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Paul Berton takes aim at the waste and excess of consumer culture with a lively and satire-laced expos of the rich, famous and totally miserable. There is little argument that …
Did you know Thomas Edison proposed to his wife in Morse code? Or that the CIA considered covering Castro’s shoes in thallium to get rid of his iconic beard? The strange facts and …
One of America’s funniest women opens up in this real and raw memoir, encouraging readers to face life’s trials with unshakeable faith and joy.A stand-up comedian beloved for her …
Writers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries—a period of vast economic change—recognized that the global trade in alcohol and tobacco promised a brighter …