誇る国です。イスタンブールだけでハンガリーやチェコよりも大きな経済規模を持ち、世界の石油やガスの多くを運ぶパイプラインを有しています。文化的にも、また歴史・地理的にも、トルコはイスラムと西欧民主主義、欧州と中東を結ぶ懸け橋の役割を担う、戦略的な位置にあります。 本書は、20年にわたりトルコに滞在し、エコノミスト誌やタイム誌など多くの有 ... 続きを読む

Intermediate Environmental Economics has established itself as one of the field's most authoritative texts, as well as one of the more challenging. It distinguishes itself from other books by pre ... 続きを読む

Features twenty essays, all by leading researchers in the field, that provide the reader with a multifaceted single-volume account of Japanese cinema Engages in debates about what Japanese cinema ... 続きを読む