Three young rebellious artists established the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in London in 1848. Their names were Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, and William Holman Hunt. They rejected the rigidity of the Royal Academy's standards, which were rooted in the Italian High Renaissance. Rossetti, Millais, and...

God’s Words: Preaching Peace While Justifying Violence by Ricardo V. Sibilla is a philosophical guide that sets out to dismantle the assumption that sacred texts transmit fixed divine commands that legitimize moral, authority-sanctioned harm. Through a wealth of references and exhaustive research, Sibilla demonstrates that...

Imperial Religious Policy from Constantine to Theodosius I by Ferdinando Emilio Abbate offers a concise account of one of the most consequential transformations in Western history. Covering the period from 311 to 394, the book traces Christianity’s evolution from a marginal and often suspect faith...

David B. Oppenheimer’s The Diversity Principle: The Story of a Transformative Idea offers an intellectual history of how diversity came to be understood as a foundational value across education, law, science, and public life. Drawing on legal history, philosophy, and social science, Oppenheimer traces the...

Brian Townsend's Reality Ain't Real takes a deep dive into the things that we have learned to be true and lets us question our beliefs about reality. The book covers the reason we follow the herd and are afraid to point out the abnormalities in...

Sweetness & Light: A True-Crime Memoir by Melinda Worth Popham explores family, identity, and the complexities of human relationships in mid-20th-century America. Popham weaves her personal narrative with historical events, capturing the essence of a bygone era while examining the impact of family dynamics and...

The Battle for America’s Soul by Darren Grant Nauert is a sweeping, impassioned examination of American identity through the lenses of faith, politics, and culture. Framed as both a warning and a call to awareness, the book traces what the author describes as a long...

Lifelines by Patricia Haim will appeal to fans of historical non-fiction and memoirs. The book is based on the old letters the author's father, Walter Haim, kept since 1938. The correspondence between the Haim, Kurz, and Neuhaus families inspired the author to research the history...

Psychic Archaeology in New York is an argument for re-examining the stone chambers found across the Hudson Valley and the northeastern United States. Author Meghan Hansen tells us that these structures show a remarkably intentional design, examining their construction methods, landscape placement, acoustic behavior, and...

Arboreal Destiny: The Trees That Shaped the History and Culture of Nations by Gregg Coodley, MD, is an exploration of humanity's profound relationship with trees. The book examines the historical, cultural, medicinal, and ecological significance of twenty tree species, illustrating their indispensable roles in shaping...