"During the final, bloody days of South African apartheid, four remarkable young men-photographers, friends, and rivals-banded together"

This tale of adventure takes place on the treacherous seas of the Great Southern Ocean aboard one the largest sailing vessels the world has ever known—the last commercial sailing vessel to round Cape Horn.

Since even before it was a nation, America had to address the ongoing struggle between religious fervor and religious freedom. But the Founders of the future United States overcame religious intolerance and hatred in favor of a constitutional order... [More...]

- Fresh Take On Religion In American Life, Emphasizing The Christian Left. In the past few decades, the religious right movement has tended to be the most obvious and predominant image of Christianity in American public life. In this book, Charles Marsh... [More...]

Uncovering a turbulent tale of bloody intrigues at the Egyptian court, this book is the basis for a two-part Discovery Channel documentary and a riveting investigation into the intrigue behind the death of Egypt's most famous pharaoh.

Deftly combining unforgettable case histories with his own compassionate strategies for rehabilitation, a child psychiatrist explains what exactly happens to the brain when a child is exposed to extreme stress—and reveals the measures that can be... [More...]

A Gift Imprisoned is a tale of the two lives of Matthew Arnold: the young and impassioned lyric poet, and, in his maturity, his poetic ambitions long-since quelled, Victorian England's best-known social prophet, educational reformer, and literary critic.... [More...]

The fifteen hundred years of maritime history that made Britain "sovereign of the seas" in a lively, eminently readable account From the transatlantic adventures attributed to Ireland's St. Brendan in the fifth century to Britain's unparalleled supremacy on... [More...]

A leading voice in global affairs calls us back to America's founding principles—and shows how they can guide us forward into the twenty-first century

A science columnist for the SciFi channel imagines a world where programmable matter is the next technological revolution.