Humanities books

The dramatic life and death of Libya's eccentric leader.  Read More >>

On November 1, 1755 All Saints' Day a massive earthquake struck Europe's Iberian Peninsula and destroyed the city...  Read More >>

The field-defining text for black geographies-now with a new foreword and afterword The initial publication of...  Read More >>

Memories and insights of a lifelong social justice advocate as she searches for """"true"""" freedom as an African...  Read More >>

Engaging critically with concepts of race, species, and otherness, Alterity and Human Evolution contributes to current...  Read More >>

The New Deal's effects on archaeology and cultural heritage in the American West  Read More >>

This book documents the groundbreaking discovery of a 1559 shipwreck from the fleet of Spanish explorer Tristán...  Read More >>

Can a machine ever truly be human? In an age where artificial intelligence writes poems, diagnoses illnesses, and...  Read More >>

A spiky and delicious new literary biography of the great twentieth-century writer Muriel Spark  Read More >>

The Beauty in God: Poems for the Heart explores the profound beauty of God and His ability to connect with the spiritual...  Read More >>

Jesus changed the world by loving people one at a time. Influencing just one person at a time may seem insignificant...  Read More >>

As Ice Age humanity struggles to survive, ancient alien watchers must decide whether to remain hidden or intervene...  Read More >>

In Anthropomorphosis , a post-divorce escape becomes and opportunity to explores the spectacular wilderness of the...  Read More >>

A. J. Bauer traces how decades of right-wing criticism of the “liberal media” reshaped US news culture and came...  Read More >>

Guided by the philosophical insights of Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, How to Talk to a Cat explores the possibility...  Read More >>

A powerful blend of WWII history and personal discovery, this memoir traces a son’s search for his father’s forgotten...  Read More >>

What makes a good dad? It doesn’t mean being perfect or having all the answers. Being a good dad starts with knowing...  Read More >>

Chronicles the history of emancipation through the cradle-to-grave experiences of a remarkable generation of black...  Read More >>

Today, the word ""neoliberal"" is used to describe an epochal shift toward market-oriented governance begun in the...  Read More >>

Focusing on the British occupation of Philadelphia from 1777 to 1778, The Disaffected highlights the perspectives...  Read More >>

René Girard was one of the most influential interdisciplinary thinkers of the 20th century. His mimetic theory—which...  Read More >>

""This book tells the story of 172 Black men, women, and children from Lynchburg and surrounding counties in Virginia...  Read More >>

By focusing on the activities of a standing army in a civilian setting, Kiser reshapes the history of the Southwest,...  Read More >>

Ellen McLarney explores how writers in the Black Arts Movement identified with Islam as integral to the African...  Read More >>

Theodore Martin offers a groundbreaking account of the ways that reading habits and crime politics intersected in...  Read More >>