The Bible story that is the basis for the Christian holiday of Easter has been molded over the centuries into a rote parable. Most people could chant its highlights of the story without much effort: Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus, Pilate... Read More

This history of interaction between Russian artists and their Western counterparts begins with a revolution. In 1863, fourteen students at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg refused the assigned topic for their final gold... Read More

Change happens continuously, but for those trying to control emotional ups and downs, finding a way to change negative behavior seems impossible to accomplish. Some people even sink so far into hopeless despair that they begin to... Read More

How could it be that Moses, the man who brought the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai, committed the crimes of homicide, concealing a homicide, and fleeing from justice? Moses, as the author points out, is one more case of many... Read More

Conventional wisdom has it that college-educated women account for the single largest segment of the book-buying market, with privileged thirty-somethings (single, married, or married-with-children) at the heart of this demographic: good... Read More

“We were opposites. I was a towhead blonde with freckles, pallid and plain. Bertie had a body that caused men to walk into walls.” This is a description of Bobbie and Bertie, the two sisters at the heart of “Beach Babies,” one of... Read More

“Physics majors become physicists; psychology majors become psychologists; and even history majors become historians. What do English majors become?” the author asks. Nearly every university in the United States has an English major... Read More

This book comes at a high time: psychiatric medications for children have been front-page news. Untoward effects of Prozac and Paxil, including risk of suicide, led to warnings on packages. Widespread use of stimulants to treat attention... Read More