City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
By: Holly Tucker
3.60
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Appointed to conquer the 'crime capital of the world', the first police chief of Paris faces an epi…
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1. Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
By: Paul Collins
3.69
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Duel with the Devil is acclaimed historian Paul Collins’ remarkable true account of a stunning turn… read more
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2. The Trouble With Poetry - And Other Poems
By: Billy Collins
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
Playfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins.With his distinct voice … read more
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3. The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer
By: Skip Hollandsworth
4.33
Format: 481 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer--America's first--who stalked Austin, Te… read more
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4. The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
By: Judith Flanders
3.65
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
"Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, … read more
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5. Blood Royal: A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
By: Eric Jager
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A riveting true story of murder and detection in 15th-century Paris, by one of the most brilliant m… read more
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6. The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
By: Sam Kean
4.09
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the bestseller The Disappearing Spoon, tales of the brain and the history of neu… read more
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7. Magic: A Very Short Introduction
By: Owen Davies
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
Magic is a much-used term with a complex and controversial history. As a concept and a practice, it… read more
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8. A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience
By: Emerson W. Baker
5.00
Format: 29 pages,
Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most l… read more
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9. Million-Dollar Throw
By: Mike Lupica
3.00
Format: None pages,
Everyone calls Nate Brodie "Brady" because he's a New England quarterback, just like his idol, Tom … read more
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10. Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza: Engaging the Islamist Social Sector
By: Sara Roy
3.45
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Many in the United States and Israel believe that Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization, an… read more
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11. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
By: Neil Bradbury
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more
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"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
12. The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt
By: Audrey Clare Farley
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
At the turn of the twentieth century, American women began to reject Victorian propriety in favor o… read more
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13. American Cozy: Hygge-Inspired Ways to Create Comfort & Happiness
By: Stephanie Pedersen
3.30
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The wildly popular phenomenon of hygge gets a warm American twist with this gifty, illustrated guid… read more
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14. Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
By: Jane Draycott
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The first modern biography of one of the most influential yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient … read more
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15. City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
By: Holly Tucker
3.60
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
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16. Letters from Cuba
By: Ruth Behar
4.27
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to … read more
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17. The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul
By: Eleanor Herman
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The story of poison is the story of power. For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roilin… read more
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18. Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy
By: Philip Freeman
4.16
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Han… read more
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19. The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History
By: Joel Warner
3.60
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written—Ma… read more
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20. 49 Days
By: Agnes Lee
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Day 1 Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map – it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what’… read more
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21. Nothing but the Night: Leopold & Loeb and the Truth Behind the Murder That Rocked 1920s America
By: Greg King
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Greg King and Penny Wilson turn the original crime of the century on its head in Nothing But the Ni… read more
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