Author: Alan Jacobs

How The Book of Common Prayer became one of the most influential works in the English languageWhile many of us are familiar with such famous words ...

Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs--but people do need help iand encouragemnt to enjoy it to the full. Jacobs's experience as a lectur...

By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly c...

Although there are major differences in the lifestyles of the numerous Native American nations, they share fundamental beliefs. The spiritual wisdo...

A story of forbidden love and dark crimes as a contract killer is chased by the one woman who cannot bring herself to catch him. Giles Penshur...

The selections made in this volume shed light on these esoteric doctrines revealing intimate conversations between Jesus and his Disciples. The Gos...