Martin Langfield Sotheby's, London, 1936. A paper by Sir Isaac Newton is sold at auction to a bookseller's agent and within minutes of leaving the auction house, he is killed...

Charles Finch In the small hours of the morning one fall day in 1866, a frantic widow visits detective Charles Lenox. Lady Annabelle's problem is simple: her beloved son, George,...

Raymond Khoury   When a scientific expedition is swallowed up by a shimmering sphere of light during a live CNN report, a devastated viewer in a dusty Egyptian bar recognizes...

Karen QuinnAlthough they couldn't be more different, Amanda, Serena and Laura Moon have always been there for one another.Amanda sizzles in the high stakes arena of New York City real...

Heather Domin Rome, 10BC. Manilus Dardanus, a new soldier from the provinces, applies for a military sponsorship with Cassius Valerian, general of a small legion patrolling the Raetian frontier. Idealistic...

Gertrude Chandler Warner When the Boxcar Children visit a neighbor’s house, a mysterious old wedding photo and a riddle lead them on a “spy game” devised long ago by the...

Stefan Merrill BlockFifteen-year-old Seth Waller is devastated when his mother is diagnosed with a rare, early-onset form of Alzheimer's. When he was growing up, his mother always brushed aside questions...

Kate Summerscale In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to...

Peter Lerangis New Hampshire is nicknamed the Granite State for its many granite quarries, but the state offers much more than just durable construction materials. A True Book: My United...

Beatrix Potter To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter's original tales, which take the very first printings of Potter's works as their...

Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein"Media organizations should take note of Twitter's power to quickly reach their target consumers." --Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly), in a Los Angeles Times interview, March 2009This practical...

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