It's Christmas Eve in Santa Fe, but among the revelers on Canyon Road, a decidedly unholy scene is taking place. A desperate man, dressed all in black, feverishly seeks refuge for...
Imbibe! Updated and Revised Edition From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
Cocktail writer and historian David Wondrich presents the colorful, little-known history of classic American drinks—and the ultimate mixologist's guide—in this...
Paradise Lost A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pigeonholed in popular memory as a Jazz Age epicurean, a playboy, and an emblem of the Lost Generation, F. Scott Fitzgerald was at heart a moralist struck by the nation's shifting...
Race and Reunion The Civil War in American Memory
No historical event has left as deep an imprint on America's collective memory as the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past....
Wild Things The Art of Nurturing Boys
Playing off the themes in the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book Where the Wild Things Are, this informative, practical, and encouraging guide will help parents guide boys...
Ahab's Rolling Sea A Natural History of "Moby-Dick"
Although Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing-or even a novel...
Trace Evidence The Hunt for the I-5 Serial Killer
For ten years, the California Interstate 5 highway was haunted by a dangerous serial killer. Incredibly skilled at staying ahead of the investigators as the bodies started to pile...
The Darwin Strain An R.J. MacCready Novel
The authors of Hell’s Gate and The Himalayan Codex deliver their third high-octane thriller — a riveting blend of science, history, and suspense featuring zoologist and...
Sacred Liberty America's Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom
Sacred Liberty offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation's "greatest invention." Steven Waldman, the...
Media Madness Donald Trump, the Press, and the War over the Truth
According to the media, Donald Trump could never become president. Now many are on a mission to prove he shouldn't be president. The Trump administration and the press are at...
