The Most Recommended Books is a term Bookdao uses to indicate books that are worth reading. Through our data processing tools, the book lists are formed by professional readers’ collective opinions, rather than sales figures. For approach and methodology, see What Is a Good Book. The translated humanities category contains popular works introduced from overseas. This month's list includes 20 books, and they come from 6 different countries, mainly the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. Topics include history, philosophy, biographies, and politics & military.
Potosí: The Silver City That Changed the World
Author: [US] Kris Lane
Publisher: China Workers Publishing House
Publication Date: October 2022
Potosí: The Silver City That Changed the World tells the story of the rise and fall of this legendary mining city. As Potosí's history progresses from its glittering rise in the 16th century to its dismal decline in the 19th century, scholar Chris Lane illustrates the role of silver in driving global economic change and reveals the many cruelties of mankind behind the dust of the mines through a vivid portrait of the excesses and destructive behaviors of development.
Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages
Author: [UK] Jack Hartnell
Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press
Publication Date: November 2022
This book is about the medieval cultural history of the body. It examines the medieval people's perception of the body by looking at each major part: the head, five senses, skin, bones, heart, blood, hands, abdomen, genitals, and feet, showing the medieval people's conception of life and death, and their daily picture, deciphering the way they felt and thought about their bodies, and thus reflecting the medieval social concepts and historical culture.
The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Disease and Excess In An Age of Beauty
Author: [UK] Alexander Lee
Publisher: Social Sciences Academic Press
Publication Date: October 2022
Open this book and you will embark on a journey of unimagined debauchery. The dark stories behind the masterful artwork of the Renaissance will make your jaw drop. The book lifts the veil of excessive sublime and sacred glory to examine the most naked aspects of the artists' daily lives and the realm in which they lived, and how irrational and prejudiced Renaissance people were about the world outside of Italy.
Revolution in Print: The Press in France, 1775-1800
Author: [US] Robert Darnton, [France] Daniel Roche
Publisher: Shanghai Education Publishing House
Publication Date: November 2022
In a world without the Internet, telephone, television, or radio, the Press used to be the primary means of communication. During the French Revolution, which had a profound impact on the world, the widespread dissemination of political ideas to the people was the way to fight for power, and the press played an important role as the only way to do so.
One Village at a Time
Author: [US] Brian Linden
Publisher: CITIC Press
Publication Date: November 2022
This is the story of an American's China dream. The author details how China has changed his life over the past thirty years, vividly demonstrating his personal exploration, awareness, and integration of China and the emotional changes that occurred during that time. During the thirty years of his relationship with China, Linden witnessed its development with his family.
Strangers to Ourselves
Author: [France] Julia Kristeva
Publisher: Shanghai Literature and Art
Publishing House
Publication Date: November 2022
Nietzsche: Antiphilosophy
Author: [France] Alain Badiou
Publisher: Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House
Publication Date: October 2022
Strangers at the Gate
Author: [US] Frederic E. Wakeman Jr.
Publisher: New Star Press
Publication Date: October 2022
Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
Author: [UK] Simon Blackburn
Publisher: Hunan People's Publishing House
Publication Date: December 2022
The Four Parts of the World: A History of Globalization
Author: [France] Serge Gruzinski
Publisher: The Oriental Press
Publication Date: October 2022
The City and Man
Author: [US] Leo Strauss
Publisher: East China Normal University Press
Publication Date: October 2022
Claims of Local Officials in the Southern Song Dynasty
Author: [Japan] Masaaki Osawa
Publisher: Zhejiang University Press
Publication Date: October 2022
The Golden Thread: The Story of Writing
Author: [UK] Ewan Clayton
Publisher: Zhejiang People's Publishing House
Publication Date: October 2022
Isadora Duncan's Russian Days and Her Last Years in France
Author: [Germany] Irma Duncan
Publisher: Liaoning People's Publishing House
Publication Date: October 2022
The Beautiful Book of Prehistory
Author: [France] Marc Azéma, Laurent Brasier
Publisher: SDX Joint Publishing Company
Publication Date: November 2022
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914
Author: [Canada] Margaret MacMillan
Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press
Publication Date: November 2022
Tabibito
Author: [Japan] Hideki Yukawa
Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
Publication Date: November 2022
The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America
Author: [US] Ernest Freeberg
Publisher: Zhejiang University Press
Publication Date: October 2022
The Gallic War: History and Deception in Caesar's Masterpiece
Author: [Germany] Markus Schauer
Publisher: Social Sciences Academic Press
Publication Date: October 2022
The Nature of Tomorrow: A History of the Environmental Future
Author: [US] Michael Rawson
Publisher: China Translation & Publishing House
Publication Date: January 2023