“…one of the strangest celebrity disappearing acts in modern history. Absolutely riveting.”
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“…one of the strangest celebrity disappearing acts in modern history. Absolutely riveting.”

“I loved this book as mesmerizing, you-can’t-make-this-up history about political leaders, inventors, and robber barons in the run-up to World War One; but I also devoured it as one of the strangest celebrity disappearing acts in modern history. Absolutely riveting.” –Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and The Lioness

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“…a page turning crime thriller.. delivers a significant new understanding of the forces that shaped the outcome of World War I and beyond.”
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“…a page turning crime thriller.. delivers a significant new understanding of the forces that shaped the outcome of World War I and beyond.”

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel is a page turning crime thriller that also delivers a significant new understanding of the forces that shaped the outcome of World War I and beyond. This fascinating story, told in the most vivid fashion, about a name so many recognize has been missed by true crime aficionados and historians alike -- until now. An important addition to 20th century history”. –Dan Abrams, ABC News Chief Legal Analyst and bestselling author of Alabama v. King

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Dedicated with Doug Brunt: Emily St. John Mandel
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Dedicated with Doug Brunt: Emily St. John Mandel

Emily talks about the unstructured education of her childhood homeschooling and how that upbringing opened doors to literature, her growing confidence as an author, how she plunges into a new novel without an outline, the life-changing attention after STATION ELEVEN, the differences between writing for TV and writing a novel, and she reveals her beliefs about whether we're all living in a simulation.

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Explore the Case of Rudolf Diesel
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Explore the Case of Rudolf Diesel

Uncover the historical figures, the industrialists, the technology and the strange events around Rudolf Diesel’s disappearance. This is a valuable resource for Book Clubs or readers who want to dig deeper into this fascinating real-life story.

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Author’s Note: “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel”
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Author’s Note: “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel”

Douglas Brunt's introduction to his fascinating new work offers some insights for readers and book groups to the story behind the story: “I came upon a list of “mysterious disappearances at sea.” Down the list a bit I saw the name Rudolf Diesel and wondered if there was any connection between this person and my new Diesel marine engines. I clicked to a summary of the events of September 29, 1913, and began the extraordinary voyage that led to this book…”

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A note from Douglas Brunt
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A note from Douglas Brunt

“The first thing I do after I’ve finished reading a novel is to flip back to the beginning and read the author’s first sentence again.

All novelists try to set the trajectory for the book with the first paragraphs of the first chapter. As a novelist myself, I love the opportunity to write that first sentence.

Once readers of my books have completed the journey with me, if they come back around to re-read the first sentence, they should have a greater understanding of it.” Douglas Brunt

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“Trophy Son”: Excerpt
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“Trophy Son”: Excerpt

In the end, man shapes the world, but the world gets the first crack at us. We’re not much more than a puddle before we’re two years old, and then more years to develop so we can survive on our own. Until then we take in more impressions than we give.

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The Collapse of Bear Stearns: Interview with Doug Brunt
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The Collapse of Bear Stearns: Interview with Doug Brunt

“[Ghosts of Manhattan] is a fictional story, but it is set within a historically accurate context in 2005, 2006, so, the years leading up to the mortgage-related financial crisis. And it follows the life of a fixed income salesman for Bear Stearns. And, so you really get a look at Wall Street from the inside out. It has that sort of insider baseball feel of what is life like day to day on the trading floor. As well as away from the office, which is, for folks who are on fixed income sales and trading, still part of the job.

Listen to the full interview here

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In ‘Trophy Son,’ Fictional Character Accuses Real Life Tennis Stars of Doping
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In ‘Trophy Son,’ Fictional Character Accuses Real Life Tennis Stars of Doping

By Stuart Miller, New York Times

The professional tennis trainer Bobby Hicks claims nearly everyone at or near the top of the men’s tour uses performance-enhancing drugs.

“It’s pervasive in tennis and has been for years,” Hicks said.

And he is willing to name names, starting with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and David Ferrer.

There is one catch to these very public accusations: Bobby Hicks is a fictional character.

Hicks appears in Douglas Brunt’s new novel, “Trophy Son,” which will be released next week. It tells the story of Anton Stratis, a tennis prodigy whose childhood is stripped away by an ambitious father who nurtures talent and resentment in his son. Stratis, his entourage and his rivals are all made up.

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