"All we got on him is he won't tell us nothing."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

Simon Winchester made earthquakes and maps interesting to millions of people, including some who probably never read non-fiction before. Ken Adler accomplishes the same with his new book, The Lie Detectors. Society has always been facinated by the complex ways people hide and tell the truth. In 1920 a cop was about to change the face of governmet, marriages, and the entire criminal justice system with a device called the polygraph. Even though it has been proven inaccurate at times, and can be fooled, it continues to fascinate us as human beings.
For more reading about lies and lying check out:
The Concise Book of Lying-Evelin Sullivan, Never Be Lied to Again- David Lieberman, Why President Nixon Should Be Impeached- American Civil Liberties Union, On Bullshit-Harry Frankfurt, Forgiven:The Rise and Fall of Jim Bakker- Charles E Shepard, The Book of Lies: Schemes, Scams, Fakes, and Frauds That Have Changed the Course of History and Affect Our Daily Lives- M.Hirsh Goldberg

Author Trivia

During the 18 months that Gabriel Garcia Marquez spent working on his first novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, how did he afford the six packs of cigarettes a day he needed to write it?

1. His friends provided a pack each day.
2. Sponsorship from a Columbian tabaco company.
3. He grew his own tabacco.
4. His wife pawned their furniture.

Answer: His wife pawned their furniture.

Check out other works including, Love in the Time of Cholera, and Collected Stories.

The Man Behind the Myth of Camelot Dies at Age 89

On his 80th birthday Arthur M schlesinger Jr. declared, "I'm an unrepentant and unreconstructed liberal and New Dealer." "That means I favour the use of government to improve opportunities and to enlarge freedoms for ordinary people."

If you have never read, or want to revisit the works of this Pulitzer Prize winning historian; check out the titles below and also our reference section for further reading.

War and the American Presidency
The Politics of Hope
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House
Robert Kennedy and His Times