The Dante Trap, Arnaud DelalandeVenice, 1756. One of the city's brightest young actors has been brutally murdered: nailed to a cross in the theatre where he was due to perform, with his eyes put out, and lines of Latin verse carved onto his chest. The Doge, aware the city is full of enemies of the Republic, launches a secret investigation, led by Pietro Viravolta, a dashing young adventurer, and seducer (the best friend of Casanova), who currently awaits execution in the prison

yet when riots consume his neighborhood

Leeming includes substantial essays on the worlds major mythological traditions

has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office

An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns written by the author of #1 New York Times bestseller Wild—featuring a new preface and six additional columns

illustrations and fractal diagrams

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and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina)

Du Bois posed a probing question in his classic The Souls of Black Folk: "How does it feel to be a problem

the present

and breathtaking twists

whose joys and sorrows will touch you deeply

When disaster strikes