Provides advice on establishing a healthy lifestyle, with an emphasis on maintaining the right weight, and offers suggestions for achieving a long life span.
Love and Greed in the Heartland is the story of an insurance fraud scheme gone fatally wrong. On one night in Richmond Hill, what was meant to be a small fire mushroomed into a major explosion and the
For nearly 10 years as a columnist with the Los Angeles Times, STEVE LOPEZ HAS TRAVELED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SIFTING FOR GOLD. When asked, "Where do you get your ideas?" Lopez responds, "I wake up and
Facing Down Evil deals with the role of the hostage negotiator in the defusing of major crises by the FBI. Author Clint Van Zandt covers the training and formation of a hostage negotiator and discusse
Both on camera and off, Lisa Thomas-Laury’s life seemed perfect—a glamorous job on television, a loving and successful husband, two great kids. She was a trendsetter, one of the first African American
Tony Auth's cartoons, seemingly simple and always direct, have influenced public opinion and politicians for more than 40 years. “Our job is not to amuse our readers,” says Auth of a national artistic
The stories presented here are true slices of life taken from an underworld where people don’t play by the rules and where the good guys don’t always win. These are real-life stories about wiseguys an
Suddenly, mysteriously, and anywhere at any time, a Ford truck parked on an incline would roll away on its own. At first, the consequences were minor—a dented bumper, a dinged garage door. But one day
Big Al's autobiography is also an invigorating chronicle about the personalities that he's had the pleasure of knowing, most memorably Wilt Chamberlain, who granted Al his final exclusive interview. O
A child's alphabet book, a visitor's guide and keepsake, history primer, or coffee table book – which best describes, The ABC's of Philadelphia? The answer, of course, is all of these at once. Greg
Most people see working to end global poverty and ensure a stable climate as a fool's errand. Add to that the Citizens United decision and the flood of money rushing into politics and the despair grow
Follow Mike Chitwood as he becomes the most decorated officer in Philadelphia police history, defying death in critical hostage negotiations and emerging as a key figure in an international high-profi
The Detroit True Crime Chronicles sets forth the rich history of criminal activity in the Motor City. Using information from declassified federal documents and many firsthand accounts, the book focuse
In the days before traffic signals and interstate highways, drivers traveling between New York and Florida passed through the intersection of Pratt and Light Streets in Baltimore, making it the busies
A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia explores the use of activities and other techniques to prevent, reduce and otherwise manage the behavioral symptoms of dementia
Philadelphia Fighters chronicles the golden era of American boxing in the pugilistic Quaker City, where top contenders settled and where many great fighters grew up during the epic period from the 195
The Red Sox have been blessed with many legends and great plays. Ted Williams, Cy Young and Babe Ruth are considered some of the best players among fans. Players such as Carl Yastrzemski, Jimmie Foxx,
Here at last is the first full-scale biography of Frank L. Rizzo, one of the most beloved and feared public figures in urban American history.Sweeping and finely detailed, this is a work of scholarshi
