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  • Buried Secrets

    A True Story of Serial Murder

    by Edward Humes ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist comes what Publishers Weekly called the "definitive study" of the grisly mass killings in Matamoros, Mexico.In the 1980's, Adolfo Constanzo, devotee of Santería and powerful cult leader opened shop in Mexico City as a fortune-teller. He soon realized that there were greater profits in drug money than the occult, and as his status grew in the drug trade, ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Murderer with a Badge

    by Edward Humes ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author: "The story of L.A.'s dirtiest cop . . . A riveting glimpse of the dark side of human behavior" ( Flint Journal).Bill Leasure was among the least ambitious officers ever to wear the badge for the Los Angeles Police Department. He was content to work the traffic beat and only rarely gave out tickets.He also ran scams that netted him countless riches, from ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Garbology

    Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash

    by Edward Humes ...
    A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist takes readers on a surprising tour of the world of garbage.Take a journey inside the secret world of our biggest export, our most prodigious product, and our greatest legacy: our trash. It’s the biggest thing we make: The average American is on track to produce a whopping 102 tons of garbage across a lifetime, $50 billion in squandered riches rolled to the curb ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Door to Door

    The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation

    by Edward Humes ...
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Garbology explores the hidden and costly wonders of our buy-it-now, get-it-today world of transportation, revealing the surprising truths, mounting challenges, and logistical magic behind every trip we take and every click we make.Transportation dominates our daily existence. Thousands, even millions, of miles are embedded in everything we do and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Total Garbage

    How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World

    by Edward Humes ...
    An investigative narrative that dives into the waste embedded in our daily lives—and shows how individuals and communities are making a real difference for health, prosperity, quality of life and the fight against climate change, by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalistWhat happens to our trash? Why are our oceans filling with plastic? Do we really waste 40 percent of our food 65 percent of our ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Mean Justice

    A Town's Terror, A Prosecutor's Power, A Betrayal of Innocence

    by Edward Humes ...
    This national bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winner catapults readers to the dark side of the justice system with the powerful true story of one man's battle to prove his innocence.Besieged by murder, rape, and the vilest conspiracies, the all-American town of Bakersfield, California, found its saviors in a band of bold and savvy prosecutors who stepped in to create one of the toughest anti ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Eco Barons

    The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet

    by Edward Humes ...
    “Well written and compelling, Eco Barons gives the reader a first glimpse of the activists, philanthropists and gadflies who may well turn out to be the J.D. Rockefellers and Rachel Carsons of our time.”—Cleveland Plain DealerPulitzer Prize-winner Edward Humes offers readers an eye-opening look at the remarkable philanthropists and visionaries who are devoting their lives to saving the earth from ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Fizz

    A Pop History of Carbonation

    by Edward Humes ...
    A new book by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Edward Humes: From Cleopatra’s hot tub to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, from Hannibal to Mormon wives, soda has been with us through it all—and its surprising history parallels our own.Fizz takes readers around the globe and throughout time to explore the fascinating history of soda. In the 3,000 years since carbonation was discovered, soda is no longer ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • The Forever Witness

    How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

    by Edward Humes ...
    “Thought-provoking true-crime thriller…the book raises urgent questions of balancing public and private good that we’ll likely be dealing with as long as the title implies.”—Wall Street JournalA relentless detective and a civilian genealogist solve a haunting cold case—and launch a crime-fighting revolution that tests the fragile line between justice and privacy.In November 1987, a young couple ... Read more

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  • No Matter How Loud I Shout

    A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court

    by Edward Humes ...
    Now updated with a new introduction and afterword, this award-winning examination of the nation’s largest juvenile criminal justice system in Los Angeles by a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist is “an important book with a message of great urgency, especially to all concerned with the future of America’s children” (Booklist).In an age when violence and crime by young people is again on the rise, No ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Force of Nature

    The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution

    by Edward Humes ...
    What happens when a renowned river guide teams up with the CEO of one of the largest and least Earth-friendly corporations in the world? When it's former Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott and white-water expert turned sustainability consultant Jib Ellison, the result is nothing less than a green business revolution.Wal-Mart—long the target of local businesses, labor advocates, and environmentalists who ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Over Here

    How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream

    by Edward Humes ...
    Extraordinary stories of ordinary men and women whose lives were changed forever by landmark legislation—and how they went on to change the country.Inspiring war stories are familiar. But what about after-the-war stories? From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, Over Here is the Greatest Generation's after-the-war story—vivid portraits of how the original G.I. Bill empowered an entire generation and ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus