The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Freeman“When we think of ancient Rome, it’s impossible not to think of Christianity, one of its most notable exports—but what if it hadn’t been? This is the...

A gripping account of an alien abduction and its connections to the breakdown of American society in the 1960s“Excellent and exhaustive.”—Colin Dickey, SlateIn the mid-1960s, Betty and Barney Hill became famous as the first Americans to claim that aliens...

A compulsively readable, startling, and philosophically rich book about marriage, from an acclaimed critic and filmmaker A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year * A Seminary Coop Notable Book of 2023 "Baum...

The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John LewisA New Yorker “Best Book of 2024” Selection“The perfect book, at the right time.”—Michael Henry Adams, The GuardianFor six decades John Robert Lewis (1940–2020) was a towering...

A radical reappraisal of the nature and activities of business—what it is for and how it worksIn the world of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, capitalists built and controlled mills and factories. That relationship between capital and labor continued in the...

A critically acclaimed #1 bestseller in France—a novel of art, desire, and time lost and regained, from Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano“Pithy and introspective. . . . Modiano delivers wondrous images of the tricks memory plays, sharply translated by...

An engaging guide to the waterways of Rome and their role in shaping the city’s culture, history, and landscapeWritten by a leading expert on the water infrastructure of Rome, this grand tour offers a new way to appreciate the history, geology, and...

A sweeping study of sexual assault trials in the Jim Crow South, detailing the racial and economic inequities of rape law and the resistance of ordinary women In the early years of the twentieth century, Mississippi County, Arkansas, was a brutal and...

How the U.S. policy of competition with China is detrimental to democracy, peace, and prosperity—and how a saner approach is possibleFor close to a decade, the U.S. government has been preoccupied with the threat of China, fearing that the country will...

The enduring legacy of the nineteenth-century struggle for Black literacy in the American SouthFew have ever valued literacy as much as the enslaved Black people of the American South. For them, it was more than a means to a better life; it was a gateway...

From Homer’s epics to mainstream news, stories have lives of their own—and humans may not always control the narratives we createCombining ancient epic and myth with analogies from biology and the natural world, Joel P. Christensen explores the creative...

One of Britain’s most radical and influential artists working in the first decades of the twentieth century, Vanessa Bell was a pioneer for professional womenVanessa Bell was a leading figure within the Bloomsbury Group and known for her unconventional...

An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the mythsOne of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly...

A human history of one of the planet’s most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shoresThe Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are deadly...

The long history of the racial wealth gap in America told through the stories of seven Black families who struggled to build wealth over multiple generationsWealth is central to the American pursuit of happiness and is an overriding measure of well-being...

One of the world's leading scholars of Buddhism presents the story of its dramatic journey across the globe, from 2,500 years ago to the present day Over the course of twenty-five centuries, Buddhism spread from its place of origin in northern India to...