Thomas G. Alexander’s "Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith" is a complex, reflective portrait of Brigham Young, the nineteenth-century Mormon leader who brought his flock to Utah, where they found a permanent and... Read More

Jacques Schiffrin was an influential publisher in Paris at the outbreak of World War II, but soon he had to flee the life he’d built and begin again in the United States. The story of his impressive rise, and of his unexpected second... Read More

Born in the mid-1800s, Fanny Bullock Workman was a trailblazer, garnering mountain-climbing records in a male-dominated sport and fighting for women’s rights years before the Nineteenth Amendment became law. Cathryn J. Prince’s... Read More

"Thomas Merton Meets the Unspeakable" is a concise presentation of the facts and events surrounding Merton’s death. The 1960s were grim, marked by the assassinations of prominent activists, peacemakers, and politicians. In "Thomas... Read More

"Maverick Priest" is a soul-searching memoir that looks back on turbulent recent history through the lens of clerical work. Harry J. Bury’s memoir "Maverick Priest" explores the challenges of a clerical calling at the end of the... Read More