“The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri River and such principal stream of it as… may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across the continent, for the purpose of commerce,” instructed President... Read More

“Everything vital in history reduces itself ultimately to ideas,” wrote seminal mid-century conservative thinker Robert Nisbet, the subject of this commendably concise and articulate intellectual biography. Nisbet, who died in 1996... Read More

In his essays, American poet Yvor Winters (1900-1968) has described the poetic discipline as “the richest and most perfect technique of contemplation.” Perhaps better known and remembered as a critic than a poet, he nevertheless has... Read More

In her debut collection of short stories, Hagenston places poignant reminders of the basic and elemental bond among women of all ages. A Gram of Mars contains eight short stories that introduce characters who carry the anxiety and desire... Read More