đ§ Because truth is often strangerâand funnierâthan fiction.
Memoirs, essays, and deep dives into everything from psychology to platypuses. Smart reads for curious minds.
A thrilling history of England's great metropolis at a point of great change, told through the story of a young vagrant murdered by âresurrection men.âBefore his murder in 1831, the âItalian boyâ was one of thousands of orphans on the streets of London, moving among...
A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies It has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and men do other things. Hasnât it always been so? When evolutionary science came along,...
Two secret lovers. Three high-profile murders. One family annihilator. A shocking true crime exposé from the author of American Exorcism.From adultery . . . Ex-Marine and bodyguard Chris Coleman was a family man with a secret: He wanted to leave his wife for another...
It started on a summer afternoon in 1795 when a young man named Daniel McGinnis found what appeared to be an old site on an island off the Acadian coast, a coastline fabled for the skullduggery of pirates. The notorious Captain Kidd was rumored to have left part of...
Medical mistakes are more pervasive than we thinkâso how can we improve outcomes? An acclaimed MDâs compassionate stories and research explore patient safety.âAn essential read for anyone involved or interested in the care of patients.â âBooklistPatients enter the...
On Christmas Eve in 1985, a hunter found a young boy's body along an icy corn field in Nebraska. The residents of Chester, Nebraska buried him as "Little Boy Blue," unclaimed and unidentified-- until a phone call from Ohio two years later led authorities to Eli...
âThrough a combination of perception and wit, Johnson discovers how archaeologists are invaluable witnesses âto the loss of our cultural memories.ââ âUSA TodayThe author of The Dead Beat and This Book is Overdue! turns her piercing eye and charming wit to the...
A day-by-day journey through 366 delightfully archaic words and quirky historical trivia.Open The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and youâll find both a word and a day to remember, every day of the year. Each day has its own dedicated entry, on which a curious or...
The author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets and The Templars chronicles the next chapter in British historyâthe historical backdrop for Game of ThronesThe inspiration for the Channel 5 series Britain's Bloody CrownThe crown of England changed hands...
For fifty years the truth about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been obscured. This book releases us from a crippling distortion of American history.At 1:00 p.m. on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead, the victim of a...