In this intricate labyrinth of deception and manipulation, vivid portrayals combined with a sterling narrative propel what could have been a stereotypical, rich-and-famous tale of fashion pandemonium to the top of the genre. At the... Read More

Carolyn Weber arrived at Oxford University intent on attaining her master’s degree in literature. But by the time she left the British institution, she had explored more than just the thoughts and feelings of long-ago authors of the... Read More

Since its release, there has been little or no room for reasoned debate or even a dispassionate review of "The Goldstone Report". The United Nations’ Human Rights Council’s fact-finding mission on the waves of the 2008-2009 Israeli... Read More

Alice Lancaster, a wealthy, Caucasian international relations worker, lives with her family in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. After an unsettling encounter with a Chinese mystic, she finds her paradigms shifting; she sees the world in a new... Read More

One of life’s most perilous journeys is the one taken upon the road of self-discovery. Bernice Friesen has mapped one such voyage with distinction in The Book of Beasts. When an already dysfunctional family suffers a stunning blow, a... Read More

Young Faith O’Connor, survivor of an early twentieth-century polio epidemic, carries two passions in her heart. One is a secret yearning for a handsome rogue, and the other is a love of God. The second passion is actually the first,... Read More

Mind Menders. Why does it matter that Freud went to Putnam’s camp in 1909 during his only visit to the U.S.? “History offers any number of poignant, unlikely conjunctions of person and place” but perhaps none more odd and... Read More

“Maritime supremacy is the key which unlocks most, if not all, large questions of modern history … how and why we—the Western democracies—are as we are.” This is the author’s bold thesis, first advanced in Maritime Supremacy... Read More