The Cry of the Dove

“Exquisitely woven.” —Leila Aboulela…

Alexander the Great

“Written in the best of good taste and in a style . . . of lucid simplicity.” –The Atlantic…

Essays in Zen Buddhism

A Free Man of Color

“[A Free Man of Color] . . . might be a masterpiece. . . . one of the three or four most stirring new plays I’ve seen.” —Terry Teachout, The…

Loving Che

“A beautiful and quite possible reinvention of history.” –Alan Cheuse, NPR…

Magnum

‘miller deftly conveys the excitement of being a photojournalist at a time when world events were unfolding at a furious pace . . . a cracking good story.” –Sarah Coleman,…

One in Three

“Calming and illuminating . . . Plenty of anecdotal vigor . . . Wishart has done copious research and used it to shape a story more gripping than frightening. ….

The Spirit of Zen

“Alan Watts is the brain and Buddha of American Zen.” –The Nation…

A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich

“For a long time hardly anyone was aware of just how courageous and determined Fritz Kolbe was in resisting the Nazi regime. . . . [A Spy at the Heart…

Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man

“A better case can be made for the claim that Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man actually affected history than for other books so far published in the series, and Christopher…