In "American Cosmic", professor of religious studies D. W. Pasulka examines the rising culture around UFOs as if it were a viable new religion. Like other new religions, she... Read More

"The Madness of Fear" offers a fresh perspective on a misunderstood psychiatric challenge. People may think they know what catatonia is, but they are probably wrong. That’s... Read More

Intelligence historian Gill Bennett’s easy familiarity with Anglo-Soviet foreign policy and espionage imbues "The Zinoviev Letter" with impressive authoritativeness,... Read More

"Consent on Campus" is an eye-opening analysis. According to the lowest estimates, one in five women who attend college will experience sexual assault while there. As the #MeToo... Read More

Images of wealthy pros and stars from top-tier NCAA programs are replaced by the reality of injury-shortened careers, lives of chronic pain, and emotional distress in Robert W.... Read More

"Let the People See" is an engaging, comprehensive account of Emmett Till’s murder and its aftermath. In 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till supposedly flirted with a white... Read More

An illuminating treatise on an important and poorly understood subject, Bryna Siegel’s "The Politics of Autism" explores the many ways that diagnosis and treatment of the... Read More

With more and more halal food joining the American menu, questions about it abound. Halal Food: A History by Febe Armanios and Boğaç Ergene offers timely, comprehensive, and... Read More

Stephen T. Asma’s "Why We Need Religion" describes itself as “a Darwinian defense of religious emotions and the cultural systems that manage them,” and that’s an... Read More

Most Americans and Europeans see the Roman Empire as centered on Greece, France, Britain, and Spain. Relatively little thought is given to Rome in North Africa and the Near... Read More

“As a boy, I saw my dad cry on only three occasions,” writes Jason Colby. “One was his father’s funeral. The other two involved dead orcas.” Colby’s father had been... Read More

In "The Merchant of Syria", Diana Darke uses the true story of Abu Chaker, a cloth merchant who began his career in Syria before expanding into Lebanon and later the United... Read More