Crime Culture

This is the story of a crime that reverberated around the world. The victim is a tree. For more than a century, the tree at Sycamore Gap stood along Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Planted in the nineteenth century, it became an iconic local landmark. It was immortalised in the 1991 film...

Cinema emerged alongside the rules that ushered in boxing’s modern age and the “squared circle” proved the ideal stage for cinematic display. The public had its first taste of the new medium in 1894 through a heavyweight bout, recognized today as the world’s first feature film. Smash Hit: Race, Crime, and Culture in Boxing Films uses twenty films as the basis of a hard-nosed exploration as to how the genre held a bloody mirror to twentieth century America’s most prominent social anxieties, elucidating two conjoined mediums that serve as bellwether to an ever-shifting cultural zeitgeist.

"this audiobook is an engaging listen driven by the appeal of its young protagonist." - AudioFile Magazine A Thousand Steps is a gripping thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of turbulent time and place by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling...

A monumental history of the Gulf Coast’s creation and destruction—and the battle over who will control its future—from the New York Times bestselling author of Rising Tide and The Great Influenza In Water and Oil, John Barry tells the story of how the Louisiana coast was shaped—and...

In 2027, the testimonial records of nearly 40,000 residential school survivors are set to be destroyed. This is the story of how Canada fought to hide these stories yet again, and the small group of people who took on the government to preserve the truth. For decades, survivors of Canada’s...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The jaw-dropping food industry exposé on how America's fast food industry has shaped the landscape of America. This fascinating study of corporate power reveals how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, widened the gap between rich and poor...

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House...

In Cold Blood, a new HQ Digital book, full description to follow when available...

Bridging Indigenous wisdom and African Traditional Religions, this book is an offering, a reclamation, and revelatory invitation into the deeply rooted work of intergenerational healing. Includes a framework of 6 archetypes to help guide your ancestral healing journey: discover which gifts...

A fierce, tender, and utterly original work, a story of family, love, and the mysteries that bind us In this haunting and unforgettable novel, first published in 2001, Melanie Rae Thon entwines family myth with the currents of American history, tracing the patterns of loss, wandering, and the...

In Cartel Nation, listeners are taken deep inside the hidden machinery of Mexico’s drug cartels—a world where criminal networks rival governments, warlords command armies, and pop culture glorifies the very violence that terrorizes entire regions. Through gripping storytelling and meticulous investigation, this book unveils how cartels moved from the shadows into the center of politics, business, and everyday life.

It’s a total crime wave: A mini encyclopedia of true crime, packed with stories of killers, cons, survivors, forensics and more! More than 200 stories of killers, con artists, master thieves, and brazen kidnappers—and strong survivors, detectives, forensic breakthroughs, and legal minds on...