On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds" and her captain, William Thomas Turner,...

"A series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear's beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt"-- October 1942. Ferry pilot Jo Hardy is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire to Biggin Hill Aerodrome when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged, and turns him over to the...

"An exposé of how the American military, with the help of the media, conceals its perpetual war"--

A fictional journal following the year after a wildfire.

"After a terrible fire destroys her home and kills her twelve sister-princesses, Desmia must rise above those who intend to manipulate her and sieze power for themselves--and find out the truth"--

"In late 2021, Diane Foley sat at a table across from her son's killer, Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as "The Beatles" who pled guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son seven years before. Kotey was about to go serve life imprisonment and this was Diane's chance to talk to the man who had been involved with brutally taking her son's last breath. What would she say to his killer? What would he reveal to her? Might...

Chronicling the life of only one of the currently seven thousand Gold Star families from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, When Our Blue Star Turned Gold takes the reader from the early morning hours of his final and fatal battle to the ongoing journey of Staff Sgt Bryan Burgess's family. This is a story of pain, loss, and hope. Our son was killed on foreign soil and in an instant our world was forever changed. Just as yours would be. Chronicling...

Bay Area-based reporters for The Guardian, Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano, relate the story of the worst American wildfire in a century, weaving together a portrait of the remarkable California community of 27,000 souls, destroyed wholesale in a fire that left 86 dead, while offering a bigger-picture exploration of the science of wildfires in a time of dramatic climate change. Alastair Gee is a seasoned science/nature writer based in San Francisco...

While serving with Navy SEAL Team Ten in Afghanistan, Brad Snyder was blinded by a massive blast caused by an enemy improvised explosive device. Exactly one year later, he won a gold medal in swimming at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Here's his story of tenacity and courage.