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Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, examines the meaning, evolution, and role of culture in civil socie...

Award-winning Red Lines provides cinematic boots on the ground, offering a rare window into the Syrian conflict,...

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Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...

Sophie Rostopchine, the Countess of Segur, is a French writer of Russian birth.  Originally published in the 19th century, Segur'...

A biography of Abraham Lincoln who grew from his simple childhood in Kentucky to become the second president of the United States.&nbs...

When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...

In 1901, Dr. Duncan MacDougall conducted an experiment that determined the human soul has mass weighing in at 21 grams. But what ...

Masterfully explores the significance of water in Chile's vast history and culture, examining the indigenous tribes of the Western Pat...

H.G. Wells' classic study in the progress and history of civilization from the origins of life on Earth up to historic developments in...

The final book written by the great philosopher at the end of his life is a mix of autobiographical anecdotes, descriptions of sights ...

Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...

By the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, this is the haunting novella, based on the true story of a Jewish teenager in WWI...

This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...