Forthcoming

The Golden Thread Edition of The Lincoln-Douglas Debates is the definitive, fully annotated edition for students, scholars, and any reader who wants to understand these debates and why they still matter.

In this tour of the medieval millennium, Yost endeavors to show (rather than merely tell) the meaning of the Middle Ages: a new symbiosis between Germanic warriors and priests of St. Peter that made Europe.

With characteristic rigor and moral urgency, Mac Donald challenges the notion that Beethoven, Bach, or Brahms are symbols of exclusion, while exposing the paralysis of music professionals who refuse to defend their art.

In Futurepast, Gasda argues that technology, privatization, and the culture of narcissism have systematically dismantled the social, spiritual, and physical infrastructure that made human life meaningful—from neighborhoods and churches to tools, rituals, and the capacity for attention itself.

In our modern age, LaRow argues, we have become estranged from the only story that can tell us the truth about our existence, and can offer a home to the homeless and fragmented self.

Imitation is the force that is quietly steering much of contemporary life. Once we grasp the mimetic patterns beneath the surface, we better understand why people imitate, and sometimes destroy one another. And because imitation is never neutral, turning our desires toward worthier models offers a path beyond rivalry.