UNUSUAL, HIGHLY CANDID memoir from a woman whose husband of only one month was jailed for shocking crimes.

INSIDE THE WORLD of online media spin doctoring with one of its early gurus.  Cynical but enlightening.

INSPIRING TRUE STORY of a young prodigy and her chess coach, both from one of Uganda’s most impoverished slums.

WITH INSIGHTS FROM new research and recently opened archives, a fresh biography of Rasputin reveals much.

ADMIRABLY COMPREHENSIVE, ENTERTAINING social history of marijuana makes some solid points about public policy.

CHATTY BIOGRAPHY OF the late, great rock icon Freddie Mercury has an insider feel, if no profound depths.

A MAGNIFICENT LOVE LETTER to the city of Venice, in the form of an engaging, richly detailed work of history.

WILD, ROUGH AND TUMBLE memoir by a high-end art forger of his checkered career and jet set life.  Unruly fun!

FASCINATING SOCIAL HISTORY of “pseudoscience” debates focuses on Velikovsky’s “worlds in collision” theory.

SURPRISINGLY ENTERTAINING MEMOIR details a writer’s multi-decade struggle with a serious anxiety disorder.