From the author of House of Outrageous FortuneFor seventy-five years, it’s been Manhattan’s richest apartment
building, and one of the most lusted-after addresses in the world. One apartment had 37 rooms, 14 bathrooms, 43 closets, 11 working fireplaces, a private ...
The definitive oral history of the iconic and beloved TV show The Wire, as told
by the actors, writers, directors, and others involved in its creation.Since its final episode aired in 2008, HBO's acclaimed crime drama The Wire has only ...
One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now:
What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, ...
When Maria Flook's fourteen-year-old sister Karen disappeared from their suburban home, the author was changed
forever. My Sister Life maps the story of two castaways from American suburbia who, while apart from each other, live mysteriously parallel lives.With unrelenting realism ...
On April 23, 1943, the seventy-man crew of the USS Grenadier scrambled to save their
submarine—and themselves—after a Japanese aerial torpedo sent it crashing to the ocean floor. Miraculously, the men were able to bring the sub back to the ...
Out of the Flames is an extraordinary story - providing testament to the power of ideas, the
enduring legacy of books, and the triumph of individual courage.Out of the Flames tracks the history of The Chrisitianismi Restituto, examining Michael Servetus's life and times ...
Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of
Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power Ambition Glory provides intriguing comparisons between six great leaders of the ancient world and contemporary business leaders. ...
“Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.”
With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the saga of ...
