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Technically Food
“In a feat of razor-sharp journalism, Zimberoff asks all the right questions about Silicon Valley’s hunger for a tech-driven food system. If you, like me, suspect they’re selling the sizzle more than the steak, read Technically Food for the real story.” —Dan Barber,...
1079
"RUSSIAN DETECTIVE 2024" award for "DOCUMENTARY DETECTIVE"Height 1079 was the name of the mountain where the nine members of the Dyatlov trekking group perished in 1959. The bizarre circumstances of their death and the ensuing frenzy surrounding the incident brought...
My Brother the Killer
“If Angela’s Ashes and My Dark Place had a . . . love child, it might look . . . like [this] riveting family chronicle. . . . harrowing, heartbreaking . . . horrifying.” —Mark Sarvas, author of. Memento ParkIn the gritty docklands of south-east England, Alix Sharkey...
853 Hard to Believe Facts
Award-winning author: 2020 Readers' Favorite Silver Medal *** ‘A fun mix of facts that will surprise and amuse you.’ The Wishing Shelf Book Awards This book is full of fun and verified facts, presented in an accessible manner that I hope will provide you with hours of...
Where Monsters Hide
An unexplained disappearance spirals into an unrelenting murder mystery. In October 2014, local Michigan police chief Laura Frizzo faced a perplexing missing-person case. It was not like Chris Regan, a devoted father and dependable employee, to take off without...
Co-Parenting With a Narcissist
Are you finding it nearly impossible to co-parent with a narcissist? Do you feel like you’re navigating a minefield—where every step is fraught with emotional hazards and manipulative tactics? If you’re tired of the constant drama and emotional turmoil taking a toll...
Co-Parenting With a Narcissist
Are you finding it nearly impossible to co-parent with a narcissist? Do you feel like you’re navigating a minefield—where every step is fraught with emotional hazards and manipulative tactics? If you’re tired of the constant drama and emotional turmoil taking a toll...
Bluegrass
By the lights of absolutely everyone who ever knew her, Katie Autry never harmed a hair on a dog's head. She came from a tiny village in Kentucky. The State moved her as a child into a foster home in a town so small it had one stoplight. New to her own beauty and a...
My Brother’s Keeper
The true story of a 1984 murder and the lengths one man went to in order to achieve justice for his brother’s killing. The moment he found out his brother was missing and presumed dead, Ted Kergan launched a relentless effort to bring two suspected killers—a teenage...
Death in the Air
A real-life thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson's debut Death in the Air is a gripping, historical narrative of a serial killer, an environmental disaster, and an iconic city struggling to regain its footing. London was still...
Early Graves
Shocking true crime from the Edgar Award–winning author. “Powerful . . . A frightening close-up of sociopathic personalities at their most deadly” (Vincent Bugliosi, author of Helter Skelter). Evil has a way of finding itself. How else could you explain the bond...
Gifted Education in Palestine
Gifted Education in Palestine: A Journey of Resilience and Triumph Curious about the resilience and triumphs of gifted learners in the most challenging of environments?Have you ever pondered how these young minds excel against all the odds to secure places in some of...
Gifted Education in Palestine
Gifted Education in Palestine: A Journey of Resilience and Triumph Curious about the resilience and triumphs of gifted learners in the most challenging of environments?Have you ever pondered how these young minds excel against all the odds to secure places in some of...
Terror Town, USA
The veteran true crime author chronicles the terrifying murders, surprising arrest and dramatic trial of Illinois serial killer Milton Johnson. In the summer of 1983, an elusive serial killer stalked the blue-collar industrial city of Joliet, Illinois. One overnight...
She Kills Me
A powerful collection of stories about women who murdered—for revenge, for love, and even for pleasure—rife with historical details that will have any true crime junkie on the edge of their seat In every tragic story, men are expected to be the killers. There are...
The Beast I Loved
The disturbing true crime story about what drove an abused New Hampshire wife to kill her violent husband, and the chaos that followed. Before domestic violence hot lines and safe houses were widespread, June Briand shot four bullets into her husband’s head in 1987...
Home and Away
Two world-class writers reveal themselves to be the ultimate soccer fans in these collected lettersKarl Ove Knausgaard is sitting at home in Skåne with his wife, four small children, and dog. He is watching soccer on TV and falls asleep in front of the set. He likes...
Sleep My Little Dead
The New York Times–bestselling author “brings us behind the scenes of the toughest case the NYPD has faced in 20 years” (Dan Mahoney, USA Today–bestselling author).He slipped like a sinister shadow in the night, stalking, then savagely attacking. Most of his...
Talking with Serial Killers: World’s Most Evil
A deep dive into the murders and minds of John Wayne Gacy, Kenneth Bianchi, William Heirens, John Cannan, and Patricia Wright from the bestselling author.In Talking with Serial Killers: World’s Most Evil, bestselling author and criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee...
Night Stalker
The definitive account of a sadistic serial killer whose murderous rampage across California was fueled by cocaine and Satanism.From April of 1984 to August of 1985, Richard Ramirez entered the homes of families from El Paso to San Francisco. He raped, mutilated and...
The ‘Peyton Place’ Murder
This true crime history examines the surprising connection between an infamous small-town murder and the bestselling novel it inspired. Born and raised in Manchester, New Hampshire, Grace Metalious shocked the nation in 1956 with Peyton Place, her sexually charged...
Innocent Victims
The riveting true account of a grisly crime and the unprecedented three murder trials faced by Fort Bragg soldier Tim Hennis. On Mother’s Day, 1985, the bodies of Kathryn Eastburn and her two young daughters were found in their Fayetteville, North Carolina, home....
The Dating Game Killer
The true crime story of the California serial killer who won a date on the 1970s TV show The Dating Game during his killing spree.The real story behind the Anna Kendrick Netflix film Woman of the Hour In 1978, Rodney Alcala was a contestant on The Dating Game, one of...
Everest Not Everest: A Dramatic Photo Essay
This book is a classical photo essay about the Himalayas but even more than that it is a love letter to those mountains, the people and culture of the land surrounding the world’s tallest mountain. This is not another collection of travel, documentary or adventure...
When Evil Rules
The true crime story of a notorious arsonist and murderer who kept a Cape Cod town in fear thanks to crooked cops. The Cape Cod beach town of Falmouth seemed like a lovely place to visit. But those who lived there year-round knew its other, darker side… Local...
Everest Not Everest: A Dramatic Photo Essay
This book is a classical photo essay about the Himalayas but even more than that it is a love letter to those mountains, the people and culture of the land surrounding the world’s tallest mountain. This is not another collection of travel, documentary or adventure...
A Rizer Wolfpack Series
What would really happen if mankind found out shifters lived among us? Find out in this hot and Steamy Paranormal Romance series what happens when the world is flipped onto its head. Governments, and cities are toppled. Humans become the minority. The world seems dark...
I Still Love Teaching Despite Having All the Reasons in the World to Quit
Teaching is not just a profession; it’s a passion that survives even the toughest challenges. Discover the heartwarming and honest journey of an educator who refuses to give up. Renes Lophanor, an experienced educator, shares his captivating experiences and profound...
The Biology of Love
Ah! Love! That intense feeling that has inspired the greatest musical and literary works, the same feeling that fills our most tender memories as well as our most tragic ones. Love, that powerful passion through which, at the risk of their lives, a man will defend his...
The Officer’s Wife
After the murder of her husband, a military wife becomes a fugitive from the law in an attempt to avoid conviction, in this true-crime biography.A man in uniform . . .He was a captain in the US Air Force. She was a psychologist in Fayetteville, North Carolina. On the...
I Still Love Teaching Despite Having All the Reasons in the World to Quit
Teaching is not just a profession; it’s a passion that survives even the toughest challenges. Discover the heartwarming and honest journey of an educator who refuses to give up. Renes Lophanor, an experienced educator, shares his captivating experiences and profound...
The BTK Murders
A detailed account of the serial killer who terrorized Wichita, Kansas, for more than thirty years from the New York Times–bestselling author.From 1974 to 1991, someone in the midwestern city of Wichita was leaving behind slain tortured bodies and anonymously...
The Biology of Love
Ah! Love! That intense feeling that has inspired the greatest musical and literary works, the same feeling that fills our most tender memories as well as our most tragic ones. Love, that powerful passion through which, at the risk of their lives, a man will defend his...
Fatal Romance
***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.***Nancy Richards was a young, beautiful speechwriter when she met Jeremy Akers, a decorated war hero and environmental lawyer. Nancy was immediately taken with the daredevil...
Love Hurts
Alba, Texas. In 2008, Terry Caffey, a home health care aide and aspiring preacher, was asleep in his bedroom when he woke up to a barrage of bullets. His wife, Penny, was killed instantly. With blood pouring from five bullet wounds, among other serious injuries, Terry...
The Texas 7
"You haven't heard the last of us yet..."These were chilling words on a note left behind by seven armed and dangerous inmates who escaped from the John Connally prison in South Texas on December 13, 2000. Their promise has apparently been fulfilled. The inmates, now...