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When an actress turns up in the morgue, an ex-cop and a private investigator hunt a vicious killer across Los Angeles in "this hard-hitting crime novel" (Publishers Weekly).

"If history could be taught in the schools the way Berton writes about it, there wouldn't be a more popular subject on the curriculum." -The Globe and Mail Of all the wars fought by

How do you make sure your candidate becomes president of the United States' You make sure he's the only candidate left alive ...

A world-renowned animal trainer recounts her fight to win custody of a pit bull unfairly condemned to die in this "wonderful" true story (The Wall Street Journal).

From a revered writer of the Beat Generation, a "tour de force" that contemplates aging-and how to make the most of it (Booklist).

A lively, witty history of the iconic Italian drinking establishment, a meeting place for literary and artistic luminaries for nearly a century.

From the pages of the New Yorker, Esquire, and the Paris Review, "Edward Hoagland's collected stories are dazzling" (Ann Beattie).

"Compelling ... Technology is changing the landscape of society, and Roeder describes how humanity is changing along with it." -Daniel H.

He started out as a crook-and ended up busting them. A true "high-flying, adrenaline-filled story with the feel of the movie The Sting" (Booklist).

A real-life ghost hunter shares true stories and up-close explorations of haunted sites.

Hilarious true stories of raising twins from the author of the Ironic Mom blog: "Shirtliffe is awesome and so is this book."-Jenny Lawson When Leanne Shirtliffe and her husband, Chris, di

A New York Times-bestselling author and renowned Los Angeles medical examiner challenges the verdicts in America's most controversial celebrity deaths. "Dr. Thomas T.

Blending alternate history, time travel, and detective thriller, the "able and impressive" Nebula and Hugo Award nominee gives us Nazis, Tories, and togas (The Washington Post).

"If Brian Freemantle isn't the best writer of spy novels around, he's certainly, along with John le Carre, in the top two." -The Philadelphia Inquirer Charlie Muffin isn't

Four novels of the punk vampire hunter from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author and "most original voice in the world of vampire fiction since Anne Rice" (Film Threat).