Are you having problems becoming pregnant? You’re not alone; over 7.2 million Americans are facing the same challenges of infertility. Though some non–exp...

In 1947, on the shores of the Dead Sea, a shepherd boy discovered a cave containing ancient scrolls. Two years later, in a village near Thebes, two Egyptian ...

Will Lewis is fresh out of Folsom Prison and eager to get home to see his brother and resume his life. But his brother and his brother's family have been ...

This Very Short Introduction explores the historical impact of plague over the centuries, the ways in which it has been interpreted, and the powerful imag...

There has been an explosion of interest in entrepreneurs in the popular media, as well as in business, policy, and education. But what do entrepreneurs do...

In the Roaring Twenties, a building appeared for new women who wanted what the men already had—life in a metropolis, their own room with maid service, gyms a...

From Cicero and Augustine through the middle ages and into the Reformation, this Very Short Introduction considers conscience as a matter of human rights ...

A lively microbiography of Chaucer that tells the story of the tumultuous year that led to the creation ofThe Canterbury Tales

In 1386, Geoffrey Ch...

Halloween, a time for laughing children in white bedsheets and superhero costumes. A time for chocolate candy, and pumpkins, and Trick-or-Treat. A time fo...