Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters

By Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley

The Penguin Press / November 6, 2007

ISBN 978-1-59420-135-6

Hardcover

Arthur Conan Doyle, the brilliant creator of Sherlock Holmes, “the world’s most famous man who never was,” has been the subject of numerous biographical studies throughout the years.

Muses, Madmen, and Prophets: Rethinking the History, Science, and Meaning of Auditory Hallucinations by Daniel B. Smith

The Penguin Press

ISBN 978-1-59420-110-3

Hardcover

Let’s begin with Socrates, Muhammad, William Blake, and Teresa of Ávila, just to name a few significant people from a potential list of millions.

In the Name of the Father: Washington’s Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation

by François Furstenberg

The Penguin Press, June 2006

ISBN 1-59420-092-0

Hardcover

In the formative years of the United States of America, the nation’s early, tenuous existence and its chances for a secure future remained vulnerable to multiple threats: geographical, political, and international.