NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER The "masterful chronicle" of the discovery of the legendary lost civilization of the Maya and the quest to unlock their secrets.  Featuring a history and description of the major Maya sites, including  Chichen Itza, Tulum,   Palenque, Uxmal, Copan, and more.  Illust...

Told through the eyes of a former federal prosecutor who ran the busiest trial unit in any United States Attorney’s Office, this book arms criminal defense attorneys with the tools needed to fight back against prosecutors who abuse their immense power. The authors explain how to uncover and attack...

Years after surviving a horrifying abduction, a woman agrees to go on a luxury cruise with her estranged sister. But as secrets surface and danger closes in, she realizes she’s trapped at sea—and this time she might not escape. GET READY FOR ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE SUSPENSE NOVELS YOU’LL READ...

For over 100 years, Paramount Pictures has been captivating movie and television audiences worldwide with its alluring imagery and compelling stories. Arising from the collective genius of Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and Cecil B. DeMille during the 1910s, Paramount Pictures is home to such endurin...

Virtually every landscape is a palimpsest, created by the imprint, however ephemeral, that people have left everywhere they have been. As one peels back layers of history, the true nature of a place can be better understood. A History of Sautee Nacoochee does precisely this for a small Appalachian...

“ Crybaby Bridge is a gore-soaked trip down memory lane. One that starts innocently enough before pulling the reader into a bible-belt nightmare that could only exist in the middle of Nowhere, America."- Caleb Stephens, author of Feeders and The Girls in the Cabin It’s a typical Saturday nig...

Exploring the changing meanings and future development of public engagement in maritime heritage research Building on the practical case studies presented in Citizen Science in Maritime Archaeology: The Power of Public Engagement , this second volume delves into evolving definitions and application...

How you do anything is how you do everything. The principles shared in this book can be used in many areas of your life, Spiritual, Mental, Physical, Social/Relational and Financial. Allow each chapter to impact and move your life from bad to good or good to great. Use the principles to move you fro...

How Welsh bands and musicians soared up the music charts in the 1990s. The 1970s and ’80s were a bleak time for much of Wales: the closure of steel works and coal mines led to mass unemployment while the country’s culture and language were disregarded by politicians and the music industry ali...

Perfect for Tennessee fans who think they already know everything Most Tennessee fans have attended a game at Neyland Stadium, seen highlights of a young Peyton Manning, and remember where they were when the Volunteers won the 1999 Fiesta Bowl. But only the truly die-hard fans can recite the words...

Peter Irons, acclaimed historian and author of A People History of the Supreme Court , explores of one of the supreme court's most important decisions and its disappointing aftermath In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court sounded the death knell for school segregation with its decision in Brown v. Board ...

One of the earliest sources of humanity's religious impulse was severe weather, which ancient peoples attributed to the wrath of storm gods. Enlightenment thinkers derided such beliefs as superstition and predicted they would pass away as humans became more scientifically and theologically sophistic...

Jeffrey Ballon Jones is a spiky haired, overly energetic eleven-going-on-twelve- year-old who loves dance and soccer. He’s a standout at his mom’s dance studio and on the soccer team his dad helps coach. He has big dreams of being both a professional dancer and soccer player. Only his older sist...

Raw Motherhood: A Collection of Poems and Prose to Honor the Joy and Pain in the Journey By 100+ Inspired Poets and Storytellers; Compiled by Elayna Fernández Compiled by bestselling poet and award-winning storyteller Elayna Fernández , Raw Motherhood is an evocative collection of over 100 ...

History of South Callaway, Missouri, originally published in the Mokane Herald-Post in 1903, detailed stories of hundreds of Callaway County pioneers includes genealogy tracing three or four generations. Family histories are brought to life by by a 73 year-old native Callawegian who grew up with the...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice “A window to the soul of a great city.” ―Inga Saffron, Pulitzer Prize–winning architecture critic A two-time Pulitzer finalist explores the story of American urban design through San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building. Conceived in the Gild...

The acclaimed multicultural fiction anthology, updated to include recent writers. Thirty-seven short stories from 1900 to the present, written by some of our best authors―African, Asian, European, Jewish, Middle Eastern, and Native American―follow the waves of immigration into and migration wit...

Do you remember a time before the Internet? Before we all carried lifelines in our pockets? Do you remember how it felt to step into a neon-lit arcade on a Friday night, pockets heavy with quarters? This anthology contains sixteen totally radical, dread-filled stories that will introduce you to a v...

Skies darken. Sirens wail. Buildings tremble with each distant boom. You grasp your loved ones close to you. Any second could be your last. Howls From the Wreckage will push you to the edge of imminent disaster-and drown you in the heartbreak of its fallout. HOWL Society Press presents its thrillin...

Some of horse racing's most respected authorities looked at feats of greatness, world records, legendary rivalries, and innovations to rank the sport's top 100 moments. They weighed individual accomplishments against industry initiatives, innovations against lucky breaks to come up with the definiti...