“A propulsive mystery of high verve and wit, teeming with misfits, and fizzing with greed and desire."—Scott Dominic Carpenter, author of Theory of RemaindersIn 1990s San Francisco, the gruesome death of former district attorney Harrison Rose uncovers a 19th-century double homicide aboard the ship Hurricane, and begins the hunt for Inca gold smuggled from Peru to California by wayward Catholic priests.During the Gold Rush, dozens o...

Hjalmar Schacht: Hitler's Banker Who Tried to Stop HimBy James LawrenceHjalmar Schacht was one of the most brilliant - and most contradictory - figures of the twentieth century: the economist who rescued Germany from collapse, financed Hitler's rise through monetary innovation, and later risked his life in a conspiracy to bring the regime down. Hjalmar Schacht: Hitler's Banker Who Tried to Stop Him is a gripping narrative ...

Ray Dalio is one of the most influential investors of the last half-century-but the true story behind his success is not about markets, money, or algorithmic trading. It is the story of a mind engineered through failure, humility, and an obsessive pursuit of truth.Born to a middle-class family and working as a teenage caddy, Dalio's earliest lessons in wealth came not from textbooks but from watching the behavior of the powerful. A restless experimenter, he learned...

"She hunted fear itself." In 1941, Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a 25-year-old history student at Kyiv University with dreams of academia. One year later, she was "Lady Death," the most feared sniper on the Eastern Front, credited with 309 confirmed kills. In Lyudmila Pavlichenko: Lady Death, James Lawrence provides a cinematic and rigorously researched biography of the most lethal woman in military history. From the tomboy childhood in Odessa to the blood-soaked rubbl...

"Marco Rubio campaigned for optimism in an age of resentment. He arrived at the future of the Republican Party just as the party decided it no longer wanted one." Marco Rubio is far more than a senator or a former presidential contender; he is the bridge figure of modern American politics. In Marco Rubio: Conservatism in an Age of Anxiety, James Lawrence provides a balanced, narrative re-examination of a career that mirrors the identity crisis of the American Righ...

Quentin Tarantino did not enter Hollywood so much as he detonated inside it. A high-school dropout and video-store clerk with an encyclopedic memory and a bottomless love for film, he transformed pure obsession into one of the most distinctive voices modern cinema has ever seen. Quentin Tarantino: The Movie Geek Who Rewrote Cinema is the first narrative biography that truly captures the strange blend of genius, geekdom, ambition, and audacity that made him a global cultura...

Lana Del Rey did more than release music—she invented a world.From her quiet beginnings as Elizabeth Grant to her rise as the modern icon of melancholy, she reshaped pop culture through a persona she consciously built: glamorous, tragic, poetic, defiantly vulnerable.Lana Del Rey: The Self-Made Myth of Melancholy traces her evolution from ignored New York songwriter to global archetype. It follows the breakthrough of "Video Games," the cinematic pow...

In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates and analyses how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. His narrative is laced with the experiences of participants and onlookers and introduces the men and women who, for better or worse, stamped their wills on Africa. The continent was a magnet for the high-minded, the philanthropic, ...

If you're an in-house marketer today, the digital world can be a scary place. But it doesn't have to be. The basic principles of marketing have not changed. It's still all about using the right methods at the right time to reach the right people. In Smarter Marketer, David and James Lawrence provide actionable insights and powerful tools for in-house marketers challenged with developing effective campaigns that demonstrate their personal value within the organisation. The 11 Golden Rules d...

The ultimate guide to mental toughness by James “Iron Cowboy” Lawrence—the greatest endurance athlete in human history.Lawrence’s accomplishments are nearly impossible to comprehend. After breaking two Guinness World Records, he shattered possibilities in 2015 by completing 50 full-distance triathlons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days. Yes, THE IRONMAN®, “the single most difficult day in sports”– a 2.4-mile swim, 112 miles on a bike, then a 26.2-mile run, all com...

Uncle Jim's storytelling ability comes through clearly in this series where he shares a story told to him by SPARKLES. This first book deals with a lost polar bear cub, whose fate leads to Santa Claus and how being helpful to others has its rewards. The story will progress on how SPARKLES confronts real life concerns, until Sparkles' destiny in life is realized. The remaining three books explore what SPARKLES must endure searching for identity and purpose in life. Through SPARKLES, the aut...

This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan. British rule taught Indians to see themselves as Indians and its benefits included railways, hospitals, law and a universal language. But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, was always precarious. Its master...