Heart Full of Rhythm by Ricky Riccardi
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A new book details a key transition in the career of the great Louis Armstrong.
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High on God: How Megachurches Won the Heart of America
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Megachurches in America are enormously popular and steadily growing - a new book looks at what they are and how they work.
Read MoreDemocracy and Equality by Geoffrey R. Stone & David A. Strauss
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The much-vexed legacy of the Warren Court is examined in this wise, compact volume.
Read MoreThe Twentysomething Soul by Tim Clydesdale & Kathleen Garces-Foley
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A very readable guide surveying the inner faith-lives of a generation most Americans find baffling at best.
Read MoreEric Hobsbawm: A Life in History by Richard J. Evans
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An 800-page biography of a bestselling historian written by another bestselling historian.
Read MoreAmerican Cosmic by D. W. Pasulka
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Pasulka deals with two general groups of people who “interpret, spin, produce, and market the story of UFO events to the general public.”
Read MoreA Supernatural War by Owen Davies
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The author charts subtle changes about the ways humans charge their world with supernatural relevances.
Read MoreNebuchadnezzar's Dream by Jay Rubenstein
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This book deals with the Crusades in general and the First Crusade in specific, and is at least as much about myth as history.
Read MoreFuture Politics by Jamie Susskind
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Outlines how emerging technologies shape our democracy and culture, and how this might look in the future.
Read MoreThe Ascent of John Tyndall by Roland Jackson
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The first major biography of John Tyndall in over 70 years offers a detailed portrait of John Tyndall and his world.
Read MoreRome Resurgent by Peter Heather
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Heather explores which historical characterization of the era makes more sense: was Justinian a “romantic visionary” or a self-deluded crackpot?
Read MoreWorld War II at Sea: A Global History by Craig Symonds
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This maritime history of WWII combines a monumental amount of detailed scholarship and compelling storytelling from the first page to the last.
Read MoreWhy We Need Religion by Stephen T. Asma
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A Darwinian view of whether religion is meaningful and beneficial to society.
Read MoreThe Lives of the Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius
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A lovely and formidable English-language translation with detailed notes and essays by leading scholars.
Read MoreSupernatural: Death, Meaning, and the Power of the Invisible World by Clay Routledge
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Is a belief in the supernatural because of an evolutionarily-ingrained need to create meaning?
Read MoreUnsung Hero: Reviving the Forgotten Career of a Theatrical Genius
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This is a gobstopper of a book, despite its subject’s short life.
Read MoreCreators, Conquerors, and Citizens by Robin Waterfield
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A compelling and comprehensive history of the civilization that gave birth to democracy, philosophy, and science.
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