David Grann

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's...

A collection of true stories about people whose fixations propel them into unfathomable and often deadly circumstances. --Back cover.

Selection of the journalist's articles previously published in various periodicals. Grann revels in telling stories that explore the nature of obsession. In these three cases, originally published in The devil and Sherlock Holmes, he profiles a bank robber and prison escape artist who, even in his seventies, refuses to retire ; a Polish detective looking for clues to an actual murder in a novelist's fiction; and a French imposter who assumes the...

"This essential book introduces young readers to the Reign of Terror against the Osage people--one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes"--

The story of Colonel Percival Fawcett, a British explorer who mysteriously vanished while searching for a lost city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

At age 70, Forrest Tucker infamously made his escape from the tough San Quentin prison. Once he had gained his freedom, he embarked on a new set of heists that left investigators scratching their heads and the public fascinated by the story. This true story details Tucker's life which includes a detective wrapped up in the case, and a female who takes a liking to Tucker despite the criminal path he's on.

The incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the twentieth century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region.