All Books
- Meet the 'forgotten con,' the man who out Ponzi-ed Ponzi and Madoff
Author Dean Jobb tracks the life of 1920s Chicago swindler Leo Koretz in ‘Empire of Deception.’
- 'Our Man in Charleston' follows a Civil War 'spy in plain sight'
As one of only two full-time consuls for the UK in the US, Robert Bunch stealthily gathered intelligence for his own country, even as he attempted to remain on amicable terms with his slavery-loving neighbors.
- Joseph Ellis talks about 'The Quartet' and the four perceptive men who shaped a reluctant nation
Historian Joseph Ellis talks about four of America's 'Founding Fathers' – George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison – who 'made something happen that was otherwise never going to happen.'
- 'Death and Mr. Pickwick': a marvelously Dickensian novel about the creation of 'The Pickwick Papers'
Stephen Jarvis unfolds the entire prehistory of 'The Pickwick Papers,' to a depth that even a Dickens scholar would find hard to match.
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- 'The Oregon Trail': a contemporary journey that is raw, visceral, and often laugh-out-loud funny
How Rinker Buck drove a covered wagon across the Oregon Trail with his irascible brother Nick and a loyal yet skittish three-mule team that occasionally put everyone's life in danger.
- 'Being Nixon' portrays a president divided against his better self
Evan Thomas argues that Nixon is much less the evil mastermind of 1970s caricature – and much more a Jekyll-and-Hyde character constantly at war with himself.
- 'Go Set a Watchman': Why the new Atticus Finch is different than you think
Some fans are aghast over the portrayal of hero Atticus Finch in Harper Lee's new book 'Watchman.' But it's important to remember 'Watchman' isn't a sequel to 'Mockingbird.'