Mystery Biography

In this wild, genre-bending audio documentary, New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow dives deep into the strange and storied life of high-society socialite and former Miss Arizona Celia (Cece) Doane.

When acclaimed mystery writer Dorothy L. Sayers first began compiling anthologies of the best crime stories in the 1920s and ’30s, the genre was in the flush of its first golden age. While it is hard to imagine today - after every possible mystery plot has been told, retold, subverted, and played straight again by hundreds of writers over nearly a century - in Sayers’s day there were still twists that had never been seen, and machinations of crime that would shock even jaded Jazz Age fans.

Can the mind be explained by what we know about the brain? Is a person’s being determined by their body alone or by their mind and body as separate elements? In this incisive and engaging book, Wilder Penfield, whose work pioneered such research, shares insights into these and other questions, providing an in-depth look at the function of the brain and its relationship to the action of the mind.

The sprawling highways and quiet small towns of Texas hide a dark and brutal history. Beyond the headlines and whispered local legends lie the definitive, blood-curdling stories of the state's most horrifying crimes. True Crime - Gore in Texas is not for the faint of heart. This meticulously researched anthology rips open the case files on the Lone Star State's most infamous and psychologically disturbing criminals. From the sadistic "Candy Man" Dean Corll to the shocking acts of family annihilators and the cold, calculated slayings of cartel hitmen, these accounts detail the manhunts that ...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY New York Times Christian Science Monitor NPR Seattle Times St. Louis Dispatch National Book Critics Circle Finalist -- American Library Association Notable Book A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and...

The vast plains hide the darkest secrets. In the heart of America’s northern frontier, isolation is a way of life—and the perfect cover for unthinkable acts. Beneath the endless skies and sweeping prairies lies a hidden history of brutal tragedies, vanished travelers, and quiet towns shattered by sudden violence. From the lawless days of the Gold Rush to modern-day disappearances that still haunt local communities, this gripping collection pulls back the curtain on twenty of the most perplexing and haunting criminal acts ever committed on the plains. Inside, discover: • The terrifying...

One day, on her way to a date, Isabella Huffington gets hit by a bike. What begins as a concussion with a diagnosed recovery time of seven-to-ten days becomes more than two years of debilitating pain with no apparent end and a string of unhelpful doctor and specialist visits. In the wreckage, jobs are canceled. Leases are broken. There is no second date. What’s left is Isabella, her body, and her pain. Because the source of her pain cannot be located within the body, she is told over and over that her pain is psychosomatic. And Isabella believes it, over and over.

The exciting lives of great Karate masters such as you've never read. Their secrets, their training and their stories. Men who shaped the Karate, which clashed in the dark alleys of the red-light districts, who defeated younger fighters, who intimidated bulls, who protected villages, who traveled by sea fighting the pirates, etc. In this book you will find all this. All this is accompanied by more than 50 photos and illustrations, as well as to allow a better understanding. This book, whose goal is to spread the exact biographies of the great masters, reports only information supported by ...

Mystery and horror. Poe, who remains one of the most iconic of American writers, died under haunting circumstances that reflect the two literary genres he took to new heights. Over the years, there has been a staggering amount of speculation about the cause of death, from rabies and syphilis to suicide, alcoholism, and even murder. But many of these theories are formed on the basis of the caricature we have come to associate with Poe: the gloomy-eyed grandfather of Goth, hunched over a writing desk with a raven perched on one shoulder, drunkenly scribbling his chilling masterpieces.

The greatest detective story ever written is also, at its heart, a ghost story that refuses to stop haunting even after the ghost has been explained. This Erato Press critical edition restores The Hound of the Baskervilles to what it has always been beneath the surface: a Gothic novel in disguise. Before bringing Holmes back from the dead, Conan Doyle found an elegant compromise — a case from the earlier days, set not in the gaslit rationalism of Baker Street but on the vast, fog-shrouded expanse of Dartmoor, where reason itself seems to lose its footing. The result was the finest of the ...

A Russian Drama best seller now in its second edition! In February, 1959 nine young hikers on a cross country ski trip mysteriously died under horrific circumstances. It is one of the great mysteries of our times. They would be found with missing eyes, even a missing tongue, crushed bones, and stripped of their clothes (later found radioactive) in minus 50 degree temperatures. Theories range from their being murdered by the CIA to space aliens, to even "Abominable Snowmen". This book explores this famous incident using a technique known as "Higher criticism" to explain their terrifying ...

A book that contains another book — a fictional play in two acts whose second act drives every reader insane. The play does not exist. Robert W. Chambers never wrote it. What he wrote instead, in 1895, was one of the most audacious works of horror fiction in the English language. This Erato Press critical edition reads The King in Yellow as the structurally radical and genuinely disturbing book it has always been. Published at the height of the decadent movement — the same moment that produced Oscar Wilde's trial and The Yellow Book — Chambers drew on his years as an art student in ...

The Missing JFK Assassination Film is not the typical JFK assassination book. This book does not attempt to answer the question of who killed John F. Kennedy; instead it addresses why we should question the actions of those involved and why the truth was withheld from the people. Though copies of Orville Nix's film exist, the original film is missing. Why? The FBI confiscated Orville's camera for several months, then returned it in pieces. Were these actions sinister, or were they just examples of governmental incompetence?

IN VOLUME 1: THE OLD TESTAMENT, YOU WILL LEARN: Multiple ways that Jesus made personal appearances on earth (called “Christophanies”) prior to His birth through the virgin Mary. What really happened in the Garden of Eden and what that means for humanity of all ages. How Christ’s fulfillment of the Passover feast renders a false claim of His identity a mathematical absurdity. The many links between Mt. Sinai, the Day of Pentecost, and the Ascension from astounding (but largely hidden) revelations in the original Hebrew and Greek.

The horse Susan Richards chose for rescue wouldn't be corralled into her waiting trailer. Instead, Lay Me Down, a former racehorse with a foal close on her heels, walked right up that ramp and into Susan's life. This gentle creature, malnourished, plagued by pneumonia and an eye infection, had endured a rough road, but somehow her heart was still open and generous.

An in-depth look into the creation of the post-WWII Healing Revival focusing on the historical perspective of William Marrion Branham, who has been credited by some as the evangelist who both initiated and led the movement. From his involvement with the Kardashian family in California to his politically-charged sermons supporting the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, William Branham lived a fascinating and unbelievable history connected to the collaboration, influence, and power of recognized public figures and events in American history.

In every life, there are moments that shimmer just beneath the surface of memory—encounters, decisions, and turning points that, at the time, felt ordinary but would come to shape the very fabric of who we are. This audiobook is a journey into such moments: the recollections of a daughter navigating the joys and sorrows of family, the unpredictability of change, and the search for belonging across places and decades.

A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House, M.D. "The experience of being ill can be...

Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of the Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin’s quest for the holy grail of navigation - a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared into the depths of the sea for more than 150 years. It was rediscovered under the arctic waters in 2014.

I’m tired of stripping under strobe lights. Time to show the devil what I’m made of. I didn't plan to be the world's greatest x-rated star, but you can’t fight genetics. Succubus for a mother. The devil for my father. I was born to be bad. Hi, there. I’m Bambi, Lucifer’s other daughter, and I’m done being dependable and looked down upon. It’s time I took a page from dear old dad’s book—The Life and Times of the Dark Lord—rolled it, smoked it, and plotted something devious. As a princess of Hell, it’s past time I got a kingdom of my own.