Why do humans seek the sacred? What drove our ancestors to paint symbols on cave walls, build vast temples to unseen gods, and create moral codes that still guide billions today? This three-volume series traces the complete arc of religious experience — from the earliest...

The Complete History of Mercenary Warfare — All Continents, All Eras

For 4,500 years, hired warriors have toppled empires, built kingdoms, and changed the course of history. They have been pharaohs' bodyguards and popes' last defenders, conquerors of Athens and liberators...

A three-volume narrative history of world religions — from the Neanderthal graves of the Ice Age to the megachurches, meditation apps, and religious nationalism of the twenty-first century.

Why did our ancestors bury their dead with flowers sixty thousand years ago? How...