Robert Darnton

When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille in July 1789, it triggered the overthrow of the monarchy and the birth of a new society. In retrospect we u

A warm and funny stage-by-stage tour through all the sizes of a growing baby – from teeny-tiny poppy seed to giant watermelon – from an exciting new p

In the late-18th century, a group of publishers in what historian Robert Darnton calls the "Fertile Crescent" — countries located along the French bor

"Splendid... [Darnton gives] us vivid, hard-won detail, illuminating narrative, and subtle, original insight."-Timothy Garton Ash, New York Review of

Robert Darnton's work is one of the main reasons that cultural history has become an exciting study central to our understanding of the past.

The Darkling gently folded me in his arms. He pressed a kiss to the top of my hair. "I will strip away all that you know, all that you love, until you

A classic work of European history

"Learned and lively essays. . . . Each subject [Darnton] investigates-from the history of reading to Andrzej Wajda's film 'Danton'-has its own fascina

Slander has always been a nasty business, Robert Darnton notes, but that is no reason to consider it a topic unworthy of inquiry. By destroying reputa

In spring 1749, François Bonis, a medical student in Paris, found himself unexpectedly hauled off to the Bastille for distributing an “abominable poem

Ontwikkelingspsychologie is een uitgebreide inleiding in het vakgebied. Het laat je kennismaken met de basistheorieën, het onderzoek en de toepassinge

Geopolitiekexpert Robert D. Kaplan verlegt zijn blik naar het Grotere Midden-Oosten ‘Een levendige en uitdagende nieuwe studie over de machtige mogen

De verwarring van een jonge Törless, Robert Musils eerste roman uit 1906, beschrijft het machtsmisbruik, het snobisme en de genadeloze homo-erotische

Sail the high seas between worlds with this first book in a new sizzling fantasy romance series from the New York Times bestselling author of the TikT

Ontwikkelingspsychologie II biedt een actueel overzicht van de stand van zaken van de ontwikkelingspsychologie vanaf de jongvolwassenheid tot aan het

With the immersion method dominating contemporary language learning, the knowledge of traditional grammar is at a low ebb, creating real barriers to a

Presents a comprehensive introduction to the traditional problem of free will and determinism. This book also talks about the debates and theories abo

Margaret Thatcher was one of the most controversial figures of modern times. Her governments inspired hatred and veneration in equal measure and her l