"PTL" is a fascinating study of the ignominious collapse of an evangelical empire. John Wigger’s "PTL" covers the famed Christian media empire of Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker. Theirs is a story of tremendous inventiveness, and of an even... Read More

With its voracious appetite for pop culture, Garrett’s book is a great reminder that there’s more to life than just being alive. Gut-wrenching, stomach-churning, and mind-boggling, zombies are a perfect metaphor for many aspects of... Read More

Rosalind Rosenberg’s long-delayed biography, Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray, uses the papers of Pauli Murray deposited at Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library to give voice to Murray’s experience in a way Murray couldn’t in her... Read More

This enlightening history volume shows how the Bible shaped the founders’ consciousness. Daniel L. Dreisbach’s "Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers" focuses on the Bible’s significant influence on colonial America and its... Read More

This is a unique, refreshing, and even hopeful look at the interplay between faith and government. Faithonomics: Religion and the Free Market, by Torkel Brekke, makes the argument that the absence of government involvement is best for... Read More

The contradiction of Americans’ simultaneous love and hatred of France is placed in proper historical context. With "Shadows of Revolution", historian and journalist David A. Bell shares a boundless enthusiasm for all things French,... Read More

The dramatic reign (1558-1603) of Queen Elizabeth I, known during her own times as the Virgin Queen, has spawned more than a dozen movies with her being played by the likes of Bette Davis and Cate Blanchett and, in old age, Dame Judi... Read More

The authors’ academic, information-centric approach bolsters the book’s impartiality. The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss, is a balanced look at an intricate issue. Cook and Goss bring a... Read More