John of Avila (1499-1569) was a major figure in the ecclesial reform and spiritual renewal that fina... more

two-hundred-year anniversary of the expedition, Victoria Joan Moessner brings us the first English translation of the uncensored...... more

In Paris and London, the crowds hailed him as the man who had conquered Napoleon, as the liberator o... more

Brought up within a Zen Buddhist tradition and later becoming a Jesuit priest, the author shows how ... more

This book offers a concise introduction to one of the most important modern analytical methods. Acco... more

The scripts of award-winning film director Ingmar Bergman have been among the most important documen... more

A collection of eight lectures, now translated into English, which clearly reappraise Old Norse reli... more

In 1981, Stephen Jay Gould exposed the bad science behind nineteenth-century American studies that "... more

This study is an original approach to the notion of golden mean in eighteenth-century culture. It br... more

Simone Weil is one of the major religious writers of the twentieth century. Hers is a unique blend o... more

Simone Weil is one of the major religious writers of the twentieth century. Hers is a unique blend o... more

Marguerite Yourcenar was born Marguerite de Crayencour in Brussels in 1903. She lost her mother at b... more