Pelikan takes the reader through the good book's evolution from its earliest incarnation as oral tales to its modern existence in various iterations, translations, and languages. From the earliest...

Volumes have been written about Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, but no previous work captures the intimate and vital details the way Vidal's does. His consummate skill takes the reader into the...

Thomas Mistler, a New York advertising executive has only six months to live. He takes a solitary holiday in Venice, and encounters a young photographer and finally the love of his youth.

Invited to lecture in America, von Igelfeld envisions a visit to California or New York. Instead, he finds himself at the University of Arkansas. Still, in von Igelfeld's view, one American state...

This story tells of a world where all of humanity has been mysteriously resurrected on the banks of one mighty river. Samuel Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) is tasked with finding a fallen meteorite...

Von Igelfeld is quite pleased with his role as a visiting scholar at Cambridge, even if his English colleagues can be difficult to comprehend. They frequently speak in metaphors and make peculiar...

A landmark in the history of thought, Rene Descartes' Meditations helped bring critical thinking and skepticism to the Western world. Modern philosophers are still captivated by Descartes' radical...