Alan Segal
A magisterial work of social history, Life After Death illuminates the many different ways ancient civilizations grappled with the question of what exactly happens to us after we die. In a masterful exploration of how Western civilizations have ... [... more]
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Mary Desmond Pinkowish
A witty, erudite celebration of fifty great Italian cultural achievements that have significantly influenced Western civilization from the authors of What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? Can you name...Newton's 3 laws of motion?The 4 horsemen ... [... more]
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Brian F. O'Byrne
How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civilization? Did his influence in fact change the world? These... Desire of the Everlasting Hills The World Before and After Jesus From the ... [... more]
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Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Lucy Hughes-Hallett is a cultural historian and critic. She is the author of Beginning beneath the walls of Troy and culminating in 1930s Europe, a magisterial exploration of the nature of heroism in Western civilization. In this riveting and ... [... more]
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Patrick Collinson
The religious reformations of the sixteenth century were the crucible of modern Western civilization, profoundly reshaping the identity of Europe's emerging nation-states. In The Reformation, one of the preeminent historians of the period, ... [... more]
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Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense recreation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which Western civilization has ... [... more]
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Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
THOMAS E. WOODS JR., PH.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, and 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask. A ... [... more]
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Stewart Lee Allen
In this captivating book, Stewart Lee Allen treks three-quarters of the way around the world on a caffeinated quest to answer these profound questions: Did the advent of coffee give birth to an enlightened western civilization? Is coffee, indeed, ... [... more]
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S.E. Frost
Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers S.E. Frost A complete summary of the views of the most important philosophers in Western civilization. Each major field of philosophic inquiry comprises a separate chapter for greater accessibility. ... [... more]
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Judith Kates
"The Book of Ruth is one of Western civilization's great narratives of women's relationships. This collection of modern-day interpretations brings together the wisdom, sensitivity, and spirituality of the biblical story with the struggles and ... [... more]
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