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  Boomtown Outlaws - The True...

  Elias Veymont

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  The True Story of the Wickedest Town in Texas and the Lawmen Who Tried to Tame It
   
  In 1927, Borger, Texas became one of the most violent oil boomtowns in America.
   
  Built almost overnight during the Texas Panhandle oil boom, Borger exploded into a lawless frontier city filled with gamblers, bootleggers, fugitives, corrupt officials, and organized crime. Prohibition-era violence spread through the streets as gambling halls operated openly, bootleg whiskey flowed across state lines, and murders went unsolved in a town overwhelmed by greed, corruption, and rapid growth.
   
  Then Texas Ranger Frank Hamer arrived.
   
  Years before hunting down Bonnie and Clyde, Hamer entered Borger during the height of its collapse and launched a brutal campaign against the criminal networks controlling the town. What followed became one of the most explosive confrontations of the Prohibition era.
   
  Boomtown Outlaws is a gripping work of historical true crime that reveals:
   
  • The rise of organized crime during the 1920s oil boom 
   
  • How Prohibition transformed Borger into a criminal sanctuary 
   
  • The corruption and violence that overwhelmed law enforcement 
   
  • Frank Hamer’s controversial Texas Ranger methods 
   
  • The human cost of frontier justice, greed, and collapse
   
  Drawing on historical records and Prohibition-era history, this American crime saga explores the violent reality behind Texas Ranger mythology and the forgotten history of one of the wickedest towns in Texas.
   
  Perfect for readers of Killers of the Flower Moon, The Devil in the White City, and Public Enemies.

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  Most Dramatic Ever: The Bachelor

  Suzannah Showler

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  The right reasons to fall in love with The Bachelor When it debuted in 2002, The Bachelor raised the stakes of first-wave reality television, offering the ultimate prize: true love. Since then, thrice yearly, dozens of camera-ready young-and-eligibles have vied for affection (and roses) in front of a devoted audience of millions. In this funny, insightful examination of the world’s favorite romance-factory, Suzannah Showler explores the contradictions that are key to the franchise’s genius, longevity, and power and parses what this means for both modern love and modern America. She argues the show is both gameshow and marriage plot ― an improbable combination of competitive effort and kismet ― and that it’s both relic and prophet, a time-traveler from first-gen reality TV that proved to be a harbinger of Tinder. In the modern media-savvy climate, the show cleverly highlights and resists its own artifice, allowing Bachelor Nation to see through the fakery to feel the romance. Taking on issues of sex, race, contestants-as-villains, the controversial spin-offs, and more, Most Dramatic Ever is both love letter to and deconstruction of the show that brought us real love in the reality TV era.

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  Secret Wisdom - Occult Societies...

  Ruth Clydesdale

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  Throughout the course of our history, a secret few have sought to acquire profound occult knowledge which reveals the inner truth of our existence. 
   
  From the Mystery cults of Ancient Greece to the Persian knowledge of astrology, Secret Wisdom is an exhilarating exploration of two and a half millennia of occult practices. Learn about the hidden messages in Renaissance art, the alchemy practices of Issac Newton and secret societies which passed on spiritual rites including the Freemasons, Rosicrucians, Theosophists and the Golden Dawn. 
   
  New light is shone on well-known historical figures and the part they played in the global quest for divine understanding including: 
   
  -John Dee, Elizabeth I's magician 
  - Aleister Crowley, the English occultist 
  - Poets William Blake and William Butler Yeats 
  - Dante, the Italian writer and philosopher

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  The End of the Beginning

  Carrie Voigt Schonhoff

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  Carrie Voigt Schonhoff, poet and author of The Liminal Space, has released her second published book of poems, The End of the Beginning. Schonhoff once again captures the spirit of her native Wisconsin while encapsulating the growth of her life’s journey and exciting next chapter. This work will resonate deeply with readers from the Midwest and pull at the heartstrings of those that continue to face challenges but never stop dreaming. Her second book of poems addresses the importance of healing, moving on, and being ready to face a new beginning. Schonhoff’s newest work is a continuation of beliefs that we can heal by connecting and understanding one another on a deeper level through poetry.

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  Psychology of Politics The (The...

  Barry Richards

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  How do some political leaders capture popular support? What is the appeal of belonging to a nation? Can democracy thrive?The Psychology of Politics explores how the emotions which underpin everyday life are also vital in what happens on the political stage. It draws on psychoanalytic ideas to show how fear and passion shape the political sphere in our changing societies and cultures, and examines topical social issues and events including Brexit, the changing nature of democracy, activism, and Trump in America.In a changing global political climate, The Psychology of Politics shows us how we can make sense of what drives human conduct in relation to political ideas and action.

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  Servile Wars The: The History...

  Editors Charles River

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  Spartacus is the world’s most famous slave, and one of the most notorious figures of ancient Rome. A slave enamored of freedom and willing to fight and die for it, he became especially popular in the years following the Enlightenment, after which he was widely viewed as a poignant champion of liberty in the 18th and 19th centuries. As a result, he became a symbol during struggles like the French Revolution, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, and the struggle for emancipation. To this day, his dual life as a gladiator and a “freedom fighter” fascinates audiences around the world. His tale, a blend of violent spectacle and civil rights, has been adapted for film (Stanley Kubrick’s memorable Spartacus), television (Starz’s popular television series), and in literature (appearing in everything from historical novels to comics). To this day, Spartacus is a popular first name in central and southern Italy, and his name has been adopted by sports teams like FC Spartak Moscow and FC Spartak Plovdiv. The Soviet Union’s internal version of the Olympics, the Spartakiad, also derived its name from Spartacus. 
  	The reasons for Spartacus’s enduring appeal are obvious, but his uprising has overshadowed the fact that his was actually the third such uprising against the Roman Republic in a short span. Preceding this, the First and Second Servile Wars had already demonstrated that revolts against Rome and the whole institution of slavery could gain momentum, and these earlier uprisings provided a blueprint for the larger attempt by Spartacus to win freedom. All three of these revolts came about because of the Roman practice of enslavement, and as such, any analysis of the Servile Wars requires an understanding of what was involved in the institution of slavery within the Roman system. 

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