Presents over sixty brief biographies of productive members of the Knights of Columbus society, including John F. Kennedy, "Babe" Ruth, and the founder of the society Father Michael J. McGivney.

By Their Works: Profiles of Men of Faith Who Made a Difference

History

Singular, Stephen

Americas

Harper Resource

When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back

In When Men Become Gods, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Singular casts a light on a dark corner of religious extremism. He reveals a group of fundamentalists operating in the present-day United States, where teenage girls are kept in virtual bondage in the name of upholding the “sacred principle” of polygamy. As the leader and self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, a sect of Mormonism based in isolated southern Utah, Warren Jeffs held sway over thousands of followers for nearly a decade. His rule was utterly tyrannical. In addition to coercing young girls into polygamous marriages with older men, Jeffs reputedly took scores of wives, many of whom were his father’s widows. Television, radio, and newspapers were shunned, creating a hidden community where polygamy was prized above all else. But in 2007, after a two-year manhunt that landed him on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List, Jeffs’s reign was forcefully ended. He was convicted of rape as an accomplice for his role in arranging a marriage between a fourteen-year-old girl and her nineteen-year-old first cousin. In When Men Become Gods, Edgar Award nominee Stephen Singular traces Jeffs’s rise to power and the concerted effort that led to his downfall. It was a movement championed by law enforcement, private investigators, the Feds, and perhaps most vocal of all, a group of former polygamous wives seeking to liberate young women from the arranged marriages they’d once endured. The book offers new revelations into a nearly impenetrable enclave---a place of nineteenth-century attire, inbreeding, and eerie seclusion---providing readers with a rare glimpse into a tradition that’s almost a century old, but that has only now been exposed.

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

St.Martin's Press

Features an all-new chapter for this editionNew York Times bestselling author Stephen Singular provides an inside look at the Mormon polygamist sect that made headlines in 2008 for coercing young girls into marriage, and the story of their ruthless leader, Warren Jeffs. As the self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, Warren Jeffs held sway over thousands of followers for nearly a decade. His rule was utterly tyrannical. In addition to coercing young girls into marriages with older men, Jeffs reputedly took scores of wives, many of whom were his father’s widows. But in 2007, after landing on the F.B.I.’s Ten Most Wanted List, Jeffs’s reign was forcefully ended. He would be imprisoned for committing rape as an accomplice.In When Men Become Gods, Edgar Award–nominee Stephen Singular traces Jeffs’s rise to power and the concerted effort that led to his downfall. Newly updated, it describes the controversial 2008 raid on Jeffs’s Texas compound and the fate of the 439 children taken from the sect. It offers readers a rare glimpse into a tradition that’s almost a century old, but has only now been exposed.

Professionals & Academics

St. Martin's: Griffin

The tie-in to the first blockbuster true-crime miniseries of 1991--featuring Cheryl Lee (Laura Palmer on Twin Peaks), Moira Kelly, and Clancy Brown. Three years after being sentenced to life imprisonment, 17-year-old Cinnamon Brown tells the horrific true story behind the death of her mother--a story of love and lies, incest and murder. 8-page photo insert.

Killing in the Family: A True Story of Love, Lies and Murder

Literature & Fiction

Hill, Danielle

Hill, Tim.

Genre Fiction

Avon/Books

Two days after a Colorado mother is fatally shot in a parking lot, the killer is identified as the mistress of the victim's husband, a man she accuses of sexually manipulating her into committing murder, in an account of a love affair that resulted in murder. Original.

Sweet Evil

Tells the story of Alan Berg, the abrasive radio talk-show host who was murdered by right-wing extremists, and describes the trial of his killers

Talked To Death

Humor & Entertainment

BERKLEY

Recalls sixty years of Fighting Irish football, chronicles the glory of Notre Dame, and profiles four great coaches: Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Ara Parsegian, and Lou Holtz. 50,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.

Notre Dame's Greatest Coaches: Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian, Holtz

Sports & Outdoors

Krause, Moose

Football (American)

Pocket_Books

Talked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan Berg

Beech Tree Books

The basketball legend shares his adventures coaching a team of White Mountain Apache kids in the basics of the game, learning a good deal along the way about his own love of the game

A Season on the Reservation: My Soujourn With the White Mountain Apaches

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem

William Morrow & Co.

Catch This!: Going Deep with the NFL's Sharpest Weapon

A portrait of the controversial San Francisco 49ers wide receiver discusses his hardscrabble childhood in rural Alabama, apprenticeship to Jerry Rice, fractious relationship with coach Steve Mariucci, insights into the dynamics of professional football, and signature antics on the field. 60,000 first printing.

Owens, Terrell

Community & Culture

Simon&Schuster

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