đ§ Because truth is often strangerâand funnierâthan fiction.
Memoirs, essays, and deep dives into everything from psychology to platypuses. Smart reads for curious minds.
This Edgar Award finalistâone of Ann Ruleâs top five true-crime picksâis a âgrippingâ definitive account of the Dr. Sam Sheppard murder case (The New York Times Book Review).âMy God . . . I think theyâve killed Marilyn!â  At 5:40 a.m. on July 4, 1954, the mayor of...
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks.Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of...
âWill Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas ⌠The Status Game might be his best yetâ James Marriott, Books of the Year, The TimesWhat drives our political and moral beliefs? What makes us like some things and dislike others? What shapes how we behave, and...
A renowned cognitive neuroscientist?s fascinating and highly informative account of how the brain acquires readingHow can a few black marks on a white page evoke an entire universe of sounds and meanings? In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene provides an...
INSTANT TOP 10 BESTSELLER ⢠New York Times ⢠USA Today ⢠Washington Post ⢠LA TimesâDebunks the idea that aging inevitably brings infirmity and unhappiness and instead offers a trove of practical, evidence-based guidance for living longer and better.ââDaniel H. Pink,...
From award-winning New York Daily News reporter Larry McShane, the gritty, bloody, first definite biography of one of the Mafia's deadliest contenders for boss, "Little Vic" Orena, who battled it out in the streets with Carmine "The Snake" Persico for control of the...
The true story of Theresa Knorr, the twisted child abuser who murdered her daughtersâwith the help of her sonsâtold by a former New York Times reporter. Â In June 1985, Theresa Cross Knorr dumped her daughter Sheilaâs body in Californiaâs desolate High Sierra. She had...
It was the perfect marriage between a Florida millionaire and an Atlanta socialiteâuntil a hitman came between them. From the author of Without a Trace.For thirty-three-year-old millionaire James Sullivan, sweeping Lita McClinton off her feet was easy. But when the...
Critically acclaimed author Kathryn Casey delivers a riveting account of the brutal murders of young women in the I-45/Texas Killing Fields. The book that spotlighted decades-old murders and helped solve the cases, Deliver Us contains interviews with alleged serial...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠OPRAHâS BOOK CLUB PICK ⢠An astonishing memoir that explores how far we will go to protect ourselves, and the healing made possible when we face our secrets and begin to share our storiesâThe Tell encourages us to recognize that sometimes...