Drawing on hundreds of interviews and recently revealed documents, a personal biography of the enigmatic billionaire spans seven decades in the life of the pioneer aviator and Hollywood mogul, including his secretive life, numerous love affairs, bizarre behavior, and descent into madness. Reprint. 4[...]

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Harry Brown explores the composition, history, kinetic life, and the long deterioration of golf balls, which as it turns out may outlive their hitters by a thousand years, in places far beyon[...]

On Deception presents the highlights of Houdini's writings on illusions, revealing him to have been a remarkably prescient champion of rationalism and an ardent opponent of the duping of susceptible individuals. Throughout his life, the world's most famous escapologist strove to expose the methods [...]