THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYERTHE PATH TO JUSTICE CAN BE PAVED WITH LIESDefense attorney Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - is inundated with pleas from prisoners protesting their innocence. With the help of ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch, they find a needle in the haystack: a possible wrongful conviction.A woman imprisoned for murdering her husband, a sheriff's deputy. But the evidence...

Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial.An AI company's chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller prove the company knew the dangers of its own creation?To do so, he turns to Jack McEvoy - a journalist who knows how powerful the coming wave will be - and together they soon uncover a whistleblower in hiding.As the tech...

The Assassination of President Lincoln: And the Trial of the Conspirators David E. Herold, Mary E. Surratt, Lewis Payne, George A. Atzerodt by Benn Pitman is a comprehensive account of one of the most shocking events in American history. This meticulously documented volume provides an in-depth look into the tragic assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the subsequent trial of those involved in the conspiracy.Pitman, a prominent stenographer, offers a unique perspective by pr...

Winner of the Pura Belpré Illustrator AwardA Kirkus Reviews Best Picture BookIn soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael López tell the story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the ...

A brilliant evocation of the post-Civil War era by the acclaimed author of Patriots and Union 1812. After Lincoln tells the story of the Reconstruction, which set back black Americans and isolated the South for a century.With Lincoln’s assassination, his “team of rivals,” in Doris Kearns Goodwin’s phrase, was left adrift. President Andrew Johnson, a former slave owner from Tennessee, was challenged by Northern Congressmen, Radical Republi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This is a captivating and inspiring book that delves into the life and legacy of one of America's most important and beloved historical figures. From his early years in rural Kentucky to his rise to the presidency and his leadership during the Civil War, this book offers a comprehensive and insightful look at the life and times of Abraham Lincoln.With a wealth of historical detail, engaging storytelling, and exp...

New York Times–Bestseller: "The standard one-volume biography of Lincoln." — The Washington PostThe definitive life of Abraham Lincoln, With Malice Toward None is historian Stephen B. Oates's acclaimed and enthralling portrait of America's greatest leader. In this award-winning biography, Lincoln steps forward out of the shadow of myth as a recognizable, fully drawn American whose remarkable life continues to inspire and inform us today.

Brought to you by Puffin.Sequel to the New York Times-bestselling The Swifts - a gleeful gothic mystery perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Robin Stevens.Shenanigan Swift hates burglars . . .So when the famous criminal gang Ouvolpo target Swift House and swap a valuable painting for an exploding inflatable bird, Shenanigan sets off in pursuit, determined to make them pay.The trail leads to Paris, home of her eccentric Fre...

A "lively yet thoroughly researched" look at persistent myths and stubborn scams, and how historians try to combat them ( The Courier-Journal).Did a collector with a knack for making sensational discoveries really find the first document ever printed in America? Did Hitler actually pen a revealing set of diaries? Has Jesus' burial cloth survived the ages? Can the shocking true account of Abraham Lincoln's assassination be found in lost pages from his murde...

The three Kentucky presidents—Abraham Lincoln, Zachary Taylor, and Jefferson Davis—were profoundly shaped by their experiences in Kentucky, poised as it was on the border between the North and the South, the East and the Western Frontier. Holman Hamilton asserts that these leaders were personally and politically influenced by their connections to the state. The contrasting traits of western frontiersman and southern aristocrat illuminate Kentucky's heritage and affected Taylor, Lincoln, an...

From one of rap’s most evocative writers comes a stirring memoir and “masterpiece of a book” (Snoop Dogg) about how Boosie Badazz, one of the industry’s most controversial figures, was able to overcome insurmountable odds to make his music dreams a reality.A Baton Rouge native who began rapping at age fourteen, Boosie Badazz was already a cult hero in Louisiana when, in 2009, he was sentenced to two years in prison. The next year, he was indicted on even more serio...

Seamlessly mixing fact with fiction, "Abraham Lincoln's Traveling Medicine Show," is a theatrical retelling of the Lincoln assassination, the hunt for John Wilkes Booth, and the thirteen-day presidential funeral train, as seen through the eyes of the doctors, soldiers, friends, and family members - Union loyalists and Confederate sympathizers - who find themselves players in a tragedy spun out of control by the political agenda of others.It's a tale of truth; both the search for an...