A drastic reform of intelligence activities is long overdue. The Cold War has been over for ten years. No country threatens this nation's existence. Yet we...

religion played in American history - and of its impact across a range of issues, from identity formation and politics, to race, gender, and class. - A...

The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome Before Columbus there was Eratosthenes: inventor of the discipline of geography as it is known today and...

Stretching across continents and centuries, The Origins of War: Violence in Prehistory provides a fascinating examination of executions, torture, ritual sacrifices, and other acts of violence...

We hear the voices of the early Church Fathers even today. Their teachings, their guidance, their insights, and their sacrifice shaped the Catholic Church. They defined...

Archeology of Babel - The Colonial Foundation of the Humanities For more than three decades, preeminent scholars in comparative literature and postcolonial studies have called for a...

The Creation of an Icon Little is known about Nefertiti, the Egyptian queen whose name means a beautiful woman has come. She was the wife of...

Ever wondered... - what is earwax for? - when is the moon blue? - why are there only two sexes? - do doctors live longer? Informative, hilarious, sometimes unsettling and always...

Killing Times begins with the deceptively simple observation―made by Jacques Derrida in his seminars on the topic - that the death penalty mechanically interrupts mortal time...

The Personal Edition of The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE), includes great features that will make your personal reading of the Bible memorable and fruitful....