Focusing on Christianity's core practices, a leading theologian imagines Christianity as a way of life oriented toward wisdom. In this book, Kevin W. Hector argues that we can understand Christianity as a set of practices designed to transform one'...

A unique illustrated exploration of the development of finance that combines data from every part of the world and covers five thousand years of history. From the emergence of money in the ancient world to today's interconnected landscape of high-f...

From an esteemed military historian, a sweeping history of the revolutions in war-fighting that have shaped the modern world. Heraclitus wrote that "war is the father of all", and it has formed much of the modern world. Although the fundamental nat...

The surprising history of how Americans have fought over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution for nearly two and a half centuries. Americans agree that their nation's origins lie in the Revolution, but they have never agreed on what the Revolut...

The first major English-language history of Ukraine from its emergence after the demise of the Soviet Union through the current Russian invasion. In 1991, after seventy years of imperial Soviet rule, Ukraine became an independent country. Since 202...

A biography of "Native Son's" Bigger Thomas that examines his continued relevance in debates over Black men and the violence of racism. Bigger Thomas, the central figure in Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" (1940), eludes easy categorization. A v...

A translation of Muhammad Rashid Rida's best-known work, which examines the compatibility of Islamic political and legal tradition with modern thought. Muhammad Rashid Rida (1865-1935) was a prominent Muslim intellectual and reformer. Born in a vil...

The best essays from America's premier cultural historian. Jackson Lears has been hailed as "America's premier cultural historian", the "dean of American cultural history", and "one of the few pre-eminent historians of our time". Well known for his...

A synthesis of legal, political, and social history to show how the post-founding generations were forced to rethink and substantially revise the U.S. constitutional vision. Between 1815 and 1861, American constitutional law and politics underwent...

A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists. Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requires a special gift or that comprehension is a ma...