Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy “[Robertson] thoughtfully and readably …
The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis “The perfect book, at the right time.”—Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John …
When Shriley Chisholm was asked why she would dare run for president, her response was, why not her?Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm rose from being the child of immigrants to the …
An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred …
Claus Spreckels (1828–1908) emigrated from his homeland of Germany to the United States with only seventy-five cents in his pocket, built a sugar empire, and became one of the …
“Oh Yeah … Watch This!” is the story of the making of a man. Born amid tragedy, Lloyd Edward “Ed” Allen Jr. endured an abused and lonely boyhood to become a Naval Flight officer, …
It is virtually impossible to understand the history of modern Guyana without understanding the role played by Forbes Burnham. As Premier of British Guiana, he led the country to …
Once called “Washington’s ultimate survivor” by The Washington Post, Frank C. Carlucci III served six presidents, traveled across the world on behalf of his country, and ultimately …
The Franz Boas Papers, Volume 2 explores the development of the ethnography of Salishan-speaking societies on the North American Plateau as revealed through the correspondence …
Essays highlighting the importance of three kings - Edmund, Eadred and Eadwig - in understanding England in the tenth century. Much scholarly attention has been devoted to both the …
