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The definitive account of the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946 8 and the impact the settlement has had on post war China and Japan and on the wider the world right up to the present day

A feast for beer geeks and history buffs alike In the Land of Ninkasi tells the story of the world s first great beer culture In this authoritative but light hearted account of beers gone by archaeologist Tate Paulette brings the famous land between the rivers back to life in vivid detail We meet not only the beers of ancient Mesopotamia but also the people who brewed them and drank them the places where these people lived and worked the taverns and temples and tombs where they did their drinking the stories they told about beer their preferred styles of drinking their brewing equipment and drinking paraphernalia the gods and goddesses who governed their lives and who were also partial to a drink Rigorous in its scholarship yet staunchly unpretentious in style this beer centered travel guide for a trip back in time offers a clear roadmap into the ancient source material for those who are new to Mesopotamia Paulette weaves together insights drawn from archaeological remains ancient works of art and cuneiform texts He uses a series of narrative vignettes and thought experiments to interrogate specific pieces of evidence and pull the reader step by step into the process of analysis and interpretation explaining exactly what we know and how we know i

Diary of a Crisis explores the past tumultuous and traumatic year in Israel Palestine The eminent historian Saul Friedlander began a diary of Israeli politics in January 2023 as the country was convulsed by protests against Netanyahu s attempt to overhaul the judiciary Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against this threat to democracy But the protests said nothing about the Palestinian question the elephant in the room according to Friedlander who resumed his diary after Hamas s 7 October assault on southern Israel Israel was facing one of the worst crises in its history he observes under the worst possible internal conditions Friedlander weaves together profound reflections on a national history in which he has been an active participant He describes how Prime Minister Golda Meir once flatly declared to him There is no Palestinian people For Friedlander on the other hand the fight for democracy is inseparable from equality of treatment for Arab and Jewish citizens and an end to Israeli domination over Palestinians in the Occupied Territories He argues that despite the continuing bloodshed a two state solution remains the only long term answer to this most intractable of conflicts

La imagen que Occidente tiene sobre China se ha transformado desde los primeros contactos entre ambas civilizaciones. El gran continente del Kan explica cómo ha evolucionado esa visión a lo largo de los ultimos siete siglos, desde la descripcion que Marco Polo hace del gran Kubilai Kan en el siglo XIII hasta las definitivas aportaciones de tres escritores de esta centuria: Kafka, Borges y Calvino. Se trata, por tanto, de una obra que pasea al lector por la literatura culta de viajes de una forma diferente. Encuadernacion: Rustica.

Esta Historia universal SIGLO XXI, preparada y editada inicialmente por Fischer Verlag (Alemania), sigue un nuevo concepto: exponer la totalidad de los acontecimientos del mundo, dar todo su valor a la historia de los paises y pueblos de Asia, Africa y America. Resalta la cultura y la economia como fuerzas que condicionan la historia. Saca a la luz el despertar de la humanidad a su propia concienc