The Belle Gunness Farm MassacreOn the morning of April 28, 1908, a farm just outside La Porte, Indiana, burned to the ground. What the flames left behind was far more horrifying than anyone could have imagined.When investigators searched the ruins, they discovered a cellar packed with the dismembered and partially buried remains of multiple victims. The bodies had been wrapped and disposed of with chilling efficiency, suggesting the killer had done this man...

The Neo-Assyrian Empire collapsed in shocking fashion near the end of the 7th century B.C., and much of the blame is attributable to an enigmatic civilization known as the Medes. The Medes had already inhabited parts of Iran for since the end of the 2nd millennium B.C., but for roughly a century, they built one of the ancient Near East's most consequential empires, only to vanish into the shadow of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The Medes left behind no surviving documents, no royal inscri...

The Neo-Assyrian Empire collapsed in shocking fashion near the end of the 7th century B.C., and much of the blame is attributable to an enigmatic civilization known as the Medes. The Medes had already inhabited parts of Iran for since the end of the 2nd millennium B.C., but for roughly a century, they built one of the ancient Near East's most consequential empires, only to vanish into the shadow of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The Medes left behind no surviving documents, no royal inscri...

Herman Webster Mudgett was born in 1861 in a small New Hampshire hill town, and he was dead before he turned 35. In the years between, operating under a name he had constructed to replace his own, he built a hotel in Chicago designed to kill its guests, committed a number of murders whose exact count remains in dispute, and earned the distinction of being among the first Americans to whom the word “serial killer” - a term that did not yet exist in his lifetime - could reasonably be applied...

The Neo-Assyrian Empire collapsed in shocking fashion near the end of the 7th century B.C., and much of the blame is attributable to an enigmatic civilization known as the Medes. The Medes had already inhabited parts of Iran for since the end of the 2nd millennium B.C., but for roughly a century, they built one of the ancient Near East's most consequential empires, only to vanish into the shadow of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The Medes left behind no surviving documents, no royal inscri...

The Neo-Assyrian Empire collapsed in shocking fashion near the end of the 7th century B.C., and much of the blame is attributable to an enigmatic civilization known as the Medes. The Medes had already inhabited parts of Iran for since the end of the 2nd millennium B.C., but for roughly a century, they built one of the ancient Near East's most consequential empires, only to vanish into the shadow of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The Medes left behind no surviving documents, no royal inscri...

The rise and fall of great empires have shaped the course of human history, but few left so enduring an imprint upon the Indian subcontinent as the Gupta Empire. Countless studies have examined its rulers, famous battles, and its remarkable scientific and cultural achievements, and when viewed as a whole, the history of the Gupta Empire from its obscure beginnings to its remarkable expansion and eventual decline reveals a civilization that achieved an extraordinary degree of political, cul...

Author’s Official Edition What can we learn from some of Australia's most successful investors? Can they show us insights into business, life, as well as investing? Investment Wisdom is a revealing collection of insights from nine of Australia’s leading lights in investing — including Alex Waislitz, David Paradice, Jun Bei Liu and Charlie Aitken — gleaned in conversation with Brett Kelly, the founder and CEO of Kelly+Partners, the publicly traded global accounting network. In these nine in...

Author’s Official Edition What can we learn from some of Australia's most successful investors? Can they show us insights into business, life, as well as investing? Investment Wisdom is a revealing collection of insights from nine of Australia’s leading lights in investing — including Alex Waislitz, David Paradice, Jun Bei Liu and Charlie Aitken — gleaned in conversation with Brett Kelly, the founder and CEO of Kelly+Partners, the publicly traded global accounting network. In these nine in...

Author’s Official Edition Collective Wisdom is an inspiring collection of thirty-four interviews with prominent Australians — including H.G Nelson, Poppy King, Hon. Jeff Kennett, Ray Martin, Peter Garrett, Senator Natasha Stott Despoja and more — conducted by then twenty-two-year-old Brett Kelly, now the founder and CEO of Kelly+Partners, the publicly traded global accounting network. This book emerged after Brett was told as a young man, “We’ve decided to terminate your employment.” Losin...

Author’s Official Edition Business Wisdom is a rare collection of insights from sixteen of Australia’s most successful business owners — including Mark Carnegie, Imelda Roche, Harry Triguboff, Collette Dinnigan, Lorna Jane, Tom Waterhouse and Mike Cannon-Brookes — in conversation with Brett Kelly, the founder and CEO of the global accounting network Kelly+Partners. Brett delves into the life and business of each leader to find out what wisdom they gained from their years of hard work, how ...

Author’s Official Edition Universal Wisdom is an empowering collection of insights from seven extraordinary human beings — including Warren Buffett, Helen Keller and Nelson Mandela — by Brett Kelly, the founder and CEO of Kelly+Partners, the publicly traded global accounting network. Following his bestselling book Collective Wisdom, Brett had even more questions about the meaning of life: What are you prepared to die for? What are you doing for others? What is love? And where do you get th...