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Washington Irving
The Definitive Biography of America's First Bestselling Author
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
The fascinating life of a man who “ranked as one of America’s greatest writers, bon vivants, and literary showmen” (The New York Times).
The author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip van Winkle” was a quintessential New Yorker, presidential confidant, diplomat, lawyer,...
A Tale of Two Citizens
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
A timely novel of a Polish-Jewish immigrant’s struggle against all odds for an American identity—beginning with a necessary lie at Ellis Island.
Abroad, in pre-World War II Poland, the goose step of Nazism is intensifying, and panic is taking hold. Widespread fear of “the other” has...
For Whom the Dogs Spy
Haiti: From the Duvalier Dictatorships to the Earthquake, Four Presidents, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
“This book is a great piece of history . . . After reading my uncle’s book, I feel just like I was an apple and he was my Big Tree” (Wyclef Jean).
When the 2010 earthquake struck Haiti, the former Haitian ambassador to the United States Raymond Joseph rushed back to his beloved country....
by Geneviève Duboscq
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
“An unforgettable account of D-Day” from the perspective of a young woman who saved the lives of Allied soldiers (New Statesman).
Growing up in the remote, marshy lowlands of Normandy, young Geneviève Duboscq had little concept of war—even after Nazi Germany occupied France. But that...
The Voyage of the Destiny
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
This “wise, richly imaginative and riotously entertaining” novel draws from the exploits of Elizabethan adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
It’s 1618, and soldier, explorer, fortune hunter, and lover of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh, is bitterly penning...
Favorite Sons
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
The USA Book News Book of the Year for Mystery/Suspense that “keeps the reader turning pages with its twisted plot and characters facing high stakes” (Columbus Dispatch).
In the small industrial town of Crystalton, Ohio, fifteen year old Hutch Van Buren and his three closest friends have...
The Science of Superheroes
The Secrets Behind Speed, Strength, Flight, Evolution, and More
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Discover the scientific facts behind the abilities of your favorite superheroes!
The concept of the superhero has permeated our culture. They fascinate fans with their incredible superhuman abilities and impressive technology. But do you ever wonder if any of it is plausible or rooted in fact?
Enter...
The Inventory
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
By the Jakob Wasserman Prize–winning author of The Guilt of Others: a “deeply moving” novel of a small German community torn apart in WWII (Le Monde).
Combining the immediacy of reportage with emotional intensity and imagination, The Inventory is “a book of extraordinary suggestive...
King of a Small World
A Poker Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2011
“That rare thing, a truly authentic novel about poker and the poker world” (A. Alvarez, author of The Biggest Game in Town).
Joey Moore is happy to be a big fish in a small pond. He is easily the best poker player from his suburban enclave in Maryland to Washington, DC. He craves the nightlife...
The Mechanic
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
A novel set during post–World War II’s Nuremberg trials, in which one ordinary citizen is swept up in the Holocaust crimes of Nazi Germany.
Germany, 1945. The bloodiest war in history is at an end. Now the retribution and search for justice begins. In a series of Nuremberg trials, war criminals...
A Hero's Daughter
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
From the acclaimed author of the award-winning Dreams of My Russian Summers: “A powerful picture of a society that has lost its way” (Historical Novel Society)****.
Set in the Soviet Union from World War II until the early 1990s, A Hero’s Daughter portrays the rise and decline of the Soviet...
The Holy Place
Saunière and the Decoding of the Mystery of Rennes-le-Château
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
From the coauthor of Holy Blood, Holy Grail comes a deeper exploration of the secrets of Rennes-le-Château and the mysteries of Jesus’s bloodline.
In 1982, Henry Lincoln, along with colleagues Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, published Holy Blood, Holy Grail, which became an immediate...
No Time for the Truth
The Haditha Incident and the Search for Justice
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
“An impassioned critique of the handling of the Haditha massacre by U.S. Marines” and America’s failure of justice in Iraq (Kirkus Reviews).
In 2005, twelve Marines stationed in Iraq were ambushed by Sunni Muslim insurgents in the city of Haditha. An IED (improvised explosive device) detonated...
The Disappearance of Percy Fawcett
And Other Famous Vanishings
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Significant facts and plausible theories behind ten of the most mystifying disappearing acts in history—from Czar Alexander I to Amelia Earhart.
Here are the stories of adventurers, celebrities, political figures, unwitting victims, and visionaries with one thing in common: They vanished...