Killing the Mob
O’Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in the United States, and expertly plumb the history of this nation’s most notorious serial robbers, conmen,...
Biographies
Isaac's Storm: A man , Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History is a 2000 New York Times bestseller by Erik Larson presented in a non-fiction, novelistic style. The book follows the events immediately...
The case of the murderous Dr. Cream
The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer. A true crime story. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream, recreates Scotland Yard's hunt for a Victorian Era serial killer who murdered as many as 10 people in...
Einstein: His Life and Universe
A wonderful and very human portrait of Einstein as a person and his place in history. The author, however, apparently a convinced positivist, repeatedly disparages Einstein for insisting that there is an...
Yellen: The Trailblazing Economist Who Navigated an Era of Upheaval
Very good biography of a key woman - a woman that has impacted the world with her economic policies.
The author provides a rich description of the academic and political context.
Benedict XVI: A Life
Biography on Benedict XVI, from his early years in his homeland of Bavaria, militarized during the Second World War, years of study in the seminary, his ordination and parish practice in Munich until he...
Benedict XVI. Last Testament: In His Own Words
Interview with Benedict XVI, that gathers conversations that took place before and after his resignation. Benedict XVI looks back and makesan overview of his life, papacy, renunciation, the Church, Europe,...
Neale Daniher, When all is Said & Done
Neale Daniher sat down to pen a letter to the grandchildren he'll never get to know. And then he kept on writing ...
In 2013, the AFL legend was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease - a cruel and...
I had to Survive, How a plane crash in the Andes Helped me to Save lives
On 12 October 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the 'Old Christians' rugby team (and many of their friends and family members) crashed into the Andes mountains. I Had to Survive offers a...
Fatal Passage
Winner of the Dainie-Taylor Biography Prize. This book is the Untold Story of Scotsman John Rae, the Arctic Explorer who discovered the fate of Franklin.
In 1854, the explorer John Rae found himself...