by Philip | Jul 7, 2025 | General Nonfiction
The ultimate photographic collection of the most historic trees on the planet.Uncover remarkable trees from around the world, many of which have borne witness to key moments in history or reached a scale and age that have allowed them to become a part of history...
by Philip | Jul 7, 2025 | History, Politics & Culture
Dutiful daughter, frustrated wife, passionate lover, domineering mother, doting grandmother, devoted friend, tireless legislator, generous patron of artists and philosophers—the Empress Catherine II, the Great, was all these things, and more. Her reign, the longest in...
by Philip | Jul 7, 2025 | Women’s Fiction
An NPR Best Book of 2022 “A master class in family and political drama, in star-crossed love stories and in capturing the enormity of what home is.”—NPRWhen Isabel Perez travels to Barcelona to save her sister Beatriz, she discovers a shocking family secret in New...
by Philip | Jul 7, 2025 | History, Politics & Culture
“A California classic . . . California, it should be remembered, was very much the wild west, having to wait until 1850 before it could force its way into statehood. so what tamed it? Mr. Starr’s answer is a combination of great men, great ideas and great...
by Philip | Jul 7, 2025 | Christian Nonfiction
“The best modern argument for Christianity I’ve ever read . . . Be careful—you might just be converted.” —Ross Douthat, The Week Philosopher and literary critic, as well as creator of the popular detective Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton takes us on a journey through...
