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Until the End of Time

An exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purpose.  

American Sherlock

A fascinating biography of a little-known but influential forensic scientist.

The Scientist and the Spy

A true story of industrial espionage in which a Chinese-born scientist is convicted of trying to steal U.S. trade secrets…

Race Against Time

The story of how Klansmen came to justice in notorious unsolved civil rights cold cases.

The Future Is Faster Than You Think

Diamandis and Kotler investigate how wave after wave of exponentially accelerating technologies will impact both our…

Uncanny Valley

Charts the tech industry’s shift from self-appointed world savior to democracy-endangering liability.

Father of Lions

The powerful true story of the evacuation of the Mosul Zoo, featuring Abu Laith the zookeeper, Simba the lion cub, Lula…

The Sun Down Motel

Carly discovers that her aunt Viv had been trying to unravel mysteries of a possible serial killer working in their small…

Saint X

Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation…

Things in Jars

Bridie Devine is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, secret daughter of…

The Missing American

The case of the missing American man will drag both private detective Emma Djan and Derek Tilson into a world of Sakawa…

Agency

In the present, talented techie Verity Jane joins a shadowy San Francisco startup to beta-test a digital assistant named…

Long Bright River

The story of a Philadelphia family rocked by the opioid crisis and the relationship between two sisters—one, suffering…

Sexual Citizens

An entirely new framework emphasizing sexual assault's social roots, transcending current debates about consent,…

Wilmington's Lie

Just two years after the landmark Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896), emboldened white supremacists staged a…

Such A Fun Age

With empathy and piercing social commentary, Such a Fun Age explores the stickiness of transactional relationships, what…

American Dirt

Lydia Quixano Perez, a Mexican bookstore owner, flees with her son to the United States after cartel violence takes their…

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