"Gripping. . . . Lombardo's achievement is all the more striking when you consider the difficulties of his task. . . . [He] manages to be respectfu...

"Gripping. . . . Lombardo's achievement is all the more striking when you consider the difficulties of his task. . . . [He] manages to be respectfu...

This book explores how a civilization, specifically, Western civilization accommodates multiple cultures, their interactions and transformations, h...

Though much has been written about the American Civil War itself, little has been written about the spy war that went on within. The chronicling of...

Currently, scholars and political leaders are facing various global challenges: failing states, conflicts over distribution, terrorism and the refu...

An acclaimed translator of Euripidean tragedy in its earlier and more familiar modes, Diane Arnson Svarlien now turns to three plays that showcase ...

An acclaimed translator of Euripidean tragedy in its earlier and more familiar modes, Diane Arnson Svarlien now turns to three plays that showcase ...

This is a compelling and moving account of life in Israel today. In a series of essays, author and Jerusalem resident Judy Lash Balint travels to t...

Of the many Catholic religious orders established in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, none was as influential--or as controversial--as the S...

Of the many Catholic religious orders established in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, none was as influential--or as controversial--as the S...

World War I marks a huge break in Central European Jewish history. Not only had the violent wartime events destroyed Jewish life and especially the...

JFK-9/11 assembles the most significant and well-documented "deep events" of the last fifty years into a coherent narrative of the "deep history" o...

John Randolph of Roanoke -- Roanoke being the name of his home in Charlotte County, Virginia -- is unique in American political history. Only twent...