The Battle for Spain
Antony Beevor, a former student of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and a former officer of the 11th Hussars in the British Army, published in 1982 a landmark book on the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939...
Non Fiction
Youth
It is the third installment of Leo Tolstoy's trilogy. The protagonist is Nikolai or Nicolénke, during his youthful years, especially around his university studies and the intellectual, emotional, and social...
Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope
When the white smoke rises over the Eternal City and the historic “Habemus Papam” echoes through St. Peter’s, the world pauses for a moment to behold the new leader of the Catholic Church. With his election...
On the Nature of Things
The poem On the Nature of Things, by Lucretius, is one of the greatest achievements of Latin poetry as poetry. Its imagery, passion, and subtlety earned it admirers in Antiquity, the Renaissance (when the...
About Love
The starting point of this work is the realization that, under the name of love, very diverse things are hidden. Pieper takes his inspiration from (and constantly cites) one of the key works for...
I Do (On Being Married) / I Don't (On Being Single)
The authors tell us many humorous and thought-provoking stories, raising important questions about marriage, family, and staying single. The book's physical design catches attention quickly: it is two books...
On Death and Dying
It is a pioneering work that is being republished after decades. It deeply addresses how people face the process of dying, both the patients themselves and those around them: family members, medical staff,...
Boy: Tales of Childhoad
It is an autobiographical work in which the author narrates episodes from his childhood and adolescence; from his earliest memories, his family, and school experiences, to the moments when he begins to look...
Pope Leo XIV
It is the first biography of Robert Francis Prevost as pope, who adopted the name Leo XIV after his election on May 8, 2025. It is the work of journalist Elise Ann Allen, of American origin, senior...
The Apology
Xenophon was a historian, philosopher, and disciple of Socrates who lived approximately from 430 B.C. to 355 B.C. and composed this Apology shortly after Socrates’ trial.
It is a brief text in which...