Spinoza's "Ethics" builds a universe from divine first principles, guiding the reader through mind, emotion, and human limitations to reveal a path to freedom and happiness through understanding.
A compassionate doctor with a difficult past in Sudan becomes the unexpected and controversial frontrunner for Pope, starting a deadly power struggle within the Vatican where old ways clash with a new vision for the Church's future.
Kazantzakis’s controversial masterpiece explores the human struggles of Jesus, who battles doubt, fear, and the appeal of a normal life before accepting his divine sacrifice.
To save her soul, her loved ones, and all magic from a collapsing demonic realm, witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan must return to the Ever After and confront a soul-eating demon lord, even if it means an uneasy alliance with elven tycoon Trent Kalamack.
A Western philosophy professor spends six years learning Japanese archery, finding that true mastery is not about hitting the target, but about spiritual surrender to achieve Zen.
From a prison cell, facing execution, Boethius talks with Lady Philosophy, who, through prose and verse, reveals the nature of happiness, fortune, and divine will, changing his despair into understanding.
In an alternate 14th century where the Black Death wipes out 99% of Europe, "The Years of Rice and Salt" reimagines a millennium of human history, tracing the rise and fall of Eastern empires and the evolution of a world shaped by different hands.
Explore the ancient Norse cosmos, from its mythical creation and the struggles of gods, giants, dwarves, and elves, to the predicted twilight of Ragnarok, all preserved in Snorri Sturluson's saga.
After Iran's 1979 revolution, a sixteen-year-old girl's protest against classroom Koran studies leads to her arrest and a brutal journey through Evin Prison's torture chambers, ending in a death sentence that tests her will to survive and her desire for freedom.
On a world where humans ride genetically-engineered, house-sized canids in ritualized hunts, a noblewoman uncovers the planet's terrifying immunity to a galaxy-wide plague, a secret intertwined with the very nature of its indigenous, horse-like inhabitants.
Christopher Hitchens, in a series of letters, guides new rebels on the art of principled dissent, using history and his own wisdom to shape critical thinkers.
Undine Spragg's relentless social climbing in early 20th-century New York exposes the emptiness of ambition and the fleeting nature of success in a world of changing values.
