• History

    Clandestine Worlds: Books Exploring Secret Ecosystems and Shadow Economies

    These volumes will "peel away the secrecy,...unlock clandestine systems and see what makes them tick"

    July 2, 2024  By Elizabeth Heider
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    Dean Jobb on the Gentleman Thief Who Charmed Jazz Age New York

    Arthur Barry cut a dashing figure around the city and referred to the people he robbed as "clients."

    July 1, 2024  By Kevin Canfield
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    Candy for the People: The Miami Murder Mystery That Transfixed America

    Sixty years ago, a high-profile murder gave America its first taste of true crime in the modern media age.

    June 28, 2024  By Gaspar González
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    The Jewel Thief and the Prince of Wales

    One night in 1924, a charismatic thief took the Crown Prince on an unforgettable tour of Prohibition New York City.

    June 25, 2024  By Dean Jobb
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    How Rudyard Kipling's 'Kim' Helped Create Modern Espionage

    Kipling's tale of imperial adventure whipped Britain into a frenzy for spies. Soon, a new agency was created.

    June 13, 2024  By Hugh Wilford
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    The Spy Who Helped Bring the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. back from the Brink of Nuclear War

    "In 1983 a man named Oleg Gordievsky saved the world."

    June 12, 2024  By Steve Berry and Grant Blackwood
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    James Lee Burke on Hemingway, Orwell, and a New Chapter in the American Battle Against Fascism

    Another wide-ranging conversation on the state of a nation's soul.

    June 11, 2024  By David Masciotra
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    The Bloody, Intertwined History of Anarchism and Dynamite

    In Steven Johnson's new book, he looks at the birth of dynamite in era of political upheaval.

    May 17, 2024  By Steven Johnson
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    The Jessie Scouts: America's Original Special Forces Unit

    During the Civil War, they operated behind enemy lines, using tactics all their own.

    May 15, 2024  By Patrick K. O'Donnell
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    Randall Sullivan's Strange, Wild, Personal History with the Devil

    In the author's new nonfiction book, the devil is in the spotlight.

    May 14, 2024  By Randall Sullivan
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