The Abyss of Time

The candid autobiography of all-star pitcher “Sudden Sam” McDowell, whose alcohol-fueled life quickly and famously spiraled out of control, and his ultimate redemption as a counsel...

Since the coup of 2013 ended Egypt’s brief democratic experiment and retired army chief, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, became president of Egypt, his regime has unleashed mass repression a...

This chapter focuses on Marga Richter's shorter, more fragmented works that had little or no development and were not as expansive as her earlier (and later) pieces. Unlike other U...

The modern political idea of jihad—a violent struggle against corrupt or anti-Islamic regimes—is essentially the brainchild of one man who turned traditional Islamic precepts insid...

Who are we and how do we define our inner selves? In his last work, Professor Stephen Prickett, who was a world authority on Romanticism, presents a literary and cultural explorati...

Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby (1967) tells the story of a young woman, Rosemary, who is tricked into bearing Satan’s offspring, the Antichrist. This chapter argues that Levin’s famou...