Historians will agree that ‘progress’ is as American as apple pie. What constitutes progress, of course, is always a point of contention. In "The Body Politic", Jonathan D. Moreno examines the attitudes Americans hold about modern... Read More

“Nuns defy stereotypes,” says Carole Garibaldi Rogers, whose compelling collection of interviews with ninety-six women religious highlights the dramatic changes that they have had to confront during the past fifty years. Habits of... Read More

Distilling the bittersweet, capturing what it means to be creatures in love with a fleeting world of wonders—this is the specialty of poets. Adele Ne Jame’s poems are lovely examples of the art. In this beautiful collection, Ne Jame... Read More

This is a marvelous book: a debut collection filled with the voice of an old soul, someone who has battled to claim what he knows. James Crews’ compassionate intelligence ranges wide, looking for stories within the stories of news... Read More

Developed by Edward Bach, an English physician and homeopath working in the 1930s, Bach Flower Remedies are dilutions of thirty-eight types of flower and plant material used to treat physical and behavioral issues. Because of their... Read More

Ten-year-old Sasha, whose Russian immigrant mother cleans offices, routinely comes home from school to an empty, triple-locked apartment. On the day before her project about the Brooklyn Bridge is due, Sasha discovers she doesn’t have... Read More

Day-to-day existence confronts humanity with a phalanx of perils—wars, plagues, floods, droughts, earthquakes, economic upheavals. The list is as endless as human fears. In this breezily written study, Ruiz, who teaches history,... Read More

Portugal is Europe’s poorest nation as well as its least well known. This galls the author, who spent twenty years as an AP foreign correspondent in Lisbon, and this book, a mixture of history, tour guide, and national character... Read More