For fifty years “Detroit” has been shorthand for all that’s wrong with urban America: crime, corruption, decay, racial tension, struggling businesses, failing schools, a declining tax base, and more. Since 1950 Detroit has lost two-thirds of its population, falling from fifth place in the U.S. (just behind Los Angeles) to twenty-fourth (just behind Nashville). Between
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“War at Sea” is a collection of 21 essays and articles on naval warfare from the American Revolution to the end of the Second World War. In this book are some of the most famous—and infamous—naval battles in history. The author, a contributor to more than two dozen national magazines, has assembled and expanded on
“A Shadow Melody” is a fascinating blend of historical fiction and speculative fiction… one of the most original novels I have read in years.” –Kenneth W. Harmon, author of “In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow” In the early 1900s, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Harry Browning each researched devices to contact the dead through