When an eleven year old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime. That ob
The multiple-James Beard Award–winning restaurant critic for Los Angeles Magazine delivers an arresting exploration of our cultural demand for “artisanal” foods in a world dominated by corporate agrib
The true story of a lost dog’s journey and a family’s furious search to find him before it is too late. Saturday, October 10, 1998. Fielding Marshall is hiking on the Appalachian Trail. His beloved do
From World War I, when they both served as ambulance drivers, to the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War, writers Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos maintained a close, complex, and tumultuous fri
For a century now, scholars have searched for the “source” of Marcel Proust’s startlingly innovative novelÀ la recherche du temps perdu. Some have pointed to Henri Bergson, Sigmund Freud, or Paul Soll
James M Landis - scholar, administrator, advocate and political adviser - is known for his seminal contribution to the creation of the modern system of market regulation in the USA. As a highly influe
Cathal Nolan's The Allure of Battle shows that while wars have shaped the history of the modern world, their outcomes are decided by many other factors. The book argues that major battles are not deci
The world was nearly destroyed, but now knows hope again. At the end of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Ineluki the Storm King, an undead spirit of horrifying, demonic power, came within moments of stoppin
In 2008, anthropologist Matti Bunzl was given rare access to observe the curatorial department of Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. For five months, he sat with the institution’s staff, witnessing
By 1933, after an initial brush with integration in the late 1920s, all black players had either left or been forced out of the National Football League. The influence of powerful owners and the collu
The multiple-James Beard Award–winning restaurant critic for Los Angeles Magazine delivers an arresting exploration of our cultural demand for “artisanal” foods in a world dominated by corporate agrib
The true heartwarming story of a lost dog's journey and a family's furious search to find him before it is too late.On Saturday, October 10, 1998, Fielding Marshall was hiking on the Appalachian Trail
This book explores the processes through which America's nation-building approaches originated and developed over the last seven decades as well as the concepts and motivations that shaped them. Weavi
In American Mojo: Lost and Found, Peter D. Kiernan, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author, focuses on America’s greatest challenge—and opportunity—restoring the middle class to its full
Soon enough, nobody will remember life before the Internet. What does this unavoidable fact mean? Those of us who have lived both with and without the crowded connectivity of online life have a rare o
Through the rich and engrossing life of Stephen Gwynn (1864-1950), an alternative history of Ireland can be traced, one which envisaged a moderate form of Irish self-government, nationalist rapprochem
In American Mojo: Lost and Found, Peter D. Kiernan, award-winning author ofNew York Times bestseller Becoming China’s Bitch, focuses on America’s greatest challenge—and opportunity—restoring the middl
James M. Landis - scholar, administrator, advocate, and political adviser - is known for his seminal contribution to the creation of the modern system of market regulation in the US. As a highly influ
The thrilling first-ever biography of Proust translator C. K. Scott Moncrieff, penned by his great-great-neice“And suddenly the memory returns. The taste was that of the little crumb of madeleine whic
In 2008, anthropologist Matti Bunzl was given rare access to observe the curatorial department of Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. For five months, he sat with the institution’s staff, witnessing
"Empty-handed I Entered the World" consists of brief biographies of more than a dozen senior Okinawan karate masters who have died between mid-2012 and mid-2014. Within the next few years, this entire
When online experiences dominate our lives, what gets lost? Only one generation in history (ours) will experience life both with and without the Internet. For everyone who follows us, online life
The Wings of Fire saga continues with a thrilling underwater adventure. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is going home at last. She is eager to reunite with her mother, Queen Coral. B
Why do some issues and threats—diseases, weapons, human rights abuses, vulnerable populations&8212get more global policy attention than others? How do global activist networks decide the
Why do some issues and threats—diseases, weapons, human rights abuses, vulnerable populations&8212get more global policy attention than others? How do global activist networks decide the
This cultural history of the Seven Years' War in French-claimed North America focuses on the meanings of wartime violence and the profound impact of the encounter between Canadian, Indian, and French
Although William James was a significant presence in Paris at the dawn of the 20th century, his psychological and philosophical theories well known, any role he played in the gestation of Marcel Prous
How and why did the United States get involved in nation-building overseas, and how have these policies evolved? How has Washington understood the relationship between development abroad and security
“Hunting Old Snowbeard’s Gold” explores Arizona’s most famous mystery, the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. It takes the reader from the birth of Jacob Waltz and the tales of his gold through decades of famou
Very little solid evidence exists that microloans make a dent in long-term poverty. Sadly, evidence does exist for negligence, corruption, and methods that border on extortion. Part expose, part memoi
My First Coup D'Etat chronicles the coming-of-age of John Dramani Mahama in Ghana during the dismal post-independence "lost decades" of Africa. He was seven years old when rumors of a coup reached his
