SCUBA Cuba is fun to say, but the two words are also oxymoronic—a communist-minded acronym might better be: Smoking Cigars Underwater Begets Anarchy. In any case, Cuba’s... Read More

Madden’s clear text invites readers at all levels of knowledge into this commentary on how the crusades shaped our modern world. The crusades began nearly a thousand years... Read More

Fascinating trivia about artists in turn-of-the-century Paris adds layers of insight to a time of growth and experimentation. The famed Belle Époque was a period of artistic... Read More

Memoir marries social science in a profoundly helpful way. Deborah Serani combines her own history of childhood depression with her vast experience as a child psychologist to... Read More

Any well-informed person who is absolutely convinced that neither they nor any member of their family, nor anyone close to them, will ever have need of a doctor, hospital, or... Read More

Chronological, detailed, and methodical, My Life in Prison: Memoirs of a Chinese Political Dissident fulfills its author’s purpose as historical record. His plea for human... Read More

Dr. George Dennis O’Brien agrees with the American Catholic bishops that abortion is an intrinsic evil but, after that, there is little agreement on this issue: “While it... Read More

The final goodbye of America’s former two-term president (1980—1988) took place on June 5, 2004. Ronald Wilson Reagan, actor, governor, and president, died at the age of... Read More

While school bullying has reached epidemic proportions nationwide, parents and administrators watch in horror, with little to offer in the way of successful solutions. Stuart... Read More

Current debates surrounding the genesis of addiction have focused on physical and/or mental causes, but Wilshire looks at the topic from an entirely different perspective. Using... Read More