The work of Benedictine priest, theologian, and world-renowned physicist Stanley Jaki is given its first systematic study here in Creation and Scientific Creativity. Haffner also provides a full bibliography of over three decades of Jaki’s scholarship, along with a comprehensive overview of Jaki’s life and career.

The father of modern genetics, Dr. Jérôme Lejeune discovered in 1959 the extra chromosome 21 responsible for the condition known as Down syndrome, which he called trisomy 21. He received many international awards, including the Kennedy Foundation Award and the William Allan Memorial Award of the American Society of Human Genetics. Inspired by a deep belief that a cure for trisomy 21 would be found one day and that medicine has a duty to serve society’s weakest members, Lejeune dedicated his life to research and to caring for the intellectually disabled. The Jérôme Lejeune Foundation continues his work today by serving thousands of patients with trisomy 21 and other intellectual disabilities of genetic origin, through a triple objective—research for treatments, medical care, and advocacy.

What They Are Saying:

“When Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, the most renowned geneticist in the world, took his stand for the unborn child, he became a pariah, shunned by his elite ‘friends,’ defamed in the press, and deprived of funding for his research. How did he persevere to earn John Paul II’s description of him as ‘a great Christian of the twentieth century’? This engaging book shows that Jérôme Lejeune, as husband and father, drew his strength from faith and family.” — Charles E. Rice, University of Notre Dame

“Jérôme Lejeune was one of the greatest Catholic men of the twentieth century. To Pope John Paul II he was a valued personal friend. To medical researchers (honest ones, at least), he was an esteemed colleague who should have won a Nobel Prize. But to his own children he remained first and foremost a loving and beloved father. Seeing him here in that role, we learn more about the great public man.” — Philip Lawler, Editor, Catholic World Report

“Life Is a Blessing gives us a glance at Jérôme Lejeune from the perspective of a devoted father, a family man. His scientific accomplishments are not to be understood apart from this. Dr. Lejeune lived this truth. This book helps its readers do the same.” — Fr. Frank Pavone, Director, Priests for Life

Mustard Seeds is the journal of a remarkable spiritual odyssey, the origin and destination points of which are identified in the volume’s subtitle. By the mid-1960s, Brent Bozell had contributed as much any individual to the conservative movement’s capture of the Republican Party. But long before that movement’s apogee in the 1980s, Bozell had moved on, discovering that his Catholic faith demanded more than conservatism could accommodate. The writings gathered here demonstrate Bozell’s extraordinary honesty and courage.

English historian and Christian humanist Christopher Dawson stood at the very center of the Catholic literary and intellectual revival in the four decades preceding Vatican II. One can find his influence throughout the twentieth-century Catholic Right. Poet and social critic T. S. Eliot considered him the foremost thinker of his generation, and the founder of American conservatism, Russell Kirk, wrote that he had been “saturated in Dawsonian historical studies [and] my own books reflect Dawson’s concepts.”

Dawson’s reputation declined dramatically during the cultural shifts accompanying Vatican II, and few remembered the English Catholic in the final decades of the twentieth century. A revival of interest of Dawson and his body of work increased dramatically in the last years of John Paul II’s and the beginning of Benedict’s pontificates. This book offers the first study of Dawson’s life and thought as a whole. It is especially poignant as a post–9/11 reexamination of the meaning of Western civilization.

Sanctifying the World was named by biographer Joseph Pearce as the best book of 2008 and the National Catholic Register named it one of the top eleven books of the year.

Bradley J. Birzer holds the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in History at Hillsdale College and is the author of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth.

The tragic conflict between men of faith and men of science has its origins in a false notion of history: a notion that the Middle Ages stultified scientific exploration and scholarship. French scientist Pierre Duhem dedicated his life to examining this problem. For years, however, his works were inaccessible to English- speaking scholars. Stanley Jaki makes available for the first time a systematic treatment of Duhem’s work along with twenty seven selections (in English translation) from his writings. This book is a powerful testimony to the unity of faith and reason.

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The eight-volume biography of Winston S. Churchill, begun by his son, Randolph Churchill, and completed by Martin Gilbert following Randolph’s death in 1968, was based on documents from the Churchill papers and from more than one thousand other archives, both public and private. Among the many archival jewels are Churchill’s most private and personal letters from his early childhood to his old age, uncensored family correspondence, the letters and diaries of his closest friends and fiercest opponents, secret diplomatic telegrams, and the daily exchanges of an active politician, a prolific writer, a vivid journalist, an historian, a painter, and a man of action.

Churchill’s personal papers are among the most comprehensive ever assembled relating to the life and times of one man. They are so extensive that it is only possible to include in the narrative volumes a part of the relevant documents. The volumes titled The Churchill Documents were planned to run parallel with the narrative volumes, and with them to form a whole.

The three newest volumes of The Churchill Documents cover the start of World War II. As with previous volumes, they collect a remarkably wide range of archives too voluminous to include in Randolph S. Churchill and Sir Martin Gilbert’s multivolume biography of Winston Churchill.

Sir Martin Gilbert was born in England in 1936.  He is a graduate of Oxford University, from which he holds a Doctorate of Letters, and is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 1962 he began work as one of Randolph Churchill’s research assistants, and in 1968, after Randolph Churchill’s death, he became the official biographer of Winston Churchill.  Since then he has published six volumes of the Churchill biography, and has edited – to date – now sixteen volumes of Churchill documents.  As a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, Michigan, he is currently completing the Churchill document volumes.

During forty-eight years of research and writing, Sir Martin has published over eighty books, including The First World War, The Second World War, The Somme: The Heroism and Horror of War, D-Day, The Day the War Ended, and a three-volume History of the Twentieth Century.  He has also written, as part of his series of ten historical atlases, Atlas of the First World War, and, most recently, Atlas of the Second World War. Sir Martin’s film and television work has included a documentary series on the life of Winston Churchill.  His other published works include Churchill: A Photographic Portrait, In Search of Churchill, Churchill and America, and the single volume Churchill, A Life.

What They Are Saying:

“I am delighted that Hillsdale College Press is to re-publish the whole of the monumental biography of Winston Churchill, plus all the volumes of supporting documents, including a number hitherto unpublished. This work is one of the most important biographies of the twentieth century and with its unique documentation constitutes a vast printed archive and source book for historians—as well as a fascinating experience for the general reader.”— Paul Johnson, Author, Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney

“These volumes are one of the great works of history. And short of leading Great Britain through mankind’s most catastrophic war, there is no better education in statesmanship than to follow Churchill’s many forms of genius as they are brilliantly presented herein.”—Mark Helprin, Author, Freddy and Fredericka

“A milestone, a monument, a magisterial achievement. Sir Martin Gilbert’s life of Sir Winston Churchill—started by the subject’s son Randolph—is rightly regarded as the most comprehensive life ever written of any age. Wise, honest and all-embracing, the work stands as a testament to the quality of Gilbert’s scholarship. The companion volumes, moreover, represent fine works of literature in their own right, since they comprise Sir Winston’s own correspondence. No praise could be higher than that Gilbert has produced a tribute entirely worthy of the saviour of modern Western Civilisation.”—Andrew Roberts, Author, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900

Just Released!

The eight-volume biography of Winston S. Churchill, begun by his son, Randolph Churchill, and completed by Martin Gilbert following Randolph’s death in 1968, was based on documents from the Churchill papers and from more than one thousand other archives, both public and private. Among the many archival jewels are Churchill’s most private and personal letters from his early childhood to his old age, uncensored family correspondence, the letters and diaries of his closest friends and fiercest opponents, secret diplomatic telegrams, and the daily exchanges of an active politician, a prolific writer, a vivid journalist, an historian, a painter, and a man of action.

Churchill’s personal papers are among the most comprehensive ever assembled relating to the life and times of one man. They are so extensive that it is only possible to include in the narrative volumes a part of the relevant documents. The volumes titled The Churchill Documents were planned to run parallel with the narrative volumes, and with them to form a whole.

The three newest volumes of The Churchill Documents cover the start of World War II. As with previous volumes, they collect a remarkably wide range of archives too voluminous to include in Randolph S. Churchill and Sir Martin Gilbert’s multivolume biography of Winston Churchill.

Sir Martin Gilbert was born in England in 1936.  He is a graduate of Oxford University, from which he holds a Doctorate of Letters, and is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 1962 he began work as one of Randolph Churchill’s research assistants, and in 1968, after Randolph Churchill’s death, he became the official biographer of Winston Churchill.  Since then he has published six volumes of the Churchill biography, and has edited – to date – now sixteen volumes of Churchill documents.  As a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, Michigan, he is currently completing the Churchill document volumes.

During forty-eight years of research and writing, Sir Martin has published over eighty books, including The First World War, The Second World War, The Somme: The Heroism and Horror of War, D-Day, The Day the War Ended, and a three-volume History of the Twentieth Century.  He has also written, as part of his series of ten historical atlases, Atlas of the First World War, and, most recently, Atlas of the Second World War. Sir Martin’s film and television work has included a documentary series on the life of Winston Churchill.  His other published works include Churchill: A Photographic Portrait, In Search of Churchill, Churchill and America, and the single volume Churchill, A Life.

What They Are Saying:

“I am delighted that Hillsdale College Press is to re-publish the whole of the monumental biography of Winston Churchill, plus all the volumes of supporting documents, including a number hitherto unpublished. This work is one of the most important biographies of the twentieth century and with its unique documentation constitutes a vast printed archive and source book for historians—as well as a fascinating experience for the general reader.”— Paul Johnson, Author, Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney

“These volumes are one of the great works of history. And short of leading Great Britain through mankind’s most catastrophic war, there is no better education in statesmanship than to follow Churchill’s many forms of genius as they are brilliantly presented herein.”—Mark Helprin, Author, Freddy and Fredericka

“A milestone, a monument, a magisterial achievement. Sir Martin Gilbert’s life of Sir Winston Churchill—started by the subject’s son Randolph—is rightly regarded as the most comprehensive life ever written of any age. Wise, honest and all-embracing, the work stands as a testament to the quality of Gilbert’s scholarship. The companion volumes, moreover, represent fine works of literature in their own right, since they comprise Sir Winston’s own correspondence. No praise could be higher than that Gilbert has produced a tribute entirely worthy of the saviour of modern Western Civilisation.”—Andrew Roberts, Author, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900

Just Released!

The eight-volume biography of Winston S. Churchill, begun by his son, Randolph Churchill, and completed by Martin Gilbert following Randolph’s death in 1968, was based on documents from the Churchill papers and from more than one thousand other archives, both public and private. Among the many archival jewels are Churchill’s most private and personal letters from his early childhood to his old age, uncensored family correspondence, the letters and diaries of his closest friends and fiercest opponents, secret diplomatic telegrams, and the daily exchanges of an active politician, a prolific writer, a vivid journalist, an historian, a painter, and a man of action.

Churchill’s personal papers are among the most comprehensive ever assembled relating to the life and times of one man. They are so extensive that it is only possible to include in the narrative volumes a part of the relevant documents. The volumes titled The Churchill Documents were planned to run parallel with the narrative volumes, and with them to form a whole.

The three newest volumes of The Churchill Documents cover the start of World War II. As with previous volumes, they collect a remarkably wide range of archives too voluminous to include in Randolph S. Churchill and Sir Martin Gilbert’s multivolume biography of Winston Churchill.

Sir Martin Gilbert was born in England in 1936.  He is a graduate of Oxford University, from which he holds a Doctorate of Letters, and is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 1962 he began work as one of Randolph Churchill’s research assistants, and in 1968, after Randolph Churchill’s death, he became the official biographer of Winston Churchill.  Since then he has published six volumes of the Churchill biography, and has edited – to date – now sixteen volumes of Churchill documents.  As a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, Michigan, he is currently completing the Churchill document volumes.

During forty-eight years of research and writing, Sir Martin has published over eighty books, including The First World War, The Second World War, The Somme: The Heroism and Horror of War, D-Day, The Day the War Ended, and a three-volume History of the Twentieth Century.  He has also written, as part of his series of ten historical atlases, Atlas of the First World War, and, most recently, Atlas of the Second World War. Sir Martin’s film and television work has included a documentary series on the life of Winston Churchill.  His other published works include Churchill: A Photographic Portrait, In Search of Churchill, Churchill and America, and the single volume Churchill, A Life.

What They Are Saying:

“I am delighted that Hillsdale College Press is to re-publish the whole of the monumental biography of Winston Churchill, plus all the volumes of supporting documents, including a number hitherto unpublished. This work is one of the most important biographies of the twentieth century and with its unique documentation constitutes a vast printed archive and source book for historians—as well as a fascinating experience for the general reader.”— Paul Johnson, Author, Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney

“These volumes are one of the great works of history. And short of leading Great Britain through mankind’s most catastrophic war, there is no better education in statesmanship than to follow Churchill’s many forms of genius as they are brilliantly presented herein.”—Mark Helprin, Author, Freddy and Fredericka

“A milestone, a monument, a magisterial achievement. Sir Martin Gilbert’s life of Sir Winston Churchill—started by the subject’s son Randolph—is rightly regarded as the most comprehensive life ever written of any age. Wise, honest and all-embracing, the work stands as a testament to the quality of Gilbert’s scholarship. The companion volumes, moreover, represent fine works of literature in their own right, since they comprise Sir Winston’s own correspondence. No praise could be higher than that Gilbert has produced a tribute entirely worthy of the saviour of modern Western Civilisation.”—Andrew Roberts, Author, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900

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This sixth and most important volume of Sir Martin Gilbert’s authorized biography of Winston Churchill, The Finest Hour probes beneath the surface of each of the crucial decisions in which Churchill was involved from the outbreak of war in September 1939 to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Drawing on a remarkable diversity of material—including government records, Churchill’s own vast archive of private letters, and the recollections of those who worked with him—Gilbert reveals for the first time the full extent of Churchill’s personal contribution to every aspect of the struggle.

The Finest Hour is an account that is intensely human, yet keeps the wider perspective in view, while allowing the reader rare insight into the daily burdens of Britain’s war leader. 

Sir Martin Gilbert was born in England in 1936.  He is a graduate of Oxford University, from which he holds a Doctorate of Letters, and is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 1962 he began work as one of Randolph Churchill’s research assistants, and in 1968, after Randolph Churchill’s death, he became the official biographer of Winston Churchill.  Since then he has published six volumes of the Churchill biography, and has edited – to date – twelve volumes of Churchill documents.  As a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, Michigan, he is currently completing the Churchill document volumes.

During forty-eight years of research and writing, Sir Martin has published eighty books, including The First World War, The Second World War, The Somme: The Heroism and Horror of War, D-Day, The Day the War Ended, and a three-volume History of the Twentieth Century.  He has also written, as part of his series of ten historical atlases, Atlas of the First World War, and, most recently, Atlas of the Second World War.

Sir Martin’s film and television work has included a documentary series on the life of Winston Churchill.  His other published works include Churchill: A Photographic Portrait, In Search of Churchill, Churchill and America, and the single volume Churchill, A Life.

The fifth volume of the official biography of Winston S. Churchill opens with Churchill’s return to Conservatism and to the Cabinet in 1924, and, as the story unfolds, presents a vivid and intimate picture both of his public life and of his private world and Chartwell between wars.

As Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1924 to 1929, Churchill pursued a humane and constructive social policy, including the introduction of pensions for widows and orphans. The controversial return to the gold standard is examined here on the basis of new evidence; so too are Churchill’s efforts after the General Strike to bring peace to the coal industry. In 1927 Churchill planned and fought for a massive attack on unemployment. He was helped in his task by a young Tory MP, Harold Macmillan, in whom he confided.

In this volume Martin Gilbert strips away decades of accumulated myth and innuendo, showing Churchill’s true position on India, his precise role (and private thoughts) during the abdication of Edward VIII, his attitude toward Mussolini, and his profound fears for the future of European democracy. Even before Hitler came to power in Germany, Churchill saw in full the dangers of a Nazi victory. And despite the unpopularity of his views in official circles, for six years he persevered in his warnings.

This book reveal for the first time the extent to which senior civil servants, and even serving officers of high rand, came to Churchill with secret information, having despaired at the extent of official lethargy and obstruction. Within the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, and the Intelligence Services, individuals felt drawn to go to Churchill with full disclosures of Britain’s defense weakness and kept him informed of day-to-day developments from 1934 until the outbreak of war. As war approached, people of all parties and in all walks of life recognized Churchill’s unique qualities and demanded his inclusion in the government, believing that he alone could give a divided nation guidance and inspiration.

Sir Martin Gilbert was born in England in 1936.  He is a graduate of Oxford University, from which he holds a Doctorate of Letters, and is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. In 1962 he began work as one of Randolph Churchill’s research assistants, and in 1968, after Randolph Churchill’s death, he became the official biographer of Winston Churchill.  Since then he has published six volumes of the Churchill biography, and has edited – to date – twelve volumes of Churchill documents.  As a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, Michigan, he is currently completing the Churchill document volumes.

During forty-eight years of research and writing, Sir Martin has published eighty books, including The First World War, The Second World War, The Somme: The Heroism and Horror of War, D-Day, The Day the War Ended, and a three-volume History of the Twentieth Century.  He has also written, as part of his series of ten historical atlases, Atlas of the First World War, and, most recently, Atlas of the Second World War.

Sir Martin’s film and television work has included a documentary series on the life of Winston Churchill.  His other published works include Churchill: A Photographic Portrait, In Search of Churchill, Churchill and America, and the single volume Churchill, A Life.