A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
By: Mark Dawidziak
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author’s life through the prism of his my…
Want to Read $ 11.99"I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends will call it.' -- EDGAR ALLAN POE"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
"I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends will call it.' -- EDGAR ALLAN POE"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
"The glow of the fireside poets failed to warm a world coping with the cold realities of a new century. Their light faded as we became less sure of comforting messages and more intrigued by Poe's troubling questions. 'We recognize Poe's modern view of the dark side of humanity,' said Jeffrey A. Savoye of the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore. 'We don't expect sentimental moralizing. So we've embraced the very thing that made Poe distasteful in his own era."-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
"The glow of the fireside poets failed to warm a world coping with the cold realities of a new century. Their light faded as we became less sure of comforting messages and more intrigued by Poe's troubling questions. 'We recognize Poe's modern view of the dark side of humanity,' said Jeffrey A. Savoye of the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore. 'We don't expect sentimental moralizing. So we've embraced the very thing that made Poe distasteful in his own era."-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
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By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. , Josiah Bunting
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The underappreciated presidency of the military man who won the Civil War and then had to win the p… read more
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2. Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe
By: J.W. Ocker
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
Edgar Allan Poe was an oddity: his life, literature, and legacy are all, well, odd. In Poe-Land, J.… read more
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3. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
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"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
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3.44
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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4.19
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By: Michael Finkel
3.97
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3.85
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
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"Apparently the kitchen is to be commended for their successful use of fire."-Rupert Holmes, Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
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3.81
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3.50
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
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4.21
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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3.71
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16. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
By: Mark Dawidziak
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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3.10
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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
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3.60
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3.55
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4.11
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