When the Countess Ellen Olenska returns from Europe, fleeing her brutish husband, her rebellious independence and passionate awareness of life stir the educated sensitivity of Newland Archer, already engaged to be married to her cousin May Welland, "that terrifying product of the social system he belonged to and believed in, the young girl who knew nothing and expected everything." As the consequent drama unfolds, Edith Wharton's sharp ironic wit...

"An Italian immigrant who spoke little English and struggled to scrape together a living on her primitive family farm outside Chicago, Sabella Nitti was arrested in 1923 for the murder of her missing husband. Within two months, she was found guilty and became the first woman ever sentenced to hang in Chicago. Journalist Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi leads readers through Sabella's sensational case, showing how, with no evidence and no witnesses, she was...

"The truth about Peter Parker's parents revealed! Mary and Richard, long presumed dead, returned home months ago alive and well--but Aunt May still has suspicions, and this family reunion is destined to be anything but happy! But first, Spider-Man must survive a showdown with an angrier than ever Hulk--and Venom's sparring partners the Jury will serve their verdict on Spidey! But when the Vulture gains a new lease on life at Peter's expense, it sets...