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When Dr. David Hosack tilled the country's first botanical garden in the Manhattan soil more than 200 years ago, he didn't just dramatically alter the New York landscape; he left a monumental legacy of advocacy for public health and wide-ranging support for the sciences. In melodic prose, historian Victoria Johnson eloquently chronicles Hosack's tireless career to reveal the breadth of his impact. The result is a lush portrait of the man who gave voice to a new, deeply American understanding of the powers and perils of nature.

当庞大的国家机器因财政枯竭而停摆，看似坚不可摧的权力秩序会在短短数月内被阶级冲突彻底撕裂。这场专为沉浸式聆听打造的快节奏历史之旅，以极具张力的叙事精准还原了十八世纪法兰西王权倾覆的因果链条，带你直击...

عش أجواء الثورة الفرنسية لحظة بلحظة، واكتشف كيف أسقطت الأزمات الاقتصادية والصراعات السياسية أعتى الملكيات الأوروبية. عبر سرد تاريخي مشوق ومليء بالتوتر، يضعك هذا...

Beleef de dramatische val van een absolute monarchie en de bloedige geboorte van een waanzinnige politieke revolutie. Tover je dagelijkse rit om tot een spannende tijdreis naar het Frankrijk van 1789, waar wanhopige burgers en elitaire aristocraten frontaal op elkaar botsen. Dit meeslepende...

Testemunhe o colapso político de uma monarquia em uma narrativa histórica imersiva sobre a radicalização do poder. Perfeito para enriquecer seu trajeto diário com conhecimento profundo, este relato dramático revela como um regime estruturado se fragmentou sob o peso de tensões sociais e...

Il crollo di una monarchia assoluta esplode tra lotte di classe e intrighi di potere nella turbolenta Francia del 1789. Lasciati avvolgere da un'atmosfera drammatica e carica di tensione durante i tuoi spostamenti quotidiani, immergendoti in un saggio storico che rifiuta gli esiti scontati. Vivi...

18世紀のヨーロッパを起点とした大国の権力闘争が海を越えて連鎖し、史上初となる真の世界大戦へと発展していく壮大な歴史の因果関係を、知的な興奮とともに解き明かします。日々の通勤や静かな夜のひとときに、点...

El colapso político de una monarquía absoluta detona una revolución histórica que transformó Europa a sangre y fuego. Ideal para escuchar durante tus trayectos diarios, esta tensa e inmersiva narración te sitúa en el centro del Antiguo Régimen para entender cómo las enormes deudas y la...

El triunfo de la razón crítica sobre el dogma tradicional desató una revolución intelectual llena de luces y sombras. Ideal para acompañar tus trayectos diarios con una escucha inmersiva, esta narración rigurosa te sumerge en los debates políticos que redefinieron los cimientos de la...

伝統的な絶対王政や宗教的権威を打ち砕き、理性の力で社会を根底から覆した思想史の激動と、その理想に潜む残酷な矛盾を浮き彫りにする歴史ドキュメンタリー。毎日の通勤時間やリラックスした週末のわずか二時間で...

血塗られた権力闘争の舞台であった中世の要塞都市は、いかにして世界を導く知と啓蒙のヨーロッパ史の中心地へと変貌を遂げたのか。火山性の岩山に築かれた城塞から見下ろす石畳の風景には、血湧き肉躍る壮大なドラ...

On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of disguised Bostonians boarded three merchant ships and dumped more than 46 tons of tea into Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party, as it later came to be known, was an audacious and revolutionary act. In this thrilling book, Benjamin L. Carp tells the full story of the Tea Party - exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of Boston, and setting this extraordinary event in a global context. Carp illuminates how a determined group shook the foundations of a mighty empire, and what this has meant for Americans since.

Following the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) a decade-long wave of sea-robbery plagued the Atlantic rim—often glamorized as the "Golden Age of Piracy". Boston-based laborer, Edward Low, left his mark on pirate history as the most vicious and sadistic raider of them all.

Discover the remarkable life of Johann Sebastian Bach... During his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach was a Konzertmeister who played eloquent music for the masses at church, but his unique, free-flowing style was not always appreciated when his day job called for him to play traditional church standards. He was jailed by a duke, passed over for promotions, and told repeatedly to tone it down. Yes, for most of his life, Bach was more akin to an unsung hero than the celebrated genius we know him as today. That recognition would come, but not until long after he was gone.

In England in the 1700s, a woman who was an intellectual, spoke out, or wrote professionally was considered unnatural. After all, as the wisdom of the era dictated, a clever woman—if there were such a thing—would never make a good wife. But a circle of women called the Bluestockings did something extraordinary: Coming together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, they fought for women to be educated and to have a public role in society. In this intimate and revelatory history, Susannah Gibson delves into the lives of these pioneering women.

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE From the bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel’s Messiah. "A delicious history of music...

Throughout the seventeenth century, medical lecturers demonstrated human anatomy by dissecting a cadaver while surrounded by students. After the Revolutionary War, though, instructors realized that they needed many more cadavers to serve a growing number of medical students. Enter the “resurrectionists”–body snatchers. Resurrectionists were a cruel lot; men (almost always men and often medical students themselves) who would sneak into a cemetery under the cover of darkness, remove a body, and then sell it to a physician or anatomist–usually for around $100.

This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies. In 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the Continental Congress declared independence, and Washington crossed the Delaware. We are familiar with these famous moments in American history, but we know little about the extraordinary events occurring that same year far beyond the British colonies.

Sumérgete en el primer conflicto bélico global de la historia militar, donde la geopolítica europea incendió el mundo. Ideal para transformar tu viaje diario en una experiencia épica e inmersiva, esta narración revela cómo tensiones aparentemente locales desataron una tormenta de fuego...

絶対的な権力を誇った大国が、外部からの攻撃ではなく、慢性的な財政破綻と政治エリートたちの些細な選択のミスから静かに内部崩壊していく歴史の残酷なダイナミズムを鼓膜へと直接響かせます。朝の通勤電車の中や...