Benjamin Sutherland

Charles SalaAn in-depth look at the life and work of the impetuous, solitary, tireless creator who, in asserting his freedom to create on his own terms, was the prototype of...

Geoggrey C Ward and Ken BurnsThe vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who...

Ben DupreAt a time of widespread popular cynicism and profound international unease, the need for clarity over the basic concepts of politics has never been greater. The forces of Fundamentalism...

CDB BryanAn updated and enlarged edition of the centennial history of the National Geographic Society which first appeared in 1987. All text and pictures from the original book are included...

John L RansomJohn Ransom, Brigade Quartermaster of the Ninth Michigan Calvary, was only 20 years old when he became a prisoner of war in eastern Tennessee in 1863. He had...

Harold FaberAt the beginning of World War II the German Air Force was considered the finest in the world. But was it? The Treaty of Versailles had condemned the German...

Sid Jacobson and Ernie ColonAnne Frank: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic BiographyDrawing on the unique historical sites, archives, expertise, and unquestioned authority of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam,...

Jonathan FinePolitical Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: From Holy War to Modern TerrorReligious political violence is by no means a new phenomenon, yet there are critical differences between the...

David K ShiplerThe Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the prejudiced Jew, is a primitive creature of animal vengeance and cruel desires....

WG SebaldCampo Santo is a collection of essays by W. G. SebaldWhen W.G. Sebald died tragically in 2001 a unique voice was silenced. Campo Santo is a collection of the...

Paul CollierThe Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About ItGlobal poverty, Paul Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about eighty...