John Singer Sargent, his portrait

Abstract John II Komnenos was born into an empire on the brink of destruction, with his father Alexios barely preserving it in the face of civil wars and invasions. ...

This is the first comprehensive, annotated biography of John Scopes, the famed defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial. This biography uses new, never-before-published sources, photog...

Peter Singer has offered perhaps the most influential argument for increased aid and global redistribution, based on a duty of rescue. This chapter critically evaluates this argume...