One of Literary Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025 The author of The Island at the Center of the W... more

This new edition and original translation of a tract by Dutch settler and lawyer van der Donck makes... more

, passing between kings, philosophers, poets, and painters. But as Russell Shorto shows in this deeply engaging book, Descartes...... more

In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which...... more

這是一個非同尋常的歐洲故事，卻也是關於美利堅起源的故事。 故事的中心是一座島——荷屬曼哈頓，它是美國海濱地區早的歐洲殖民地之一。故事講述了獨裁總督彼得.施托伊弗桑特與自由鬥士範.德.鄧克的衝突糾葛，捕... more

of the mob in small-town America. Best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative...... more

Best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never thought to write about...... more

Best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never thought to write about...... more

At a time when America s founding principles are being debated as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in...... more

Sometimes called the Ibiza of Portugal, Comporta, with its relaxed pace and artistic community, is t... more

, the book also contributes to our understanding of competing models of manhood in British India. SYLVIA SHORTO, an...... more

Russell Shorto s work has been praised as first-rate intellectual history (Wall Street Journal), literary alchemy...... more

corporation. In this effortlessly erudite account, Russell Shorto traces the idiosyncratic evolution of Amsterdam, showing how...... more

The 2009 quadricentennial celebrations commemorating the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Huds... more

The 2009 quadricentennial celebrations commemorating the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Huds... more

Nearly 40 years ago, a New York State Library archivist discovered 12,000 pages of extraordinary rec... more

從與海爭地的貧瘠漁村，到全球商貿與金融大城 從反抗西班牙的獨立戰爭、燦爛的「黃金年代」，到德軍入侵的二次大戰 阿姆斯特丹的崛起和強盛、失落與再起，都和自由主義息息相關 阿姆斯特丹的百年城市史，正是自由... more

阿姆斯特丹，一座同時融合瘋狂激進與傳統沉著的古老城市， 它接納各種膚色、性向、包容各種思想、信仰。 然而，這座城市如何成為歐洲、甚至是世界歷史上獨一無二的「自由之都」? 本書談一座城市，同時也談「... more

聖徒與瘋子只是一線之隔嗎? 透過本書，你會知道兩者間的關係。作者敢於提出別人不敢問的問題，並且獲得了絕妙的答案。藉由一個又一個迷人的個案，以及一群精神科醫生、心理學家、神職人員的生命經歷，作者以真誠，... more