Decadence: A Very Short Introduction provides an elegant overview of the culture of decadence - defined as the artistic expression of a conflicted sense of modernity... Læs mere
In The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction, Marten provides a sweeping narrative of the key features of childhood through time and around... Læs mere
Alan Jacobs offers a witty, literate, and accessible guide for aspiring readers, offering tips on what to read and how to get the most out of it. Each... Læs mere
From an author who has spent four decades in the quest for lost ships, this lavishly illustrated history of naval warfare... Læs mere
Tied in to Ken Burns' forthcoming (2017) TV series on Vietnam, to which the author is a major contributor, the reissue of a Pulitzer finalist memoir of a Vietnamese family in the 20th century
The Year of Our Lord 1943 tells the story of how five Christian intellectuals - Jacques Maritain, T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, and Simone Weil - sought to provide a plan for the moral and spiritual renewal of the Western democracies in the post-World War II world.
The 27 first-century compositions that became the New Testament are more famous than well-known. For those seeking an adult approach to ancient religious... Læs mere
Daniel K. Gardner explores the major philosophical ideas of the Confucian tradition, showing the profound social and political impact it had and continues to have in China.