Troy: 772 books

From the acclaimed author of two New York Times Notable books comes a gripping mystery written with “**subtle but emotionally wrenching prose” (Kirkus Reviews).   When the body of a young woman is found in a river bed in Black Canyon City, Arizona, Deputy Sheriff Sam Rush starts an investigation...

A biography of one of the greatest players in New England Patriots history   Spotlighting a New England sports icon, this authorized biography chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Troy Brown, the talented athlete who played 15 seasons with the New England Patriots. Brown demonstrates how...

A booming subculture is on the rise: dubbed Urban Exploration, it involves sneaking into abandoned or off-limits factories, aviation "boneyards," decommissioned bases, and other derelict features of the military/industrial landscape. Troy Paiva is a foremost photographer of the UrbEx (as...

More than 100 stories from haunted locales across the Prairie State. Compiled by Illinois's best-known author on the paranormal, Troy Taylor.

In the company of author Troy Taylor, pull off the trick of coming back alive from some of Chicago's most infamous "one-way rides." Meet the deadly womanizer Johann Hoch, who would propose to a woman within twenty minutes of meeting her and then poison her within a week. Follow "Terrible" Tommy O'Conner...

Blazing from the West Side, the Great Chicago Fire left nothing but ashy remnants of the developing city, leveling its landscape but certainly not its spirit. While the West Side was home to the infamous O'Leary barn, it was also where news of some of the city's most gruesome and horrific crimes reverberated...

Carver Middle School isn't normal. There is a dark force at work that comes out when the children play. The games are never fun. They're serious. And they're for keeps.The kids at Carver know the rules: You don't tell. You don't skip out. Everybody plays and the game...

Where does attraction end and obsession begin? Is murder justified if it brings you closer to your one true love? When you're treading the fine line between attraction and single-minded obsession, a few brutal deaths shouldn't stand in your way...

Any angler who has ever been out-fished by a beginner with a twig and some twine or questioned whether bass are smarter than he is will be in good company here. Hilarious Fishing Cartoons pokes fun at every kind of angling absurdity. Tiers struggling to tie microscopic flies, bass fishermen who catch...

A positively uplifting and funny true story about the ups and downs of being the girl who's owned by a Beagle named Scott, one of the most lively and mischievous dogs on earth. Scott's mission in life is to sniff everything in sight and out of sight in search of food, and things to eat that...

What do you get when a preeminent newspaper recruits an opportunistic rug entrepreneur, who will remind you of Donald Trump, as its moral pundit? You get a charmingly crass satiric tell-all inspired by The Ethicist column and real scandals about false memoirs. Narrated by an adult daughter who possesses...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS, BIOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR Paul Keating: the big-picture leader is the definitive biography of Australia’s 24th prime minister, and the first that Keating has cooperated with in more than two decades. Drawing on around 15 hours...

How genes are not the only basis of heredity—and what this means for evolution, human life, and disease For much of the twentieth century it was assumed that genes alone mediate the transmission of biological information across generations and provide the raw material for natural selection....

Know today’s signals for sexual abuse. Educate yourself, your family, and those around you of how to identify suspect behavior, how to effectively intervene, the proper way to help a victim after a molest has occurred. Latest research data awareness, along with community know-how can protect the...