The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
The Unexpected Political Philosopher
Casey Chalk reviews a new collection of the political writings of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI
The Love of Living
Father Schall explores an essay of Robert Louis Stevenson on courage and death, and the need to love living, rather than mere life.
The Life Behind the Dance
James Baresel reviews a new biography of the English novelist Anthony Powell.
What We Once Knew About Global Influence
Francis P. Sempa reviews a book on the effective maritime front of the Cold War.
A Woman Who Reads
Ashlee Cowles welcomes Sarah Clarkson’s invitation to the reading life.
Judging as Realpolitik
“The horror, the horror.” Stephen B. Presser guides us through the scary world behind a new book on judicial tactics.
Supporting Statecraft
Michael J. Ard welcomes a comprehensive new history on the use and misuse of foreign intelligence.
Why Moral Revolutions Matter
Brian A. Smith reviews a book that better explains the reasons people wage war.
The Last Years of Theodore Roosevelt
Carl Rollyson celebrates David Pietrusza’s historical biography of Theodore Roosevelt’s final struggles against Wilsonian idealism.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.