David Stewart

Offers a humorous but factual look at the ill-fated voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic.

This superbly researched, brilliantly plotted, and thoroughly gripping mystery draws readers into a sinister conspiracy of assassination and intrigue.

In March 1900, as former congressman John Bingham lies dying, he tells a strange tale to his physician, Dr. Jamie Fraser. Bingham famously prosecuted eight members of John Wilkes Booth's plot to kill President Lincoln. But during the 1865 trial, conspirator Mary Surratt divulged

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As the Roaring Twenties get under way, corruption seems everywhere--from the bootleggers flouting Prohibition to the cherished heroes of the American Pastime now tarnished by scandal. Swept up in the maelstrom are Dr. Jamie Fraser and Speed Cook... Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, is having a record-breaking season in his first year as a New York Yankee. In 1920, he will hit more home runs than any other team in the American League. Larger than life...

Presents a guide to learning sign language, including fingerspelling, illustrated signs, quizzes, and more.

Rich and strange: Instead of waiting for their inheritance, a suburban couple ask for it in advance and, when their rich uncle obliges, they immediately embark on a cruise and a series of adventures that sometimes severely strain their relationship. The sorcerer's apprentice: A simple-minded runaway becomes a pawn in the hands of a magician and his wife.

With a roster of acclaimed fiction writers, Mixed explodes expectations of what it means to be multiracial. The complexion of the world is changing. People can trace their lineage to Native American, black, Asian, Irish, Italian, and Puerto Rican heritage- sometimes all in the same person. The United States counts over twenty million people of multiracial descent, and the number is growing. This book gives narrative voice to the multiple identities...