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From a leading menswear expert, the essential guide to gentlemanly style “Erudite and charming.”—San Francisco Chronicle​ From choosing the right pair of eyeglasses to properly coordinating a shirt, tie, and pocket square, getting dressed is an art to be mastered. Yet, how many of us...

The darkest stories of Hollywood fame, scandal, and tragedy, brought together in one unforgettable book! They lived in the spotlight, but behind the glamour were lives marked by scandal, heartbreak, excess, and tragedy. Wicked Hollywood takes you beyond the screen to uncover the troubled lives of some of Hollywood’s most fascinating figures. Discover the outrageous and rebellious world of Tallulah Bankhead, the extraordinary life behind the fairy tale of Grace Kelly, the childhood fame and stolen fortune of Jackie Coogan, the murder case that engulfed Robert Blake, and the heartbreaking ...

Step beyond the marble columns and into the bizarre heart of the ancient world with Weird but True Stories from Ancient Greece: Bizarre, Shocking, and Unbelievable Tales from the Classical World. This captivating collection brings together ten strange, surprising, and completely true stories that reveal the weird side of one of history’s most celebrated civilizations. Discover a philosopher who leapt into a volcano to prove his divinity, a city that put a statue on trial for murder, and a mysterious temple where Greeks spoke with the dead. From wild rituals in Sparta to marathon runs that...

This adventure story has everything you could want: a handsome good guy, a pretty heroine, some bad guys, sword fighting, revenge, romance, and of course a happy ending, along with "rodents of unusual size." Join Westley (the plucky farm boy), Buttercup (the beautiful young maiden), Inigo...

Considered by many to be the greatest single book of Marian spirituality ever written, True Devotion to Mary is St. Louis de Montfort's classic statement on the spiritual way to Jesus Christ though the blessed Virgin Mary. Beloved by countless souls, this book sums up the entire Christian life, revealing a way of holiness that is short, easy, secure, and perfect. In this beautiful and sublimely inspiring book, de Montfort explains the wonderful spiritual effects which true devotion to Mary brings about in a person's life. 

Spanning a million years of history, the mysteries in this book include fabled relics, legendary cities, mythical species, and undeciphered languages that have bedeviled seekers for centuries.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: “Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime." —The New York Times Book...

Named a “Best Book of the 21st Century” by Kirkus Reviews, this biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author brings to life the most intriguing woman in history: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and...

 A true-crime collection culled from the crime files of the New York Times best-selling series, Notorious USA.

Joan Robinson Hill was a world-class equestrian, a glamorous member of Houston high society, and the wife of Dr. John Hill, a handsome and successful plastic surgeon. Her father, Ash Robinson, was a charismatic oil tycoon obsessed with making his daughter's every dream come true. Rich, attractive, and reckless, Joan was one of the most celebrated women in a town infatuated with money, power, and fame. Then one morning in 1969, she fell mysteriously ill. The sordid events that followed comprise "what may be the most compelling and complex case in crime annals" (Ann Rule, best-selling author of The Stranger Beside Me).

Probably the finest book ever written about the rosary, The Secret of the Rosary appeals to all ages. It shows the great spiritual power of the rosary, which is appreciated by few, and tells why the rosary is the most important private prayer.  

Henry Scougal’s, The Life of God in the Soul of Man, continues to provide the most accurate description of real Christianity. It also provides the reader with the differences between true Christianity and the many pretenders that have arisen over the centuries since its inception. That is one good reason this book, originally published in 1677, continues to sell. It is a must read for anyone who is serious about finding the narrow gate and walking the narrow path that leads to life. In this book, Scougal deals with topics such as: eternal life, born again, salvation, faith, loving God, ...

What if the monster everyone feared was not the true monster at all? Belle has always believed that books can open doors to worlds filled with adventure, mystery, and wonder. But nothing she has ever read prepares her for the night her father returns home with a frightening story about a hidden castle, an enchanted rose, and the mysterious Beast who lives beyond the forbidden forest. Soon, Belle finds herself inside that castle, where doors open by themselves, books can talk, enchanted servants hide surprising secrets, and a magical mirror seems to know exactly what she wants most. But the ...

Although he is underage, Homer P. Figg’s beloved older brother, Harold, is illegally sold into the Union Army by their ruthless guardian. Now Homer must run away from Pine Swamp, Maine, and his wretched home to find his brother and save him from the war, before it’s too late. In a story...

This is a captivating, good-humored look at family life in a small farming community in Indiana in the early 1900s.

In Shadows of Death, acclaimed author Katherine Ramsland takes listeners on a tour of New Jersey, New York and Delaware. Home of the Jersey Devil, New Jersey has its share of other devils, from predatory nurses to thrill killers and sadists. The Empire State has witnessed many unique and perverse crimes. Quite a few triggered international headlines. The first documented female serial killer in the US came out of the tiny state of Delaware, as did a "signature killer" who attracted FBI profilers.

Your favorite childhood toys have a surprisingly shady past. Before they filled toy boxes, sparked playground crazes, and ambushed bare feet in the dark, toys were somebody’s strange idea. Sometimes that idea became a beloved classic. Sometimes it became a spectacular flop. And sometimes it really should have come with a better warning label. STRANGE BUT TRUE: THE WEIRD HISTORY OF TOYS takes you behind the smiles and shiny packaging to explore the inventors, accidents, questionable decisions, and fierce competition that helped turn playtime into big business. Why do some toys become ...

Ancient Rome gave the world magnificent roads, powerful laws, soaring aqueducts—and emperors who argued with the sea, gladiators who became celebrities, sacred chickens employed as military advisers, and public toilets where privacy apparently went to die. In Strange But True: The Weird History of Ancient Rome, the polished marble is pushed aside to reveal the noisy, crowded, funny, brutal, and frequently ridiculous civilization underneath. Meet abandoned twins raised by a she-wolf, rulers who turned government into personal theater, chariot racers who earned fortunes, doctors who ...

A tall man walks into a bank office in a cattle town, apologises for interrupting, and empties a buckskin parcel onto the table: gold coin and a few bills, the full second payment on a ranch, delivered three days ahead of the deadline. The banker counts it, writes a receipt, and the transaction that Six Feet Four has spent its length building toward is done. There is no horse in the scene, no gun drawn, no saloon. There is a book of receipt blanks and two agreements to be endorsed. The man who has spent the novel robbing stages was never after the money for its own sake — he was trying to...

When the body of 45-year-old Glen Harrelson was found in his Denver home, police tried to contact his wife, but soon they made a startling realization. She had played the part of grieving widow once before: Her previous husband also had died a mysterious accidental death...