Building Bridges to the Good Life and the Good Society
J. D. Trout
Drawing on his sweeping and innovative research, philosopher and cognitive scientist J. D. Trout recruits the latest findings in psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience to answer the...
In 2001, a group of Portland, ME area theatrical professionals began creating a series of audio theatre programs--Nightmares on Congress Street "classic horror stories to Chill & Thrill". These...
From its sharply satiric opening sentence, Mansfield Park deals with money and marriage, and how strongly they affect each other. Shy, fragile Fanny Price is the consummate "poor relation."...
When Dorian Gray, a young man of rare beauty, is drawn into a life of decadence and lustful indulgence, he discovers that a painting begins to bear new marks for each of his sins, leaving him as...
Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy
Leanda de Lisle
Born into aristocracy, the Grey sisters were the great-granddaughters of Henry VII, grandnieces to Henry VIII, legitimate successors to the English throne, and rivals to Henry VIII's daughters, Mary...
The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
Sean B. Carroll
For over a century, opening the black box of embryonic development was the holy grail of biology. Evo Devo -- Evolutionary Developmental Biology -- is the new science that has finally cracked open the...
Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr was a Confederation Marine's marine. She'd survived more deadly encounters---and kept more of her officers and enlistees alive---than anyone in the Corps, and she was...