In 1943, after parachuting into Sardinia to raid a German airfield, John Verney and several of his comrades from the British irregular forces were ...

Here is the book that John Vine and his wife, Joanne, wish they could have consulted when John was first diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease -- a no...

This seminal philosophical treatise, originally penned in 1605 and considered the first major philosophical work written in English, also offers th...

After years of crossing borders in search of new birds and new landscapes, Peter Cashwell's exploration of lines between states, between time zones...

Setting out in the spring of 1990 'to look for America', when patriotic travel was suddenly back in fashion, William Zinsser made first-time pilgri...

To reproduce promiscuously and to wreak havoc wherever they can find a home, this is the raison d’être of viruses, writes Dr. Warren Andiman, an HI...

In 1860 the empire of Japan sent 170 officials -- samurai and bureaucrats, inspectors and spies, half a dozen teenagers and one Confucian physician...

High school begins, and to Beatrice Bunson nothing is the same, not even her best friend, Nan. The "new" Nan doesn't hang out with Bea after school...

These three comedies provoke searching reflections on the religious nature of humanity: What are the psychological sources of piety? What is longed...

Through stories and portraits of the strong personalities around him, Nat Hentoff brings to life the political, familial, and musical forces that s...

Bitter, joyful, worn down, filled with wonder, acutely self-aware, and often deeply in need of perspective—such are the women at the center of Mary...

Part memoir -- starting with the epic quest for an Italian medical license -- and part portrait of Italy from a unique point of view, Dottoressa is...

Whether you are stumped by the "commutative law" in algebra or a whiz at multiplying three-digit numbers in your head, this book opens the door to ...

"A clear and vivid exposition of the essential ideas and methods of the theory of relativity...can be warmly recommended especially to those who ca...

At the crossroads of the Eastern and Western worlds, Salonica -- now Greece's third largest city Thessaloniki -- was an oasis in a desert of confli...

John Verdi probes how the inexplicable connections of words can help us understand the ever-changing connections of things that we actually see in ...

Drawing upon twenty-eight years of experience as the CEO and editorial director of St Martin's Press, Thomas McCormack gives practical guidance abo...

"One of the great and lasting books about Greece." -- Patrick Leigh Fermor. In 1947, at the age of twenty-three, Kevin Andrews received a fellowshi...