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The Ruin of All Witches

Life and Death in the New World

de Malcolm Gaskill ...

**A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology.“The best and most enjoyable kind of history writing. Malcolm Gaskill goes to meet the past on its own terms and in its own place…Thought-provoking and absorbing." —Hilary Mantel, best-selling author of Wolf Hall**In ... Leer más

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**A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology.“The best and most enjoyable kind of history writing. Malcolm Gaskill goes to meet the past on its own terms and in its own place…Thought-provoking and absorbing." —Hilary Mantel, best-selling author of Wolf Hall**In
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女巫末日：新世界的生死審判

The Ruin of all Witches: Life and Death in the New World

de 莫爾肯．蓋斯吉爾, Malcolm Gaskill ...

Traducido por 劉曉米 ...

「去死吧！去死吧！去死吧！」……曾經，那是一個恐巫的時代《泰晤士報》年度最佳歷史書英國亞馬遜橫跨多項圖書類別暢銷榜No.1十七世紀，美洲「新英格蘭女巫」成為人們最大的恐懼導致日後發生著名的塞勒姆審巫案巫術歷史專家莫爾肯．蓋斯吉爾透過春田獵巫事件結合歷史、宗教、社會多項因素，剖析恐巫心理自何而來一六五○年代前後，被世人稱為新世界的美洲，湧入大量來自英國的移民。這些移民者多為信仰新教的虔誠清教徒，宗教改革正如火如荼地在英國引起動盪，新世界的移民，也深受影響，各種不同教派教義彼此傾軋，教徒們就怕一不留神，即淪為惡魔的僕人。一六五一年，由於美洲新英格蘭地區氣候惡劣、天災蟲害不斷，使得這些移民者苦不堪言，然而就在此時，來自舊大陸「英格蘭女巫」的傳言雀起，春田鎮也發生了一連串怪事，珍貴食材變質，牲畜生病，財產不翼而飛，許多兒童生病，甚至死亡，人們被奇怪的異象和夢境困擾，逐漸地 ... Leer más

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「去死吧！去死吧！去死吧！」……曾經，那是一個恐巫的時代《泰晤士報》年度最佳歷史書英國亞馬遜橫跨多項圖書類別暢銷榜No.1十七世紀，美洲「新英格蘭女巫」成為人們最大的恐懼導致日後發生著名的塞勒姆審巫案巫術歷史專家莫爾肯．蓋斯吉爾透過春田獵巫事件結合歷史、宗教、社會多項因素，剖析恐巫心理自何而來一六五○年代前後，被世人稱為新世界的美洲，湧入大量來自英國的移民。這些移民者多為信仰新教的虔誠清教徒，宗教改革正如火如荼地在英國引起動盪，新世界的移民，也深受影響，各種不同教派教義彼此傾軋，教徒們就怕一不留神，即淪為惡魔的僕人。一六五一年，由於美洲新英格蘭地區氣候惡劣、天災蟲害不斷，使得這些移民者苦不堪言，然而就在此時，來自舊大陸「英格蘭女巫」的傳言雀起，春田鎮也發生了一連串怪事，珍貴食材變質，牲畜生病，財產不翼而飛，許多兒童生病，甚至死亡，人們被奇怪的異象和夢境困擾，逐漸地
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Worlds of Fear and Wonder

Living with the Supernatural, Past and Present

de Malcolm Gaskill ...

Haunting stories of our enduring emotional ties to the supernatural, from medieval ghosts and early modern witches to twentieth-century mediums and contemporary horror.The supernatural has ever been a part of human existence. Medieval Christians saw miracles in the lives of saints and put faith in savants who spoke with the dead. For later Catholics and Protestants, the spiritual realm remained ... Leer más

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Haunting stories of our enduring emotional ties to the supernatural, from medieval ghosts and early modern witches to twentieth-century mediums and contemporary horror.The supernatural has ever been a part of human existence. Medieval Christians saw miracles in the lives of saints and put faith in savants who spoke with the dead. For later Catholics and Protestants, the spiritual realm remained
... Leer más
Witchfinders

A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy

de Malcolm Gaskill ...

By spring 1645, two years of civil war had exacted a dreadful toll upon England. People lived in terror as disease and poverty spread, and the nation grew ever more politically divided. In a remote corner of Essex, two obscure gentlemen, Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne, exploited the anxiety and lawlessness of the time and initiated a brutal campaign to drive out the presumed evil in their midst. ... Leer más

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By spring 1645, two years of civil war had exacted a dreadful toll upon England. People lived in terror as disease and poverty spread, and the nation grew ever more politically divided. In a remote corner of Essex, two obscure gentlemen, Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne, exploited the anxiety and lawlessness of the time and initiated a brutal campaign to drive out the presumed evil in their midst.
... Leer más
Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction

A Very Short Introduction

de Malcolm Gaskill ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they? From childhood most of us develop a sense of the mysterious, malign person, usually an old woman. Historically, too, we recognize witch-hunting as a feature of pre-modern societies. But why do witches still feature so heavily in our cultures and consciousness? From Halloween to superstitions, and ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they? From childhood most of us develop a sense of the mysterious, malign person, usually an old woman. Historically, too, we recognize witch-hunting as a feature of pre-modern societies. But why do witches still feature so heavily in our cultures and consciousness? From Halloween to superstitions, and
... Leer más
Between Two Worlds

How the English Became Americans

de Malcolm Gaskill ...

In the 1600s, over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future. Whether they settled in Jamestown, Salem, or Barbados, these migrants -- entrepreneurs, soldiers, and pilgrims alike -- faced one incontrovertible truth: England was a very, very long way away.In Between Two Worlds, celebrated historian Malcolm Gaskill ... Leer más

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In the 1600s, over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future. Whether they settled in Jamestown, Salem, or Barbados, these migrants -- entrepreneurs, soldiers, and pilgrims alike -- faced one incontrovertible truth: England was a very, very long way away.In Between Two Worlds, celebrated historian Malcolm Gaskill
... Leer más

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The Ruin of All Witches

Life and Death in the New World

de Malcolm Gaskill ...

Narrado por Kristin Atherton ...

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11 hora 4 minutos

**A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology.“The best and most enjoyable kind of history writing. Malcolm Gaskill goes to meet the past on its own terms and in its own place…Thought-provoking and absorbing." —Hilary Mantel, best-selling author of Wolf Hall**In ... Leer más

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**A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology.“The best and most enjoyable kind of history writing. Malcolm Gaskill goes to meet the past on its own terms and in its own place…Thought-provoking and absorbing." —Hilary Mantel, best-selling author of Wolf Hall**In
... Leer más

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Between Two Worlds

How the English Became Americans

de Malcolm Gaskill ...

Narrado por Gildart Jackson ...

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20 hora 35 minutos

Over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America in the seventeenth century, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future on distant shores. Whether they settled in Jamestown, Salem, or Barbados, these early English migrants—entrepreneurs, soldiers, and pilgrims alike—sought to re-create their old country in the new land.Yet as Malcolm Gaskill reveals in Between ... Leer más

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Over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America in the seventeenth century, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future on distant shores. Whether they settled in Jamestown, Salem, or Barbados, these early English migrants—entrepreneurs, soldiers, and pilgrims alike—sought to re-create their old country in the new land.Yet as Malcolm Gaskill reveals in Between
... Leer más

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Worlds of Fear and Wonder

Living with the Supernatural, Past and Present

de Malcolm Gaskill ...

Narrado por Nick Holbeck ...

Completo

8 hora 18 minutos

The supernatural has ever been a part of human existence. Medieval Christians saw miracles in the lives of saints and put faith in savants who spoke with the dead. For later Catholics and Protestants, the spiritual realm remained charged with divine and diabolic forces, but so was the mundane, where witches and conjurers, rotten harvests, and sweeping sicknesses lurked. During the First World War, ... Leer más

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The supernatural has ever been a part of human existence. Medieval Christians saw miracles in the lives of saints and put faith in savants who spoke with the dead. For later Catholics and Protestants, the spiritual realm remained charged with divine and diabolic forces, but so was the mundane, where witches and conjurers, rotten harvests, and sweeping sicknesses lurked. During the First World War,
... Leer más

非法公司：來自非洲的祕密移民如何在歐非各國形成一門好生意

Illegality, Inc.: Clandestine Migration and the Business of Bordering Europe

de 魯本．安德森, Ruben Andersson ...

Traducido por 閻紀宇 ...

Series Libro 26 - 春山之巔
一本縱橫在歐非邊界捕捉非法移民產業如何運作，如何將祕密移民變成一門好生意的民族誌阿潑（媒體工作者，《憂鬱的邊界》作者）◎專文推薦不斷移動追尋的人如今是移民。這些家庭原本靠一小塊土地維生，四十畝地生於斯長於斯，土地裡的收成決定他們能吃飽還是得挨餓。如今他們在西方世界的後院漫遊，四處奔走，尋找工作；海上有一船又一船的人，邊界壕溝有一排又一排的人。在他們身後，還有更多人即將來到。沙漠與邊地充斥著移動的人們……移動改變了他們：公路路旁的營地對饑餓的恐懼與饑餓本身改變了他們；沒有晚餐的兒童改變了他們；無止境的移動改變了他們。他們是移民。敵意改變了他們，融鑄了他們，聯結了他們──敵意讓富國集結起來，耀武揚威，擺出驅逐侵略者的架勢。巡邏艇上的邊界警衛與配備步槍的非洲警察捍衛這個世界，防備自己的同胞。──本書作者根據史坦貝克（John Steinbeck）《憤怒的葡萄》（The Grapes of ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

一本縱橫在歐非邊界捕捉非法移民產業如何運作，如何將祕密移民變成一門好生意的民族誌阿潑（媒體工作者，《憂鬱的邊界》作者）◎專文推薦不斷移動追尋的人如今是移民。這些家庭原本靠一小塊土地維生，四十畝地生於斯長於斯，土地裡的收成決定他們能吃飽還是得挨餓。如今他們在西方世界的後院漫遊，四處奔走，尋找工作；海上有一船又一船的人，邊界壕溝有一排又一排的人。在他們身後，還有更多人即將來到。沙漠與邊地充斥著移動的人們……移動改變了他們：公路路旁的營地對饑餓的恐懼與饑餓本身改變了他們；沒有晚餐的兒童改變了他們；無止境的移動改變了他們。他們是移民。敵意改變了他們，融鑄了他們，聯結了他們──敵意讓富國集結起來，耀武揚威，擺出驅逐侵略者的架勢。巡邏艇上的邊界警衛與配備步槍的非洲警察捍衛這個世界，防備自己的同胞。──本書作者根據史坦貝克（John Steinbeck）《憤怒的葡萄》（The Grapes of
... Leer más
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Afterparties

de 安東尼．維斯納．蘇 ...

Traducido por 李仲哲 ...

Series series identity
塵土飄揚、瀰漫花粉與加州霧霾的山谷，他是巨大而古老的嬰兒，當皺紋成為痛苦的漣漪，一邊浮現了被時間埋在後腦的彈片。　　《時代》雜誌年度選書、紐約時報暢銷書、美國國家書評人協會約翰．倫納德最佳出道作獎、菲洛．格魯姆最佳LGBTQ小說獎　　喬治．桑德斯（英國曼布克獎得主／《林肯在中陰》作者）、徐華（美國普立茲自傳文學獎得主／《Stay True保持真誠》）、道格拉斯．史都華（英國曼布克獎得主／《親愛的夏吉．班恩》作者——真誠推薦　　各大媒體年度最佳圖書：《紐約時報》、全國公共廣播電台、《華盛頓郵報》、《洛杉磯時報》、《柯克斯評論》、紐約公共圖書館、芝加哥公共圖書館、《哈潑時尚》、《時代雜誌》、莫琳．科里根的廣播節目《新鮮空氣》、《波士頓環球報》、《大西洋》。　　影視化決定！　　關於柬埔寨裔美國人的生活故事集、深入洞察酷兒和移民社區的親密關係　　——充滿活力、身臨其境、滑稽又毫不留情——　 ... Leer más

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塵土飄揚、瀰漫花粉與加州霧霾的山谷，他是巨大而古老的嬰兒，當皺紋成為痛苦的漣漪，一邊浮現了被時間埋在後腦的彈片。　　《時代》雜誌年度選書、紐約時報暢銷書、美國國家書評人協會約翰．倫納德最佳出道作獎、菲洛．格魯姆最佳LGBTQ小說獎　　喬治．桑德斯（英國曼布克獎得主／《林肯在中陰》作者）、徐華（美國普立茲自傳文學獎得主／《Stay True保持真誠》）、道格拉斯．史都華（英國曼布克獎得主／《親愛的夏吉．班恩》作者——真誠推薦　　各大媒體年度最佳圖書：《紐約時報》、全國公共廣播電台、《華盛頓郵報》、《洛杉磯時報》、《柯克斯評論》、紐約公共圖書館、芝加哥公共圖書館、《哈潑時尚》、《時代雜誌》、莫琳．科里根的廣播節目《新鮮空氣》、《波士頓環球報》、《大西洋》。　　影視化決定！　　關於柬埔寨裔美國人的生活故事集、深入洞察酷兒和移民社區的親密關係　　——充滿活力、身臨其境、滑稽又毫不留情——　
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「製造歷史」的人：從希羅多德到西蒙‧夏瑪，如何形塑我們的2500年（上下冊套書，不分售）

Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past

de 理查．柯恩, Richard Cohen, 陳信宏 ...

美國Amazon編輯選書·最佳歷史類「我採用的書名也許有些狂妄，可能要為『歷史』一詞加上括號才算是比較準確，因為歷史畢竟具有複雜的過去。我挑選人物的標準比較是基於『影響力』，而不是依據某種眾人一致認同的史學名人錄，因為令人吃驚的是，有許多為我們提供了我們所知的這些歷史的人士，都絕對不會自稱為史學家。」──理查．柯恩人文知識面對科技、AI、社群媒體、資訊爆炸的現在，如果呈現更清楚的脈絡和方向？哪些應該被了解、被記錄？或已被遺漏、篡改、誇大，甚至隱瞞？專業、非專業、職業「製造者」深深影響我們幾千年以來對於過往的認知！本書揭露記錄過往的人背後所隱藏的歷史，精湛地呈現一群非凡的人物──從神童、騙子、空論家到英雄──如何揭發與形塑事實，扭曲或甚掩蓋事實。一部由故事連串橫跨2500年人類歷史的鉅作一口氣讀完，滿足對各種歷史的所有想像完全遊歷幾千年以來如何製造出人類歷史的過程柯恩是一位生氣蓬勃的導遊 ... Leer más

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美國Amazon編輯選書·最佳歷史類「我採用的書名也許有些狂妄，可能要為『歷史』一詞加上括號才算是比較準確，因為歷史畢竟具有複雜的過去。我挑選人物的標準比較是基於『影響力』，而不是依據某種眾人一致認同的史學名人錄，因為令人吃驚的是，有許多為我們提供了我們所知的這些歷史的人士，都絕對不會自稱為史學家。」──理查．柯恩人文知識面對科技、AI、社群媒體、資訊爆炸的現在，如果呈現更清楚的脈絡和方向？哪些應該被了解、被記錄？或已被遺漏、篡改、誇大，甚至隱瞞？專業、非專業、職業「製造者」深深影響我們幾千年以來對於過往的認知！本書揭露記錄過往的人背後所隱藏的歷史，精湛地呈現一群非凡的人物──從神童、騙子、空論家到英雄──如何揭發與形塑事實，扭曲或甚掩蓋事實。一部由故事連串橫跨2500年人類歷史的鉅作一口氣讀完，滿足對各種歷史的所有想像完全遊歷幾千年以來如何製造出人類歷史的過程柯恩是一位生氣蓬勃的導遊
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