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The Wager
A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
2023
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wal...
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
2017
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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE“A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today
The Lost City of Z
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
2009
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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction “with all the pace and excitement of a movie thriller”(The New York Times) that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned."[Grann is] one of the preeminen...
The Lost Tomb
And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
2023
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER • **A GOODREADS READER'S CHOICE AWARD FINALISTFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, a jaw-dropping discovery of an Egyptian tomb opens up a slew of archaeological mysteries and deadly tales.**What’s it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that’s been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwes...
The Old Man and the Gun
And Other Tales of True Crime
2018
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a mesmerizing collection of true-crime stories that includes "The Old Man and the Gun"—the inspiration for the movie starring Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek, along with two other riveting tales."The Old Man and the Gun" is the incredible story of a bank robber and prison escape artist who modeled himself after figures like Pretty Boy Floyd and who, even in his seventies,...
2010
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**From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager—and one of the most gifted reporters and storytellers of his generation—comes a “horrifying, hilarious, and outlandish” (Entertainment Weekly) collection of gripping true crime mysteries about people whose obsessions propel them into unfathomable and often deadly circumstances."[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today...
$14.99 CAD
2018
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrilling and powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with color photographs."[Grann is] one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York MagazineHenry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces office...
Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Young Readers
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
2021
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A young reader edition of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist about one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes, the Reign of Terror against the Osage people.In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.Then, one ...
The Deaths of Sybil Bolton
Oil, Greed, and Murder on the Osage Reservation
2020
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A true story of greed and murder of Native Americans by their countrymen Journalist Dennis McAuliffe Jr. grew up believing that his Osage Indian grandmother, Sybil Bolton, had died an early death in 1925 from kidney disease. It was only by chance that he learned the real cause was a gunshot wound, and that her murder may well have been engineered by his own grandfather. As McAuliffe peeled away layers of suppressed history, he learned that Sybil was a victim of the "Osage Reign of Terror"-...
Stories Can Save Us
America’s Best Narrative Journalists Explain How
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- Matt TullisBen MontgomeryAudra D.S BurchBrin-Jonathan ButlerPamela ColloffJohn Woodrow CoxKim CrossBronwen DickeyMirin FaderLatria GrahamDavid GrannElon GreenVanessa GrigoriadisEva HollandMitchell S. JacksonChris JonesTom JunodAbbott KahlerMichael KruseJeanne Marie LaskasRachel MonroeVann R. Newkirk IIBradford PearsonAndrea PitzerEli SaslowLeah SottileWright ThompsonSarah Weinman
2024
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Great journalism relies on a narrative arc to engage and inform the reader. Stories Can Save Us looks at how the best reporters and writers craft narrative literary journalism. Journalist Matt Tullis uses the material he gathered in the more than seventy-five interviews he conducted with the best narrative and literary journalists in the country through his podcast, Gangrey: The Podcast, to show how these professionals conceive and writesuch compelling stories.Thr...
$29.99 CAD
The Wager
A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- Narrated by
- Dion GrahamDavid Grann
Unabridged
8 hours 28 min
2023
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wal...
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- Narrated by
- Will PattonAnn Marie LeeDanny Campbell
Unabridged
9 hours 4 min
2017
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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE“A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today











