The Dead Sea is a unique subject, located as it is at the intersection of three major religions. Its history is as rich and combustible as might be expected. Students of the Middle East will doubtless find this exhaustive report on the... Read More

This book takes a unique approach to a World War II memoir, combining not only the stories of a father and son, but both men’s years apart writing about the subject. When the Nazis invaded Belgium early in the war, Otto Schrag was... Read More

With a unique methodology, Black performs a what-if analysis of history to show how little it takes to change the world’s fate. Jeremy Black’s recent historical analysis, Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternate Futures, provides a... Read More

Spiritual health leads to physical health, said Kellogg, the charismatic subject of this quirky biography. He’s a round, goateed fellow, dapper in his all-white suit (the better to absorb the sun’s healing rays) on the cover of "Dr.... Read More

Evolution is an ongoing process, as Charles Darwin famously argued, and so, as would be expected, the English language has undergone radical change since 1859 when Darwin published Origin of Species, which still resonates mightily. For... Read More

In re-examining the myth of the “righteous,” Grabowski unearths disturbing truths about Polish citizens’ complicity in the Holocaust. Jan Grabowski returns with an unflinching study of the Judenjagd, the post-ghetto “hunt for the... Read More

Essays on historic and current anti-Semitism do an outstanding job of describing its chilling diversity. While the Holocaust was the worst crime of modern anti-Semitism, it was hardly alone. Libel, violence, and discrimination against... Read More

Gilbert Gatore’s first novel, "The Past Ahead", is not a story about genocide. Though it’s centered around the horrific events that took place in Rwanda during the 1990s, it’s also not a novel about war. Gatore relies on his... Read More