History

Saladin: The Sultan and His Times, 1138–1193
Hannes Möhring
translated by David S. Bachrach<br>introduction by Paul M. Cobb

Known in the West as a "noble heathen,” the great Muslim sultan Saladin led Muslim forces in the reconquest of the Crusader kingdoms and captured Jerusalem in 1187. This concise history traces Saladin’s role in the contest between Islam and Christianity during the twelfth century. more

Mary Elizabeth Garrett: Society and Philanthropy in the Gilded Age
Kathleen Waters Sander

Mary Elizabeth Garrett was one of the most influential philanthropists and women activists of the Gilded Age. With Mary’s legacy all but forgotten, Kathleen Waters Sander recounts in impressive detail the life and times of this remarkable woman, through the turbulent years of the Civil War to the early twentieth century. more