Mackay's story of Pinkerton (1819-1884), founder of the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency is much more than a biography. It is a colorful history of 19th-century America that is told through the Continue reading »
This biography of Michael Collins (1890-1922) is the first since Tim Pat Coogan's definitive Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland in 1992, and admirers of Collins will find verification here for Continue reading »
Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World
John Blair
In this expansive volume, archaeologist Blair (Building Anglo-Saxon England) surveys stories of corpses rising from the dead, from classical Greece to the “corpse killing” Continue reading »
In this eye-opening account, historian Everill (Not Made by Slaves) outlines the biases, projections, misunderstandings, and irrationalities underlying Western economic Continue reading »
The Great Black Swamp: Toxic Algae, Toxic Relationships, and the Most Interesting Place Nobody’s Ever Heard of
Patrick Wensink
Novelist Wensink (Broken Piano for President) presents a charming, idiosyncratic love letter to his native Ohio. He hails from the state’s rural northwest, a land “so empty... Continue reading »
The Tesla Files: A Whistleblower, a Leak, a Fight for Truth: The Inside Story of Musk’s Empire
Sönke Iwersen, Michael Verfürden
In this riveting debut investigation, Iwesen and Verfürden, journalists at the German newspaper Handelsblatt, uncover Tesla’s shadowy and dangerous business practices. Based on Continue reading »