Hick
In this riveting YA non-fiction set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, trace Lorena Hickok—or Hick’s—rise from devastating childhood
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Planet Police
Natalie Vellacott worked in Sussex Police for almost a decade, during which time she investigated almost every type of crime
Darling Winston
Between 1881, when Churchill was just six, and 1921, the year of his mother’s death, Winston Churchill and Jennie Jerome
Lenny, Flip, and Rickles
An uncensored history of standup comedy in Miami, Florida, and how it was a microcosm of the regional live comedy
Corked with Marc Fennell
How can you cheat… at drinking wine? It turns out you can. And when you do, a whole world of
The Defining Moment
In this dramatic and fascinating account, Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter shows how Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his first 100 days in office
The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm
Fox Hollow Farm, the infamous Indiana property where Herb Baumeister allegedly murdered at least eleven men, has a grim past
Suffer the Children
There have been monsters among us lurking in the darkest corners of America, preying on children since the first settlers
Margaret Atwood: A Modern Mythmaker
In 1985, Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale was published, joining the ranks of novels like 1984 and Brave New World in a growing canon
The Great Gatsby at 100
How does a 100-year-old novel feel fresher than ever? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was first published in April of 1925.