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Salem 1692 the name and date are synonymous with sorcery. But what caused the worst witch-hunt in U.S. history? What demons sent 20 innocent people to their deaths? Was it panic? Payback? Puritanism run amok? In this probing look, Bruce Watson captures all the fear and fear-mongering while exploring the latest historical research into this unforgettable American tragedy.

A call girl takes on a job that seems routine but veers into revenge and murder.

On a holiday visit to his wifes picture postcard hometown, an English professor learns that meeting your in-laws can be deadly.

What does Indias Kaziranga National park have that the rest of the countrys decimated reserves do not? Plenty of tigers, for starters. (The worlds highest density.) Fleets of endangered one-horned rhinos. (More than two- thirds of the remaining population.) And, since 2010, a take-no-prisoners anti-poaching...

Award-winning journalist and author Tracy Ross takes on one of Alaskas most contentious issues: the protection of a pack of wolves in Denali National Park. To Denalis hundreds of thousands of annual visitors, the Toklat wolf pack represents one of the last living symbols of true wilderness in the...

Think you know the story of Olympic runner Zola Budd? Think again. Even if you remember how the barefoot prodigy broke world records and was blamed for favorite Mary Deckers career-crippling fall, her story has more heartbreak and nuance than the headlines would have you believe.

1999: Amidst Yosemites grandeur, a murderer is on the loose. Before he is apprehended, four people lay dead - one decapitated. Here award-winning journalist Joshua Hammer digs into Yosemites past to uncover the almost forgotten story of the killers cruel rampage, exploring the stark contrast between natures beauty and mans brutality.

Here, James Beard award-winning author Rowan Jacobsen plumbs the secrets of Parma, Italys ham and cheese heaven.

Process Visibility helps everyone - employees, customers, and partners, alike - see and understand an organizations operations from beginning to end. And in so doing, it creates a common language that enables people to capture, share, and create institutional knowledge with ease. Competency spreads throughout...

Modern Americans are accustomed to the insanity defense, but what if a madman shot the president? During the Victorian Era? In this brief gripping account, award-winning author Bruce Watson recounts how the lunatic Charles Guiteau stalked and killed President James Garfield, then stalked the courtroom...

Father Tom Mulcahy wakes up on the day of a fierce blizzard to learn he has been accused of sexual abuse by an ex-altar boy in the parish. His life as he knows it is over. The Cardinal has sent an emissary to make things right. When Father Tom decides to confront his accuser, he doesn't realize that he will also have to confront himself.

The trafficking and sale of counterfeit sneakers is big business, with federal agents, multinational footwear companies, and private investigators out to shut it down. But its not as easy as it seems, especially when they cant tell the real shoes from the fakes. Award-winning journalist Nicholas Schmidle investigates.

Here, from award-winning writer Andrew Lawler, is what may be the worlds oldest true-life whodunit. The detective: Joan Oates, a diminutive 82-year-old grandmother, close friend of famed mystery writer Agatha Christie, and, as Lawler writes, one of the worlds most distinguished archaeologists. In Syria,...

The Brain, wrote Emily Dickinson, is wider than the Sky, since it contains both Sky and You. National Magazine Award winning writer Priscilla Long meditates and shares the latest research - on her brain, her mind, and her grandfather, a reporter who lost his memory along with all of his writing. Its a book we should all keep in mind.