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History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed by the Black Death. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead?

The Roaring Twenties is the only decade in American history with a widely applied nickname, and our fascination with this era continues. From prohibition to immigration, the birth of jazz, and

In the most personal book of his career, Jonathan Kozol tells the story of his father's life and work as a noted specialist in brain disorders and his ability to narrate his descent into

Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, this novel reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, a village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghost-like lionesses beg

Simeon Grist is drawn into the Asian underworld of Los Angeles when two children vanish in Chinatown and the parents refuse to inform police for fear that Vietnamese hit men will do them in.

A gunslinging Taoist psychopomp, Lou might not be a normal nineteen year old, but she's too busy keeping San Francisco safe from ghosts to care.

It's 2004 in Muriga, a quiet town in Spain. Five years have passed since the murder of a young local politician, and the town's rhythms have almost returned to normal.

Long ago, the barriers between our world and the Otherworld were ripped open, allowing hideous monsters to come through. Now people live in enclosed cities, hoping to stay safe from the danger.

In the moon's near-feudal society, you must fight for every inch you want to gain. And that is just what Adriana Corta did.

Trenton Colman is a creative boy, and Kallista Babbage is the daughter of the notorious and deceased Leo Babbage.

Five valuable lessons: don't hire a psychopath to kill your wife, don't use Drano to get rid of a body, hotel room doors aren't very secure, a wig isn't much of a disguise, and secrets can kill.

When we last saw Max Fisher and Angela Petrakos, Max was being arrested by the NYPD for drug trafficking, and Angela was fleeing the country in the wake of a brutal murder.

Bellona is a city at the center of the United States. Something has happened there … the population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets.

When Lilliet Berne is finally offered an original role at the Paris Opera, she realizes with alarm that it's based on a hidden piece of her past.

Cat Mateo, a once-stray teenager, owes her rescue to Detective Stride. But Cat holds something else to her chest: a secret, the sheer power of which she could not possibly comprehend.