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Explore the paradox of the unexpected hanging in this exclusive excerpt from Knots and Borromean Rings, Rep-Tiles, and Eight Queens, a new collection of Martin Gardner's writing on classic puzzles and games.
Frederick Toates, the author of How Sexual Desire Works, delves into the "enigmatic urge" that is sexual desire and explains how he gains professional insights into personal life.
Marci A. Hamilton, the author of an updated edition of God vs. the Gavel, explains why religiously motivated violence like the terrorist activities practiced by ISIS are a complicated issue we face even on our home soil.
Dan Gunn, one of the editors of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, is interviewed by Hynd Lalam, who assisted in research for the most recent volume as a student of Comparative Literature at the American University of Paris, and who is about to start an M.Phil. in Modern English Literature at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.
Joel Cabrita, the author of Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church, explains the Nazaretha Christians of Southern Africa and the eclectic influences that helped them build their church.
In this excerpt from Dirty Entanglements, Louise Shelley explains how the complex interweaving of crime, terrorism, and corruption has set the stage for one of the most complicated moments in international politics.
With Scotland due to vote on a referendum declaring independence from the United Kingdom next week, Mo Moulton, the author of Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England, takes a look back at Irish independence and the culture of the British Isles.
Mark Richardson of Doshisha University and the author of Robert Frost in Context says there will always be a place in this world for poetry as long as humans continue to be their imperfect selves. His research on popular American poet Robert Frost underscores that intentions in life can sometimes have little influence on end results.
This October, the third volume of the celebrated Letters of Samuel Beckett will hit shelves, reigniting our passion here at fifteeneightyfour for one of the greatest modern writers. Written at the...
This book reconsiders the views of Leo Strauss on the relationship between philosophy, law and political violence—the aspect of Strauss’s philosophical scholarship that has been most publicly controversial,...
What concerns arise as to the EU and US agreeing a new trade deal? How should we understand the NSA/ Snowdon affair? What makes judges want to learn from each other across the Atlantic? How can the EU...
We don't think of the Middle Ages as particularly humorous, but it turns out we've been wrong all along! Jamie Kreiner, the author of The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom, explores early (and unfamiliar) comedy, with some jokes along the way.
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